2007-11-15                     House Journal                      Page 1657
                                                                                                                                
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                       ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
                       TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
                        SECOND SPECIAL SESSION                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Juneau, Alaska                    Thursday            November 15, 2007                                                       
                                                                                                                                
                           Twenty-ninth Day                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The House was called to order by Speaker Harris at 9:56 a.m.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The following members were present for the technical session:                                                                   
Representatives Harris, Buch, Fairclough, Foster, Gatto, Guttenberg,                                                            
and Samuels.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
                            COMMUNICATIONS                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Letters of disclosure, as required by AS 24.60, were published in                                                               
House Journal Supplement No. 4 and Senate and House Joint Journal                                                               
Supplement No. 9.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
The following was received:                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Dept. of Law                                                                                                                    
Office of the Attorney General                                                                                                  
Activities of the National Conference of                                                                                        
Commissioners on Uniform State Laws                                                                                             
Annual Report                                                                                                                   
November 14, 2007                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
                          UNFINISHED BUSINESS                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
HB 2001                                                                                                                       
The following, which was engrossed and signed by the Speaker and                                                                
Chief Clerk (page 1648), was transmitted to the Senate for                                                                      
consideration on November 12, 2007:                                                                                             

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     CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 2001(FIN) am                                                                                         
     "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; 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; making conforming amendments; and                                                               
     providing for an effective date."                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
                             ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
House committee schedules are published daily under separate cover.                                                             
                                                                                                                                
                              ADJOURNMENT                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Representative Samuels moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                                               
House adjourn until 9:00 a.m., November 16, 2007.  There being no                                                               
objection, the House adjourned at 9:59 a.m.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
                                              Suzi Lowell                                                                       
                                              Chief Clerk