2004-05-01                     Senate Journal                      Page 3229
Without objection, the bill was referred to the Rules Committee.                                    
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                                Announcements                                                    
                                                                                                    
Announcements are at the end of the journal.                                                        
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                                 Engrossment                                                     
                                                                                                    
SB 65                                                                                             
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 65(FIN) am "An Act relating to the                                           
qualifications of correctional officers, parole officers, and probation                             
officers; authorizing the Department of Corrections to enter into lease-                            
purchase agreements with municipalities for new or expanded public                                  
correctional facilities in the Fairbanks North Star Borough, the                                    
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Bethel, the Municipality of Anchorage,                                   
and the City of Seward; relating to the development and financing of                                
privately operated correctional facility space and services; authorizing                            
the Department of Corrections to enter into a lease-purchase                                        
agreement with the City of Whittier for the confinement and care of                                 
prisoners in privately operated correctional facility space if the state                            
cannot provide the same level of services required in state law or                                  
regulation for the same or less cost; giving notice of and approving,                               
and authorizing the entry into and issuance of certificates of                                      
participation for, the upgrade, expansion, and replacement of certain                               
jails in Dillingham and Kodiak; and providing for an effective date."                               
was engrossed, signed by the President and Secretary and transmitted                                
to the House for consideration.                                                                     
                                                                                                    
SB 311                                                                                            
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 311(JUD)(efd fld) "An Act providing                                          
for a special deposit for workers' compensation insurers; relating to the                           
board of governors of the Alaska Insurance Guaranty Association;                                    
stating the intent of the legislature, and setting out limitations,                                 
concerning the interpretation, construction, and implementation of                                  
workers' compensation laws; relating to restructuring the Alaska                                    
workers' compensation system; eliminating the Alaska Workers'                                       
Compensation Board; establishing a division of workers'                                             
compensation within the Department of Labor and Workforce