HB 519 - NATURAL GAS PIPELINE: SPECIAL PROVISIONS                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
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CHAIR  KOTT announced  that the  committee  would consider  HOUSE                                                               
BILL NO.  519, "An Act  authorizing priority treatment  under the                                                               
Right-of-Way Leasing  Act for an  Alaska North Slope  natural gas                                                               
project; expanding  the scope  for the  kinds of  gas development                                                               
projects  that may  become qualified  projects  under the  Alaska                                                               
Stranded  Gas   Development  Act;  extending  the   deadline  for                                                               
submitting   applications   under   the   Alaska   Stranded   Gas                                                               
Development  Act; exempting  an  Alaska North  Slope natural  gas                                                               
project from  state property tax  and all municipal  taxes during                                                               
construction; and providing for an  effective date."  [Before the                                                               
committee was CSHB 519(FIN).]                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
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REPRESENTATIVE PORTER moved to adopt  the proposed CS for HB 519,                                                               
Version 22-LS1651\H, Chenoweth,  5/4/02, as a work  draft.  There                                                               
being no objection, Version H was before the committee.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
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REPRESENTATIVE  KOHRING moved  to report  the proposed  committee                                                               
substitute  (CS)  for  HB 519,  version  22-LS1651\H,  Chenoweth,                                                               
5/4/02, out of committee with  individual recommendations and the                                                               
accompanying  fiscal  notes.   There  being  no  objection,  CSHB                                                               
519(RLS) was reported from the House Rules Standing Committee.