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SCR 201                                                                                                                       
Representative Samuels moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                                               
following be taken up as a Special Order of Business:                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 201                                                                                       
     Suspending Rules 24(c), 35, 41(b), and 42(e), Uniform Rules of                                                             
     the Alaska State Legislature, concerning House Bill No. 2001,                                                              
     relating to the production tax on oil and gas and to conservation                                                          
     surcharges on oil; providing a limit on the amount of tax that may                                                         
     be levied on the production of certain gas that is produced outside                                                        
     of the Cook Inlet sedimentary basin; relating to the sharing                                                               
     between agencies of certain information relating to the production                                                         
     tax and to oil and gas or gas only leases; expanding the period in                                                         
     which the Department of Revenue may assess the amount of oil                                                               
     and gas production tax and conservation surcharges; prohibiting a                                                          
     producer or explorer from receiving tax credits if certain                                                                 
     judgments are not satisfied and requiring, as a condition of                                                               
     receiving the tax credits, the deposit of the amount of certain                                                            
     unpaid judgments and certain interest on those judgments in the                                                            
     court during an appeal and relating to that interest; relating to state                                                    
     oil and gas audit masters; and making conforming amendments.                                                              
                                                                                                                                

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There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
A message dated November 16, 2007, was read stating the Senate                                                                  
passed SCR 201 and it is transmitted for consideration.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
SCR 201 was read the first time.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall SCR 201 pass the House?"  The roll was                                                              
taken with the following result:                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
SCR 201                                                                                                                         
Special Order of Business                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  24   NAYS:  15   EXCUSED:  1   ABSENT:  0                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Buch, Cissna, Coghill, Crawford, Dahlstrom, Doll, Doogan,                                                                
Edgmon, Gara, Gardner, Gatto, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Holmes,                                                                    
Joule, Kawasaki, Keller, Kelly, Kerttula, LeDoux, Lynn, Nelson,                                                                 
Salmon, Seaton                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Chenault, Fairclough, Harris, Hawker, Johansen, Johnson,                                                                 
Meyer, Neuman, Olson, Ramras, Roses, Samuels, Stoltze, Thomas,                                                                  
Wilson                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Excused:  Foster                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
And so, lacking the necessary 27 votes, SCR 201 failed to pass the                                                              
House.                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
SCR 201(fld H) was engrossed and returned to the Senate for                                                                     
permanent filing.