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The following letter, dated June 30, 1999, was received:                       
                                                                               
"Dear Speaker Porter:                                                          
                                                                               
On this date I have signed the following bill passed by the first session      
of the Twenty-first Alaska State Legislature and am transmitting the           
engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant Governor's Office for          
permanent filing:                                                              
                                                                               
CONFERENCE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 51                                           
"An Act making appropriations for the operating and capital                   
expenses of the state's integrated comprehensive mental health                 
program; and providing for an effective date."                                 
                                                                               
	Chapter No. 85, SLA 1999                                                      
	¦Effective Date:  July 1, 1999á                                               
                                                                               
The FY2000 budget will provide some improvements in services to                
Alaskas Mental Health Trust beneficiaries, including limited expansion         

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of community services and steps toward the replacement of the aging            
Alaska Psychiatric Institute.  There was no intent language in the             
mental health budget bill, so no vetoes were necessary.                        
                                                                               
							Sincerely,                                                              
							/s/                                                                     
							Tony Knowles                                                            
							Governor"