HCR  9-AGRICULTURE DAY                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR RAMRAS announced that the  first order of business would                                                               
be  HOUSE   CONCURRENT  RESOLUTION  NO.  9,   Proclaiming  Alaska                                                               
Agriculture Day for 2005 and 2006.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  CARL GATTO,  Alaska State  Legislature, spoke  of                                                               
the work  of farmers  in Alaska.   He said his  best friend  is a                                                               
farmer and owns  patents on crops.  A good  year nets $30,000, he                                                               
noted,  and  the  amount  of  work for  a  farmer  in  Alaska  is                                                               
substantial.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  SAMUELS moved  to report  HCR 9  out of  committee with                                                               
individual recommendations and the accompanying fiscal notes.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
There being no objection, HCR 9 was passed out of committee.