Juneau -- Legislation to eliminate Daylight Savings Time in Alaska, House Bill 4, moved out of the House Special Committee on World Trade & State/Federal Relations yesterday evening. Representative Vic Kohring (R-Wasilla/Peters Creek), sponsored the bill at the request of numerous constituents who questioned the need to retain Daylight Savings.

"The experiment with Daylight Savings has been a failure in Alaska, and it's time to take it off the books after 32 years," said Kohring. He noted that Alaska began using Daylight Savings in 1967, following the lead of Lower 48 states.

"There's no significant benefit to warrant the state continuing this program. It poses an inconvenience to people who must remember to change their clocks each spring and fall. More important, in an age of wide-spread high-tech electronic use such as computers, fax machines, VCR's, ATM's, etc. it causes businesses and the public to incur costs and time in resetting equipment."

The World Trade & State/Federal Relations Committee voted unanimously to move the legislation, where its next stop is House Labor & Commerce.

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