03/30/1994 03:40 PM Senate RES

                   SENATE RESOURCES COMMITTEE                                  
                         March 30, 1994                                        
                           3:40 P.M.                                           
                                                                               
 MEMBERS PRESENT                                                               
                                                                               
 Senator Mike Miller, Chairman                                                 
 Senator Loren Leman, Vice Chairman                                            
 Senator Steve Frank                                                           
 Senator Drue Pearce                                                           
 Senator Dave Donley                                                           
                                                                               
  MEMBERS ABSENT                                                               
                                                                               
 Senator Al Adams                                                              
 Senator Fred Zharoff                                                          
                                                                               
  COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                           
                                                                               
 SENATE BILL NO. 355                                                           
 "An Act relating to errors in surveys of land."                               
                                                                               
 SENATE BILL NO. 325                                                           
 "An Act relating to taking of antlerless moose."                              
                                                                               
  PREVIOUS ACTION                                                              
                                                                               
 SB 355 - See Community & Regional Affairs minutes                             
          dated 3/15/94.                                                       
                                                                               
 SB 325 - No previous action to consider.                                      
                                                                               
  WITNESS REGISTER                                                             
                                                                               
 Barbara Borbridge, Legislative Aide                                           
 c/o Senator Lincoln                                                           
 State Capitol                                                                 
 Juneau, Ak. 99801-1182                                                        
  POSITION STATEMENT:   Sponsor of SB 325.                                     
                                                                               
 Dave Kelleyhouse, Director                                                    
 Division of Wildlife                                                          
 Department of Natural Resources                                               
 P.O. Box 25526                                                                
 Juneau, Ak. 99801-1182                                                        
  POSITION STATEMENT:   Supported SB 325.                                      
                                                                               
 Tim Osborne                                                                   
 P.O. Box 209                                                                  
 Galena, Ak. 99741                                                             
  POSITION STATEMENT:   Supported Sb 325.                                      
                                                                               
 George Covel, Chairman                                                        
 Copper River, Prince William Sound Advisory Committee                         
 P.O. Box 1558                                                                 
 Cordova, Ak. 99574                                                            
  POSITION STATEMENT:   Supported SB 325.                                      
                                                                               
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 Number 001                                                                    
 CHAIRMAN MILLER called the Resources Committee meeting to order at            
 3:40 p.m. and announced  SB 355  (ADJUSTMENTS FOR DEFECTIVE SURVEY)           
 to be up for consideration.                                                   
                                                                               
 SENATOR RIEGER addresses a problem noticed by the Municipal                   
 Assembly in Anchorage.  SB 355 allows a different method for courts           
 to clear up extremely defective surveys and he suggested two                  
 amendments.                                                                   
                                                                               
 The first amendment says to fix the lines to the extent                       
 practicable.  The second amendment is a grandfather clause for                
 approved uses when a subsequent court order replat comes in.                  
                                                                               
 Number 142                                                                    
                                                                               
 SENATOR LEMAN moved to adopt amendment 1 to SB 355.  There were no            
 objections and it was adopted.                                                
                                                                               
 SENATOR LEMAN moved to adopt amendment 2 to SB 355.  There were no            
 objections and it was adopted.                                                
                                                                               
 SENATOR LEMAN moved to adopt amendment 3, to insert on page 5, line           
 10, a period after the word "subdivision" and delete the rest of              
 the sentence.  There were no objections and it was adopted.                   
                                                                               
 SENATOR LEMAN moved to pass CSSB 355(RES) from committee with                 
 individual recommendations.  There were no objections and it was so           
 ordered.                                                                      
 Number 160                                                                    
 SENATOR MILLER announced  SB 325  (TAKING OF ANTLERLESS MOOSE) to be     e    
 up for consideration.                                                         
                                                                               
 BARBARA BORBRIDGE, Aide to Senator Lincoln, testified that SB 325             
 repeals AS 16.05.780.  If enacted there would be no change in the             
 antlerless moose hunt from year to year.  No action is required by            
 the Board of Game. Advisory Committees would not have to meet to              
 address this.  SB 325 streamlines the process to allow for hunting            
 opportunities, it protects the resource at a savings to the state.            
 DAVE KELLEYHOUSE, Director, Division of Wildlife, said when AS                
 16.05.780 was enacted, the biologist at that time really believed             
 that wolf and bear predation was having no impact on moose                    
 populations.  But they were proved wrong and that prompted this               
 legislation.  This has become a rubber stamp issue by the Board of            
 Game, but it is very time consuming and costly, taking a day or               
 more for the Board to go through reauthorizing every one of the               
 hunts every year.                                                             
                                                                               
 MR. KELLEYHOUSE said this morning the Alaska Board of Game passed             
 a resolution supporting this bill.                                            
                                                                               
 Number 259                                                                    
                                                                               
 TIM OSBORNE, Galena area biologist, said he was representing the              
 Middle Yukon Fish and Game Advisory Committee.  He said the                   
 Advisory Committee represents four villages and there is travel               
 between them whenever a meeting is held.  This year there would not           
 have been a meeting this spring other than for the fact they had to           
 come together and vote to have the current antlerless moose hunt to           
 continue.  They would have lost it otherwise.  They, therefore,               
 strongly support this bill.                                                   
                                                                               
 GEORGE COVEL, Chairman, Copper River and Prince William Sound                 
 Advisory Committee, supported SB 325.                                         
                                                                               
 SENATOR MILLER said they received phone calls from two people in              
 Anchorage, Mr. Stevens, Vice Chairman, Anchorage Fish and Game                
 Advisory Committee, and Mr. Wright, who oppose the bill.  He                  
 intended to give them a chance to register their opposition to the            
 bill.                                                                         
 SENATOR MILLER adjourned the meeting at 4:02 p.m.