03/27/1998 08:08 AM House CRA

        HOUSE COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS                                   
                 STANDING COMMITTEE                                            
                   March 27, 1998                                              
                     8:08 a.m.                                                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                             
                                                                               
STATEWIDE TELECONFERENCE ON RURAL/STATE RELATIONSHIPS:  MYRON                  
NANENG, PRESIDENT, AVCP; ATTORNEY GENERAL BRUCE BOTELHO                        
                                                                               
TAPE(S)                                                                        
                                                                               
98-21, SIDE(S) A                                                               
                                                                               
CALL TO ORDER                                                                  
                                                                               
Representative Ivan Ivan, Chairman, convened the House Community               
and Regional Affairs meeting at 8:08 a.m.                                      
                                                                               
PRESENT                                                                        
                                                                               
Committee members present at the call to order were Representatives            
Ivan, Joule, Ryan, Ogan and Sanders.                                           
                                                                               
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                         
                                                                               
MYRON NANENG, President, Association of Village Council Presidents,            
P.O. Box 219, Bethel, Alaska 99559, presented his views on                     
tribal/state relationships and offered suggestions on how the state            
can support local governments.                                                 
                                                                               
BRUCE BOTELHO, Attorney General, Department of Law, P.O. Box                   
110300, Juneau, Alaska 99811, commented on the need to resolve                 
subsistence, Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act                   
(ANILCA), role of tribal courts in Alaska, Indian Child Welfare Act            
and Title 29 in relation to rural governments.                                 
                                                                               
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                               
                                                                               
The committee took no action.                                                  
                                                                               
ADJOURNMENT                                                                    
                                                                               
The meeting adjourned at 9:22 a.m.                                             
                                                                               
NOTE:                                                                          
                                                                               
The meeting was recorded and handwritten log notes were taken.  A              
copy of the tape(s) and log notes may be obtained by contacting the            
House Records Office at 130 Seward Street, Suite 211, Juneau,                  
Alaska  99801-1182, (907) 465-2214, and after adjournment of the               
second session of the Twentieth Alaska State Legislature, in the               
Legislative Reference Library.