04/12/2017 09:00 AM Senate FINANCE

SENATE BILL NO. 88                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act  authorizing a land  exchange with  the federal                                                                    
     government in which certain  Alaska mental health trust                                                                    
     land is exchanged for certain  national forest land and                                                                    
     relating to  the costs of  the exchange;  and providing                                                                    
     for an effective date."                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
9:04:12 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair MacKinnon  relayed that  the public hearing  for SB
 had  been held  on April  10, 2017,  and was  closed. She                                                                    
noted the one zero fiscal note attached to the bill.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  BERT STEDMAN,  SPONSOR, thanked  the committee  for                                                                    
considering  the  bill.  He believed  that  the  legislation                                                                    
would  serve  the  state  by  stimulating  the  economy  and                                                                    
providing   communities  more   resources  for   the  timber                                                                    
industry, while retaining iconic viewsheds.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair MacKinnon solicited questions from the committee.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
9:05:52 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair  Bishop  MOVED  to report  CSSB  88(RES)  out  of                                                                    
Committee   with   individual    recommendations   and   the                                                                    
accompanying fiscal  note. There being NO  OBJECTION, it was                                                                    
so ordered.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CSSB 88(RES) was REPORTED out  of committee with a "do pass"                                                                    
recommendation  and  with   one  previously  published  zero                                                                    
fiscal note: FN1(DNR).                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
9:06:27 AM                                                                                                                    
AT EASE                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
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RECONVENED