SENATE RESOURCES COMMITTEE March 30, 1994 3:40 P.M. MEMBERS PRESENT Senator Mike Miller, Chairman Senator Loren Leman, Vice Chairman Senator Steve Frank Senator Drue Pearce Senator Dave Donley MEMBERS ABSENT Senator Al Adams Senator Fred Zharoff COMMITTEE CALENDAR SENATE BILL NO. 355 "An Act relating to errors in surveys of land." SENATE BILL NO. 325 "An Act relating to taking of antlerless moose." PREVIOUS ACTION SB 355 - See Community & Regional Affairs minutes dated 3/15/94. SB 325 - No previous action to consider. WITNESS REGISTER Barbara Borbridge, Legislative Aide c/o Senator Lincoln State Capitol Juneau, Ak. 99801-1182 POSITION STATEMENT: Sponsor of SB 325. Dave Kelleyhouse, Director Division of Wildlife Department of Natural Resources P.O. Box 25526 Juneau, Ak. 99801-1182 POSITION STATEMENT: Supported SB 325. Tim Osborne P.O. Box 209 Galena, Ak. 99741 POSITION STATEMENT: Supported Sb 325. George Covel, Chairman Copper River, Prince William Sound Advisory Committee P.O. Box 1558 Cordova, Ak. 99574 POSITION STATEMENT: Supported SB 325. ACTION NARRATIVE TAPE 94-32, SIDE A Number 001 CHAIRMAN MILLER called the Resources Committee meeting to order at 3:40 p.m. and announced SB 355 (ADJUSTMENTS FOR DEFECTIVE SURVEY) to be up for consideration. SENATOR RIEGER addresses a problem noticed by the Municipal Assembly in Anchorage. SB 355 allows a different method for courts to clear up extremely defective surveys and he suggested two amendments. The first amendment says to fix the lines to the extent practicable. The second amendment is a grandfather clause for approved uses when a subsequent court order replat comes in. Number 142 SENATOR LEMAN moved to adopt amendment 1 to SB 355. There were no objections and it was adopted. SENATOR LEMAN moved to adopt amendment 2 to SB 355. There were no objections and it was adopted. SENATOR LEMAN moved to adopt amendment 3, to insert on page 5, line 10, a period after the word "subdivision" and delete the rest of the sentence. There were no objections and it was adopted. SENATOR LEMAN moved to pass CSSB 355(RES) from committee with individual recommendations. There were no objections and it was so ordered. Number 160 SENATOR MILLER announced SB 325 (TAKING OF ANTLERLESS MOOSE) to be e up for consideration. BARBARA BORBRIDGE, Aide to Senator Lincoln, testified that SB 325 repeals AS 16.05.780. If enacted there would be no change in the antlerless moose hunt from year to year. No action is required by the Board of Game. Advisory Committees would not have to meet to address this. SB 325 streamlines the process to allow for hunting opportunities, it protects the resource at a savings to the state. DAVE KELLEYHOUSE, Director, Division of Wildlife, said when AS 16.05.780 was enacted, the biologist at that time really believed that wolf and bear predation was having no impact on moose populations. But they were proved wrong and that prompted this legislation. This has become a rubber stamp issue by the Board of Game, but it is very time consuming and costly, taking a day or more for the Board to go through reauthorizing every one of the hunts every year. MR. KELLEYHOUSE said this morning the Alaska Board of Game passed a resolution supporting this bill. Number 259 TIM OSBORNE, Galena area biologist, said he was representing the Middle Yukon Fish and Game Advisory Committee. He said the Advisory Committee represents four villages and there is travel between them whenever a meeting is held. This year there would not have been a meeting this spring other than for the fact they had to come together and vote to have the current antlerless moose hunt to continue. They would have lost it otherwise. They, therefore, strongly support this bill. GEORGE COVEL, Chairman, Copper River and Prince William Sound Advisory Committee, supported SB 325. SENATOR MILLER said they received phone calls from two people in Anchorage, Mr. Stevens, Vice Chairman, Anchorage Fish and Game Advisory Committee, and Mr. Wright, who oppose the bill. He intended to give them a chance to register their opposition to the bill. SENATOR MILLER adjourned the meeting at 4:02 p.m.