CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 203(FIN)                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act  designating the  Alaska marine  highway system                                                                    
     and portions of the  Parks, Glenn, Seward, and Sterling                                                                    
     Highways as  a part of  the State's Purple  Heart Trail                                                                    
     and relating to signage  and informational displays for                                                                    
     the trail."                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
1:44:47 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Merrick  relayed that the  bill had been  heard the                                                                    
previous day and one amendment  had been received since that                                                                    
time.  She asked  the bill  sponsor's staff  to provide  any                                                                    
opening comments.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
EMMA  TORKELSON,  STAFF,  SENATOR JOSH  REVAK,  thanked  the                                                                    
committee for  hearing the bill. She  briefly explained that                                                                    
the bill  would extend  the Purple  Heart Trail  about 3,500                                                                    
miles between  the Alaskan/Canadian  border to Homer  and on                                                                    
the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS).                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
1:45:30 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Representative  Josephson MOVED  to ADOPT  Amendment 1,  32-                                                                    
LS1553\I.2 (Foote, 5/9/22)(copy on file):                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
     Page 2, line 2, following "directions":                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
     Insert "along the Glenn Highway below Gold Star Peak                                                                       
     near a site designated for a Gold Star Families                                                                            
     Memorial Monument and"                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Merrick OBJECTED for discussion.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Representative Josephson  explained that Gold Star  Peak was                                                                    
frequently  visited  by  veterans.  He believed  it  was  an                                                                    
appropriate location to designate  a future site for signage                                                                    
of the  Purple Heart  Trail reflecting  that Gold  Star Peak                                                                    
was  in   the  vicinity.   He  believed  the   bill  sponsor                                                                    
considered the amendment to be friendly.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Ms. Torkelson nodded affirmatively.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Merrick WITHDREW her OBJECTION.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
There being NO further OBJECTION, Amendment 1 was ADOPTED.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Foster  MOVED to  REPORT HCS  CSSB 203(FIN)  out of                                                                    
committee   with   individual    recommendations   and   the                                                                    
accompanying fiscal note.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
HCS CSSB  203(FIN) was REPORTED  out of committee  with nine                                                                    
"do  pass"  recommendations   and  one  "no  recommendation"                                                                    
recommendation  and  with  one previously  published  fiscal                                                                    
impact note: FN2 (DOT).