01/24/1997 01:35 PM House FIN

                                                                               
                                                                               
                     HOUSE FINANCE COMMITTEE                                   
                        JANUARY 24, 1997                                       
                            1:35 P.M.                                          
                                                                               
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  CALL TO ORDER                                                                
                                                                               
  Co-Chair  Mark  Hanley called  the  House  Finance Committee                 
  meeting to order at 1:35 P.M.                                                
                                                                               
  PRESENT                                                                      
                                                                               
  Co-Chair Hanley               Representative Grussendorf                     
  Co-Chair Therriault           Representative Kohring                         
  Representative Davies         Representative Martin                          
  Representative Davis          Representative Moses                           
  Representative Foster         Representative Mulder                          
                                                                               
  Representative Kelly was not present for the meeting.                        
                                                                               
  ALSO PRESENT                                                                 
                                                                               
  Michele  Brown,  Commissioner,  Department of  Environmental                 
  Conservation;   Larry   Jones,    Director,   Division    of                 
  Administrative   Services,   Department   of   Environmental                 
  Conservation; Keith  Kelton, Director, Division  of Facility                 
  Construction  &  Operation,   Department  of   Environmental                 
  Conservation;  Barbara  Frank,  Program  &  Budget  Support,                 
  Division   of   Administrative   Services,   Department   of                 
  Environmental   Services;   Karen    Perdue,   Commissioner,                 
  Department of Health and Social Services; Jay Lively, Deputy                 
  Commissioner, Department  of  Health  and  Social  Services;                 
  Janet Clarke, Director, Division of Administrative Services,                 
  Department of Health and  Social Services; Shirley Holloway,                 
  Commissioner,  Department  of   Education;  Karen   Rehfeld,                 
  Director, Division of Administrative Services, Department of                 
  Education; Richard Cross, Deputy Commissioner, Department of                 
  Education; Diane Barrans, Executive  Director, Postsecondary                 
  Education  Commission,  Department   of  Education;   Arthur                 
  Snowden II,  Administrative Director,  Alaska Court  System;                 
  Sharon M. Henry-Hall, Administrative Assistant, Alaska Court                 
  System; Nelson  Page,  Chair,  Alaska  Mental  Health  Trust                 
  Authority;  Jeff  Jesse, Executive  Director,  Alaska Mental                 
  Health Trust Authority.                                                      
                                                                               
  SUMMARY                                                                      
                                                                               
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       DEPARTMENT OVERVIEWS:                                                   
                                                                               
            Department of Environmental Conservation                           
            Department of Health and Social Services                           
            Department of Education                                            
            Alaska Court System                                                
            Mental Health Trust                                                
                                                                               
                                                                               
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