HB 519-NATURAL GAS PIPELINE: SPECIAL PROVISIONS                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR KOTT  announced that the  first order of business  would be                                                               
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."                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
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REPRESENTATIVE  PORTER   moved  to  adopt   Version  22-LS1651\K,                                                               
Chenoweth,  5/10/02, as  the working  document.   There being  no                                                               
objection, Version K was before the committee.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR KOTT announced that HB 519 would be laid aside.