04/24/2023 03:30 PM Senate RESOURCES

             SB  92-STATE OWNERSHIP OF SUBMERGED LAND                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
4:50:50 PM                                                                                                                    
CO-CHAIR  BISHOP  announced the  consideration  of  SENATE BILL  NO.                                                            
92  "An  Act   relating  to  state   ownership  of  submerged   land                                                            
underlying  navigable water  within the boundaries  of and  adjacent                                                            
to federal areas; and providing for an effective date."                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
4:50:57 PM                                                                                                                    
CO-CHAIR  GIESSEL  moved  to adopt  the  committee  substitute  (CS)                                                            
for SB 92, work order 33-LS0536\U, as the working document.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
She  explained  that she  requested  the  bill  be returned  to  the                                                            
committee  because Native  corporations  expressed  concern that  it                                                            
wasn't  sufficiently  clear  that  Native   corporation  lands  were                                                            
included in the public lands exemption.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR BISHOP objected for discussion purposes.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
4:51:50 PM                                                                                                                    
JULIA  O'CONNOR,   Staff,  Senator   Cathy  Giessel,  Alaska   State                                                            
Legislature,   Juneau,   Alaska,   presented  the   explanation   of                                                            
changes from version S to version U for SB 92                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
[Original punctuation provided.]                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
      The Committee Substitute adopts the following changes:                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
     1. In Section 1,  page 1, line 10,  deleted "and adjacent                                                                  
        to"                                                                                                                     
     2. In Section  2, page 2,  line 4, deleted  "and adjacent                                                                  
        to"                                                                                                                     
     3. In Section 3,  page 2, line 14,  deleted "and adjacent                                                                  
        to"                                                                                                                     
     4. In Section  8, page 3,  line 9, deleted  "and adjacent                                                                  
        to"                                                                                                                     
     5. In Section 8,  page 3, line 12,  deleted "and adjacent                                                                  
        to"                                                                                                                     
     6. In Section 9,  page 4, line 10,  deleted "and adjacent                                                                  
        to"                                                                                                                     
     7. In Section  10,  page 87,  after  subpart (B)  on  line                                                                 
        30:                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
        a. Added a subpart (C) that would read "land that                                                                       
          has been lawfully selected for conveyance by a                                                                        
          private party under a federal statute but has not                                                                     
          yet been conveyed to that private party;"                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
4:52:27 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  GIESSEL  explained  that  Alaska  Native  corporations  and                                                            
Native  communities   have  selected   land  that  has  yet   to  be                                                            
conveyed, so it is not subject to the bill.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
4:52:52 PM                                                                                                                    
CO-CHAIR  BISHOP removed his  objection and  the CS was adopted.  He                                                            
solicited a motion.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
4:53:03 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR GIESSEL  moved to  report CSSB 92,  work order 33-LS0536\U,                                                             
from committee  with individual  recommendations  and attached  zero                                                            
fiscal note(s).                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
4:53:27 PM                                                                                                                    
CO-CHAIR  BISHOP   found  no  objection   and  CSSB  92(2dRES)   was                                                            
reported from the Senate Resources Standing Committee.