2017-01-23                     House Journal                      Page 0082
     "An Act requiring a legislator to abstain from taking or                                                                   
     withholding official action or exerting official influence that could                                                      
     benefit or harm an immediate family member or certain                                                                      
     employers; requiring a legislator to request to be excused from                                                            
     voting in an instance where the legislator may have a financial                                                            
     conflict of interest; and providing for an effective date."                                                                
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Judiciary and Finance                                                               
Committees.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
HB 73                                                                                                                         
HOUSE BILL NO. 73 by the House Rules Committee by request of                                                                    
the Governor, entitled:                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act naming the state ferries built in Ketchikan and entering                                                           
     Alaska marine highway system service on or after 2017; and                                                                 
     providing for an effective date."                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Transportation Committee.                                                           
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
1.  Zero, Dept. of Transportation & Public Facilities                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
The Governor's transmittal letter dated January 20 follows:                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
"Dear Speaker Edgmon:                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Under the authority of Article III, Section 18, of the Alaska                                                                   
Constitution, I am transmitting a bill to establish the authorized names                                                        
for the State ferries built in Ketchikan and entering the Alaska Marine                                                         
Highway System service on or after 2017.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Currently, two Day Boat Alaska Class Ferries are under construction                                                             
at Vigor Alaska in Ketchikan. As required by Alaska law, each vessel                                                            
bears the name of an Alaska glacier. One ferry will be named the                                                                
Motor Vessel Tazlina and the other the Motor Vessel Hubbard.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Last year, I called on Alaska students to submit essays on potential                                                            
names for the vessels. The Lieutenant Governor and I reviewed and