2001-07-20                     House Journal                      Page 1930
As instructed by the bill, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR)                                
will promulgate regulations providing for fair and adequate public                                  
notice and opportunity to comment on oil and gas projects not covered                               
by public notice under the Alaska Coastal Management Program.  In                                   
short, SB 156 offers additional opportunities for public comment on                                 
oil and gas projects at the exploration, development, and transportation                            
phases.                                                                                             
                                                                                                    
                                            Sincerely,                                             
                                          /s/                                                       
                                          Tony Knowles                                              
                                             Governor"                                             
                                                                                                    
HB 193                                                                                            
The following letter, dated July 13, 2001, was received:                                            
                                                                                                    
"Dear Speaker Porter:                                                                               
                                                                                                    
Under the authority of art. II, sec. 17, of the Alaska Constitution, I am                           
allowing the following bill passed by the first session of the Twenty-                              
second Alaska State Legislature to become law without my signature                                  
and am transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies to the                                        
Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:                                                  
                                                                                                    
      SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 193 (FIN)                                                 
      "An Act relating to the primary election and to the nomination of                             
      candidates for the general election; and providing for an effective                           
      date."                                                                                        
                                                                                                    
      Chapter No. 103, SLA 2001                                                                     
      [Effective Date:  July 14, 2001]                                                              
                                                                                                    
Enactment of this bill will bring certainty to the process by which                                 
Alaska conducts its primary elections.  It became necessary after the                               
U.S. Supreme Court decision in California Democratic Party v. Jones,                                
which invalidated blanket primaries in states where political parties                               
objected to their use.                                                                              
                                                                                                    
I have decided to allow this bill to become law without my signature                                
to indicate my concern with the bill unnecessarily restricting voter