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                      ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
                      TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
                       SECOND SPECIAL SESSION                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Juneau, Alaska                Thursday            November 8, 2007                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                         Twenty-second Day                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Pursuant to adjournment the House was called to order by Speaker pro                                                            
tempore Samuels at 10:02 a.m.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
The following members were present for the technical session:                                                                   
Representatives Samuels, Doogan, and Wilson.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                   REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
HB 2001                                                                                                                       
The Resources Committee submitted the following forthcoming                                                                     
committee substitute, received on November 6, 2007, to accompany its                                                            
report (page 1594):                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 2001(RES)                                                                                             
    "An Act 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 and south of                                                           
    68 degrees North latitude; providing a penalty for the                                                                      
    underpayment of an installment payment of the production tax on                                                             
    oil and gas; 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; amending the State Personnel Act to                                                                

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    place in the exempt service certain state oil and gas auditors and                                                          
    their immediate supervisors; establishing an oil and gas tax credit                                                         
    fund and authorizing payment from that fund; providing for                                                                  
    retroactive application of certain statutory and regulatory                                                                 
    provisions relating to the production tax on oil and gas and                                                                
    conservation surcharges on oil; making conforming amendments;                                                               
    and providing for an effective date."                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
The Resources Committee submitted the following forthcoming fiscal                                                              
note(s) for CSHB 2001(RES):                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
1.  Zero, Dept. of Administration                                                                                               
4.  Fiscal, Dept. of Revenue                                                                                                    
5.  Fiscal, Dept. of Natural Resources                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
HB 2001 is in the Finance Committee.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                           ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
House committee schedules are published daily under separate cover.                                                             
                                                                                                                                
                            ADJOURNMENT                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Representative Wilson, Acting Majority Leader, moved and asked                                                                  
unanimous consent that the House adjourn until 11:00 a.m.,                                                                      
November 10, 2007.  There being no objection, the House adjourned                                                               
at 10:03 a.m.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
                                          Suzi Lowell                                                                           
                                          Chief Clerk