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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Edited | Chronicler Mar 01, 2008 11:40am |
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| Category | Speculative |
| News Date | Saturday, March 1, 2008 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By Pat Forgey | JUNEAU EMPIRE
The Alaska Legislature on Thursday advanced a bill easing the way for a capital move.
House Bill 54 is sponsored by Rep. Mark Neuman, R-Wasilla, who said the bill would allow communities from around the state to bid on the opportunity to build a new legislative hall building.
The winning community would provide a building that meets the bill's specifications and receive the economic development that went along with it.
Another provision of Neuman's bill would repeal the voter-approved FRANK Initiative, which requires voters be told the cost of capital move plans and have a vote on them.
Neuman's bill also would provide 1,000 acres of state land that communities could develop and sell to finance the construction.
Critics, including Rep. Andrea Doll, D-Juneau, said the bill was a thinly disguised attempt to eventually move the capital, starting with the Legislature, but Neuman denied that.
"This doesn't say we're moving the legislative hall," he said. |
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