1996-03-27                     Senate Journal                      Page 2921
                          STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS                         
                                                                               
SJR 25                                                                       
The State Affairs Committee considered SENATE JOINT                            
RESOLUTION NO. 25 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution                   
of the State of Alaska limiting the rights of prisoners to those               
required under the Constitution of the United States.  Signing do              
pass: Senator Sharp, Chair, Senators Leman, Phillips, Duncan,                  
Donley.                                                                        
                                                                               
Zero fiscal notes published today from Department of Corrections,              
Department of Law.                                                             
                                                                               
The resolution was referred to the Judiciary Committee.                        
                                                                               
SB 112                                                                       
The Finance Committee considered SENATE BILL NO. 112 An                        
Act establishing a discovery royalty credit for the lessees of state           
land drilling exploratory wells and making the first discovery of oil          
or gas in commercial quantities and recommended that the                       
Resources Committee Substitute offered on page 2802 be adopted.                
Signing do pass: Senators Frank, Halford, Cochairs, Senators Donley,           
Zharoff, Sharp.  Signing no recommendation: Senators Rieger,                   
Phillips.                                                                      
                                                                               
Previous fiscal note applies.                                                  
                                                                               
The bill was referred to the Rules Committee.                                  
                                                                               
SB 163                                                                       
The Finance Committee considered SENATE BILL NO. 163 An                        
Act approving the University of Alaska's plans to enter into long-             
term obligations to borrow money from the Alaska Housing Finance               
Corporation for the acquisition of student housing facilities; and             
providing for an effective date and recommended it be replaced                 
with