03/30/2011 09:00 AM Senate FINANCE

SENATE BILL NO. 94                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act adding a second verse to the official Alaska                                                                       
     state song."                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
10:18:58 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR    BETTYE   DAVIS,    ANCHORAGE,   introduced    the                                                                    
legislation. The bill  adds the second stanza  to the Alaska                                                                    
state song.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
PAMELA MARSCH,  STAFF, SENATOR BETTYE DAVIS,  testified that                                                                    
SB 94  would add a  second verse  to the Alaska  state song.                                                                    
She  stated that  the second  verse provided  recognition to                                                                    
the  Alaska natives  and to  Benny Benson  who designed  the                                                                    
Alaska  flag.  Similar bills  have  been  introduced in  the                                                                    
past.  She believed  that this  is the  year to  support the                                                                    
long  overdue addition  of the  second verse  to the  Alaska                                                                    
state song.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Stedman  mentioned one indeterminate note  from the                                                                    
Office of the Governor.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
10:21:46 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Senator Davis hoped that the  bill would proceed with a zero                                                                    
fiscal  note  as  recommended  by  the  prior  committee  of                                                                    
referral, State Affairs.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
10:22:39 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CONNIE  DAVIS, JUNEAU,  testified  in regard  to the  second                                                                    
verse  of  the  state  song   written  by  her  mother.  She                                                                    
mentioned that the University of  Alaska Foundation which is                                                                    
legally separate from the  university itself. The foundation                                                                    
manages  gifts   and  donations  for  the   benefit  of  the                                                                    
university.  The copyrights  of  the Alaska  state song  are                                                                    
held in  trust by  the university foundation,  therefore the                                                                    
state is  not responsible for  any problem that  might arise                                                                    
in regard to the second verse.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
10:24:06 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
SB  90  was   HEARD  and  HELD  in   Committee  for  further                                                                    
consideration.