SSTA - 2/2/95                                                                 
                                                                               
                SCR  4 POET LAUREATE OF ALASKA                               
                                                                               
 Number 135                                                                    
                                                                               
 SENATOR SHARP brings up SCR 4 as the next order of business before            
 the Senate State Affairs Committee and calls the first witness.               
                                                                               
 Number 139                                                                    
                                                                               
 SENATOR LEMAN, prime sponsor of SCR 4, relays information contained           
 in his sponsor statement.                                                     
                                                                               
 Number 159                                                                    
                                                                               
 SENATOR DONLEY asks Senator Leman if the legislature must confirm             
 a poet laureate every two years.                                              
                                                                               
 SENATOR LEMAN replies that is his understanding.  Senator Leman               
 does not know if the term could be renewed.                                   
                                                                               
 SENATOR DONLEY guesses that, since the poet laureate is approved by           
 a resolution of the legislature, the term would only be good for              
 the term of the legislature.                                                  
                                                                               
 Number 180                                                                    
                                                                               
 SENATOR DONLEY makes a motion to discharge SCR 4 from the Senate              
 State Affairs Committee with individual recommendations.                      
                                                                               
 CHAIRMAN SHARP, hearing no objection, orders SCR 4 released from              
 committee with individual recommendations.