2010-04-18                     Senate Journal                      Page 2491
                           Messages from the House                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Message dated April 18 was read stating the House passed and                                                                    
transmitted for consideration:                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                        First Reading and Reference of                                                                       
                              House Resolutions                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
HCR 28                                                                                                                        
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 28 BY THE HOUSE                                                                                 
RULES COMMITTEE BY REQUEST,                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
     Suspending Rules 24(c), 35, 41(b), and 42(e), Uniform                                                                      
     Rules of the Alaska State Legislature, concerning Senate                                                                   
     Bill No. 220, relating to energy efficiency, energy                                                                        
     conservation, and alternative energy, to an emerging energy                                                                
     technology fund, to the lease of state land to a public                                                                    
     electric utility, to the Alaska heating assistance program, to                                                             
     state energy use data, to the Southeast energy fund, to                                                                    
     nuclear energy production and facilities, to the definition of                                                             
     'power project' or 'project' as it relates to rural and statewide                                                          
     energy programs and the Alaska Energy Authority, and to                                                                    
     the definition of 'alternative energy system'; establishing an                                                             
     Alaska energy efficiency revolving loan fund; directing the                                                                
     Department of Transportation and Public Facilities to                                                                      
     prepare a report on the feasibility of using compressed                                                                    
     natural gas to power vehicles in the state, including                                                                      
     vehicles owned or operated by the state, and including in                                                                  
     that study, if warranted, a pilot program proposal for                                                                     
     powering some vehicles owned or operated by the state                                                                      
     with compressed natural gas; authorizing and relating to the                                                               
     issuance of bonds by the Alaska Housing Finance                                                                            
     Corporation; and relating to a report regarding a municipal                                                                
     energy improvements financing program and to an energy                                                                     
     report by the Office of the Governor.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and held on the Secretary's desk.