HB  93-LUMBER GRADING PROGRAM                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
3:31:07 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SUMNER announced that the  first order of business would be                                                               
HB 93, "LUMBER GRADING PROGRAM."                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
3:31:25 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SUMNER opened public testimony on HB 93.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
3:31:57 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
JOE  YOUNG,  Owner, Young's  Timber,  Inc.,  stated that  Young's                                                               
Timber has  been in  business since  1993 and  has four  types of                                                               
sawmills.   He said that the  spruce timber produced by  his mill                                                               
is comparable  to the Douglas  Fir timber  from the Lower  48 and                                                               
Canada.  He stated that HB  93 would increase the availability of                                                               
timber used  for building houses,  and this would help  the local                                                               
Alaskan economy.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
3:34:22 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  SUMNER,  after ascertaining  there  was  no one  else  who                                                               
wished to testify, closed public testimony.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SUMNER announced that HB 93 was held over.