03/04/2003 01:35 PM Senate L&C

                                                                                                                                
          SJR  7-VANCOUVER'S BID FOR 2010 WINTER GAMES                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR CON  BUNDE called  the Senate  Labor and  Commerce Standing                                                             
Committee meeting  to order at 1:35  p.m. and announced SJR  7 to                                                               
be up for consideration.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
MR. RICHARD SCHMITZ,  staff to Senator Cowdery,  said the purpose                                                               
of SJR 7  is to express Alaska's support of  the Canadian bid for                                                               
the  2010   Winter  Olympic  and   Winter  Paralympic   Games  in                                                               
Vancouver,  British   Columbia,  and  the  resort   community  of                                                               
Whistler, which  is nearby. SJR  7 was introduced because  it's a                                                               
neighborly  thing to  do. In  terms of  a practical  application,                                                               
winter  Olympic  games  are  a  tremendous  economic  engine  for                                                               
surrounding areas.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR BUNDE  said Alaska would  be happy to receive  the economic                                                               
fallout that would come our way.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  DAVIS  moved  SJR  7   from  committee  with  individual                                                               
recommendations and the attached zero  fiscal note. There were no                                                               
objections and it was so ordered.