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HB 63                                                                        
A message dated June 16, 1997, was received stating the Governor has           
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 63(RLS) am S                              
"An Act relating to the tax on motor fuel; amending the definition            
of 'motor fuel' under the state's motor fuel tax to add, as a part of          
the tax exemption set out in that definition, exemption from the               
tax for  fuel sold  for use  in jet  propulsion aircraft  operating  in        

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flights that continue from foreign countries, subject to termination          
of the exemption for that fuel if a refiner operating a refinery at            
which the fuel was produced fails to comply with terms of a                    
voluntary agreement entered into by the refiner to use Alaska                  
residents, contractors, and suppliers to provide goods and services            
when the refinery's capacity is expanded, to add exemption from                
the tax for certain number 6 'residual fuel oil,' also known as                
bunker fuel, and to delete the exemption from the tax for fuel that            
is at least 10 percent alcohol by volume; and repealing ch. 42,                
SLA 1994, the Act providing for the imposition of a different tax              
levy on residual fuel oil used in and on certain watercraft until              
June 30, 1998; and relating to use of ethanol to satisfy oxygenated            
fuel requirements; and providing for an effective date."                       
                                                                               
Chapter No. 88, SLA 1997                                                      
Effective Date:  See Chapter