ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE  SENATE TRANSPORTATION STANDING COMMITTEE  February 7, 2013 1:30 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT Senator Dennis Egan, Chair Senator Fred Dyson, Vice Chair Senator Anna Fairclough Senator Click Bishop Senator Hollis French MEMBERS ABSENT  All members present COMMITTEE CALENDAR  SENATE BILL NO. 31 "An Act naming the runway at the state-owned airport in Akhiok the Jim Andie and Robin Starrett Memorial Runway." - MOVED SB 31 OUT OF COMMITTEE PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION  BILL: SB 31 SHORT TITLE: NAMING AKHIOK RUNWAY SPONSOR(s): SENATOR(s) STEVENS 01/22/13 (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS 01/22/13 (S) TRA 02/07/13 (S) TRA AT 1:30 PM BUTROVICH 205 WITNESS REGISTER SENATOR GARY STEVENS Alaska State Legislature Juneau, Alaska POSITION STATEMENT: Sponsor of SB 31. ACTION NARRATIVE 1:30:47 PM CHAIR DENNIS EGAN called the Senate Transportation Standing Committee meeting to order at 1:30 p.m. Present at the call to order were Senators Dyson, French, Bishop, Fairclough and Chair Egan. SB 31-NAMING AKHIOK RUNWAY  1:31:13 PM CHAIR EGAN announced SB 31 to be up for consideration. 1:31:32 PM SENATOR GARY STEVENS, sponsor of SB 31, Alaska State Legislature, Juneau, Alaska, said this is a straight forward piece of legislation to name a small airstrip in Akhiok the Jim Andie and Robin Starrett Memorial Runway. It has no fiscal note. 1:32:34 PM SENATOR DYSON moved to report SB 31 from committee to the next committee of referral with individual recommendations and attached fiscal note(s). SENATOR FAIRCLOUGH objected to ask if anyone was in opposition to this. SENATOR STEVENS answered that everyone is behind this; the two pilots are well respected in the community and they were willing to pay for the signs. SENATOR FAIRCLOUGH removed her objection. CHAIR EGAN finding no further objection announced that SB 31 moved to the next committee or referral. 1:34:23 PM Finding no further business to come before the committee Chair Egan adjourned the meeting at 1:34 p.m.