03/16/2009 01:30 PM House FINANCE

SENATE BILL NO. 50                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act relating to Iditarod finisher special request                                                                      
     license plates."                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
SHARON LONG,  STAFF, SENATOR CHARLIE  HUGGINS, noted  that SB
 has a zero fiscal note.   It  authorizes the Department of                                                                   
Administration  to issue  special  request Iditarod  finisher                                                                   
license  plates.    Qualification   as  a  finisher  will  be                                                                   
determined  by the  Iditarod Trail  Committee.   Design  work                                                                   
must  be approved  by the  Department  of Administration  who                                                                   
will  work  with   the  Trail  Committee  and   the  Official                                                                   
Finishers Club to  come up with a design.   The race finisher                                                                   
must have an automobile registered  in the state of Alaska on                                                                   
which the plates  will be displayed.  The  legislation honors                                                                   
mushers  who  have  endured  the  challenges  and  shown  the                                                                   
courage and  ability to  compete in  the Iditarod Trail  Sled                                                                   
Dog Race.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
1:40:16 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Stoltze   noted  that   the  Committee   heard  the                                                                   
companion bill to SB 50 last week.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Stoltze pointed  out the  zero fiscal  note by  the                                                                   
Department of Administration.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
1:41:33 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Hawker MOVED  to REPORT SB 50 out  of Committee with                                                                   
individual recommendations and  the accompanying fiscal note.                                                                   
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
SB  50  was  REPORTED  out of  Committee  with  a  "do  pass"                                                                   
recommendation   and  with  zero   fiscal  note  #1   by  the                                                                   
Department of Administration.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
AT-EASE:       1:42:10 PM                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
RECONVENED:    1:44:29 PM