HB 239 DRAGONFLY AS STATE INSECT                              
                SB  97 DRAGONFLY AS STATE INSECT                               
                                                                              
  CHAIRMAN LEMAN  called the Senate Resources Committee meeting to             
 order at 3:40 p.m and announced that the committee would consider             
 two bills together HB 239 and SB 97.                                          
                                                                               
 REPRESENTATIVE IRENE NICHOLIA, sponsor of HB 239, said this bill              
 amends Alaska Statute 44.09 to designate the four spot skimmer                
 dragon fly as the official state insect.  This suggestion was first           
 brought to her attention by students from Aniak.  Other nominations           
 for the official state insect were the unmarked slender mosquito,             
 morning cloak butterfly, and the bumble bee.  Ballots were sent to            
 every public school in the state.  The four spot skimmer dragon fly           
 won the nomination with an 879 vote margin.                                   
                                                                               
 SENATOR LINCOLN invited the students to join the committee and give           
 brief statements.  They were Rainy Diehl, Deidre Bush, Derek Aluia,           
 Bruck Clift, Rachael Boelens, Andrea Gusty, Dana Diehl, Melanie               
 Matter, and the teacher, Ruth Bradford with the chaperone, Claudia            
 Aluia.                                                                        
                                                                               
 SENATOR LEMAN thanked them all for joining the committee.                     
                                                                               
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 SENATOR LINCOLN moved to pass CSHB 239(STA) from committee with               
 individual recommendations and $0 fiscal note.  There were no                 
 objections and it was so ordered.