05/12/2002 01:50 PM Senate RLS

SENATOR HALFORD  moved to calendar HB 507am-NAMING  TRANSPORTATION                                                          
FACILITIES & AREAS.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR ELLIS objected.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN PHILLIPS asked for an explanation of the measure.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
MS. JUDY OHMER,  staff to Representative Kott, sponsor  of HB 507,                                                              
explained  that HB  507 began  as a way  to commemorate  a lot  of                                                              
Alaska's  fallen heroes  - those  people who gave  their lives  to                                                              
others in  service. It then became  a "naming" bill  via additions                                                              
made in the Senate  Transportation Committee. HB 507  began with a                                                              
weigh station at  mile 10.6 on the Glen Highway  named after State                                                              
Trooper  Roelle and  a bike  trail  along the  Glen Highway  named                                                              
after Officer Justin Todd Wollam.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  COWDERY  noted  that  three more  places  were  named  in                                                              
commemoration in the Senate Transportation Committee version.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  THERRIAULT asked  Ms. Ohmer  if  Trooper Roelle's  family                                                              
wants a weigh station named after him.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
MS. OHMER said very much so.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR COWDERY  moved to  calendar HB 507am  and its  zero fiscal                                                              
note at the Chairman's discretion.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN PHILLIPS  announced that  with no further  objection, the                                                              
motion carried.