HB 96-ACQUIRING JESSE LEE HOME                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR DYSON  announced that the  committee would hear  HOUSE BILL                                                               
NO. 96,  "An Act relating  to acquisition and development  of the                                                               
Jesse Lee Home; and providing for an effective date."                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
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HELEN  DONAHUE, Staff  to  Representative  Ken Lancaster,  Alaska                                                               
State Legislature,  came forth  on behalf of  the sponsor  for HB                                                               
96.   She explained  the changes made  in the  proposed committee                                                               
substitute  (CS)  for  HB 96,  version  22-LS0451\F,  Lauterbach,                                                               
4/3/01.  First, on  page 2, line 7, she said  [the date] has been                                                               
changed to  November 1,  2002 [from November  1, 2001].   Second,                                                               
after hearing  that the  museum organization  would not  have the                                                               
ability  to carry  out  the terms  of  the bill,  [Representative                                                               
Lancaster's  office]  had  contacted the  Department  of  Natural                                                               
Resources.   Therefore, on  page 2,  line 5, of  the bill  it now                                                               
states  that the  Department  of Natural  Resources  will do  the                                                               
study of  the Jesse Lee  Home.  Finally, subsection  (c) provides                                                               
flexibility  for [the  Department  of Natural  Resources] to  put                                                               
dollar amounts on the project.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
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RAY  GILLESPIE came  forth to  testify  on behalf  of himself  in                                                               
support of HB 96.   He stated that he and his  wife were born and                                                               
raised in  Seward.  His  wife's family  is Aleut, and  her family                                                               
was taken into the Jesse Lee Home  in the early 1920s when it was                                                               
in  Unalaska.     He  said   his  wife's  grandmother   became  a                                                               
houseparent and raised  her family there.  He  expressed that the                                                               
Jesse Lee  Home is a beautiful  and unique piece of  history, and                                                               
should be preserved.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  DYSON asked  Jim  Stratton, Director  of  the Division  of                                                               
Parks  and  Outdoor  Recreation,  if   it  is  correct  for  [the                                                               
committee] to  assume that [the Department  of Natural Resources]                                                               
is capable of handling this responsibility.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
JIM   STRATTON,  Director,   Division   of   Parks  and   Outdoor                                                               
Recreation,  Department  of   Natural  Resources,  testified  via                                                               
teleconference.   He  responded that  [the Department  of Natural                                                               
Resources]  is capable  of handling  this responsibility,  is not                                                               
against it, and is working on a fiscal note to make it possible.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
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REPRESENTATIVE  WILSON  made  a  motion  to move  CS  for  HB  96                                                               
[version 22-LS0451\F,  Lauterbach, 4/3/01] out of  committee with                                                               
individual  recommendations and  attached  fiscal  notes.   There                                                               
being  no  objection,  CSHB  96(HES) was  moved  from  the  House                                                               
Health, Education and Social Services Standing Committee.