2001-07-20                     House Journal                      Page 1908
SB 198                                                                                            
A message dated July 3, 2001, 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:                                    
                                                                                                    
      CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 198(HES)                                                               
      "An Act establishing the Statewide Suicide Prevention Council;                                
      and providing for an effective date."                                                         
                                                                                                    
      Chapter No. 84, SLA 2001                                                                      
      Effective Date:  July 4, 2001                                                                 
                                                                                                    
HB 244                                                                                            
The following letter, dated July 5, 2001, was received:                                             
                                                                                                    
"Dear Speaker Porter:                                                                               
                                                                                                    
Under the authority of art. II, sec. 15, of the Alaska Constitution, I                              
have vetoed the following bill:                                                                     
                                                                                                    
      SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 244(RES)                                                  
      "An Act relating to a grant of state land to the Denali Borough for                           
      a railroad and utility corridor and a railroad development project;                           
      repealing provisions relating to a grant of a right-of-way of land                            
      for a railroad and utility corridor to the Alaska Industrial                                  
      Development and Export Authority; and providing for an effective                              
      date."                                                                                        
                                                                                                    
The bill requires the transfer of 3,500 acres of state land to the Denali                           
Borough for subsequent lease to Kantishna Holdings, Inc. to provide a                               
railroad and utility corridor for the design, construction, operation, and                          
maintenance of a railroad.  The corridor would run from near Healy to                               
the eastern boundary of Denali National Park and Preserve.  The bill                                
requires the borough to lease the land by September 1, 2010, or it will                             
revert to the state.                                                                                
                                                                                                    
Throughout my term as governor, I have supported the development of                                 
increased access to Denali National Park and Preserve.  In 1998, I                                  
signed House Bill 386 authorizing the Department of Natural                                         
Resources to grant state land to the Alaska Industrial Development and