1996-01-26                     Senate Journal                      Page 2223
SB 243                                                                       
SENATE BILL NO. 243 BY THE SENATE RESOURCES                                    
COMMITTEE, entitled:                                                           
                                                                               
An Act establishing a requirement of an annual offer of land for oil           
and gas leases if the land was the subject of a best interest finding          
and if revision of that best interest finding for that land is not             
justified; deleting from the Alaska Land Act a limitation on the               
reoffer of land for oil and gas leases when the land was previously            
offered; and amending laws relating to oil and gas leasing to                  
authorize a program of areawide leasing for land not subject to                
exploration licensing and to modify provisions relating to disposals           
based on best interest findings.                                               
                                                                               
was read the first time and referred to the Resources and Finance              
Committees.