2006-04-27                     Senate Journal                      Page 2967
SJR 17                                                                                            
The Resources Committee considered SENATE JOINT                                                     
RESOLUTION NO. 17 Urging the United States Department of                                            
Justice and the Alaska Department of Law to identify all natural                                    
resource damages from the Exxon Valdez oil spill that were                                          
unanticipated at the time of the 1991 settlement, to develop plans to                               
remedy the damages, and to present the ExxonMobil Corporation with                                  
a request for the full $100,000,000 that is available through the                                   
"Reopener for Unknown Injury" clause of the 1991 civil settlement to                                
carry out these plans and recommended it be replaced with                                           
                                                                                                    
     CS FOR SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 17(RES)                                                     
                                                                                                    
Signing do pass: Senator Wagoner, Chair; Senators Kookesh, Elton,                                   
Stedman, Ben Stevens. Signing no recommendation: Senators Dyson,                                    
Seekins.                                                                                            
                                                                                                    
The following fiscal information was published today:                                               
 Fiscal Note No. 1, zero, Office of the Governor                                                    
                                                                                                    
The resolution was referred to the Judiciary Committee.