HJR 38-AK RAILROAD TRANSFER ACT; CONVEYANCES                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
6:28:00 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR CLAMAN announced  that the next order of  business would be                                                               
HOUSE JOINT  RESOLUTION NO. 38,  Relating to  certain conveyances                                                               
to  the Alaska  Railroad  Corporation under  the Alaska  Railroad                                                               
Transfer Act of 1982.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
6:28:45 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  KOPP commented  that this  is an  important issue                                                               
and it  is his belief  that the United State  Congress understood                                                               
the difference  between a  fee interest and  an easement  when it                                                               
passed   the  Alaska   Railroad  Transfer   Act.     Wherein  the                                                               
adjudication  process laid  out  was for  contingent Native  Land                                                               
Claims  and  not  for  the   settled  homestead  patents.    This                                                               
resolution  narrowly deals  with  the transfer  of  rights as  it                                                               
affects the homestead patent properties, he said.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
6:29:30 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  STUTES  moved  to  report  HJR  38,  labeled  30-                                                               
LS1351\J  out of  committee with  individual recommendations  and                                                               
the accompanying fiscal notes.   There being no objection, HRJ 38                                                               
passed out of the House Judiciary Standing Committee.