HOUSE RESOURCES STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                                     
                  February 5, 1999                                                                                              
                     1:06 p.m.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
OVERVIEW:  DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 3                                                                                                    
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska                                                               
relating to initiatives regarding natural resources belonging to                                                                
the state.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
     - BILL HEARING CANCELED                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
TAPE(S)                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
99-4, SIDE(S) A & B                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Representative Scott Ogan, Co-Chairman, convened the House                                                                      
Resources Standing Committee meeting at 1:06 p.m.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
PRESENT                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Committee members present at the call to order were Representatives                                                             
Ogan, Sanders, Harris, Whitaker and Kapsner.  Representatives                                                                   
Barnes and Joule arrived as the meeting was in progress.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
JOHN T. SHIVELY, Commissioner, Department of Natural Resources,                                                                 
provided a brief overview of the department.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
NICO BUS, Administrative Services Manager, Central Office, Division                                                             
of Support Services, Department of Natural Resources, gave his                                                                  
perspective and a brief overview of his division.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
JEFF JAHNKE, Director and State Forester, Division of Forestry,                                                                 
Department of Natural Resources, gave his perspective and a brief                                                               
overview of his division.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
BOB LOEFFLER, Director, Division of Mining and Water Management,                                                                
Department of Natural Resources, gave his perspective and a brief                                                               
overview of his division.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
The meeting adjourned at 2:17 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 130 Seward Street, Suite 211, Juneau,                                                                   
Alaska  99801-1182, (907) 465-2214, and after adjournment of the                                                                
second session of the Twenty-first Alaska State Legislature, in the                                                             
Legislative Reference Library.