2009-04-09                     Senate Journal                      Page 0850
Senator Dyson led the Senate in the Pledge of Allegiance.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                Certification                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Senator Ellis moved and asked unanimous consent that the journal for                                                            
the seventy-ninth legislative day be approved as certified by the                                                               
Secretary. Without objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                           Messages from the House                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Messages dated April 8 were read stating the House passed and                                                                   
transmitted for consideration:                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                        First Reading and Reference of                                                                       
                              House Resolutions                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
HJR 22                                                                                                                        
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 22 BY REPRESENTATIVES                                                                                
SEATON, Gruenberg, Lynn, Dahlstrom, Wilson,                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
          Urging the United States Senate to ratify the United                                                                  
          Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (the Law                                                                     
          of the Sea Treaty).                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Resources Committee.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                  First Reading and Reference of House Bills                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
HB 161                                                                                                                        
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 161(FIN) BY THE HOUSE FINANCE                                                                             
COMMITTEE, entitled:                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
          "An Act directing the Alaska Permanent Fund                                                                           
          Corporation to transfer $22,700,000 from the                                                                          
          principal of the mental health trust fund to a separate                                                               
          trust land development account; relating to the                                                                       
          development of revenue-producing facilities on