2007-05-10                     Senate Journal                      Page 1177
HB 229                                                                                                                        
The Finance Committee considered HOUSE BILL NO. 229 am "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" and recommended it be replaced with                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
                     SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO.                                                                       
          229(FIN)                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Signing no recommendation: Senators Hoffman, Stedman, Cochairs;                                                                 
Senators Elton, Thomas, Dyson, Olson. Signing do pass: Senator                                                                  
Huggins.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
The following previously published fiscal information applies:                                                                  
 Fiscal Note No. 1, zero, Department of Commerce, Community                                                                     
      and Economic Development                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
The bill is on today's calendar.