HB 257-COOK INLET SEISMIC DATA                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
1:06:43 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR MCKAY announced  that the first order of  business would be                                                               
HOUSE BILL NO.  257, "An Act requiring the  Department of Natural                                                               
Resources to  make Cook  Inlet seismic  survey data  available to                                                               
certain persons; and providing for an effective date."                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
1:07:09 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
TREVOR  JEPSEN, Staff,  Representative  Tom  McKay, Alaska  State                                                               
Legislature,  provided a  correction to  HB 257  from a  previous                                                               
committee meeting.   He  explained that slide  5 of  a PowerPoint                                                               
had  referenced "state  infrastructure," which  would imply  that                                                               
the state would  have to pay, which was inaccurate  as he had not                                                               
meant  to  imply  a  funding  source.    He  clarified  that  the                                                               
investment would come from the private sector.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
1:08:02 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  MCKAY   opened  public  testimony   on  HB  257.     After                                                               
ascertaining  that no  one wished  to testify,  he closed  public                                                               
testimony.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
1:08:30 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR MCKAY announced that HB 247 was held over.