SB 231 - NAMING ALASKA NATIVE VETERANS' HONOR BRIDGE                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN HALCRO announced the first order of business as Senate                                                                 
Bill 231, "An Act naming the Alaska Native Veterans' Honor Bridge."                                                             
                                                                                                                                
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ANNE LANDRUM, Staff to Senator Georgianna Lincoln, Alaska State                                                                 
Legislature, came before the committee to present the bill on                                                                   
behalf of the sponsor.  This piece of legislation is fairly simple.                                                             
It intends to bring recognition to a group of veterans who have not                                                             
been formally recognized before.  It follows the efforts of the                                                                 
federal government made in 1998 when they honored Alaska Native and                                                             
American Indian veterans.  This group, she explained, has had the                                                               
highest service record of any ethnic group in the country.  This                                                                
legislation would simply recognize that service.  Attached to the                                                               
bill is a zero fiscal note from the Department of Transportation &                                                              
Public Facilities, along with a great number of cosponsors from the                                                             
Senate.                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
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CHAIRMAN HALCRO inquired as to whether or not anybody from the                                                                  
audience and teleconference network would like to testify.  There                                                               
was no response.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN HALCRO closed the meeting to public testimony, and asked                                                               
for a motion to move the bill out of committee.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
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REPRESENTATIVE BEVERLY MASEK made a motion to move SB 231 out of                                                                
committee with individual recommendations and attached zero fiscal                                                              
note; she asked unanimous consent.  There being no objection, SB                                                                
231 so moved from the House Transportation Standing Committee.