1999-05-05                     House Journal                      Page 1175
                           MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE                          
                                                                               
A message dated May 4, 1999, was read stating the Senate has passed            
the following, and it is transmitted for consideration:                        
                                                                               
                          FIRST READING AND REFERENCE                         
                                OF SENATE BILLS                               
                                                                               
SB 7                                                                         
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 7(FIN) am by the Senate Finance                         
Committee, entitled:                                                           
                                                                               
"An Act relating to the University of Alaska and university land,             
and authorizing the University of Alaska to select additional state            
land."                                                                         
                                                                               
was read the first time and referred to the Resources and Finance              
Committees.                                                                    
                                                                               
                                                                               
                        REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES                       
                                                                               
HB 40                                                                        
The Finance Committee has considered:                                          
                                                                               
HOUSE BILL NO. 40                                                             
"An Act combining parts of the Department of Commerce and                     
Economic Development and parts of the Department of                            
Community and Regional Affairs by transferring some of their                   
duties to a new Department of Commerce and Rural Development;                  
transferring some of the duties of the Department of Commerce                  
and Economic Development and the Department of Community                       
and Regional Affairs to other existing agencies; eliminating the               
Department of Commerce and Economic Development and the                        
Department of Community and Regional Affairs; relating to the                  
Department of Commerce and Rural Development and the                           
commissioner of commerce and rural development; adjusting the                  
membership of certain multi-member bodies to reflect the transfer              
of duties among departments and the elimination of departments;                
creating the office of international trade and relating to its duties;         
and providing for an effective date."