01/17/2001 01:08 PM House RES

                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
               HOUSE RESOURCES STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                             
                        January 17, 2001                                                                                        
                           1:08 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
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CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE   DREW  SCALZI,   Co-Chair,  convened   the  House                                                               
Resources Standing Committee meeting at 1:08 p.m.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
PRESENT                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Committee  members  present  were Representatives  Scalzi,  Fate,                                                               
Chenault, Stevens, Kapsner, and McGuire.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR SCALZI introduced the House  Records secretary and staff                                                               
for the co-chairs  of the House Resources  Standing Committee. He                                                               
stated that  Representative Masek and  he would split  the duties                                                               
of the committee by various issues.   He then asked the committee                                                               
members to give  a brief overview of their  expectations for this                                                               
year.                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  STEVENS   stated  that   his  interest   lies  in                                                               
fisheries.  He  noted that he is a co-chair  of the House Special                                                               
Committee on Fisheries.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE CHENAULT  expressed his interest in  fisheries and                                                               
oil and gas issues.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  McGUIRE stated  that all  resource issues  are of                                                               
interest to her.  Of particular importance were  gas pipeline and                                                               
fisheries issues.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  FATE conveyed  interest in  oil and  gas and  the                                                               
fish and game sustained yield concept in the state constitution.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE KAPSNER  mentioned that fisheries and  oil and gas                                                               
are of importance to her.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR SCALZI  discussed the upcoming  agenda, including  HJR 6                                                               
[which  was passed  out of  the Transportation  Committee 1/16/01                                                               
and will be brought to the Resources Committee].                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
HJR 6  will be  heard Wednesday,  January 24,  in committee.   On                                                               
February  6,  there will  be  a  joint  meeting with  the  Senate                                                               
Resources Committee  for an overview  of the mining  industry. On                                                               
January 26, there will be a  joint meeting with the House Special                                                               
Committee on Fisheries  for an overview of  the Alaska Department                                                               
of Fish and Game.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR SCALZI adjourned the  House Resources Standing Committee                                                               
meeting at 1:20 p.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  State Capitol,  Room 3,                                                               
Juneau,  Alaska   99801 (mailing  address),  (907) 465-2214,  and                                                               
after  adjournment of  the second  session  of the  Twenty-Second                                                               
Alaska  State Legislature  this  information may  be obtained  by                                                               
contacting the Legislative Reference Library at (907) 465-3808.