2019-10-23                     House Journal                      Page 1371
     to work collaboratively with the City of Nome on a deep draft                                                              
     Arctic port in Nome.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
     Legislative Resolve No. 4                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
HJR 19                                                                                                                        
A message dated September 19 was received stating the Governor read                                                             
the following resolution and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled                                                         
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 19(TRB)                                                                                  
     Urging the United States Congress to fully fund the United States                                                          
     Census Bureau for the 2020 Census; urging the governor to                                                                  
     prioritize an accurate count for the 2020 Census; and urging local                                                         
     governments to establish local complete count commissions.                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
     Legislative Resolve No. 5                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
HB 48                                                                                                                         
The following letter dated October 11 was received at 11:56 a.m.:                                                               
                                                                                                                                
"Dear Speaker Edgmon:                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Under the authority vested in me by Article II, Section 15,                                                                     
Constitution of the State of Alaska, I have vetoed the following bill:                                                          
                                                                                                                                
     CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 48(FIN) am                                                                                           
     "An Act removing from the exempt service of the state persons                                                              
     who are employed in a professional capacity to make a temporary                                                            
     or special inquiry, study, or examination as authorized by the                                                             
     governor and including those persons in the partially exempt                                                               
     service of the state; repealing the authority of the governor or a                                                         
     designee of the governor to authorize higher pay than is otherwise                                                         
     allowable for certain partially exempt employees in the executive                                                          
     branch; requiring the commissioner of administration to submit a                                                           
     report to the legislature; and providing for an effective date."                                                           
                                                                                                                                
HB 48 proposes to reclassify persons that are employed in a                                                                     
professional capacity to make temporary or special inquiry, as                                                                  
authorized by the Governor, from exempt service to the partially