ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                   
                      SENATE RULES COMMITTEE                                                                                  
                          March 15, 2001                                                                                        
                            10:55 a.m.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Senator Drue Pearce, Chair                                                                                                      
Senator John Cowdery, Vice Chair                                                                                                
Senator Randy Phillips                                                                                                          
Senator Gene Therriault                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Senator Johnny Ellis                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 14                                                                                                  
Urging President  Bush, the United  States Department of  State, and                                                            
the  United States  Congress  to intervene  and negotiate  with  the                                                            
government  of Canada  to  reconsider  the imposition  of  a fee  to                                                            
transport firearms through Canada.                                                                                              
     APPROVED FOR CALENDARING                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
HB 117 - See Finance Report dated 3/14/01.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
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CHAIRWOMAN DRUE PEARCE  called the Senate Rules Committee meeting to                                                          
order  at 10:55  a.m.  Present were  Senators  Therriault,  Cowdery,                                                            
Phillips and Pearce.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRWOMAN  PEARCE  announced  that  SJR 14,  sponsored  by  Senator                                                            
Taylor,  was  before  the committee  and  that  Senator  Taylor  was                                                            
available to answer questions.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
There being no questions, SENATOR THERRIAULT moved to calendar                                                                  
SJR 14-OPPOSE  CANADIAN FEE TO TRANSPORT  FIREARMS.  There  being no                                                        
objection, the motion carried.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRWOMAN PEARCE informed the committee that it would hear SB 93                                                               
and possibly Senator Wilken's bill the following day.  She then                                                                 
adjourned the meeting.