1996-04-27                     Senate Journal                      Page 3621
                          STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS                         
                                                                               
SB 180                                                                       
Forthcoming Finance Committee Substitute (page 3605) for SENATE                
BILL NO. 180 An Act authorizing the commissioner of the                        
Department of Natural Resources to negotiate and enter into timber             
sale contracts that provide for local manufacture of high value-added          
wood products; and establishing an Alaska Forest Products Research             
and Marketing Program within the Department of Commerce and                    
Economic Development was received today.                                       
                                                                               
SB 201                                                                       
Forthcoming Finance Committee Substitute (page 3605) for SENATE                
BILL NO. 201 An Act relating to the employment of emergency                    
fire-fighting personnel by the commissioner of natural resources was           
received today.                                                                
                                                                               
SB 318                                                                       
Forthcoming Resources Committee Substitute (page 3553) for                     
SENATE BILL NO. 318 An Act authorizing, approving, and                         
ratifying the amendment of Northstar Unit oil and gas leases between           
the State of Alaska and BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc.; and providing            
for an effective date was received today with the following                    
Resources Committee Letter of Intent:                                          
                                                                               
                                Letter of Intent                               
                                      for                                      
                                 CS for SB 318                                 
                                                                               
The legislature sets forth its intent regarding the meaning of certain         
words and phrases used in the Amendment to the Northstar Unit                  
Leases between the State of Alaska and BP Exploration (Alaska),                
Inc. (Amendment).  Specifically, the legislature sets forth its                
intent regarding Paragraph 41 of the 1980 Leases entitled                      
Employment of Alaskan Residents and Paragraph 31 of the 1983                   
Lease entitled Employment of Alaskan Residents in the                          
Amendment (collectively Employment Paragraphs).  The legislature               
intends that the Alaska residents and contractors discussed in the             
Employment Paragraphs are truly Alaskan and that Alaska residents              
throughout the state be given an opportunity to obtain employment              
on the Northstar project.