2005-05-08                     Senate Journal                      Page 1486
making conforming amendments; relating to the treatment and                                         
transportation of dead bodies; amending Rules 4, 7, 8, 38, 40, 65, 72,                              
and 77, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure; and providing for an                                       
effective date" was engrossed, signed by the President and Secretary                                
and returned to the House for consideration.                                                        
                                                                                                    
HB 119                                                                                            
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 119(FIN) "An Act                                                
extending the termination date of the Alaska regional economic                                      
assistance program; and providing for an effective date" was                                        
engrossed, signed by the President and Secretary and returned to the                                
House for consideration.                                                                            
                                                                                                    
HB 286                                                                                            
SENATE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 286(RES) "An Act amending                                              
the manner of determining the royalty received by the state on gas                                  
production by directing the commissioner of natural resources to                                    
accept, under certain circumstances, the transfer price of the gas if                               
established by transfer price order of the Regulatory Commission of                                 
Alaska; extending and amending the requirements applicable to the                                   
credit that may be claimed for certain oil and gas exploration expenses                             
incurred in Cook Inlet against oil and gas properties production                                    
(severance) taxes, and amending the credit against those taxes for                                  
certain exploration expenditures from leases or properties in the state;                            
and providing for an effective date" was engrossed, signed by the                                   
President and Secretary and returned to the House for consideration.                                
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                                 Adjournment                                                     
                                                                                                    
Senator Gary Stevens moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                     
Senate stand in adjournment until 9:30 a.m., May 09, 2005. Without                                  
objection, the Senate adjourned at 9:54 p.m.                                                        
                                                                                                    
                                                                Kirsten Waid                        
                                                     Secretary of the Senate                        
                                                                                                    
                                                                    May 2005