2007-04-27                     Senate Journal                      Page 0962
HB 229                                                                                                                        
HOUSE BILL NO. 229 am BY REPRESENTATIVES CHENAULT,                                                                              
Foster, entitled:                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
          "An Act authorizing the Alaska Railroad Corporation                                                                   
          to participate in a project consisting of the                                                                         
          acquisition, construction, improvement, maintenance,                                                                  
          equipping, or operation of real and personal property,                                                                
          including facilities and equipment, for the Kenai                                                                     
          gasification project and Port MacKenzie rail link,                                                                    
          authorizing the corporation to issue bonds to finance                                                                 
          all or a portion of the project, and identifying these as                                                             
          bonds for an essential public and governmental                                                                        
          purpose; and providing for an effective date."                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Resources Committee.