HB 238-REPEAL ROYALTY RELIEF: SHALE; COOK INLET                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
1:06:18 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR TARR announced that the  only order of business would be                                                               
HOUSE BILL NO. 238, "An Act  relating to the payment of rents and                                                               
royalties from  oil shale leases;  and relating to  royalties for                                                               
certain areas in the Cook Inlet sedimentary basin."                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
[The committee treated HB 238 open for public testimony.]                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
1:06:36 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The committee took an at-ease from 1:06 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
1:14:48 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  TARR  ascertained  no  one  wished  to  provide  public                                                               
testimony.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
[HB 238 was held over.]