ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                   
                      SENATE RULES COMMITTEE                                                                                  
                         February 15, 2001                                                                                      
                            11:00 a.m.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
Senator Drue Pearce, Chair                                                                                                      
Senator Randy Phillips                                                                                                          
Senator Gene Therriault                                                                                                         
Senator Johnny Ellis                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Senator John Cowdery, Vice Chair (Excused)                                                                                      
                                                                                                                              
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CS FOR SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 7(RES)                                                                                       
Supporting  reinstatement  of the  United States  Department of  the                                                            
Interior  directive  exempting  the  United States  Bureau  of  Land                                                            
Management in  Alaska from the mandatory wilderness  review process.                                                            
     APPROVED FOR CALENDARING                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
SENATE BILL NO. 53                                                                                                              
"An Act extending  the termination date of the Board  of Barbers and                                                            
Hairdressers."                                                                                                                  
     APPROVED FOR CALENDARING                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
SJR 7 - See Resources minutes dated 2/12/01.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
SB 53 - See Labor and Commerce minutes dated 02/08/01.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
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CHAIRMAN DRUE  PEARCE called the Senate  Rules Committee  meeting to                                                          
order at  11:00 a.m.   Present were Senators  Phillips, Therriault,                                                             
Ellis and Pearce.  Senator  Cowdery was excused for medical reasons.                                                            
The first order of business  to come before the committee was SJR 7.                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  THERRIAULT moved  to calendar  SJR  7-REINSTATE  WILDERNESS                                                        
STUDY  PROHIBITION  with  its zero  fiscal  note.   There  being  no                                                        
objection, the motion carried.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR PHILLIPS moved to calendar SB 53-EXTENDING THE BD. OF                                                               
BARBERS/HAIRDRESSERS.  There being no objection, the motion                                                                 
carried.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
There being no further business to come before the committee,                                                                   
CHAIR PEARCE adjourned the meeting at 11:02 a.m.