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LR045

Resolve: LR045

Year: 1991

Source Bill: HCS CSSCR 10(FIN)

Source Root: SCR010

Establishing a Health Resources and Access Task Force.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:

WHEREAS estimated annual expenditures for health care in Alaska have risen by 300 percent in the last 10 years from $480 million to over $1.5 billion; and

WHEREAS an estimated 90,000 residents of the state cannot afford to pay their medical bills, are not covered by a group health insurance plan, do not qualify for public assistance programs, and cannot afford to pay individual health insurance premiums; and

WHEREAS, if current trends continue, it is estimated that expenditures for health care in the state could increase to at least $10 billion by the year 2000 and over 25 percent of the state's residents may be uninsured; and

WHEREAS the legislature, aided by the Health Care Cost Containment Task Force, has achieved savings in the costs of health care to the state totaling over $20 million in fiscal years 1990 and 1991; and

WHEREAS every resident should have access to a basic level of health care regardless of income and should not become financially destitute before obtaining health care; and

WHEREAS the legislature recognizes that there is a continuing need to develop and evaluate ways to manage health care expenditures in the state;

BE IT RESOLVED by the Alaska State Legislature that the Health Resources and Access Task Force is established with the following primary purposes:

(1) to design a cost-efficient program that allows access to a basic level of health care services for all state residents;

(2) to continue the work of the Health Care Cost Containment Task Force in seeking ways to achieve savings in the cost of health care in the state; and

(3) to define a strategy for implementing a health care program covering all Alaskans and a strategy for continuing to contain the costs of health care in the state; and be it

FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force shall

(1) solicit advice and information from the medically indigent, health care consumer groups, the insurance industry, health care providers, labor organizations, emergency services personnel, large and small businesses, the Medical Care Advisory Committee, the Alaska Native Health Service, actuaries, the public, and others;

(2) investigate and gather data relating to health care quality, access, delivery, payment systems, and financing in the state, especially in rural areas;

(3) ascertain and review successful health care protection methods in other states, territories, and countries and other health care alternatives, including ways of providing health care for persons without insurance or with limited health care protection;

(4) continue to update an accurate estimate of the number of people who are unable to receive necessary health care services in the state, which patients are generating unpaid medical bills, which state residents are uninsured or lack adequate insurance, which health care providers are providing uncompensated care, who is paying for the cost of uncompensated care, and the total cost of uncompensated care in the state;

(5) identify those health care services necessary to achieve an acceptable minimum level of health care for all state residents and to examine those health care services that provide the most care for the most people at the least cost, including prevention services;

(6) monitor and evaluate experience under the state employee and retiree health plans;

(7) evaluate the potential benefits of health education, wellness plans, and prevention plans for all residents;

(8) develop strategies to support health care professions training and the retention of health care professionals in the state;

(9) recommend ways to coordinate services among nonprofit health care providers, profit making health care providers, state agencies and municipalities, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the United States Department of Defense, and the Alaska Native Health Service in order to achieve a more efficient and effective health care delivery system;

(10) review ways to maximize the use of federal funds for health care programs in the state;

(11) investigate ways to reduce costs associated with malpractice insurance coverage, including its effect on the cost of health care in the state;

(12) consider the feasibility of redistributing funds currently spent by the state on health care in order to provide residents with affordable and equitable care;

(13) provide advice and assistance to other public agencies involved in health care programs; and

(14) pursue other sources of funding for the expenses of the task force; and be it

FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force shall consist of 17 members as follows:

(1) three members of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate;

(2) three members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House;

(3) three persons representing the executive branch, appointed by the Governor;

(4) eight members chosen by the members appointed under paragraphs (1) - (3) as follows: one individual representing the medically indigent, one individual representing private employers who are not health care providers, two individuals representing health care providers, one individual representing a health insurer that offers health insurance in the state, one individual representing nonprofit organizations, one consumer of health services who is not an employer or health care provider, and one individual representing labor organizations; and be it

FURTHER RESOLVED that the members of the task force shall elect from among themselves a chair and a vice-chair and that the conduct of the task force meetings shall be in sessions open to the public where all interested parties may provide information; and be it

FURTHER RESOLVED that, within funds made available for the purpose, the task force may hire staff and, subject to approval by the Alaska Legislative Council, contract for services to perform its duties under procurement procedures adopted by the council; and be it

FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force shall report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the legislature by February 1, 1992, and February 1, 1993; and be it

FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force is terminated at 11:59 p.m. on February 1, 1993.

LR046

Resolve: LR046

Year: 1991

Source Bill: HCR 34

Source Root: HCR034

Suspending Uniform Rules 41(b), 24(c), and 35 of the Alaska State Legislature concerning Senate Bill No. 132, relating to the school term.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:

That under Rule 54 of the Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature, the provisions of Rule 41(b), Rule 24(c), and Rule 35 of the Uniform Rules, regarding changes to the title of a bill, are suspended in consideration of Senate Bill No. 132, relating to the school term.

LR047

Resolve: LR047

Year: 1991

Source Bill: HCR 35

Source Root: HCR035

Suspending Uniform Rules 41(b), 24(c), and 35 of the Alaska State Legislature concerning Senate Bill No. 38, relating to obstruction or hindrance of lawful hunting, fishing, or trapping.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:

LR048

Resolve: LR048

Year: 1991

Source Bill: HCR 38

Source Root: HCR038

Relating to negotiations on an Exxon Valdez oil spill claims settlement.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:

WHEREAS the Exxon Valdez oil spill of March 1989 had a tremendous impact on the State of Alaska, on the people of Alaska, and on the natural resources of Alaska; and

WHEREAS justice requires that Alaska be adequately compensated for the damage done to it as a result of the oil spilled from the T/V Exxon Valdez in March of 1989; and

WHEREAS the Governor and the Attorney General have expressed a willingness to again negotiate with Exxon Corporation over the terms of a settlement; and

WHEREAS negotiations relating to the Exxon Valdez oil spill have been established between the state, Exxon Corporation, and the federal government; and

WHEREAS the Alaska State Legislature recognizes that negotiations involve a series of exchanges and counteroffers between the affected parties; and

WHEREAS the Alaska State Legislature recognizes that it is in the best interests of the people of Alaska and the State of Alaska that a settlement between the Exxon Corporation, the state, and the federal government be resolved through negotiation and not in a lengthy judicial process; and

WHEREAS the Alaska State Legislature recognizes the significant work and effort put forth by Governor Walter J. Hickel and Attorney General Charles E. Cole in negotiating on behalf of the state and the people of Alaska with the Exxon Corporation;

BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature respectfully requests Governor Walter J. Hickel to resume negotiations with the Exxon Corporation and the United States for the settlement of the claims of the State of Alaska on the terms and conditions that are in the best interests of the State of Alaska; and be it

FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature respectfully requests that the Governor in the negotiations address the views and concerns expressed by state citizens and the legislature regarding the March 12, 1991, settlement agreement.

LR049

Resolve: LR049

Year: 1991

Source Bill: HCR 40

Source Root: HCR040

Suspending Uniform Rules 41(b), 24(c), and 35 of the Alaska State Legislature concerning Senate Bill No. 37, relating to food and housing for workers at certain state remote construction sites.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:

LR050

Resolve: LR050

Year: 1991

Source Bill: CSC CSHJR 40(RES)

Source Root: HJR040

Requesting a closure of the Eastern Gulf of Alaska East of 140 degrees West longitude to pelagic and on- bottom trawl fishing.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:

WHEREAS the Eastern Gulf of Alaska has been a significant hook and line fishing area for almost 100 years and most of the high value fisheries in the area are fully utilized by the hook and line fishing fleet; and

WHEREAS the intended level of trawl fishing effort in the Eastern Gulf of Alaska during 1991 is unprecedented and is expected to exert undue fishing pressure on fish stocks in the area and displace traditional hook and line fisheries; and

WHEREAS foreign trawl fishing in the Gulf of Alaska resulted in depressed populations of several species of rockfish; and

WHEREAS domestic trawl fishing now threatens these depressed stocks of rockfish; and

WHEREAS federal fishing regulations require that all fisheries that take a species of fish must be closed when the allowable biological catch for the species is reached; and

WHEREAS the trawl fishery in the Eastern Gulf of Alaska is rapidly approaching the allowable biological catch for rougheye rockfish and shortraker rockfish for 1991; and

WHEREAS all fisheries, including the longline sablefish fishery, that take rougheye rockfish and shortraker rockfish will be closed in order to prevent overfishing of these rockfish once the allowable biological catch is achieved and as a consequence the longline sablefish fishery may be canceled before it can open; and

WHEREAS the opening of the longline sablefish fishery was delayed until May 15, 1991, at the request of the International Pacific Halibut Commission, in order to reduce the bycatch of halibut; and

WHEREAS the domestic trawl fishery intends to fish in the same area and during the same time period that has been closed to the longline sablefish fishery to protect halibut; and

WHEREAS only by closing the Eastern Gulf of Alaska East of 140 degrees West longitude to trawl fishing will halibut receive the full protection, as intended by the delayed opening of the longline sablefish fishery season, necessary to reduce the bycatch of halibut; and

WHEREAS recent trawl fishing for rockfish in the Gulf of Alaska has resulted in a high bycatch of Alaska chinook salmon; and

WHEREAS the narrowness of the continental shelf and continental slope in the Eastern Gulf of Alaska concentrates trawl fishing effort in a small area and as a result prevents recovery of trawl fishing areas and may permanently impoverish the ecosystem of the Eastern Gulf of Alaska;

BE IT RESOLVED by the Alaska State Legislature that United States Secretary of Commerce is respectfully requested to immediately implement emergency and permanent regulations closing the Eastern Gulf of Alaska East of 140 degrees West longitude to pelagic and on-bottom trawling.

COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Robert A. Mosbacher, Sr., Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce; the Honorable Steve Pennoyer, Alaska Regional Director, National Marine Fisheries Service, U.S. Department of Commerce; and to the Honorable Ted Stevens and the Honorable Frank Murkowski, U.S. Senators, and the Honorable Don Young, U.S. Representative, members of the Alaska delegation in Congress.

SR001

Resolve: SR001

Year: 1991

Source Bill: SR 1

Source Root: SR001

Establishing a Senate Special Committee on Oil and Gas.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE:

WHEREAS the state's dependence on oil revenue requires that the Alaska State Legislature be well informed on all aspects related to the state's oil and gas resources;

BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate that a Senate Special Committee on Oil and Gas is established to study issues relating to oil and gas resources in the state; and be it

FURTHER RESOLVED that the president of the Senate shall determine the number of senators to be members of the committee, and shall appoint the members and designate a member to chair the committee; and be it

FURTHER RESOLVED that the Senate Special Committee on Oil and Gas may meet during and between sessions of the Seventeenth Alaska State Legislature, and is terminated on the convening of the First Session of the Eighteenth Alaska State Legislature.

SR002

Resolve: SR002

Year: 1991

Source Bill: SR 2

Source Root: SR002

Establishing a Senate Special Committee on Ethics Reform.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE:

WHEREAS the legislature and the public agree that the current legislative ethics law is in need of reform; and

WHEREAS the legislature should have a committee that has the time to examine proposed ethics legislation in depth;

BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate that a Senate Special Committee on Ethics Reform is established to study issues relating to the reform of the current legislative ethics law; and be it

FURTHER RESOLVED that the Senate Special Committee on Ethics Reform may meet during and between sessions of the Seventeenth Alaska State Legislature, and is terminated on the convening of the First Session of the Eighteenth Alaska State Legislature.

SR003

Resolve: SR003

Year: 1991

Source Bill: SR 3

Source Root: SR003

Establishing a Senate Special Committee on International Trade and Tourism.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE:

WHEREAS international trade and tourism are of increasing importance to the economy of the state; and

WHEREAS the legislature should be well-informed about developments in international trade and tourism in order to plan for the state's future; and

WHEREAS the state should promote tourism and enhance opportunities for visitors to experience Alaskan life and scenic grandeur; and

WHEREAS the state should promote and facilitate the export of the products and services of the state;

BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate that a Senate Special Committee on International Trade and Tourism is established to study issues relating to international trade and tourism; and be it

FURTHER RESOLVED that the Senate Special Committee on International Trade and Tourism may meet during and between sessions of the Seventeenth Alaska State Legislature, and is terminated on the convening of the First Session of the Eighteenth Alaska State Legislature.

SR004

Resolve: SR004

Year: 1991

Source Bill: SR 4

Source Root: SR004

Establishing a Senate Special Committee on Domestic and International Commercial Fisheries.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE:

WHEREAS the commercial fishing industry is Alaska's largest renewable resource industry; and

WHEREAS the Alaska State Legislature must be well informed on all issues related to the commercial fisheries of Alaska;

BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate that a Senate Special Committee on Domestic and International Commercial Fisheries is established to study issues related to the domestic and international commercial fisheries of Alaska; and be it

FURTHER RESOLVED that the president of the Senate shall determine the number of senators to be members of the committee, appoint the members, and designate a member to chair the committee; and be it

FURTHER RESOLVED that the Senate Special Committee on Domestic and International Commercial Fisheries may meet during and between sessions of the Seventeenth Alaska State Legislature and is terminated on the convening of the First Session of the Eighteenth Alaska State Legislature.

SR005

Resolve: SR005

Year: 1991

Source Bill: SR 6

Source Root: SR006

Establishing a Senate Special Committee on the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Claims Settlement

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE:

WHEREAS justice requires that Alaska be adequately compensated for the damage done to it as a result of the oil spilled from the T/V Exxon Valdez in March of 1989; and

WHEREAS the Agreement and Consent Decree in United States v. Exxon, et al., and State of Alaska v. Exxon, et al., signed by the parties on March 12, 1991, allows the United States or the State of Alaska to withdraw its consent to the Agreement if the Alaska State Legislature fails to approve the Agreement within 45 days from the date that notice of the Agreement is published in the Federal Register;

BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate that a Senate Special Committee on the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Claims Settlement is established to study the proposed Agreement and related documents; and be it

FURTHER RESOLVED that the President of the Senate shall determine the number of senators to be members of the committee, shall appoint the members, and shall designate a member to chair the committee; and be it

FURTHER RESOLVED that the Senate Special Committee on the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Claims Settlement shall hold, in addition to its own meetings, joint meetings with a like House committee for the purpose of receiving public testimony on the proposed Agreement; and be it

FURTHER RESOLVED that the Senate Special Committee on the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Claims Settlement shall report to the Senate by the 35th day after the Agreement is published in the Federal Register the committee's recommendation that the Senate approve or disapprove the proposed Agreement, and that the committee is terminated on the 46th day after the Agreement is published in the Federal Register.

SR006

Resolve: SR006

Year: 1991

Source Bill: SR 7

Source Root: SR007

Relating to support for the existing federal mining law system.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE:

WHEREAS the federal government is and will continue to be the largest landowner in the State of Alaska; and

WHEREAS 165,400,000 acres of federal parks, preserves, wildlife refuges, wilderness, and other federal land in Alaska are closed to all forms of economic development, including mineral exploration and mining; and

WHEREAS 49,600,000 acres of federal land in Alaska are still open to mineral exploration and mining; and

WHEREAS a healthy mining industry can provide new jobs in many remote parts of Alaska, jobs that are well-paying, year-round, and skilled; and

WHEREAS the existing federal mining law system has served our nation well since it was first enacted in 1872; and

WHEREAS the existing federal mining law system has been amended more than 50 times to accommodate changing conditions; and

WHEREAS mining must already comply with numerous state and federal laws concerning water and air quality, reclamation, land management, health and safety; and

WHEREAS if individuals and companies risk their time and money in search of economic mineral deposits, they must have a reasonable assurance that they will be able to mine the minerals they find;

BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate supports the existing federal mining law system; and be it

FURTHER RESOLVED that the Senate urges the United States Congress to continue to support the existing federal mining law system.

COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable George Bush, President of the United States; the Honorable Dan Quayle, Vice-President of the United States and President of the U.S. Senate; the Honorable Thomas S. Foley, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives; the Honorable Manuel Lujan, Jr., Secretary of the Interior; the Honorable Edward Madigan, Secretary of Agriculture; the Honorable J. Bennett Johnston, Chair of the United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources; the Honorable George Miller, Vice-Chair and acting Chair, House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee; and to the Honorable Ted Stevens and the Honorable Frank Murkowski, U.S. Senators, and the Honorable Don Young, U.S. Representative, members of the Alaska delegation in Congress.

HR006

Resolve: HR006

Source Root: HR009

Year: 1992

Source Bill: HR 9

Designating Alaska salmon as the official food of St. Valentine's Day.

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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:

WHEREAS salmon is recognized all over the world for its beautiful red or pink color; and

WHEREAS Alaska salmon recently passed with flying colors a battery of tests establishing its unparalleled purity; and

WHEREAS salmon's high protein content places it at the top of the list of foods that are wholesome; and

WHEREAS Alaska salmon, of all the foods you can serve to your loved ones on a special day, is one of the sweetest; and

WHEREAS salmon contains large amounts of naturally occurring anti-cholesterol agents, making it good for your heart; and

WHEREAS Alaska salmon amaze humans with their annual upstream journeys, leaping even high waterfalls in their heroic pursuit of love; and

WHEREAS the House of Representatives considers there to be no better, more appropriate food than Alaska salmon for consumption on St. Valentine's Day;

BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives designates Alaska salmon as the official food of St. Valentine's Day; and be it

FURTHER RESOLVED that the House of Representatives recommends that, on every February 14th,

(1) lovers everywhere in the world make it their custom to serve Alaska salmon at that special meal;

(2) food programs financed in whole or in part with state money plan their menus so that Alaska salmon is served;

(3) restaurants, grocery stores, and other appropriate businesses sponsor special promotions involving Alaska salmon.

HR007

Resolve: HR007

Source Root: HR010

Year: 1992

Source Bill: CSHR 10(RLS)

Dedicating Gallery A of the Chambers of the Alaska House of Representatives to Representative Warren Arthur Taylor.

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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:

WHEREAS Warren Arthur Taylor (1891 - 1980), in turn a laborer, railroad man, prospector, and attorney, enjoyed an illustrious public service career of more than three decades that included the critical years of Alaska's transition from sparsely populated territory through the earliest years of statehood; and

WHEREAS Warren A. Taylor served five terms as a territorial representative, having been elected by the voters of the Third Division while a resident of Cordova to serve in the 11th Territorial Legislature (1933) and while a resident of Kodiak to serve in the 17th Territorial Legislature (1945), and having been elected by the voters of the Fourth Division as a resident of Fairbanks to serve in the 19th, 22nd, and 23rd Territorial Legislatures (1949, 1955, 1957); and

WHEREAS Warren A. Taylor played a leading role in helping the people of the Territory of Alaska secure statehood, serving first for a decade as a member of the Alaska Statehood Committee to advocate the advantages of statehood and then as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, during which he gave careful attention to the Alaska Constitution's Article on the Judiciary and to the section committing the state to establishment and operation of a public school system that would be open to all the children of the state; and

WHEREAS Warren A. Taylor was elected and three times reelected by his friends and neighbors in Fairbanks as a state representative during the formative years of the state (1959 - 1967), and guided the passage into law of many of the principal pieces of legislation that have shaped state government in its earliest years and down to the present time; and

WHEREAS Warren A. Taylor was chosen by his House colleagues as the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the First Alaska State Legislature and selected to serve again in the same position during the Second Alaska State Legislature; and

WHEREAS Speaker Warren A. Taylor's entire tenure during the territorial and state legislatures involved service in the body having the larger membership of the legislative branch, the House of Representatives; and

WHEREAS it is fitting that the members of the House of Representatives of the Seventeenth Alaska State Legislature should pay honor to this veteran legislator whose public service career so significantly affected the formation of this state and the stature that the Alaska legislature now enjoys.

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives that the public gallery of the chambers of the House of Representatives that is now known as Gallery A is dedicated to Representative Warren Arthur Taylor, whose service as a member of this body spanned various sessions during the concluding period of Alaska's status as a territory and the first four state legislatures; and be it

FURTHER RESOLVED that a bronze plaque shall be placed on the door of the gallery to read:

"TAYLOR GALLERY, dedicated to WARREN ARTHUR TAYLOR of Fairbanks, who served with honor and distinction for nine terms as a member of the House of Representatives, having been elected as a member of five sessions of the Alaska Territorial Legislature representing at various times the Third and Fourth Divisions, and as a member of each of the first four state Legislatures representing Fairbanks; whose colleagues elected him Speaker of the House of Representatives during the First and Second Alaska Legislatures; and who, as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, guided the formation of the state judiciary and framed the section establishing the state's public school system."

HR008

Resolve: HR008

Source Root: HR011

Year: 1992

Source Bill: HR 11

Dedicating Gallery B of the Chambers of the Alaska House of Representatives to Elizabeth Wanamaker Peratrovich.

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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:

WHEREAS Elizabeth Wanamaker Peratrovich (1911 - 1958) was an important Alaska civil rights activist and a past president of the Alaska Native Sisterhood who battled the discrimination that existed against Natives in Alaska's early history; and

WHEREAS her tireless efforts on behalf of civil rights for all Alaskans included a passionate but dignified address to the Alaska Territorial Senate immediately before it voted in 1945 on a civil rights bill to prohibit discrimination against Natives in housing, retail establishments, and other public accommodations; and

WHEREAS her refusal to be silent in the face of injustice helped all Alaskans to see the reality of discrimination and its devastating effect on those who were discriminated against; and

WHEREAS she symbolizes the crucial role that the public plays in the legislative process;

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives that the public gallery of the chambers of the House of Representatives that is now known as Gallery B is dedicated to Elizabeth Wanamaker Peratrovich, whose life stands in testimony to us that a single person, speaking from the heart, can significantly and positively affect the future of all Alaskans.

LR051

Resolve: LR051

Source Root: SCR027

Year: 1992

Source Bill: SCR 27

Naming room 203 in the state capitol building after Senator Bettye Fahrenkamp.

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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:

WHEREAS Senator Bettye Fahrenkamp died August 12, 1991, after a year-long battle with bone cancer; and

WHEREAS Senator Bettye Fahrenkamp was first elected to the state legislature from Fairbanks in 1978, and at the time of her death was serving her fourth term in the state Senate; and

WHEREAS Senator Bettye Fahrenkamp was a dedicated legislator whose word was her bond and who was intensely loyal to the people she served; and

WHEREAS Senator Bettye Fahrenkamp was active in natural resource, mental health, and education issues, and was responsible for the construction of a treatment center for troubled children and adolescents in Fairbanks; and

WHEREAS Senator Bettye Fahrenkamp was also vitally concerned about preserving the integrity of the legislative branch and its role in serving the public; and

WHEREAS Senator Bettye Fahrenkamp chaired the Senate Resources Committee in 1989 - 1990 and was chair of the Alaska Legislative Council at the time of her death; and

WHEREAS the Senate has a tradition of naming its committee rooms after prominent senators whose legislative service has ended, and it would be appropriate to continue this tradition for Senator Bettye Fahrenkamp; and

WHEREAS room 203 in the state capitol building has been newly established as a Senate committee room and has not yet been named;

BE IT RESOLVED by the Alaska State Legislature that room 203 in the state capitol building is named the "Fahrenkamp Room" in order to honor the late Senator Bettye Fahrenkamp; and be it

FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature directs the Alaska Legislative Council to take whatever action is necessary and appropriate to physically designate room 203 as the "Fahrenkamp Room".

LR052

Resolve: LR052

Source Root: SCR034

Year: 1992

Source Bill: SCR 34

Congratulating Hilary Lindh of Juneau, Alaska, for winning a silver medal in the 16th Winter Olympic Games.

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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:

WHEREAS on February 15, 1992, Hilary Lindh of Juneau, Alaska, won the silver medal in the women's downhill race at the 16th Winter Olympic Games in Meribel, France, and was only .06 seconds behind the winner of the gold medal; and

WHEREAS Hilary Lindh is the state's first Olympic medalist in an individual sport and the state's first medalist in a winter Olympics; and

WHEREAS Hilary Lindh is the first United States woman to win a medal in the downhill event since 1976; and

WHEREAS in the course of winning the silver medal, Hilary Lindh equalled the best downhill showing by an American woman in Olympic history and became only the fourth United States woman in Olympic history to win a medal in the downhill event; and

WHEREAS Hilary Lindh overcame enormous odds and displayed great determination and sacrifice to win the silver medal, and she competed against worthy competition on a very difficult course; and

WHEREAS Hilary Lindh provides an inspiration and a role model to the youth of the state and has displayed the spirit of the state to the entire nation and world; and

WHEREAS Hilary Lindh's achievement has focused attention on the state and on its winter sports program, and has brought tremendous pride to Juneau, to Alaska, and to the United States;

BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature extends its warmest congratulations and highest commendation to Hilary Lindh of Juneau, Alaska, for a job very well done.

LR053

Resolve: LR053

Source Root: HJR039

Year: 1992

Source Bill: SCS HJR 39(RES)

Relating to a bowhead whale allocation for the City of Diomede.

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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:

WHEREAS the City of Diomede is located within the jurisdictional boundaries of Alaska and its citizens are residents of Alaska; and

WHEREAS the citizens of the City of Diomede have traditionally used the bowhead whale for subsistence; and

WHEREAS it is the responsibility of this legislature to represent the interests and protect the rights of the residents of Alaska; and

WHEREAS the citizens of the City of Diomede, as expressed in the city's Resolution 90-11, desire to obtain a bowhead whale allocation; and

WHEREAS to obtain the allocation the International Whaling Commission must increase the bowhead whale subsistence quota for Alaska Natives; and

WHEREAS the City of Diomede's request for an allocation has been endorsed by the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission, the local organization that oversees the management of the Eskimo bowhead whale hunt through a cooperative agreement with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States Department of Commerce; and

WHEREAS before the International Whaling Commission will approve the increased bowhead whale subsistence quota, the subsistence needs of the City of Diomede must be documented, and the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission has confirmed that the documentation is underway; and

WHEREAS the request for the increase in the bowhead whale subsistence quota must be scheduled for consideration at the commission's annual meeting; and

WHEREAS a recent certified population census indicates that the healthy population of bowhead whales has increased;

BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature heartily endorses Resolution 90- 11 of the City of Diomede and its attempt to obtain a bowhead whale allocation; and be it

FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature encourages the International Whaling Commission to grant the request of the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission to increase the annual bowhead whale subsistence quota for the Natives of Alaska upon the submission of the subsistence needs report for the City of Diomede; and be it

FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature, in light of the certified population census indicating an increase of bowhead whales, and, in light of the traditional and documented use of the bowhead whale by the people of the City of Diomede, strongly endorses the request by the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission for an increased bowhead whale subsistence quota to enable the City of Diomede to obtain a bowhead whale allocation.

COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Dan Quayle, Vice-President of the United States and President of the U.S. Senate; the Honorable Thomas S. Foley, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives; the Honorable Ted Stevens and the Honorable Frank Murkowski, U.S. Senators, and the Honorable Don Young, U.S. Representative, members of the Alaska delegation in Congress; and to the International Whaling Commission; the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission; and the City of Diomede.

LR054

Resolve: LR054

Source Root: HJR043

Year: 1992

Source Bill: SCS HJR 43(JUD)

Congratulating the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws on its centennial, and expressing the gratitude of the state for the work of the conference.

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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:

WHEREAS the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year; and

WHEREAS it is appropriate upon this auspicious occasion to highlight the achievements of the organization and to applaud its role in creating uniformity of the laws of the states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U. S. Virgin Islands; and

WHEREAS the state has been an active participant in the national conference since 1912, with the appointment of Royal A. Gunnison of Juneau and Peter D. Overfield of Fairbanks as members, and the appointment of 28 additional members over the years since then; and

WHEREAS the state has been a major beneficiary of the work of the conference since 1913, with that year's enactment of the Uniform Bills of Lading Act, the Uniform Negotiable Instruments Law, the Uniform Sales Act, and the Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act, and enactment of a total of 63 uniform acts to date; and

WHEREAS the existence and work of the conference recognize our nation's need for uniformity among the various United States jurisdictions in certain areas of the law, a need perceived at least as far back as 1881, when the Alabama State Bar Association took the first formal action to encourage development of uniform laws, and 1889, when the American Bar Association decided at its 12th annual meeting to work for uniformity of the laws of the then 44 states; and

WHEREAS, within a year after the American Bar Association's decision, the New York legislature authorized the governor to appoint three commissioners to explore the most effective manner in which to effect uniformity of law to ease problems developing between increasingly interdependent states, and the first meeting of the Conference of State Boards of Commissioners on Promoting Uniformity of Law in the U. S. was held in Saratoga Springs, New York, on August 24, 1892, with commissioners from seven states attending; and

WHEREAS, by the turn of the century, 33 of the then 45 states, along with two territories, were members, and in 1915 the name of the conference was changed to the present one; and

WHEREAS the acts produced by the conference, both uniform acts and model acts, solve many of the problems associated with wide variations in state laws, covering a great range of issues from commercial law and property law to probate and adoption; and

WHEREAS, among the most widely adopted uniform acts are the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act, Uniform Commercial Code, Uniform Controlled Substances Act, Uniform Partnership Act, Uniform Durable Power of Attorney Act, and Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, all providing crucial legislative answers to a vast array of human concerns and situations; and

WHEREAS, at the present time, more than 300 lawyers in private practice or government practice, justices, judges, and law professors, selected for their wide range of legal expertise and experience, serve as uniform law commissioners or associate members of the conference and donate hundreds and, in some cases, thousands of hours of their time to the conference, receiving no salary or fees for their work;

BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature congratulates the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws on its 100th anniversary, applauds the work of the conference, expresses the state's most grateful and sincere appreciation for the opportunity to benefit from that work, and wishes the conference the greatest success in at least the next 100 years.

COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to Dwight A. Hamilton, President, and William J. Pierce, Executive Director, of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.