MINUTES                                           
                    SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE                                   
                         23 January 1997                                       
                            4:10 p.m.                                          
                                                                               
  TAPES                                                                        
                                                                               
  SFC-97, #14, Side 1 (000 - 591)                                              
               Side 2 (591 - 210)                                              
                                                                               
  CALL TO ORDER                                                                
                                                                               
  Senator  Drue  Pearce,  Co-chair,  convened the  meeting  at                 
  approximately 4:10 p.m.                                                      
                                                                               
                                                                               
  PRESENT                                                                      
                                                                               
  In  addition to  Co-chair Pearce, Senators  Sharp, Torgerson                 
  and Adams were present when  the meeting convened.   Senator                 
  Donley arrived shortly thereafter.                                           
                                                                               
  ALSO  ATTENDING:     Senator  Gary  Wilken;   Janice  Adair,                 
  Director,  Division  of Environmental  Health;  Larry Jones,                 
  Director,    Administrative    Services,    Department    of                 
  Environmental  Conservation;   Jerome  Komisar,   President,                 
  Statewide Programs and Services, University of Alaska; David                 
  Kramer  and  Wendy  Redmond,  University  of  Alaska;  Randy                 
  Welker, Legislative Auditor,  Division of Legislative Audit;                 
  Pat  Davidson,  Assistant Legislative  Auditor,  Division of                 
  Legislative  Audit;  Mike  Greany,  Director,  Division   of                 
  Legislative Finance; Susan Taylor  and Ginger Patton, Fiscal                 
  Analysts,  Division  of Legislative  Finance;  and aides  to                 
  committee members and other members of the legislature.                      
                                                                               
                                                                               
  SUMMARY INFORMATION                                                          
                                                                               
  FY 98 Budget Overview was conducted for the following                        
                                                                               
                         UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA                                  
                                                                               
  FY  98  Budget  Previews were  conducted  for  the following                 
  departments and agencies:                                                    
                                                                               
                 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION                      
                                                                               
                   ALASKA MENTAL HEALTH TRUST AUTHORITY                        
                                                                               
  The  meeting  was recorded  and  handwritten log  notes were                 
  taken.  A copy of the tape and log notes  may be obtained by                 
  contacting either the Legislative Finance Division, P.O. Box                 
  113200, Juneau, Alaska   99811-3200 (Phone: 907/465-3795) or                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
  the office of the Senate Finance Committee Secretary (Phone:                 
  907/46502618).                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
  ADJOURNMENT                                                                  
                                                                               
  The meeting was adjourned at approximately 5:29 p.m.