1996-03-18                     Senate Journal                      Page 2766
Guide us Lord, as individuals, senators, and                                  
participants in the life of this great Alaska                                  
Community to place a high priority on people as the                            
most important natural resource we have.  Help us                              
in our struggles with limited resources to meet what                           
can appear to be unlimited needs.  May we struggle                             
legitimately and compassionately with the dilemma                              
of that reality.                                                               
                                                                               
We give thanks for each senator gathered here                                 
today.  Uphold and bless them in the decisions they                            
make.  In Your holy name,                   Amen.                              
                                                                               
Senator Zharoff led the Senate in the pledge of allegiance.                    
                                                                               
                                CERTIFICATION                                
                                                                               
Senator Halford moved and asked unanimous consent that the                     
journals for the sixty-seventh, sixty-eighth, sixty-ninth and seventieth       
legislative days and Senate Journal Supplement No. 11 be approved              
as certified by the Secretary.  Without objection, it was so ordered.          
                                                                               
Senator Halford moved and asked unanimous consent that Senator                 
Green be excused from a call of the Senate on March 18.  Without               
objection, it was so ordered.                                                  
                                                                               
                                                                               
                          MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR                         
                                                                               
SB 123                                                                       
Message of March 12 was read, stating the Governor signed the                  
following bill and transmitted the engrossed and enrolled copies to            
the Lieutenant Governors Office for permanent filing:                          
                                                                               
FREE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE                                          
FOR SENATE BILL NO. 123                                                        
An Act relating to student loan programs and fees                             
for review of postsecondary education institutions;                            
relating to a postsecondary student exchange                                   
program administered by the Western Interstate                                 
Commission on Higher Education; and providing for                              
an effective date.