HOUSE TRANSPORTATION STANDING COMMITTEE                          
                         January 29, 1997                                      
                             1:10 p.m.                                         
                                                                               
                                                                               
 COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                            
                                                                               
 OVERVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC FACILITIES            
                                                                               
 TAPE(S)                                                                       
                                                                               
 97-1, SIDE(S) A & B                                                           
                                                                               
 CALL TO ORDER                                                                 
                                                                               
 Representative Masek, Vice Chairman, convened the House                       
 Transportation Standing Committee meeting at 1:10 p.m.                        
                                                                               
 PRESENT                                                                       
                                                                               
 Committee members present at the call to order were Representatives           
 Masek, Kookesh, Sanders and Elton.  Representative(s)                         
 Cowdery arrived as the meeting was in progress.                               
                                                                               
 SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                        
                                                                               
 JOE PERKINS, Commissioner, Office of the Commissioner, Department             
 of Transportation and Public Facilities, presented an overview of             
 the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities and answered           
 questions on his overview.                                                    
                                                                               
 THOMAS BRIGHAM, Director, Division of Statewide Planning,                     
 Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, answered                  
 questions on the statewide planning and funding of the department.            
                                                                               
 GARY HAYDEN, Systems Director, Marine Highway System, Department of           
 Transportation and Public Facilities, discussed the issue of                  
 privatization of the Alaska Marine Highway and answered questions.            
                                                                               
 COMMITTEE ACTION                                                              
                                                                               
 The committee took no action.                                                 
                                                                               
 ADJOURNMENT                                                                   
                                                                               
 The meeting was adjourned at 2:30 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 Twentieth Alaska State Legislature, in the              
 Legislative Reference Library.