Legislature(2023 - 2024)BUTROVICH 205
03/24/2023 03:30 PM Senate RESOURCES
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| Audio | Topic |
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| Start | |
| SB90 | |
| SB34 | |
| SB87 | |
| HJR10 | |
| Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
| += | SB 68 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| *+ | SB 90 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | SB 34 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | SB 87 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | SB 72 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HJR 10 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | TELECONFERENCED | ||
SB 34-CITIZEN ADVISORY COMM ON FEDERAL AREAS
3:32:24 PM
CO-CHAIR BISHOP announced the consideration of SENATE BILL NO.
34 "An Act reestablishing the Citizens' Advisory Commission on
Federal Management Areas in Alaska; and providing for an
effective date."
3:32:29 PM
CO-CHAIR BISHOP opened public testimony on SB 34.
3:32:58 PM
RANDY ZARNKE, President, Alaska Trappers Association, Fairbanks,
Alaska, stated support for SB 34 to reauthorize the Citizens'
Advisory Commission on Federal Management Areas in Alaska
(CACFA). He relayed that when Congress passed the Alaska
National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA), the Alaska
Legislature recognized that federal agencies could impact the
lives of individual Alaskans and that they would need help
defending their rights. He said CACFA staff had knowledge of
ANILCA and knew how to interact with federal agencies.
MR. ZARNKE shared a personal story from 25 years ago when he
needed help from CAFCA to get a permit for a trapper cabin on
BLM land. ANILCA obligates BLM to allow this, but the agency
made the process as difficult as possible. He asked CACFA for
help and they responded immediately. He emphasized that there
are many individual Alaskans that need help defending their
rights from federal overreach. He opined that the cost to the
state treasury to reauthorize CACFA would be minimal, but the
impact on individual Alaskans would be huge.
3:35:08 PM
CO-CHAIR BISHOP closed public testimony on SB 34 and held the
bill in committee.