2001-04-04                     Senate Journal                      Page 0933
SB 88                                                                                             
The Rules Committee considered SENATE BILL NO. 88 "An Act                                           
relating to metropolitan planning organizations and to establishment of                             
a metropolitan planning organization for the Anchorage metropolitan                                 
area; and providing for an effective date." Signing to calendar: Senator                            
Pearce, Chair, Senators Phillips, Therriault. Signing under other                                   
recommendations: Senator Ellis.                                                                     
                                                                                                    
The bill is on today's calendar.                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                  Introduction and Reference of Senate Bills                                     
                                                                                                    
SB 175                                                                                            
SENATE BILL NO. 175 BY SENATOR ELTON, entitled:                                                     
                                                                                                    
          "An Act providing municipalities with the authority                                       
          to protest or to recommend conditions on the                                              
          issuance and renewal of charitable gaming permits                                         
          and requiring the Department of Revenue to deny or                                        
          condition the license or permit unless the protest or                                     
          conditions are arbitrary, capricious, or unreasonable,                                    
          or the conditions conflict with state law."                                               
                                                                                                    
was read the first time and referred to the Community and Regional                                  
Affairs and Labor and Commerce Committees.                                                          
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                        Consideration of the Calendar                                            
                                                                                                    
                        Second Reading of Senate Bills                                           
                                                                                                    
SB 37                                                                                             
SENATE BILL NO. 37 "An Act relating to collective negotiation by                                    
physicians with health benefit plans; and to health benefit plan                                    
contracts with individual competing physicians" was read the second                                 
time.