SJR 2 - LIMIT FEDERAL INTERVENTION IN STATE                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
1:13:10 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR KELLER announced that the  first order of business would be                                                               
CS  FOR  SENATE  JOINT  RESOLUTION  NO.  2(JUD),  Commending  and                                                               
supporting  actions taken  by  the Office  of  the Governor,  the                                                               
attorney general,  and the commissioner  of natural  resources to                                                               
protect  the state  from federal  government  incursion into  the                                                               
care  and  management  of  state resources  and  to  promote  the                                                               
economic prosperity  of the state;  and urging the  United States                                                               
Congress and the President of  the United States to limit federal                                                               
government overreach into management of state resources.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
1:13:26 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR FRED  DYSON, Alaska State  Legislature, sponsor,  said of                                                               
CSSJR 2(JUD), "It's basically saying  to the feds, 'We can manage                                                               
our  own area  and please  don't  keep extending  your reach  and                                                               
interfering with  our stewardship  of our  land and  slowing down                                                               
...  development.'"    Paraphrasing  from a  February  21,  2012,                                                               
article  written  by  the Senate  majority  press  secretary,  he                                                               
offered his  understanding that U.S.  Senator Lisa  Murkowski has                                                               
also spoken on the issue of federal overreach.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  GRUENBERG referred  to  the language  on page  1,                                                               
lines 11-12, of CSSJR 2(JUD)  that reads, "challenged the federal                                                               
government  in court  for its  misuse of  the Endangered  Species                                                               
Act",  and  suggested that  the  word,  "interpretation" be  used                                                               
instead  of the  word  "misuse"; the  language  would then  read,                                                               
"challenged   the   federal   government   in   court   for   its                                                               
interpretation of  the Endangered Species  Act".  He  offered his                                                               
understanding  that a  court  of appeals  has  recently ruled  in                                                               
favor of the  federal government and against the state  in a case                                                               
involving polar bears.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR DYSON  said he  would not  object to  such a  change, and                                                               
acknowledged that it might improve the resolution.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR KELLER closed public testimony on SJR 2.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
1:17:42 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE GRUENBERG made  a motion to adopt  Amendment 1, to                                                               
replace the  word, "misuse" on  page 1,  line 12, with  the word,                                                               
"interpretation".   There  being  no objection,  Amendment 1  was                                                               
adopted.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
1:18:07 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE PRUITT  moved to report CSSJR  2(JUD), as amended,                                                               
out  of   committee  with  individual  recommendations   and  the                                                               
accompanying   fiscal  notes.      There   being  no   objection,                                                               
HCS CSSJR 2(JUD) was  reported from the House  Judiciary Standing                                                               
Committee.