SB 315-ENTRY PERMIT BUY-BACK PROGRAM                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SEATON announced that the  first order of business would be                                                               
SENATE BILL  NO. 315, "An  Act relating to the  administration of                                                               
commercial fishing entry permit buy-back programs."                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
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REPRESENTATIVE SAMUELS moved  to adopt SB 315, Version  D, as the                                                               
working document.  There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
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CHERYL  SUTTON, Staff  to the  Joint Legislative  Salmon Industry                                                               
Task  Force, Alaska  State  Legislature,  informed the  committee                                                               
that SB  315 is  the companion  to HB  410, which  this committee                                                               
heard and  moved out on February  9, 2004.  She  stressed that SB                                                               
315 is precisely the same legislation  as HB 410.  Simply put, SB                                                               
315  modifies  existing law  governing  buy-back  programs.   The                                                               
legislation   would   allow   the  Commercial   Fisheries   Entry                                                               
Commission  (CFEC)  to "front  fund"  a  buy-back program  if  an                                                               
appropriation were  received for that  purpose.  Senate  Bill 315                                                               
has a zero  fiscal note, she mentioned.  She  concluded by urging                                                               
the committee to report SB 315 from committee.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SEATON, upon  determining no one wished  to testify, closed                                                               
the public hearing on SB 315.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
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REPRESENTATIVE WILSON  moved to  report SB  315 out  of committee                                                               
with individual recommendations and  the accompanying zero fiscal                                                               
note.   There being no  objection, SB  315 was reported  from the                                                               
House Special Committee on Fisheries.