1993-05-04                     Senate Journal                      Page 2057
HB 116                                                                       
Senator Pearce moved for the adoption of the Letter of Intent.                 
                                                                               
Senators Kerttula, Phillips, Donley moved and asked unanimous                  
consent that they be allowed to abstain from voting due to a conflict          
of interest.  Objections were heard.                                           
                                                                               
The question being:  "Shall the Letter of Intent be adopted?"  The             
roll was taken with the following result:                                      
                                                                               
CSHB 116(FIN)(TITLE AM)                                                        
Letter of Intent                                                               
                                                                               
YEAS:  15   NAYS:  5   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                              
                                                                               
Yeas:  Donley, Ellis, Frank, Halford, Jacko, Kelly, Leman, Little,             
Miller, Pearce, Phillips, Rieger, Salo, Sharp, Taylor                          
                                                                               
Nays:  Adams, Duncan, Kerttula, Lincoln, Zharoff                               
                                                                               
and so, the Senate Letter of Intent was adopted.                               
                                                                               
Senators Donley, Pearce, Halford, Leman, Ellis, Kelly, Rieger, Taylor          
moved and asked unanimous consent that they be shown as cross                  
sponsors on the bill.  Without objection, it was so ordered.                   
                                                                               
The question being:  "Shall CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO.                              
116(FIN)(title am) "An Act amending the manner of determining the              
royalty received by the state on gas production, and directing the             
commissioner of natural resources to accept, under certain                     
circumstances, the contract price agreed to between a lessee of                
federal land and a gas or electric utility as the value of the federal         
government's royalty share from natural gas production on federal              
land from which the state is entitled under applicable federal law to          
receive a share of the royalty on gas production; and providing for            
an effective date" pass the Senate?"  The roll was taken with the              
following result: