04/04/2012 09:00 AM Senate FINANCE

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 24                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     Establishing   the   Alaska   Legislative   Celebration                                                                    
     Commission to organize events  to commemorate the 100th                                                                    
     anniversary of  the first convening of  the legislative                                                                    
     branch of government in Alaska.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
9:16:18 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
TIM LAMKIN, STAFF, SENATOR GARY  STEVENS, explained that the                                                                    
resolution established a small  commission comprised of four                                                                    
legislators and three public members  to plan and coordinate                                                                    
the   100th   anniversary   commemoration   of   the   state                                                                    
legislature. The  first territorial legislature  convened on                                                                    
March 3, 1913.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Stedman  discussed the fiscal  note (FN 1  LEG). He                                                                    
reported that the fiscal note  appropriated $103 thousand in                                                                    
general funds  to cover  travel and per  diem costs  for the                                                                    
commission members.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Hoffman  MOVED to  report SCR  24 out  of committee                                                                    
with individual recommendations  and the accompanying fiscal                                                                    
note. There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
SCR  24 was  REPORTED  out  of committee  with  a "do  pass"                                                                    
recommendation  and  with  a new  fiscal  impact  note  from                                                                    
Legislative Council.