Legislature(2001 - 2002)
04/03/2001 03:03 PM House HES
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HB 96-ACQUIRING JESSE LEE HOME CHAIR DYSON announced that the committee would hear HOUSE BILL NO. 96, "An Act relating to acquisition and development of the Jesse Lee Home; and providing for an effective date." Number 1719 HELEN DONAHUE, Staff to Representative Ken Lancaster, Alaska State Legislature, came forth on behalf of the sponsor for HB 96. She explained the changes made in the proposed committee substitute (CS) for HB 96, version 22-LS0451\F, Lauterbach, 4/3/01. First, on page 2, line 7, she said [the date] has been changed to November 1, 2002 [from November 1, 2001]. Second, after hearing that the museum organization would not have the ability to carry out the terms of the bill, [Representative Lancaster's office] had contacted the Department of Natural Resources. Therefore, on page 2, line 5, of the bill it now states that the Department of Natural Resources will do the study of the Jesse Lee Home. Finally, subsection (c) provides flexibility for [the Department of Natural Resources] to put dollar amounts on the project. Number 1825 RAY GILLESPIE came forth to testify on behalf of himself in support of HB 96. He stated that he and his wife were born and raised in Seward. His wife's family is Aleut, and her family was taken into the Jesse Lee Home in the early 1920s when it was in Unalaska. He said his wife's grandmother became a houseparent and raised her family there. He expressed that the Jesse Lee Home is a beautiful and unique piece of history, and should be preserved. CHAIR DYSON asked Jim Stratton, Director of the Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation, if it is correct for [the committee] to assume that [the Department of Natural Resources] is capable of handling this responsibility. JIM STRATTON, Director, Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation, Department of Natural Resources, testified via teleconference. He responded that [the Department of Natural Resources] is capable of handling this responsibility, is not against it, and is working on a fiscal note to make it possible. Number 1928 REPRESENTATIVE WILSON made a motion to move CS for HB 96 [version 22-LS0451\F, Lauterbach, 4/3/01] out of committee with individual recommendations and attached fiscal notes. There being no objection, CSHB 96(HES) was moved from the House Health, Education and Social Services Standing Committee.
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