HR 11-RENAME SAGINAW BAY AS SKANAX BAY                                                                         
                                                                                                                              
11:39:36 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  KREISS-TOMKINS  announced  that   the  first  order  of                                                               
business  would  be  HOUSE  RESOLUTION  NO.  11,  Supporting  the                                                               
renaming of Saginaw Bay as Skanax Bay.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
11:39:52 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE VANCE asked for the meaning of the name "Skanax."                                                                
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR KREISS-TOMKINS  replied that  he would provide  her with                                                               
that information.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
11:40:38 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE STORY moved to report  HR 11 out of committee with                                                               
individual  recommendations  and  the  accompanying  zero  fiscal                                                               
note.   There being  no objection,  HR 11  was reported  from the                                                               
House State Affairs Standing Committee.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
             HR 11-RENAME SAGINAW BAY AS SKANAX BAY                                                                         
                                                                                                                              
11:47:49 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
[CO-CHAIR  KREISS-TOMKINS  returned  to  HR  11  to  explain  the                                                               
meaning of "Skanax."]                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR KREISS-TOMKINS recited from  the application sent to the                                                               
U.S.  Board on  Geographic Names,  as follows:   The  recommended                                                               
name, Skanax, has been used  in the region since time immemorial.                                                               
Skanax refers to the name of  the village on the eastern shore of                                                               
the bay - a  village that no longer exists.  It  was one of three                                                               
villages bombed in 1869.