HCR 15: SCHOOL BUS DRIVER APPRECIATION DAY                                   
                                                                               
  Number 123                                                                   
                                                                               
  LINDA GJOSUND, LEGISLATIVE AIDE TO REP. GAIL PHILLIPS,                       
  testified on behalf of Rep. Phillips, the prime sponsor of                   
  HCR 15.  She said she had worked for the Kenai Peninsula                     
  School District and respected the bus drivers and the job                    
  they did.  She said the bus drivers did a good job and                       
  created a good rapport with the children on their buses.                     
                                                                               
  CHAIR BUNDE said the resolution probably did not go far                      
  enough, as it did not involve combat pay.  He asked for                      
  questions from the committee.                                                
                                                                               
  Number 144                                                                   
                                                                               
  REP. BRICE moved passage of HCR 15 with individual                           
  recommendations and asked for unanimous consent.                             
                                                                               
  REP. KOTT commented that it was comical that Rep. Phillips                   
  had also sponsored legislation a few weeks earlier that                      
  considered school bus drivers as "bad guys" who should be                    
  tested for drug use.                                                         
                                                                               
  CHAIR BUNDE, hearing no objection, declared HCR 15 had                       
  passed from the committee with individual recommendations.                   
                                                                               
  CHAIR BUNDE then brought HB 190 to the table.