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HB 307                                                                                                                        
The following letter, dated March 23, 2012, was received:                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
"Dear Speaker Chenault:                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
On this date, I have signed the following bill passed by the second                                                             
session of the Twenty-Seventh Alaska State Legislature and am                                                                   
transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant                                                                
Governor's Office for permanent filing:                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
     CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 307(FIN)                                                                                             
     "An Act making supplemental appropriations, capital                                                                        
     appropriations, and other appropriations; amending                                                                         
     appropriations; repealing appropriations; making appropriations to                                                         
     capitalize funds; and providing for an effective date."                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
     Chapter No. 5, SLA 2012                                                                                                    
     [Effective Date:  See Chapter]                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
As passed, the supplemental appropriations for Fiscal Year 2012 total                                                           
$72,707,300, including $57,948,300 in unrestricted general funds, to                                                            
address unanticipated costs in the current year.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The legislation provides $5 million for disaster relief and authorizes                                                          
expenditures related to the 2011 West Coast Storm Disaster, the 2011                                                            
Kenai Peninsula Windstorm, and the 2012 Prince William Sound                                                                    
Storm. Also included is $300,000 for the Alaska Department of                                                                   
Military and Veterans Affairs to counter the U.S. Department of                                                                 

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Defense plans to reduce military spending through a Base                                                                        
Realignment and Closure Commission.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Thank you for early passage of this supplemental appropriation bill.                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Sincerely,                                                                                                                      
/s/                                                                                                                             
Sean Parnell                                                                                                                    
Governor"