2010-04-11                     House Journal                      Page 2168
SB 243                                                                                                                        
The Resources Committee considered:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 243(FIN)                                                                                             
    "An Act relating to geothermal resources; relating to the royalty                                                           
    obligation for geothermal resources; transferring from the                                                                  
    Department of Natural Resources to the Alaska Oil and Gas                                                                   
    Conservation Commission authority over permitting and                                                                       
    inspection of geothermal wells; providing for a regulatory cost                                                             
    charge for geothermal wells; and providing for an effective date."                                                          
                                                                                                                                
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 243(RES)                                                                                
    (same title)                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The report was signed by Representatives Johnson and Neuman, Co-                                                                
chairs, with the following individual recommendations:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Do pass (5):  Guttenberg, Edgmon, Olson, Johnson, Neuman                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply to HCS CSSB 243(RES):                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
2.  Zero, Dept. of Revenue                                                                                                      
3.  Zero, Dept. of Natural Resources                                                                                            
4.  Zero, Dept. of Administration                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
CSSB 243(FIN) was referred to the Labor & Commerce Committee.