2007-06-26                     House Journal                      Page 1499
                                                                                                                                
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                        ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
                        TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
                          FIRST SPECIAL SESSION                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Anchorage, Alaska                Tuesday                  June 26, 2007                                                       
                                                                                                                                
                                First Day                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Pursuant to a poll of the legislature resulting in an affirmative vote of                                                       
more than two-thirds of the membership calling themselves into                                                                  
special session, the House was called to order by Speaker Harris at                                                             
10:06 a.m. at the William A. Egan Center in Anchorage, Alaska.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Roll call showed 36 members present.  Representative Buch was                                                                   
absent and later excused and his presence was noted later.                                                                      
Representatives Fairclough, Foster, and Wilson were absent and later                                                            
excused.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
The Speaker stated that pursuant to article II, section 9 of the                                                                
Constitution of the State of Alaska and Alaska Statutes                                                                         
24.05.100(a)(2), the House of Representatives would be polled again                                                             
whether to hold a special session.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall the House convene the First Special                                                                 
Session to consider senior citizens' benefits?"  The roll was called with                                                       
the following result:                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Convene First Special Session                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  36   NAYS:  0   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  4                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Chenault, Cissna, Coghill, Crawford, Dahlstrom, Doll, Doogan,                                                            
Edgmon, Gara, Gardner, Gatto, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Hawker,                                                                    
Holmes, Johansen, Johnson, Joule, Kawasaki, Kelly, Kerttula,                                                                    
Kohring, LeDoux, Lynn, Meyer, Nelson, Neuman, Olson, Ramras,                                                                    
Roses, Salmon, Samuels, Seaton, Stoltze, Thomas, Harris