1998-01-23                     Senate Journal                      Page 2278
SB 253                                                                       
medical costs for the disabled often exceeded the income that                  
disqualified them from Medicaid coverage. This bill is an opportunity          
to encourage disabled Alaskans to return to work without the threat            
of losing vital medical coverage.                                              
                                                                               
						Sincerely,                                                               
						/s/                                                                      
						Tony Knowles                                                             
						Governor                                                                 
                                                                               
SB 254                                                                       
SENATE BILL NO. 254 BY THE SENATE LABOR AND                                    
COMMERCE COMMITTEE, entitled:                                                  
                                                                               
An Act relating to levy, execution, garnishment,                              
attachment, or other remedy for the collection of                              
debt as applied to a permanent fund dividend.                                  
                                                                               
was read the first time and referred to the Labor and Commerce and             
Judiciary Committees.                                                          
                                                                               
SB 255                                                                       
SENATE BILL NO. 255 BY SENATORS KELLY, Wilken, entitled:                       
                                                                               
An Act establishing the Joint Committee on                                    
Military Bases in Alaska; and providing for an                                 
effective date.                                                                
                                                                               
was read the first time and referred to the State Affairs and Finance          
Committees.                                                                    
                                                                               
SB 256                                                                       
SENATE BILL NO. 256 BY SENATOR PEARCE, entitled:                               
                                                                               
An Act relating to a temporary reduction of royalty                           
on oil and gas produced for sale from fields within                            
the Cook Inlet sedimentary basin where production                              
is commenced in fields that have been discovered                               
and undeveloped or that have been shut in.