ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
               HOUSE JUDICIARY STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                             
                        January 31, 2001                                                                                        
                           1:30 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
OVERVIEW: STATEHOOD  DEFENSE/NATURAL RESOURCES LAWSUITS  BY DEPT.                                                               
OF LAW                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
TAPES                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
01-11, SIDES A & B                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE   NORMAN  ROKEBERG,   Chair,   called  the   House                                                               
Judiciary Standing Committee  meeting back to order  at 1:30 p.m.                                                               
[For minutes regarding HB 48, see  the 1:12 p.m. minutes for this                                                               
date.]                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
PRESENT                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Committee members  present were Representatives  Rokeberg, James,                                                               
Ogan, Coghill, Meyer, Berkowitz, and Kookesh.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
The  overview  by  the  Department  of  Law  regarding  Statehood                                                               
Defense and Natural Resources Lawsuits was given by:                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
BARBARA  J. RITCHIE,  Deputy  Attorney  General, Civil  Division,                                                               
Department of Law                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
JOANNE  GRACE,  Assistant  Attorney  General,  Natural  Resources                                                               
Section, Civil Division (Anchorage), Department of Law                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
At the meeting  the following handouts were provided:   Maps from                                                               
Alaska v. United States, Original  No. 128; web site of Professor                                                             
Gregory  Maggs, with  resume and  docket;  and Quarterly  Report,                                                               
natural resources cases.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
No announcements were made.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR ROKEBERG  adjourned the House Judiciary  Standing Committee                                                               
meeting at 2:50 p.m.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
NOTE:   The meeting was  recorded and handwritten log  notes were                                                               
taken.  A  copy of the tape(s)  and log notes may  be obtained by                                                               
contacting the  House Records  Office at  State Capitol,  Room 3,                                                               
Juneau,  Alaska   99801 (mailing  address),  (907) 465-2214,  and                                                               
after  adjournment of  the second  session  of the  Twenty-Second                                                               
Alaska  State Legislature  this  information may  be obtained  by                                                               
contacting the Legislative Reference Library at (907) 465-3808.