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2006-06-04 Senate Journal

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                                SENATE JOURNAL                                                   
                                                                                                    
                           ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                              
                                                                                                    
                          TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE                                              
                                                                                                    
                            SECOND SPECIAL SESSION                                               
                                                                                                    
Juneau, Alaska                      Sunday                      June 4, 2006                      
                                                                                                    
                               Twenty-sixth Day                                                  
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
Pursuant to adjournment the Senate was called to order by President                                 
Stevens at 1:12 p.m.                                                                                
                                                                                                    
The roll showed eighteen members present. Senators Guess, Huggins                                   
were excused from a call of the Senate.                                                             
                                                                                                    
The invocation was offered by Anna Sutton, solo violinist, who                                      
performed a medley of Londonderry Air and Loch Lomond.                                              
                                                                                                    
Senator Green led the Senate in the Pledge of Allegiance.                                           
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                                Certification                                                    
                                                                                                    
Senator Gary Stevens moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                     
journal for the twenty-fifth legislative day be approved as certified by                            
the Secretary. Without objection, it was so ordered.                                                
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                       Reconsideration of Senate Bills                                           
                                                                                                    
SB 2002                                                                                           
Senator Gary Stevens requested that the reconsideration on CS FOR                                   
SENATE BILL NO. 2002(JUD) be taken up. The bill was before the                                      
Senate on reconsideration.                                                                          
                                                                                                    
The question to be reconsidered: "Shall CS FOR SENATE BILL NO.                                      
2002(JUD) "An Act conferring original jurisdiction on the Alaska                                    
Supreme Court for the purpose of providing judicial review of a                                     

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contract executed under the Alaska Stranded Gas Development Act,                                    
and setting the time in which a final agency decision of the                                        
commissioner of revenue made under that Act, the constitutionality of                               
a law authorizing a contract enacted under that Act, or the                                         
enforceability of a contract executed under a law authorizing a                                     
contract enacted under that Act must be legally challenged and by                                   
whom; and providing for an effective date" pass the Senate?" The roll                               
was taken with the following result:                                                                
                                                                                                    
CSSB 2002(JUD)                                                                                      
Third Reading - On Reconsideration                                                                  
Effective Date                                                                                      
                                                                                                    
YEAS:  17   NAYS:  0   EXCUSED:  2   ABSENT:  1                                                   
                                                                                                    
Yeas:  Bunde, Cowdery, Davis, Dyson, Ellis, Elton, French, Green,                                   
Hoffman, Kookesh, Seekins, Stedman, Stevens B, Stevens G,                                           
Therriault, Wagoner, Wilken                                                                         
                                                                                                    
Excused:  Guess, Huggins                                                                            
                                                                                                    
Absent:  Olson                                                                                      
                                                                                                    
and so, CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 2002(JUD) passed the Senate on                                       
reconsideration.                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
Senator Gary Stevens moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                     
vote on the passage of the bill be considered the vote on the effective                             
date clause. Without objection, it was so ordered and the bill was                                  
referred to the Secretary for engrossment.                                                          
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                             Unfinished Business                                                 
                                                                                                    
Senator Bunde moved and asked unanimous consent to be excused                                       
from a call of the Senate from plane time, June 9 to June 27 Without                                
objection, Senator Bunde was excused.                                                               
                                                                                                    
Senator Wagoner moved and asked unanimous consent to be excused                                     
from a call of the Senate from June 19 to June 24. Without objection,                               
Senator Wagoner was excused.                                                                        
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    

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                                Announcements                                                    
                                                                                                    
Announcements are at the end of the journal.                                                        
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                                 Engrossment                                                     
                                                                                                    
SB 2002                                                                                           
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 2002(JUD) "An Act conferring original                                        
jurisdiction on the Alaska Supreme Court for the purpose of providing                               
judicial review of a contract executed under the Alaska Stranded Gas                                
Development Act, and setting the time in which a final agency                                       
decision of the commissioner of revenue made under that Act, the                                    
constitutionality of a law authorizing a contract enacted under that                                
Act, or the enforceability of a contract executed under a law                                       
authorizing a contract enacted under that Act must be legally                                       
challenged and by whom; and providing for an effective date" was                                    
engrossed, signed by the President and Secretary and transmitted to                                 
the House for consideration.                                                                        
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                                 Adjournment                                                     
                                                                                                    
Senator Gary Stevens moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                     
Senate stand in adjournment until 1:00 p.m., June 5, 2006. Without                                  
objection, the Senate adjourned at 1:27 p.m.                                                        
                                                                                                    
                                                                Kirsten Waid                        
                                                     Secretary of the Senate                        
                                                                                                    
                                                                    June 2006                       

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                                Announcements                                                    
                                                                                                    
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                              SPECIAL COMMITTEES                                                 
                                                                                                    
                     SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON NATURAL GAS DEV                                        
                                                                                                    
Jun 04        Sunday                    Senate Finance 532            2:00 PM                     
+= SB2003 NATURAL GAS PIPELINE CORPORATION                                                          
+= SB2004 STRANDED GAS DEVELOPMENT ACT AMENDMENTS                                                   
                                                                                                    
Jun 05        Monday                    Senate Finance 532            9:00 AM                     
+= SB2003 NATURAL GAS PIPELINE CORPORATION                                                          
+= SB2004 STRANDED GAS DEVELOPMENT ACT AMENDMENTS