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2000-07-14 House Journal

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2000-07-14                     House Journal                      Page 3823
                                 HOUSE JOURNAL                                 
                                                                               
                            ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                           
                                                                               
                   TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE -- SECOND SESSION                  
                           AND THIRD SPECIAL SESSION                           
                                                                               
Juneau, Alaska                       Friday              July 14, 2000         
                                                                               
                               Final Supplement                              
                                                                               
                          CERTIFICATION OF THE JOURNAL                         
                                                                               
As Chief Clerk, I certify as to the correctness of the journal for the 3rd     
day of the Third Special Session of the Twenty-First Legislature.              
                                                                               
                           MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE                          
                                                                               
HB 3001                                                                      
A message dated May 6, 2000, was received stating the Senate has               
passed:                                                                        
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 3001(FIN) am                                            
"An Act making an appropriation to cover the fiscal year 2001                 
monetary terms of the collective bargaining agreements for                     
employees of the University of Alaska and the fiscal year 2001                 
salary and benefit adjustments for university employees who are                
not members of a collective bargaining unit; making appropriations             
and reappropriations to cover the fiscal year 2001 monetary terms              
of all executive branch collective bargaining agreements and the               
fiscal year 2001 salary and benefit adjustments for elected                    
officials, officers, and employees of the executive branch who are             
not members of a collective bargaining unit; making an                         
appropriation to cover the fiscal year 2001 salary and benefit                 
adjustments for Alaska Court System employees; making an                       
appropriation to cover the fiscal year 2001 salary and benefit                 
adjustments for employees of the legislature and to cover the fiscal           
year 2001 benefit adjustments, other than lump sum payments, for               
elected officials of the legislative branch; and providing for an              
effective date."                                                               
                                                                               

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HB 3001                                                                      
CSHB 3001(FIN) am was referred to the Chief Clerk for enrollment.              
                                                                               
HB 3002                                                                      
A message dated May 6, 2000, was received stating the Senate has               
passed:                                                                        
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 3002(FIN)                                               
"An Act setting the compensation and certain benefits of certain              
public officials, officers, and employees not covered by collective            
bargaining agreements; and providing for an effective date."                   
                                                                               
CSHB 3002(FIN) was referred to the Chief Clerk for enrollment.                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
                          ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLLMENT                         
                                                                               
HB 67                                                                        
The following was engrossed and enrolled, signed by the Speaker and            
Chief Clerk, President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed          
and enrolled copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at          
10:55 a.m., May 8, 2000:                                                       
                                                                               
CONFERENCE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 67                                           
"An Act relating to release of certain persons alleged to have                
committed certain sexual offenses."                                            
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                  ENROLLMENT                                 
                                                                               
HB 116                                                                       
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 10:55 a.m.,           
May 8, 2000:                                                                   
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 116(RES)                                  
"An Act relating to the Board of Agriculture and Conservation, to             
the director of agriculture, to the agricultural revolving loan fund           
and to loans from the fund, to the disposal of interests in state              
agricultural land; and providing for an effective date."                       

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HB 163                                                                       
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 10:55 a.m.,           
May 8, 2000:                                                                   
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 163(RLS) am S                             
"An Act relating to qualifications of voters; relating to the                 
registration of voters; relating to election districts and officials;          
relating to election procedures and ballots; relating to special               
procedures for elections; relating to nomination of candidates;                
relating to national elections; relating to special elections and              
appointments; relating to constitutional amendments; relating to               
election offenses and corrupt practices; relating to election                  
pamphlets; relating to the deferral of jury service for certain                
election officials; relating to an exemption from the State                    
Procurement Code regarding election ballots; relating to the                   
provision and use of mailing addresses on permanent fund                       
dividend applications for election purposes; relating to the                   
inclusion of voter registration forms with permanent fund dividend             
applications; relating to financial statements by public officials and         
candidates for public office; making conforming amendments in                  
references to 'election district,' 'chairman,' and similar terms;              
relating to initiative, referendum, and recall petitions; relating to          
municipal assembly forms of representation and apportionment;                  
and providing for an effective date."                                          
                                                                               
                                                                               
The following memorandum, dated May 5, 2000, was received from                 
Patty Rose, Enrolling Secretary, Division of Legal and Research                
Services:                                                                      
                                                                               
"In accordance with Rule 43, Uniform Rules of the Alaska State                 
Legislature, I am reporting the following manifest error in SCS CSHB
163(RLS) am S, which has been corrected in enrolling:                          
                                                                               
	Page 34, line 15:                                                             
		Delete "application packet."                                                 
		Insert "application packet.""                                            
                                                                               
                                                                               

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HB 303                                                                       
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 10:55 a.m.,           
May 8, 2000:                                                                   
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 303(L&C)                                         
"An Act relating to the method of payment of fees and adoption                
of regulations under AS 21; relating to orders under AS 21                     
regarding risk based capital instructions; relating to accounting              
standards for insurance companies; amending the definitions of                 
'creditable coverage' and 'late enrollee' in AS 21.54; relating to             
requirements for small employer insurers; relating to requirements             
for issuance of new voting securities by an insurance company;                 
requiring health care insurance coverage for reconstructive surgery            
following mastectomy; requiring guaranteed renewability of and                 
certification of coverage regarding certain individual health                  
insurance policies; and providing for an effective date."                      
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 337                                                                       
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 10:55 a.m.,           
May 8, 2000:                                                                   
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 337(FIN)                                  
"An Act relating to claims against permanent fund dividends to                
pay amounts owed to the Department of Labor and Workforce                      
Development under the Alaska Employment Security Act and to                    
fees for processing certain claims against permanent fund                      
dividends; and providing for an effective date."                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 325                                                                       
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 10:40 a.m.,           
May 9, 2000:                                                                   
                                                                               
                                                                               

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HB 325                                                                       
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 325(FIN)                                  
"An Act relating to priorities, claims, and liens for payment for             
certain medical services provided to medical assistance recipients;            
and providing for an effective date."                                          
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 363                                                                       
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 10:40 a.m.,           
May 9, 2000:                                                                   
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 363(FIN)                                  
"An Act relating to salmon product reports and to the sale of fish;           
and providing for an effective date."                                          
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 416                                                                       
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 10:05 a.m.,           
May 10, 2000:                                                                  
                                                                               
HOUSE BILL NO. 416                                                            
"An Act relating to insurance coverage for prostate cancer                    
screening."                                                                    
                                                                               
                          MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR                         
                                                                               
SB 78                                                                        
The following letter was dated and received May 10, 2000:                      
                                                                               
"Dear Speaker Porter:                                                          
                                                                               
Under the authority of art. II, sec. 15 of the Alaska Constitution, I have     
vetoed the following bill:                                                     
                                                                               
SENATE BILL NO. 78 am H                                                       
"An Act relating to the use and prescription of pharmaceutical                
agents in the practice of optometry."                                          

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SB 78                                                                        
This bill grants broad authority for optometrists in Alaska to prescribe       
pharmaceutical agents relating to treatment of the eye, including oral         
and injectable drugs.  This greatly expands optometrists' scope of             
practice regarding pharmaceuticals, which is now limited to the use of         
topical drugs.                                                                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
I recognize the fact that many states currently allow optometrists to          
prescribe oral drugs.  Fewer states have expanded this privilege to            
include the use of injectable drugs.  I also recognize that a few states       
have recently rejected this proposed expansion of optometrist                  
privileges, citing concern for enlarging the scope of practice without         
adequate training and education.  I share this concern.                        
                                                                               
                                                                               
I have faith that the Alaska State Board of Examiners in Optometry             
would do its best to regulate this new authority and would intend to           
require new testing of its licensees before granting this expanded             
license endorsement.  However, the bill does not specifically require          
any new testing.  Without a regulation change, under the language of           
this law, a licensee with a current endorsement to administer topical          
drugs would automatically be licensed to prescribe oral drugs and              
administer injected drugs.                                                     
                                                                               
                                                                               
The Legislature never sought the opinion of the medical community              
and, specifically, the Medical Board, when considering this bill.  That        
was a failure to recognize this as a medical and health issue.                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
The bill asks the Board of Optometry to solicit the recommendations            
of the State Medical Board in establishing its examination and                 
education requirements for the pharmaceutical license endorsement.             
Despite this effort to involve the medical community in this process,          
members of the Alaska State Medical Board unanimously oppose this              
legislation, stating:                                                          
                                                                               
"Optometrists do not have the clinical experience to safely                   
administer eye injections, intravenous and intramuscular                       
injections,  and  oral  medications,  including  some narcotics.               

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SB 78                                                                        
Reading about the effect and side effects of medications, or                  
attending seminars, does not prepare an optometrist for                        
complications related to patients' other medical problems and                  
chronic medications.  The board's charge is to protect Alaskan                 
patients; we believe that this legislation would endanger patients."           
                                                                               
                                                                               
While I have high regard for the optometry profession in Alaska, I             
must, in the interest of public health and safety, heed the                    
recommendation of the medical community and veto this bill.                    
However, I remain open to the concept of expanding optometrists'               
scope of practice regarding pharmaceuticals, provided we can                   
determine the appropriate perimeters of such a law and ensure the              
public safety in granting any expanded privileges.                             
                                                                               
							Sincerely,                                                              
							/s/                                                                     
							Tony Knowles                                                            
							Governor"                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
SB 255                                                                       
The following letter, dated May 10, 2000, was received:                        
                                                                               
                                                                               
"Dear Speaker Porter:                                                          
                                                                               
On this date I have signed the following bill passed by the second             
session of the Twenty-first Alaska State Legislature and am                    
transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant               
Governor's Office for permanent filing:                                        
                                                                               
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 255(RES)                                               
"An Act relating to best interest findings and land use permits,              
rights-of-way, and easements issued by the Department of Natural               
Resources; and providing for an effective date."                               
                                                                               
	Chapter No. 27, SLA 2000                                                      
	¦Effective Date:  See Chapterá                                                
                                                                               

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SB 255                                                                       
This bill responds to a recent Alaska Supreme Court decision regarding         
a Department of Natural Resources right-of-way permit to Golden                
Valley Electric Association for construction of an electric transmission       
intertie between Healy and Fairbanks.  The Court held that because the         
permit was not "functionally revocable", the department should have            
issued a best interest finding before granting the permit.  This bill          
clarifies that a best interest finding is not required in the granting of      
this right-of-way or in other permits issued under AS 38.05.850.               
                                                                               
Prior to passage of this bill, the Department of Natural Resources             
proceeded to comply with the court decision and began a best interest          
finding on the intertie project.  This project has generated a great deal      
of public comment.  The state is responsible to the public to consider         
these comments and complete the best interest finding.                         
                                                                               
Therefore, in signing this bill, I am also asking the commissioner of          
the Department of Natural Resources to complete the best interest              
finding on the Fairbanks-Healy intertie right-of way.                          
                                                                               
I also want to advise the Legislature and ensure the public that this          
Administration will continue to thoroughly review major projects of            
this nature through a best interest finding or a comparable review             
process.                                                                       
                                                                               
							Sincerely,                                                              
							/s/                                                                     
							Tony Knowles                                                            
							Governor"                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 25                                                                        
A message dated May 11, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
HOUSE BILL NO. 25                                                             
"An Act relating to a municipal river habitat protection tax credit."         
                                                                               
Chapter No. 34, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  August 9, 2000                                               

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HB 99                                                                        
A message dated May 11, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
HOUSE BILL NO. 99                                                             
"An Act relating to sexual assault and the definitions of 'sexual             
contact,' 'sexual penetration,' and 'legal guardian' in AS 11."                
                                                                               
Chapter No. 33, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  August 9, 2000                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 105                                                                       
A message dated May 11, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 105(L&C)                                  
"An Act providing for the licensing of speech-language                        
pathologists; relating to fees paid by audiologists and speech-                
language pathologists; and providing for an effective date."                   
                                                                               
Chapter No. 42, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  See Chapter                                                  
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 108                                                                       
A message dated May 11, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 108(FIN)                                  
"An Act relating to the use, operation, and regulation of boats;              
establishing a uniform state waterway marking system; and                      
providing for an effective date."                                              
                                                                               
Chapter No. 28, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  See Chapter                                                  
                                                                               
                                                                               

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HB 130                                                                       
A message dated May 11, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 130(L&C)                                         
"An Act adding limited liability companies and limited liability              
partnerships to the organizations that can be authorized to practice           
architecture, engineering, land surveying, and landscape                       
architecture; relating to the review of drawings and specifications            
for compliance with building codes; and relating to state and                  
municipal contracts for architectural, engineering, land surveying,            
and landscape architectural services."                                         
                                                                               
Chapter No. 38, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  August 9, 2000                                               
                                                                               
HB 180                                                                       
A message dated May 11, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 180(FIN) am                                             
"An Act relating to the manufacture, use, display, or delivery of             
controlled substances while children are present."                             
                                                                               
Chapter No. 32, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  August 9, 2000                                               
                                                                               
HB 194                                                                       
A message dated May 11, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
HOUSE BILL NO. 194                                                            
"An Act correcting, in the Alaska Disaster Act, a reference to the            
former oil and hazardous substance release response fund to                    
describe that fund by its correct name."                                       
                                                                               
Chapter No. 36, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  August 9, 2000                                               

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HB 204                                                                       
A message dated May 11, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 204(RES)                                                
"An Act relating to elk farming."                                             
                                                                               
Chapter No. 41, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  August 9, 2000                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 226                                                                       
A message dated May 11, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 226(HES)                                                
"An Act relating to credited service under the teachers' retirement           
system for education employees on leave without pay or receiving               
workers' compensation benefits because of certain on-the-job                   
injuries."                                                                     
                                                                               
Chapter No. 52, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  August 9, 2000                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 236                                                                       
A message dated May 11, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
HOUSE BILL NO. 236                                                            
"An Act relating to credited service in the teachers' retirement              
system for part- time employment."                                             
                                                                               
Chapter No. 53, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  August 9, 2000                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               

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HB 265                                                                       
A message dated May 11, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
HOUSE BILL NO. 265                                                            
"An Act extending the termination date of the Alaska regional                 
economic assistance program; and providing for an effective date."             
                                                                               
Chapter No. 43, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  May 12, 2000                                                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 275                                                                       
A message dated May 11, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
CS FOR SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO.                                  
275(JUD)                                                                       
"An Act relating to the Uniform Probate Code, including trusts and            
governing instruments; relating to trustees; relating to                       
underproductive trust property; and relating to conveyances of real            
property and interests in real property by or to trusts."                      
                                                                               
Chapter No. 40, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  August 9, 2000                                               
                                                                               
HB 290                                                                       
A message dated May 11, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 290(FIN)                                                
"An Act relating to pipeline carriers of natural gas produced from            
the North Slope of Alaska and to the intrastate regulation by the              
Regulatory Commission of Alaska of pipelines and pipeline                      
facilities of that natural gas."                                               
                                                                               
Chapter No. 56, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  August 9, 2000                                               

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HB 294                                                                       
A message dated May 11, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 294(JUD)                                                
"An Act relating to violations of an order to submit to                       
deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing, to court orders and                       
conditions of parole to collect samples for DNA testing, to                    
removal of material from the DNA identification registration                   
system; and providing for an effective date."                                  
                                                                               
Chapter No. 44, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  May 12, 2000                                                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 310                                                                       
A message dated May 11, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 310(L&C)                                                
"An Act relating to the Alaska Insurance Guaranty Association."               
                                                                               
Chapter No. 39, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  August 9, 2000                                               
                                                                               
HB 315                                                                       
A message dated May 11, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
HOUSE BILL NO. 315                                                            
"An Act relating to elimination of the Alaska Administrative                  
Journal and instituting public notice requirements on the Alaska               
Online Public Notice System; amending public notice publication                
requirements for certain regulations; and providing for an effective           
date."                                                                         
                                                                               
Chapter No. 54, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  May 12, 2000                                                 

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HB 324                                                                       
A message dated May 11, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
HOUSE BILL NO. 324                                                            
"An Act requiring written consent by the person who is the subject            
of the information before releasing personal information contained             
in motor vehicle records, to comply with 18 U.S.C. 2721; and                   
providing for an effective date."                                              
                                                                               
Chapter No. 47, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  June 1, 2000                                                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 382                                                                       
A message dated May 11, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 382(L&C)                                                
"An Act relating to the licensing of social workers and to the use            
of the title 'social worker' without a license; and providing for an           
effective date."                                                               
                                                                               
Chapter No. 37, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  May 12, 2000                                                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 392                                                                       
A message dated May 11, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 392(HES)                                                
"An Act relating to continuances for temporary custody hearings               
that follow emergency custody of a child; and amending Rule 10,                
Alaska Child in Need of Aid Rules."                                            
                                                                               
Chapter No. 45, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  August 9, 2000                                               

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HB 428                                                                       
A message dated May 11, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 428(FIN)                                                
"An Act relating to interest on child support overpayments that are           
disbursed to the obligor."                                                     
                                                                               
Chapter No. 46, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  August 9, 2000                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 429                                                                       
The following letter, dated May 11, 2000, was received:                        
                                                                               
"Dear Speaker Porter:                                                          
                                                                               
On this date I have signed the following bill passed by the second             
session of the Twenty-first Alaska State Legislature and am                    
transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant               
Governor's Office for permanent filing:                                        
                                                                               
HOUSE BILL NO. 429                                                            
"An Act extending the termination date for the vessel permit                  
moratoria for the Bering Sea Korean hair crab fishery and the                  
weathervane scallop fishery; and providing for an effective date."             
                                                                               
	Chapter No. 30, SLA 2000                                                      
	¦Effective Date:  May 12, 2000á                                               
                                                                               
In 1996, the Legislature enacted a four-year moratorium in the Bering          
Sea Korean Hair Crab fishery, and in 1997, in the Weathervane                  
Scallop fishery.  Upon signing HB 538, the bill establishing the Hair          
Crab moratorium, on July 3, 1996, I sent a letter to Senate President          
Pearce and then-Speaker of the House, Representative Gail Phillips.            
In that letter I explained that I was signing the moratorium bills             
because I recognized important pragmatic reasons to implement the              
provisions of the bills, but that I was, "concerned about the legislation      
from a public policy and resource management standpoint."                      
                                                                               

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HB 429                                                                       
This bill I have signed today extends the moratoria in the Korean Hair         
Crab and Weathervane Scallop fisheries.  I remain concerned about              
this approach and urge passage of legislation next session authorizing         
the tools our state agencies need to manage Alaska's fisheries                 
effectively.                                                                   
                                                                               
In my 1996 letter, I stated that, "Addressing management of specific           
fisheries through legislation is not the ideal approach.  Alaska's             
fisheries management system has proven highly effective in                     
maintaining healthy and sustainable resources because it is run by             
scientists, professional fisheries administrators, and boards and              
commissions, rather than through the legislative process."  I went on          
to note that I was asking the Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission            
(CFEC) and the Department of Fish and Game to review existing                  
statutes and to recommend changes to make the fishery moratorium               
provisions in the law more workable and effective.                             
                                                                               
Additionally, the legislature itself included language in the original hair    
crab moratorium bill directing CFEC to draft and bring before the              
legislature legislation establishing a vessel permit program.  Clearly,        
the legislature recognized that without such a program, CFEC would             
not have the tools to implement needed permanent limitation of certain         
fisheries, such as Korean Hair Crab and scallops.                              
                                                                               
Since that time, CFEC did indeed prepare and have introduced a bill            
to create workable provisions for administratively enacting fisheries          
moratoria (HB 104), and another bill authorizing the establishment of          
a vessel-based permit program (SB 143), which could be used in                 
fisheries where the standard owner-operator model of limited entry             
would not serve the purposes of the Limited Entry Act.                         
                                                                               
HB 104 passed the House unanimously, and there was evidence of                 
support among legislators and the public for SB 143.  However, neither         
bill moved from the Senate Resources Committee.                                
                                                                               
Without the tools those bills would have provided, or an extension of          
the current moratoria, the Korean Hair Crab fishery would have                 
reverted to open access upon expiration of the moratorium July 1,              
2000, and the scallop fishery would have done the same on July 1,              
2001.                                                                          

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HB 429                                                                       
Given the failure of the legislature to pass HB 104 and SB 143, I have         
reluctantly signed HB 429 into law.  It serves as a stopgap measure to         
avoid the chaos, and probably the complete closure, of these two               
fisheries that would have resulted from a return to open access.               
                                                                               
                                                                               
A long-term solution for these particular fisheries, and the availability      
of good tools and options for managing other evolving fisheries in             
Alaska is critical.  This will require the passage of legislation in the       
next two years in order to have a workable program in place prior to           
the new expiration dates under HB 429.  Repeated moratorium                    
extensions will not provide a solution.  Such an approach would create         
further uncertainty in these fisheries and would eventually raise              
constitutional issues as well.                                                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
I urge you to work with the Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission              
and the Department of Fish and Game to ensure legislation is passed            
next session to provide the tools needed for the sound management of           
Alaska's diverse fisheries.                                                    
                                                                               
                                                                               
							Sincerely,                                                              
							/s/                                                                     
							Tony Knowles                                                            
							Governor"                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 437                                                                       
A message dated May 11, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
HOUSE BILL NO. 437                                                            
"An Act relating to the reinstatement of Native corporations; and             
providing for an effective date."                                              
                                                                               
Chapter No. 31, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  May 12, 2000                                                 
                                                                               

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SB 103                                                                       
A message dated May 11, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
HOUSE CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 103(HES)                                         
"An Act relating to a curriculum for Native language education;               
and providing for an effective date."                                          
                                                                               
Chapter No. 29, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  July 1, 2000                                                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
SB 193                                                                       
A message dated May 11, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 193(FIN)                                               
"An Act relating to the payment of wages and claims for the                   
payment of wages."                                                             
                                                                               
Chapter No. 48, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  August 9, 2000                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
SB 222                                                                       
A message dated May 11, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
HOUSE CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 222(L&C)                                         
"An Act relating to standard industrial classification for, eligibility       
for benefits under, and the definition of 'benefit year' for the               
Alaska Employment Security Act; and providing for an effective                 
date."                                                                         
                                                                               
Chapter No. 51, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  See Chapter                                                  
                                                                               
                                                                               

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SB 247                                                                       
A message dated May 11, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 247(FIN)                                               
"An Act relating to eligibility of certain persons who receive                
veterans' benefits for longevity bonus payments; and providing for             
an effective date."                                                            
                                                                               
Chapter No. 55, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  July 1, 2000                                                 
SB 268                                                                       
A message dated May 11, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
HOUSE CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 268(JUD) am H                                    
"An Act relating to mandatory 99-year terms of imprisonment for               
persons convicted of certain murders."                                         
                                                                               
Chapter No. 49, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  August 9, 2000                                               
                                                                               
SB 297                                                                       
A message dated May 11, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 297(L&C) am                                            
"An Act relating to the licensing of chiropractors and to                     
disciplinary actions against chiropractors."                                   
                                                                               
Chapter No. 35, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  August 9, 2000                                               
                                                                               
SB 301                                                                       
A message dated May 11, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               

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SB 301                                                                       
HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 301(FIN)                                  
"An Act relating to the Chitina dip net fishing permit; and                   
providing for an effective date."                                              
                                                                               
Chapter No. 50, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  May 12, 2000                                                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                  ENROLLMENT                                 
                                                                               
HB 344                                                                       
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 10:25 a.m.,           
May 12, 2000:                                                                  
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 344(FIN)                                                
"An Act authorizing a land exchange between the Department of                 
Natural Resources and Alaska Hardrock, Inc.; approving a long-                 
term lease of certain Alaska Railroad Corporation land at Healy;               
and providing for an effective date."                                          
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 380                                                                       
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 10:25 a.m.,           
May 12, 2000:                                                                  
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 380(FIN)                                  
"An Act relating to contributions to the Alaska Fire Standards                
Council and to an insurer tax credit for those contributions; and              
providing for an effective date."                                              
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 414                                                                       
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 10:25 a.m.,           
May 12, 2000:                                                                  

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HB 414                                                                       
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 414(O&G) am S                                           
"An Act relating to the appointment and qualifications of the                 
members of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission;                     
and providing for an effective date."                                          
                                                                               
                                                                               
HJR 56                                                                       
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 3:00 p.m.,            
May 17, 2000:                                                                  
                                                                               
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 56                                                 
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska             
prohibiting certain initiatives relating to wildlife.                          
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 37                                                                        
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 3:00 p.m.,            
May 17, 2000:                                                                  
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 37(FIN)                                   
"An Act relating to restricting sale of cigarettes, to enforcement of         
certain laws relating to sales of cigarettes, and to smoking                   
education and cessation programs administered by the Department                
of Health and Social Services."                                                
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 98                                                                        
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 2:25 p.m.,            
May 17, 2000:                                                                  
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 98(FIN) am S                              
"An Act relating to contracts for the provision of state public               
assistance to certain recipients in the state; providing for regional          
public assistance plans and programs in the state; relating to grants          

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HB 98                                                                        
for Alaska Native family assistance programs; relating to                     
assignment of child support by Alaska Native family assistance                 
recipients; to paternity determinations and genetic testing involving          
recipients of assistance under Alaska Native family assistance                 
programs; and providing for an effective date."                                
                                                                               
The following memorandum, dated May 4, 2000, was received from                 
Patty Rose, Enrolling Secretary, Division of Legal and Research                
Services:                                                                      
                                                                               
"In accordance with Rule 43, Uniform Rules of the Alaska State                 
Legislature, I am reporting the following manifest error in SCS CSHB
98(FIN) am S, which has been corrected in enrolling:                           
                                                                               
		Page 3, line 5:                                                              
			Delete "subsection ¦SECTIONá"                                           
			Insert "section"                                                            
                                                                               
		Page 3, line 17:                                                             
			Delete "subsection ¦SECTIONá"                                           
			Insert "section""                                                           
                                                                               
HB 446                                                                       
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 2:25 p.m.,            
May 17, 2000:                                                                  
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 446(FIN) am S                             
"An Act relating to utility ownership and funding; relating to sales,         
leases, and dispositions of certain telephone cooperative property;            
establishing and relating to the power cost equalization endowment             
fund; relating to the power cost equalization and rural electric               
capitalization fund; relating to the Railbelt energy fund;                     
authorizing and relating to the sale of the four dam pool                      
hydroelectric project; establishing and relating to joint action               
agencies created to purchase power projects; and providing for an              
effective date."                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               

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HB 447                                                                       
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 2:25 p.m.,            
May 17, 2000:                                                                  
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 447(FIN) am                                             
"An Act making appropriations relating to power cost equalization             
and the sale of the four dam pool hydroelectric project and to                 
capitalize funds; making appropriations under art. IX, sec. 17(c),             
Constitution of the State of Alaska, from the constitutional budget            
reserve fund; and providing for an effective date."                            
                                                                               
                                                                               
                          MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR                         
                                                                               
HB 270                                                                       
A message dated May 16, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
CS FOR SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO.                                  
270(HES)                                                                       
"An Act relating to payment for certain examinations in cases of              
sexual assault."                                                               
                                                                               
Chapter No. 57, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  August 14, 2000                                              
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 361                                                                       
A message dated May 16, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 361(FIN)                                  
"An Act relating to charges for state services; requiring that fees           
levied by resource agencies for designated regulatory services be              
based on the actual and reasonable direct cost of providing the                
services, except in the case of certain negotiated or fixed fees;              
relating to negotiated and fixed fees of resource agencies; relating           

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HB 361                                                                       
to invoices for designated regulatory services; establishing a                
petition process regarding fees charged by resource agencies for               
regulatory services; and providing for an effective date."                     
                                                                               
Chapter No. 59, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  See Chapter                                                  
                                                                               
SB 275                                                                       
A message dated May 16, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 275(HES)                                               
"An Act relating to the school year for purposes of the                       
postsecondary student loan program; and providing for an effective             
date."                                                                         
                                                                               
Chapter No. 58, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  September 1, 2000                                            
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                  ENROLLMENT                                 
                                                                               
HB 211                                                                       
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 9:55 a.m.,            
May 18, 2000:                                                                  
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 211(FIN)                                  
"An Act relating to regulation of managed care insurance plans;               
amending Rule 602, Alaska Rules of Appellate Procedure; and                    
providing for an effective date."                                              
                                                                               
HB 230                                                                       
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 9:55 a.m.,            
May 18, 2000:                                                                  
                                                                               

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HB 230                                                                       
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 230(L&C)                                  
"An Act permitting certain dispatchers in police or fire                      
departments or for the state troopers to convert their credited                
service under the public employees' retirement system to credited              
service as peace officers; and providing for an effective date."               
                                                                               
HB 291                                                                       
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 9:55 a.m.,            
May 18, 2000:                                                                  
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 291(STA)                                                
"An Act relating to the giving of certain state agency notices."              
                                                                               
HB 317                                                                       
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 9:55 a.m.,            
May 18, 2000:                                                                  
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 317(STA)                                                
"An Act relating to recruitment, selection, appointment, promotion,           
and nonretention of state employees and to the duties of the                   
Department of Administration concerning those and other related                
functions; and providing for an effective date."                               
                                                                               
HB 320                                                                       
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 9:55 a.m.,            
May 18, 2000:                                                                  
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 320(FIN) am                                             
"An Act approving the application for and acceptance of a grant               
of certain federal land by the Alaska Railroad Corporation;                    
approving the conveyance of the entire interest in land appurtenant            
to the Whittier DeLong Dock by the Alaska Railroad Corporation;                
relating to use and disposition of the Whittier DeLong Dock and                
associated land; prohibiting the Alaska Railroad Corporation and               

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HB 320                                                                       
the City of Whittier from granting any special right, privilege, or           
preference to a third party to provide management services for the             
DeLong Dock; providing that contracts for management of the                    
DeLong Dock by a third party shall be awarded only under                       
competitive procurement procedures established by the Alaska                   
Railroad Corporation and the City of Whittier; and providing for               
an effective date."                                                            
                                                                               
HB 418                                                                       
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 9:55 a.m.,            
May 18, 2000:                                                                  
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 418(FIN) am                               
S(reengrossed)                                                                 
"An Act designating certain receipts as program receipts,                     
appropriations of which are not made from the unrestricted general             
fund; relating to the establishment of an administrative cost charge           
for the state's role in the community development quota program;               
and providing for an effective date."                                          
                                                                               
                                                                               
                          MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR                         
                                                                               
HB 446                                                                       
A message dated May 18, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 446(FIN) am S                             
"An Act relating to utility ownership and funding; relating to sales,         
leases, and dispositions of certain telephone cooperative property;            
establishing and relating to the power cost equalization endowment             
fund; relating to the power cost equalization and rural electric               
capitalization fund; relating to the Railbelt energy fund;                     
authorizing and relating to the sale of the four dam pool                      
hydroelectric project; establishing and relating to joint action               
agencies created to purchase power projects; and providing for an              
effective date."                                                               

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HB 446                                                                       
Chapter No. 60, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  See Chapter                                                  
                                                                               
HB 133                                                                       
The following letter dated May 19, 2000, was received:                         
                                                                               
"Dear Speaker Porter:                                                          
                                                                               
Under the authority of art. II, sec. 15, of the Alaska Constitution, I         
have vetoed the following bill:                                                
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 133(CRA) am S                             
"An Act relating to municipal service areas and providing for voter           
approval of the formation, alteration, or abolishment of certain               
service areas."                                                                
                                                                               
This bill amends the rights of certain general law as well as home rule        
municipalities to form, alter, or abolish certain service areas within         
their jurisdiction.  In fact, for the first time since statehood, the rights   
of Alaska's home rule municipalities in forming, altering, and                 
abolishing service areas are limited by statute.  Additionally, this bill      
creates an exemption for which only one general law borough qualifies          
from the limits imposed in this bill.                                          
                                                                               
This legislation imposes unduly restrictive methods on boroughs in             
creating and managing their service areas.  It mandates that a majority        
of voters in the areas, and those affected by the changes outside the          
service area, vote to approve the change before it can be implemented.         
This severely restricts the power of boroughs and will diminish the            
local government's ability to deal effectively and timely with needed          
changes.  This bill has the potential of placing substantive power with        
a minority of voters, thus shifting the governmental power from the            
borough assembly, whose members are elected borough-wide, to                   
service area boards whose members are elected only by residents of the         
service area or appointed.  This is contrary to the concept of borough         
government under art. X, secs. 1, 3, 4, and 5 of the Alaska                    
Constitution, as well as contrary to the concept of liberal home rule          
powers under art. X, sec. 11 of the Alaska Constitution.                       
                                                                               
                                                                               

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HB 133                                                                       
This bill also raises serious constitutional concerns by imposing              
limitations on home rule boroughs and unified municipalities.  Home            
rule municipalities have a constitutional grant of authority that gives        
them liberal control over matters purely of local concern. How service         
areas are established and governed has historically been dealt with in         
home rule charters as part of the organic law of a particular home rule        
municipality.  And where a home rule municipality is concerned with            
a matter of purely local concern, the charter and not a legislative act        
is looked to in order to determine whether a particular power has been         
conferred upon the municipality.  It would be incongruous to recognize         
the constitutional provision that a home rule municipality "may                
exercise all legislative powers not prohibited by law or by charter", and      
then to say that the power of a home rule city is measured by a                
legislative act.  Lien v. City of Ketchikan, 383P.2d 721, 723 (Alaska          
1963).                                                                         
                                                                               
In addition, the exemption from the provisions of this bill provided to        
only one borough in the state may violate the constitutional prohibition       
against special and local legislation.  Such a specific classification of      
borough (particularly a general law borough of which there are six             
others in the state of the same class), coupled with the specific              
population limitation, makes it questionable whether there is a rational       
basis to exempt one general law borough from the requirements for the          
municipal service areas addressed in this bill.  This exemption is             
doubly troublesome considering the limitations of this bill are applied        
to all home rule boroughs and unified municipalities while one general         
law borough qualifies for the exemption.  This specialized treatment           
does not appear to have a rational basis stated in the legislative history,    
and it is incongruous with the constitutional powers granted home rule         
municipalities.                                                                
                                                                               
This bill raises serious constitutional violations and, for that reason, I     
must veto this legislation.                                                    
                                                                               
							Sincerely,                                                              
							/s/                                                                     
							Tony Knowles                                                            
							Governor"                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               

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HB 304                                                                       
A message dated May 19, 2000 was received stating the Governor has             
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 304(FIN)                                  
"An Act relating to issuance and sale of revenue bonds to fund                
drinking water projects, to the Alaska clean water fund, to creation           
of  an  Alaska  clean  water  administrative  fund  and  an Alaska             
drinking water administrative fund, to fees to be charged in                   
connection with loans made from the Alaska clean water fund and                
the Alaska drinking water fund, and to clarification of the                    
character and permissible uses of the Alaska drinking water fund;              
amending Rule 3, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure; and providing                
for an effective date."                                                        
                                                                               
Chapter No. 61, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  See Chapter                                                  
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 337                                                                       
A message dated May 19, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 337(FIN)                                  
"An Act relating to claims against permanent fund dividends to                
pay amounts owed to the Department of Labor and Workforce                      
Development under the Alaska Employment Security Act and to                    
fees for processing certain claims against permanent fund                      
dividends; and providing for an effective date."                               
                                                                               
Chapter No. 64, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  See Chapter                                                  
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 363                                                                       
A message dated May 19, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               

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HB 363                                                                       
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 363(FIN)                                  
"An Act relating to salmon product reports and to the sale of fish;           
and providing for an effective date."                                          
                                                                               
Chapter No. 62, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  September 1, 2000                                            
                                                                               
SB 283                                                                       
A message dated May 19, 2000,  was received stating the Governor               
has signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and            
enrolled copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent              
filing:                                                                        
                                                                               
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 283(RES)                                               
"An Act establishing the shore fisheries development lease                    
program account and the timber receipts account; relating to the               
accounting for and appropriation of revenue from the state land                
disposal program, the shore fisheries development lease program,               
and the state timber disposal program; and providing for an                    
effective date."                                                               
                                                                               
Chapter No. 63, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  July 1, 2000                                                 
                                                                               
HB 3                                                                         
A message dated May 22, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 3(FIN)                                    
"An Act relating to controlled substances and to the possession of            
certain chemicals; and providing for an effective date."                       
                                                                               
Chapter No. 73, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  May 23, 2000                                                 
                                                                               
HB 121                                                                       
A message dated May 22, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               

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HB 121                                                                       
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 121(L&C) am S                                           
"An Act relating to patients' rights under a health care insurance            
plan or contract providing coverage for dental care, and prohibiting           
certain practices by health care insurers relating to dental care."            
                                                                               
Chapter No. 69, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  August 20, 2000                                              
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 288                                                                       
A message dated May 22, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 288(FIN)                                  
"An Act relating to the creation of an aggravating factor for the             
commission of domestic violence in the physical presence or                    
hearing of a child."                                                           
                                                                               
Chapter No. 67, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  August 20, 2000                                              
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 303                                                                       
A message dated May 22, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 303(L&C)                                         
"An Act relating to the method of payment of fees and adoption                
of regulations under AS 21; relating to orders under AS 21                     
regarding risk based capital instructions; relating to accounting              
standards for insurance companies; amending the definitions of                 
'creditable coverage' and 'late enrollee' in AS 21.54; relating to             
requirements for small employer insurers; relating to requirements             
for issuance of new voting securities by an insurance company;                 
requiring health care insurance coverage for reconstructive surgery            
following mastectomy; requiring guaranteed renewability of and                 
certification of coverage regarding certain individual health                  
insurance policies; and providing for an effective date."                      

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HB 303                                                                       
Chapter No. 72, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  See Chapter                                                  
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 331                                                                       
A message dated May 22, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 331(RLS)                                  
"An Act relating to compensation of members of the Alaska                     
National Guard and Alaska Naval Militia in active service;                     
changing the name of the Alaska State Militia to the Alaska State              
Defense Force; relating to compensation and work status for                    
members of the Alaska State Defense Force; and providing for an                
effective date."                                                               
                                                                               
Chapter No. 70, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  May 23, 2000                                                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 335                                                                       
A message dated May 22, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 335(FIN)(title am                         
S)                                                                             
"An Act relating to information contained in retirement system                
records; relating to retirement boards; relating to procedures and             
hearings under state retirement systems; relating to benefits for              
reemployed retired members of retirement systems; relating to                  
eligibility for normal retirement for members of the teachers'                 
retirement system who have Alaska BIA credited service; relating               
to disability benefits for members of state retirement systems;                
relating to deduction of premiums from retirement benefits;                    
relating to protection of, and assignment and transfer of, amounts             
held in retirement systems; relating to retirement benefits for                
certain employees earning high salaries; relating to qualified                 
domestic  relations  orders in state retirement systems; relating to           

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HB 335                                                                       
the definition of 'retirement fund' in the teachers' retirement               
system; relating to membership of state employees in the teachers'             
retirement system; relating to refund of contributions made to the             
judicial retirement system and repayment of refunded contributions             
in that system; relating to self-insurance and excess loss insurance           
for persons receiving benefits from a state retirement system;                 
relating to participation of elected officials in the public                   
employees' retirement system; relating to the level income option              
benefit under the public employees' retirement system; relating to             
participation of employees of political subdivisions and public                
organizations in the public employees' retirement system; relating             
to crimes for defrauding a state retirement system; relating to the            
definition of 'pension fund' in the public employees' retirement               
system; and relating to calculation of years of service and of                 
benefits under the public employees' retirement system for                     
noncertificated employees of certain educational employers."                   
                                                                               
Chapter No. 68, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  August 20, 2000                                              
                                                                               
                                                                               
SB 26                                                                        
A message dated May 22, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 26(FIN)                                                
"An Act relating to hindering prosecution and to providing false              
information or reports to a peace officer."                                    
                                                                               
Chapter No. 66, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  August 20, 2000                                              
                                                                               
                                                                               
SB 175                                                                       
A message dated May 22, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
                                                                               

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SB 175                                                                       
SENATE BILL NO. 175                                                           
"An Act relating to state mining law, to methods of locating                  
mining claims, to the granting of larger mining claims using a                 
legal subdivision based on rectangular survey descriptions, and to             
mandatory rental payments for prospecting rights."                             
                                                                               
Chapter No. 74, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  August 20, 2000                                              
                                                                               
                                                                               
SB 220                                                                       
A message dated May 22, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 220(JUD)                                  
"An Act relating to the requirements for partnerships and limited             
liability companies to qualify for the Alaska bidder preference and            
a certain disability preference under the State Procurement Code;              
and providing for an effective date."                                          
                                                                               
Chapter No. 71, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  May 23, 2000                                                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
SB 259                                                                       
The following letter, dated May 22, 2000, was received:                        
                                                                               
"Dear Speaker Porter:                                                          
                                                                               
On this date I have signed the following bill, passed by the second            
session of the Twenty-first Alaska State Legislature, and am                   
transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant               
Governor's Office for permanent filing:                                        
                                                                               
HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 259(JUD)                                  
"An Act relating to crimes and offenses relating to aural                     
representations, recordings, access devices, identification                    
documents, impersonation, false reports, and computers; and                    
providing for an effective date."                                              

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SB 259                                                                       
	Chapter No. 65, SLA 2000                                                      
	¦Effective Date:  May 23, 2000á                                               
                                                                               
This Act creates new responsibilities for the Alaska State Troopers.           
Unfortunately, the Legislature refused the Administration's request for        
one additional Trooper position, which was to be assigned to work              
cooperatively with the FBI and Anchorage Police Department units on            
cybercrime cases.  For lack of resources, the full significance of this        
Act will not be realized.                                                      
                                                                               
							Sincerely,                                                              
							/s/                                                                     
							Tony Knowles                                                            
							Governor"                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 205                                                                       
A message dated May 23, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 205(TRA)                                                
"An Act relating to the use of snow machines to travel across the             
Dalton Highway corridor."                                                      
                                                                               
Chapter No. 77, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  August 21, 2000                                              
                                                                               
HB 346                                                                       
A message dated May 23, 2000,  was received stating the Governor               
has signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and            
enrolled copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent              
filing:                                                                        
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 346(HES)                                                
"An Act requiring the Department of Health and Social Services                
to establish a waiting list for state-funded services for persons with         
developmental disabilities and requiring the department to submit              
an annual report concerning the waiting list and persons with                  
developmental disabilities."                                                   

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HB 346                                                                       
Chapter No. 76, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  August 21, 2000                                              
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 420                                                                       
The following letter, dated May 23, 2000, was received:                        
                                                                               
"Dear Speaker Porter:                                                          
                                                                               
On this date I have signed the following bill passed by the second             
session of the Twenty-first Alaska State Legislature and am                    
transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant               
Governor's Office for permanent filing:                                        
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 420(L&C)                                  
"An Act relating to tourism marketing contracts; and providing for            
an effective date."                                                            
                                                                               
	Chapter No. 78, SLA 2000                                                      
	¦Effective Date:  See Chapterá                                                
                                                                               
This bill attempts to arbitrarily limit the timing and substance of the        
state's tourism marketing contracts with the qualified trade association       
awarded the contract.  The timelines for FY 01 are, essentially,               
meaningless because the deadlines have either already passed or are            
easily being met by the Department of Community and Economic                   
Development (DCED).                                                            
                                                                               
In terms of the substance of the contract under negotiation, I am              
instructing the commissioner of DCED to proceed with due diligence.            
                                                                               
This bill in no way diminishes her responsibility to negotiate a contract      
to the level of detail necessary to provide administrative oversight to        
protect the best interests of the state.                                       
                                                                               
							Sincerely,                                                              
							/s/                                                                     
							Tony Knowles                                                            
							Governor"                                                               
                                                                               

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HB 447                                                                       
A message dated May 23, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 447(FIN) am                                             
"An Act making appropriations relating to power cost equalization             
and the sale of the four dam pool hydroelectric project and to                 
capitalize funds; making appropriations under art. IX, sec. 17(c),             
Constitution of the State of Alaska, from the constitutional budget            
reserve fund; and providing for an effective date."                            
                                                                               
Chapter No. 75, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  May 24, 2000                                                 
                                                                               
                                  ENROLLMENT                                 
                                                                               
HB 378                                                                       
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 9:55 a.m.,            
May 24, 2000:                                                                  
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 378(FIN) am S                             
"An Act relating to the establishment of, assessment of, collection           
of, and accounting for service fees for state administration of                
workers' compensation and workers' safety programs; establishing               
civil penalties and sanctions for late payment or nonpayment of                
the service fee; and providing for an effective date."                         
                                                                               
                          MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR                         
                                                                               
HJR 56                                                                       
A message dated May 24, 2000, was received stating the Governor is             
transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies of the following                
resolution to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:           
                                                                               
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 56                                                 
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska             
prohibiting certain initiatives relating to wildlife.                         
                                                                               
Legislative Resolve No. 48                                                    

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HJR 60                                                                       
A message dated May 24, 2000, was received stating the Governor is             
transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies of the following                
resolution to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:           
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 60(RES)                              
am S                                                                           
Opposing the designation of millions of acres of Alaska as critical           
habitat for the Spectacled Eider and the Steller's Eider.                      
                                                                               
Legislative Resolve No. 43                                                    
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 37                                                                        
A message dated May 24, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 37(FIN)                                   
"An Act relating to restricting sale of cigarettes, to enforcement of         
certain laws relating to sales of cigarettes, and to smoking                   
education and cessation programs administered by the Department                
of Health and Social Services."                                                
                                                                               
Chapter No. 87, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  August 22, 2000                                              
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 116                                                                       
A message dated May 24, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 116(RES)                                  
"An Act relating to the Board of Agriculture and Conservation, to             
the director of agriculture, to the agricultural revolving loan fund           
and to loans from the fund, to the disposal of interests in state              
agricultural land; and providing for an effective date."                       
                                                                               
Chapter No. 81, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  July 1, 2000                                                 

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HB 163                                                                       
A message dated May 24, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 163(RLS) am S                             
"An Act relating to qualifications of voters; relating to the                 
registration of voters; relating to election districts and officials;          
relating to election procedures and ballots; relating to special               
procedures for elections; relating to nomination of candidates;                
relating to national elections; relating to special elections and              
appointments; relating to constitutional amendments; relating to               
election offenses and corrupt practices; relating to election                  
pamphlets; relating to the deferral of jury service for certain                
election officials; relating to an exemption from the State                    
Procurement Code regarding election ballots; relating to the                   
provision and use of mailing addresses on permanent fund                       
dividend applications for election purposes; relating to the                   
inclusion of voter registration forms with permanent fund dividend             
applications; relating to financial statements by public officials and         
candidates for public office; making conforming amendments in                  
references to 'election district,' 'chairman,' and similar terms;              
relating to initiative, referendum, and recall petitions; relating to          
municipal assembly forms of representation and apportionment;                  
and providing for an effective date."                                          
                                                                               
Chapter No. 82, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  See Chapter                                                  
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 272                                                                       
A message dated May 24, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 272(RLS)                                         
"An Act relating to the tax assessment by a home rule or general              
law municipality of housing that qualifies for the low-income                  
housing credit under the Internal Revenue Code; and providing for              
an effective date."                                                            
                                                                               

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HB 272                                                                       
Chapter No. 79, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  January 1, 2001                                              
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 325                                                                       
A message dated May 24, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 325(FIN)                                  
"An Act relating to priorities, claims, and liens for payment for             
certain medical services provided to medical assistance recipients;            
and providing for an effective date."                                          
                                                                               
Chapter No. 85, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  May 25, 2000                                                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 380                                                                       
A message dated May 24, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 380(FIN)                                  
"An Act relating to contributions to the Alaska Fire Standards                
Council and to an insurer tax credit for those contributions; and              
providing for an effective date."                                              
                                                                               
Chapter No. 86, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  July 1, 2000                                                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
SCR 17                                                                       
A message dated May 24, 2000, was received stating the Governor is             
transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies of the following                
resolution to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:           
                                                                               
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 17                                           
Suspending Rules 24(c), 35, 41(b), and 42(e), Uniform Rules of                
the Alaska  State  Legislature,  concerning  House  Bill No.  130,             

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SCR 17                                                                      
relating to the practice of architecture, engineering, land surveying,        
and landscape architecture.                                                    
                                                                               
Legislative Resolve No. 44                                                    
                                                                               
                                                                               
SCR 20                                                                       
A message dated May 24, 2000, was received stating the Governor is             
transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies of the following                
resolution to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:           
                                                                               
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 20                                           
Suspending Rules 24(c), 35, 41(b), and 42(e), Uniform Rules of                
the Alaska State Legislature, concerning House Bill No. 163,                   
relating to qualifications of voters; relating to the registration of          
voters; relating to election districts and officials; relating to              
election procedures and ballots; relating to special procedures for            
elections; relating to nomination of candidates; relating to national          
elections; relating to special elections and appointments; relating            
to constitutional amendments; relating to election offenses and                
corrupt practices; relating to election pamphlets; relating to the             
deferral of jury service for certain election officials; relating to an        
exemption from the State Procurement Code regarding election                   
ballots; relating to the provision and use of mailing addresses on             
permanent fund dividend applications for election purposes;                    
relating to the inclusion of voter registration forms with permanent           
fund dividend applications; relating to financial statements by                
public officials and candidates for public office; making                      
conforming amendments in references to "election district,"                    
"chairman," and similar terms; relating to initiative, referendum,             
and recall petitions.                                                          
                                                                               
Legislative Resolve No. 45                                                    
                                                                               
                                                                               
SCR 21                                                                       
A message dated May 24, 2000, was received stating the Governor is             
transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies of the following                
resolution to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:           
                                                                               

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SCR 21                                                                       
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 21                                           
Suspending Rules 24(c), 35, 41(b), and 42(e), Uniform Rules of                
the Alaska State Legislature, concerning House Bill No. 335,                   
relating to information contained in retirement system records;                
relating to retirement boards; relating to procedures and hearings             
under state retirement systems; relating to benefits for reemployed            
retired members of retirement systems; relating to eligibility for             
normal retirement for members of the teachers' retirement system               
who have Alaska BIA credited service; relating to disability                   
benefits for members of state retirement systems; relating to                  
deduction of premiums from retirement benefits; relating to                    
protection of, and assignment and transfer of, amounts held in                 
retirement systems; relating to retirement benefits for certain                
employees earning high salaries; relating to qualified domestic                
relations orders in state retirement systems; relating to the                  
definition of "retirement fund" in the teachers' retirement system;            
relating to membership of state employees in the teachers'                     
retirement system; relating to refund of contributions made to the             
judicial retirement system or to the former elected public officers            
retirement system and repayment of refunded contributions in                   
those systems; relating to self-insurance and excess loss insurance            
for persons receiving benefits from a state retirement system;                 
relating to participation of elected officials in the public                   
employees' retirement system; relating to the level income option              
benefit under the public employees' retirement system; relating to             
participation of employees of political subdivisions and public                
organizations in the public employees' retirement system; relating             
to crimes for defrauding a state retirement system; relating to the            
definition of "pension fund" in the public employees' retirement               
system; relating to calculation of years of service and of benefits            
under the public employees' retirement system for noncertificated              
employees of certain educational employers; and relating to                    
individual accounts maintained for members of the former elected               
public officers retirement system.                                             
                                                                               
                                                                               
Legislative Resolve No. 46                                                    
                                                                               
                                                                               

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SB 73                                                                        
A message dated May 24, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 73(FIN)                                   
"An Act relating to assisted living homes; and providing for an               
effective date."                                                               
                                                                               
Chapter No. 83, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  See Chapter                                                  
                                                                               
                                                                               
SB 204                                                                       
A message dated May 24, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
SENATE BILL NO. 204                                                           
"An Act extending the termination date of the Alaska Commission               
on Aging; and providing for an effective date."                                
                                                                               
Chapter No. 80, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  May 25, 2000                                                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
SB 254                                                                       
A message dated May 24, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 254(HES)                                               
"An Act relating to heirloom certificates of marriage."                       
                                                                               
Chapter No. 84, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  August 22, 2000                                              
                                                                               
SB 288                                                                       
A message dated May 24, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               

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SB 288                                                                       
SENATE BILL NO. 288                                                           
"An Act authorizing the Department of Transportation and Public               
Facilities to enter into an agreement with the Inter-Island Ferry              
Authority regarding the operation of the Clarke Bay Terminal,                  
Prince of Wales Island."                                                       
                                                                               
Chapter No. 88, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  August 22, 2000                                              
                                                                               
                                                                               
                          ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLLMENT                         
                                                                               
HB 253                                                                       
The following was engrossed and enrolled, signed by the Speaker and            
Chief Clerk, President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed          
and enrolled copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at          
10:05 a.m., May 25, 2000:                                                      
                                                                               
CONFERENCE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 253                                          
"An Act relating to a school disciplinary and safety program; and             
providing for an effective date."                                              
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                  ENROLLMENT                                 
                                                                               
HCR 23                                                                       
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 10:05 a.m.,           
May 25, 2000:                                                                  
                                                                               
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 23                                            
Suspending Rules 24(c), 35, 41(b), and 42(e), Uniform Rules of                
the Alaska State Legislature, concerning Senate Joint Resolution               
No. 27, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State                
of Alaska concerning revisions of the state constitution and a                 
court's power with respect to constitutional amendments and                    
revisions.                                                                     
                                                                               
                                                                               

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HB 239                                                                       
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 10:05 a.m.,           
May 25, 2000:                                                                  
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 239(FIN)                                  
"An Act relating to the Uniform Commercial Code; relating to                  
secured transactions; amending Rule 79, Alaska Rules of Civil                  
Procedure; and providing for an effective date."                               
                                                                               
The following memorandum, dated May 11, 2000, was received from                
Patty Rose, Enrolling Secretary, Division of Legal and Research                
Services:                                                                      
                                                                               
"In accordance with Rule 43, Uniform Rules of the Alaska State                 
Legislature, I am reporting the following manifest errors in SCS CSHB
239(FIN), which have been corrected in enrolling:                              
                                                                               
		Page 65, line 30:                                                            
			Delete "a"                                                                  
                                                                               
		Page 140, line 16:                                                           
			Delete "AS 34.80.470(j), 34.08.050"                                         
			Insert "AS 34.80.050, 34.80.470(j)""                                        
                                                                               
HB 281                                                                       
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 10:05 a.m.,           
May 25, 2000:                                                                  
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 281(FIN)                                  
"An Act relating to the financing of construction of public school            
facilities, facilities for the University of Alaska, and facilities for        
ports and harbors; authorizing the commissioner of revenue to sell             
the right to receive a portion of the anticipated revenue from a               
certain tobacco litigation settlement to the Alaska Housing Finance            
Corporation; relating to the deposit of certain anticipated revenue            
from a certain tobacco litigation settlement; authorizing the                  
issuance  of  bonds  by  the  Alaska Housing Finance Corporation               

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HB 281                                                                       
with proceeds to finance public school construction, facilities for           
the University of Alaska, public housing facilities of the Alaska              
Housing Finance Corporation, and facilities for ports and harbors;             
providing for the creation of subsidiary corporations of the Alaska            
Housing Finance Corporation for the purpose of financing or                    
facilitating the financing of public school construction, facilities           
for the University of Alaska, and facilities for ports and harbors;            
and providing for an effective date."                                          
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 296                                                                       
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 10:05 a.m.,           
May 25, 2000:                                                                  
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 296(L&C)                                                
"An Act relating to partnerships; amending Rule 25(c), Alaska                 
Rules of Civil Procedure; and providing for an effective date."                
                                                                               
HB 339                                                                       
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 10:05 a.m.,           
May 25, 2000:                                                                  
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 339(FIN)                                                
"An Act authorizing the Alaska Commercial Fishing and                         
Agriculture Bank to make loans relating to tourism and                         
development or exploitation of natural resources."                             
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 372                                                                       
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 10:05 a.m.,           
May 25, 2000:                                                                  
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 372(JUD) am S                             
"An Act relating to criminal sentencing and restitution."                     

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HB 445                                                                       
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 10:05 a.m.,           
May 25, 2000:                                                                  
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 445(RLS) am                                             
"An Act relating to a rural school construction and planned                   
maintenance pilot program; and providing for an effective date."               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                          MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR                         
                                                                               
HB 225                                                                       
The following letter, dated May 25, 2000, was received:                        
                                                                               
"Dear Speaker Porter:                                                          
                                                                               
Under the authority of art. II, sec. 15 of the Alaska Constitution, I have     
vetoed the following bill:                                                     
                                                                               
CONFERENCE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 225                                          
"An Act relating to election campaigns and legislative ethics; and            
providing for an effective date."                                              
                                                                               
In December 1995, sponsors of a campaign finance reform initiative             
submitted petitions with valid signatures of 22,764 Alaska voters, more        
than enough to place their proposed law on the 1996 general election           
ballot.  The Legislature, under the threat of this citizen initiative,         
responded by passing a campaign finance bill in 1996 that significantly        
curbed the effect of big money donors on Alaska campaigns.  Only               
two legislators voted against the bill.  Lt. Governor Ulmer ruled that         
the Legislature's bill was "substantially similar" to the citizen initiative,  
which eliminated the necessity of placing it on the ballot.                    
                                                                               
This campaign finance reform measure is widely supported by                    
Alaskans and our state proudly leads the nation in curtailing the role         
of large campaign contributions.  Now, only four years later, the              
Legislature has passed this bill which significantly reverses some             
provisions, and certainly violates the spirit, of the 1996 law and             
initiative.                                                                    

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HB 225                                                                       
This legislation extends the period a candidate can raise money for a          
gubernatorial race or a lieutenant governor's campaign from two to             
four years.  This change increases the total amount an individual donor        
can give to these candidates from $1,000 to $2,000.  It opens the door         
once again for "soft money" contributions to political parties from            
businesses, labor unions, and other interests.  It encourages candidates       
to raise more campaign funds than they really need by boosting the             
amount of leftover funds that winners can transfer into expense                
accounts (from $20,000 to $40,000 for senators and from $10,000 to             
$16,000 for House members) for their offices.                                  
                                                                               
                                                                               
After reviewing these and other provisions of House Bill 225, it is easy       
to see why legislative opponents termed this bill the "Incumbents              
Protection Act."  There's virtually no benefit to the citizens.  There are     
significant benefits for incumbent legislators.                                
                                                                               
                                                                               
There's no evidence that Alaskans feel differently today about the             
effect of money on politics than they did in 1996.  Like voters across         
the nation, Alaskans want shorter, cheaper campaigns.  National                
polling shows the electorate is convinced most politicians are corrupted       
by large contributions, and skeptical of arguments that campaign               
finance reform threatens free speech.                                          
                                                                               
                                                                               
I agree with all of those Alaskans and their fellow Americans who are          
speaking out for campaign reform with clear voices and determination.          
I cannot and will not sign this bill simply because the Legislature            
chooses to ignore them.                                                        
                                                                               
							Sincerely,                                                              
							/s/                                                                     
							Tony Knowles                                                            
							Governor"                                                               
                                                                               
HB 378                                                                       
A message dated May 25, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               

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HB 378                                                                       
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 378(FIN) am S                             
"An Act relating to the establishment of, assessment of, collection           
of, and accounting for service fees for state administration of                
workers' compensation and workers' safety programs; establishing               
civil penalties and sanctions for late payment or nonpayment of                
the service fee; and providing for an effective date."                         
                                                                               
Chapter No. 89, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  See Chapter                                                  
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                  ENROLLMENT                                 
                                                                               
HCR 28                                                                       
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 11:50 a.m.,           
May 30, 2000:                                                                  
                                                                               
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 28                                            
Suspending Rules 24(c), 35, 41(b), and 42(e), Uniform Rules of                
the Alaska State Legislature, concerning Senate Bill No. 273,                  
regarding oil discharge prevention, and relating to contingency                
plans and proof of financial responsibility for all self- propelled            
nontank vessels exceeding 400 gross registered tonnage and for                 
railroad tank cars; authorizing inspection of nontank vessels and              
trains; and providing for an effective date.                                   
                                                                               
                                                                               
HCR 29                                                                       
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 11:50 a.m.,           
May 30, 2000:                                                                  
                                                                               
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 29                                            
Opposing any prohibition against having election voting sites at              
military installations.                                                        
                                                                               
                                                                               

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HB 18                                                                        
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 11:50 a.m.,           
May 30, 2000:                                                                  
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 18(FIN)                                                 
"An Act making a special appropriation in an amount not to                    
exceed $250,000,000 from the earnings reserve account to the                   
principal of the permanent fund; and providing for an effective                
date."                                                                         
                                                                               
HB 159                                                                       
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 11:50 a.m.,           
May 30, 2000:                                                                  
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 159(RLS) am S                             
"An Act permitting certain employees in state correctional                    
facilities or employed in the Department of Corrections to convert             
their credited service under the public employees retirement                   
system to credited service as peace officers."                                 
                                                                               
HB 218                                                                       
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 11:50 a.m.,           
May 30, 2000:                                                                  
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 218(FIN) am S                                           
"An Act relating to property loaned to or held by museums."                   
                                                                               
                                                                               
The following memorandum, dated May 2, 2000, was received from                 
Patty Rose, Enrolling Secretary, Division of Legal and Research                
Services:                                                                      
                                                                               
"In accordance with Rule 43, Uniform Rules of the Alaska State                 
Legislature, I am reporting the following manifest error in CSHB
218(FIN) am S, which has been corrected in enrolling:                          

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HB 218                                                                       
	Page 5, line 20:                                                              
		Delete "or""                                                                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 259                                                                       
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 11:50 a.m.,           
May 30, 2000:                                                                  
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 259(FIN)                                                
"An Act relating to eligibility to be represented by the public               
defender before and during the probable cause and temporary                    
placement hearing that is held after the state takes emergency                 
custody of a child."                                                           
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 368                                                                       
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 11:50 a.m.,           
May 30, 2000:                                                                  
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 368(JUD)                                  
"An Act relating to release of persons before trial and before                
sentencing or service of sentence; relating to when service of                 
sentence shall begin; and relating to custodians of persons                    
released, to security posted on behalf of persons released, and to             
the offense of violation of conditions of release."                            
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 432                                                                       
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 11:50 a.m.,           
May 30, 2000:                                                                  
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 432(FIN)                                  
"An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Storage                
Tank  Assistance;  expanding  the  authority  of  the board to issue           

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HB 432                                                                       
recommendations concerning cleanup decisions; relating to the                 
eligibility of certain nonprofit entities for financial assistance under       
the tank cleanup grant program and the tank upgrading and closure              
program; and providing for an effective date."                                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
                          MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR                         
                                                                               
HCR 23                                                                       
A message dated May 31, 2000, was received stating the Governor is             
transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies of the following                
resolution to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:           
                                                                               
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 23                                            
Suspending Rules 24(c), 35, 41(b), and 42(e), Uniform Rules of                
the Alaska State Legislature, concerning Senate Joint Resolution               
No. 27, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State                
of Alaska concerning revisions of the state constitution and a                 
court's power with respect to constitutional amendments and                    
revisions.                                                                     
                                                                               
Legislative Resolve No. 49                                                    
                                                                               
                                                                               
HCR 28                                                                       
A message dated May 31, 2000, was received stating the Governor is             
transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies of the following                
resolution to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:           
                                                                               
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 28                                            
Suspending Rules 24(c), 35, 41(b), and 42(e), Uniform Rules of                
the Alaska State Legislature, concerning Senate Bill No. 273,                  
regarding oil discharge prevention, and relating to contingency                
plans and proof of financial responsibility for all self- propelled            
nontank vessels exceeding 400 gross registered tonnage and for                 
railroad tank cars; authorizing inspection of nontank vessels and              
trains; and providing for an effective date.                                   
                                                                               
Legislative Resolve No. 52                                                    
                                                                               

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HCR 29                                                                       
A message dated May 31, 2000, was received stating the Governor is             
transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies of the following                
resolution to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:           
                                                                               
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 29                                            
Opposing any prohibition against having election voting sites at              
military installations.                                                        
                                                                               
Legislative Resolve No. 53                                                    
                                                                               
HB 67                                                                        
A message dated May 31, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
CONFERENCE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 67                                           
"An Act relating to release of certain persons alleged to have                
committed certain sexual offenses."                                            
                                                                               
Chapter No. 95, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  August 29, 2000                                              
                                                                               
HB 344                                                                       
A message dated May 31, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 344(FIN)                                                
"An Act authorizing a land exchange between the Department of                 
Natural Resources and Alaska Hardrock, Inc.; approving a long-                 
term lease of certain Alaska Railroad Corporation land at Healy;               
and providing for an effective date."                                          
                                                                               
Chapter No. 91, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  June 1, 2000                                                 
                                                                               
HB 414                                                                       
A message dated May 31, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               

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HB 414                                                                       
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 414(O&G) am S                                           
"An Act relating to the appointment and qualifications of the                 
members of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission;                     
and providing for an effective date."                                          
                                                                               
Chapter No. 92, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  June 1, 2000                                                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 416                                                                       
A message dated May 31, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
HOUSE BILL NO. 416                                                            
"An Act relating to insurance coverage for prostate cancer                    
screening."                                                                    
                                                                               
Chapter No. 90, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  August 29, 2000                                              
                                                                               
                                                                               
SCR 22                                                                       
A message dated May 31, 2000, was received stating the Governor is             
transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies of the following                
resolution to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:           
                                                                               
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 22                                           
Suspending Rules 24(c), 35, 41(b), and 42(e), Uniform Rules of                
the Alaska State Legislature, concerning House Bill No. 446,                   
relating to the power cost equalization fund, other funds, and                 
power projects.                                                                
                                                                               
Legislative Resolve No. 50                                                    
                                                                               
                                                                               
SJR 27                                                                       
A message dated May 31, 2000, was received stating the Governor is             
transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies of the following                
resolution to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:           

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SJR 27                                                                       
HOUSE CS FOR SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 27(FIN)                              
am H                                                                           
Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska               
relating to amendments to the state constitution and providing that            
a court may not change language of a proposed constitutional                   
amendment or revision.                                                         
                                                                               
Legislative Resolve No. 47                                                    
                                                                               
SJR 34                                                                       
A message dated May 31, 2000, was received stating the Governor is             
transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies of the following                
resolution to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:           
                                                                               
CONFERENCE CS FOR SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 34                              
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska             
relating to public corporations.                                               
                                                                               
Legislative Resolve No. 54                                                    
                                                                               
                                                                               
SB 34                                                                        
A message dated May 31, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 34(FIN)                                   
"An Act relating to tattooing, body piercing, and ear piercing;               
relating to other occupations regulated by the Board of Barbers                
and Hairdressers; relating to fees charged by the Board of Barbers             
and Hairdressers; and providing for an effective date."                        
                                                                               
Chapter No. 93, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  See Chapter                                                  
                                                                               
SB 294                                                                       
A message dated May 31, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               

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SB 294                                                                       
HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 294(JUD)                                  
"An Act relating to the possession of concealed handguns and to               
concealed handgun permits."                                                    
                                                                               
Chapter No. 94, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  August 29, 2000                                              
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                  ENROLLMENT                                 
                                                                               
HB 238                                                                       
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 2:35 p.m.,            
May 31, 2000:                                                                  
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 238(RLS)                                         
"An Act establishing a federal tax obligation loan program under              
the commercial fishing loan program; and providing for an                      
effective date."                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 398                                                                       
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 2:35 p.m.,            
May 31, 2000:                                                                  
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 398(JUD)                                                
"An Act relating to the Alaska Life and Health Insurance Guaranty             
Association."                                                                  
                                                                               
The following memorandum, dated May 12, 2000, was received from                
Patty Rose, Enrolling Secretary, Division of Legal and Research                
Services:                                                                      
                                                                               
"In accordance with Rule 43, Uniform Rules of the Alaska State                 
Legislature, I am reporting the following manifest error in CSHB
398(JUD), which has been corrected in enrolling:                               
                                                                               

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HB 398                                                                       
		Page 16, line 4:                                                             
			Delete "with"                                                               
			Insert "on which""                                                          
                                                                               
HB 419                                                                       
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 2:35 p.m.,            
May 31, 2000:                                                                  
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 419(FIN) am S                             
"An Act relating to the weekly rate of compensation and minimum               
and maximum compensation rates for workers' compensation;                      
specifying components of a workers' compensation reemployment                  
plan; adjusting workers' compensation benefits for permanent                   
partial impairment, for reemployment plans, for rehabilitation                 
benefits, for widows, widowers, and orphans, and for funerals;                 
relating to permanent total disability of an employee receiving                
rehabilitation benefits; relating to calculation of gross weekly               
earnings for workers' compensation benefits for seasonal and                   
temporary workers and for workers with overtime or premium pay;                
setting time limits for requesting a hearing on claims for workers'            
compensation, for selecting a rehabilitation specialist, and for               
payment of medical bills; relating to termination and to waiver of             
rehabilitation benefits, obtaining medical releases, and resolving             
discovery disputes relating to workers' compensation; setting an               
interest rate for late payments of workers' compensation; providing            
for updating the workers' compensation medical fee schedule; and               
providing for an effective date."                                              
                                                                               
HB 3001                                                                      
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 2:35 p.m.,            
May 31, 2000:                                                                  
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 3001(FIN) am                                            
"An Act making an appropriation to cover the fiscal year 2001                 
monetary terms of the collective bargaining agreements for                     
employees  of the  University  of Alaska and  the fiscal year 2001             

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HB 3001                                                                      
salary and benefit adjustments for university employees who are               
not members of a collective bargaining unit; making appropriations             
and reappropriations to cover the fiscal year 2001 monetary terms              
of all executive branch collective bargaining agreements and the               
fiscal year 2001 salary and benefit adjustments for elected                    
officials, officers, and employees of the executive branch who are             
not members of a collective bargaining unit; making an                         
appropriation to cover the fiscal year 2001 salary and benefit                 
adjustments for Alaska Court System employees; making an                       
appropriation to cover the fiscal year 2001 salary and benefit                 
adjustments for employees of the legislature and to cover the fiscal           
year 2001 benefit adjustments, other than lump sum payments, for               
elected officials of the legislative branch; and providing for an              
effective date."                                                               
                                                                               
HB 3002                                                                      
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 2:35 p.m.,            
May 31, 2000:                                                                  
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 3002(FIN)                                               
"An Act setting the compensation and certain benefits of certain              
public officials, officers, and employees not covered by collective            
bargaining agreements; and providing for an effective date."                   
                                                                               
                                                                               
                          MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR                         
                                                                               
HB 98                                                                        
A message dated June 1, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 98(FIN) am S                              
"An Act relating to contracts for the provision of state public               
assistance to certain recipients in the state; providing for regional          
public assistance plans and programs in the state; relating to grants          
for Alaska Native family assistance programs; relating to                      
assignment  of  child  support by  Alaska  Native family assistance            

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HB 98                                                                        
recipients; to paternity determinations and genetic testing involving         
recipients of assistance under Alaska Native family assistance                 
programs; and providing for an effective date."                                
                                                                               
Chapter No. 96, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  January 1, 2001                                              
                                                                               
HB 211                                                                       
A message dated June 1, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 211(FIN)                                  
"An Act relating to regulation of managed care insurance plans;               
amending Rule 602, Alaska Rules of Appellate Procedure; and                    
providing for an effective date."                                              
                                                                               
Chapter No. 99, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  July 1, 2001                                                 
                                                                               
HB 291                                                                       
A message dated June 1, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 291(STA)                                                
"An Act relating to the giving of certain state agency notices."              
                                                                               
Chapter No. 107, SLA 2000                                                     
Effective Date:  August 30, 2000                                              
                                                                               
HB 320                                                                       
A message dated June 1, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 320(FIN) am                                             
"An Act approving the application for and acceptance of a grant               
of certain federal land by the Alaska Railroad Corporation;                    
approving the conveyance of the entire interest in land appurtenant            

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HB 320                                                                       
to the Whittier DeLong Dock by the Alaska Railroad Corporation;               
relating to use and disposition of the Whittier DeLong Dock and                
associated land; prohibiting the Alaska Railroad Corporation and               
the City of Whittier from granting any special right, privilege, or            
preference to a third party to provide management services for the             
DeLong Dock; providing that contracts for management of the                    
DeLong Dock by a third party shall be awarded only under                       
competitive procurement procedures established by the Alaska                   
Railroad Corporation and the City of Whittier; and providing for               
an effective date."                                                            
                                                                               
Chapter No. 100, SLA 2000                                                     
Effective Date:  June 2, 2000                                                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 339                                                                       
A message dated June 1, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 339(FIN)                                                
"An Act authorizing the Alaska Commercial Fishing and                         
Agriculture Bank to make loans relating to tourism and                         
development or exploitation of natural resources."                             
                                                                               
Chapter No. 102, SLA 2000                                                     
Effective Date:  August 30, 2000                                              
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 372                                                                       
A message dated June 1, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 372(JUD) am S                             
"An Act relating to criminal sentencing and restitution."                     
                                                                               
Chapter No. 103, SLA 2000                                                     
Effective Date:  August 30, 2000                                              
                                                                               

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HB 418                                                                       
A message dated June 1, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 418(FIN) am                               
S(reengrossed)                                                                 
"An Act designating certain receipts as program receipts,                     
appropriations of which are not made from the unrestricted general             
fund; relating to the establishment of an administrative cost charge           
for the state's role in the community development quota program;               
and providing for an effective date."                                          
                                                                               
Chapter No. 101, SLA 2000                                                     
Effective Date:  See Chapter                                                  
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 419                                                                       
A message dated June 1, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 419(FIN) am S                             
"An Act relating to the weekly rate of compensation and minimum               
and maximum compensation rates for workers' compensation;                      
specifying components of a workers' compensation reemployment                  
plan; adjusting workers' compensation benefits for permanent                   
partial impairment, for reemployment plans, for rehabilitation                 
benefits, for widows, widowers, and orphans, and for funerals;                 
relating to permanent total disability of an employee receiving                
rehabilitation benefits; relating to calculation of gross weekly               
earnings for workers' compensation benefits for seasonal and                   
temporary workers and for workers with overtime or premium pay;                
setting time limits for requesting a hearing on claims for workers'            
compensation, for selecting a rehabilitation specialist, and for               
payment of medical bills; relating to termination and to waiver of             
rehabilitation benefits, obtaining medical releases, and resolving             
discovery disputes relating to workers' compensation; setting an               
interest rate for late payments of workers' compensation; providing            
for updating the workers' compensation medical fee schedule; and               
providing for an effective date."                                              

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HB 419                                                                       
Chapter No. 105, SLA 2000                                                     
Effective Date:  See Chapter                                                  
                                                                               
SB 163                                                                       
A message dated June 1, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 163(JUD)                                  
"An Act relating to trusts, to a trustee's duties to notify and inform        
beneficiaries, and to the revocation, modification, termination,               
reformation, construction, and trustees of trusts."                            
                                                                               
Chapter No. 104, SLA 2000                                                     
Effective Date:  August 30, 2000                                              
                                                                               
SB 177                                                                       
A message dated June 1, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 177(FIN)                                  
"An Act relating to insurance trade practices; and providing for an           
effective date."                                                               
                                                                               
Chapter No. 97, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  January 1, 2001                                              
                                                                               
SB 207                                                                       
A message dated June 1, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
HOUSE CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 207(RLS)                                         
"An Act relating to the establishment and enforcement of medical              
support orders for children; amending Rule 90.3, Alaska Rules of               
Civil Procedure; and providing for an effective date."                         
                                                                               
Chapter No. 106, SLA 2000                                                     
Effective Date:  June 2, 2000                                                 

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SB 261                                                                       
A message dated June 1, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 261(FIN)                                               
"An Act relating to needle stick and sharps injury protections and            
the use of safe needles by health care facilities and health care              
professionals; relating to the vaccination of health care workers              
against diseases transmitted by bloodborne pathogens; and                      
providing for an effective date."                                              
                                                                               
Chapter No. 108, SLA 2000                                                     
Effective Date:  January 1, 2001                                              
                                                                               
                                                                               
SB 270                                                                       
A message dated June 1, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
SENATE BILL NO. 270                                                           
"An Act relating to return of contributed capital, or payment of a            
dividend, to the state by the Alaska Student Loan Corporation; and             
providing for an effective date."                                              
                                                                               
Chapter No. 98, SLA 2000                                                      
Effective Date:  July 1, 2000                                                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 230                                                                       
A message dated June 2, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 230(L&C)                                  
"An Act permitting certain dispatchers in police or fire                      
departments or for the state troopers to convert their credited                
service under the public employees' retirement system to credited              
service as peace officers; and providing for an effective date."               
                                                                               

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HB 230                                                                       
Chapter No. 110, SLA 2000                                                     
Effective Date:  June 3, 2000                                                 
                                                                               
HB 317                                                                       
A message dated June 2, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 317(STA)                                                
"An Act relating to recruitment, selection, appointment, promotion,           
and nonretention of state employees and to the duties of the                   
Department of Administration concerning those and other related                
functions; and providing for an effective date."                               
                                                                               
Chapter No. 111, SLA 2000                                                     
Effective Date:  See Chapter                                                  
                                                                               
HB 3001                                                                      
A message dated June 2, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 3001(FIN) am                                            
"An Act making an appropriation to cover the fiscal year 2001                 
monetary terms of the collective bargaining agreements for                     
employees of the University of Alaska and the fiscal year 2001                 
salary and benefit adjustments for university employees who are                
not members of a collective bargaining unit; making appropriations             
and reappropriations to cover the fiscal year 2001 monetary terms              
of all executive branch collective bargaining agreements and the               
fiscal year 2001 salary and benefit adjustments for elected                    
officials, officers, and employees of the executive branch who are             
not members of a collective bargaining unit; making an                         
appropriation to cover the fiscal year 2001 salary and benefit                 
adjustments for Alaska Court System employees; making an                       
appropriation to cover the fiscal year 2001 salary and benefit                 
adjustments for employees of the legislature and to cover the fiscal           
year 2001 benefit adjustments, other than lump sum payments, for               
elected officials of the legislative branch; and providing for an              
effective date."                                                               

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HB 3001                                                                      
Chapter No. 1, TSSLA 2000                                                     
Effective Date:  See Chapter                                                  
                                                                               
HB 3002                                                                      
A message dated June 2, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 3002(FIN)                                               
"An Act setting the compensation and certain benefits of certain              
public officials, officers, and employees not covered by collective            
bargaining agreements; and providing for an effective date."                   
                                                                               
Chapter No. 2, TSSLA 2000                                                     
Effective Date:  July 1, 2000                                                 
                                                                               
SB 85                                                                        
A message dated June 2, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 85(RLS)                                                
"An Act relating to credited service in the public employees'                 
retirement system for temporary employment; and creating a public              
service benefit in the public employees' retirement system."                   
                                                                               
Chapter No. 109, SLA 2000                                                     
Effective Date:  August 31, 2000                                              
                                                                               
HB 18                                                                        
A message dated June 6, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 18(FIN)                                                 
"An Act making a special appropriation in an amount not to                    
exceed $250,000,000 from the earnings reserve account to the                   
principal of the permanent fund; and providing for an effective                
date."                                                                         
                                                                               

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HB 18                                                                        
Chapter No. 120, SLA 2000                                                     
Effective Date:  June 30, 2000                                                
                                                                               
HB 159                                                                       
A message dated June 6, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 159(RLS) am S                             
"An Act permitting certain employees in state correctional                    
facilities or employed in the Department of Corrections to convert             
their credited service under the public employees' retirement                  
system to credited service as peace officers."                                 
                                                                               
Chapter No. 121, SLA 2000                                                     
Effective Date:  September 4, 2000                                            
                                                                               
HB 218                                                                       
A message dated June 6, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 218(FIN) am S                                           
"An Act relating to property loaned to or held by museums."                   
                                                                               
Chapter No. 122, SLA 2000                                                     
Effective Date:  September 4, 2000                                            
                                                                               
HB 238                                                                       
A message dated June 6, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 238(RLS)                                         
"An Act establishing a federal tax obligation loan program under              
the commercial fishing loan program; and providing for an                      
effective date."                                                               
                                                                               
Chapter No. 127, SLA 2000                                                     
Effective Date:  See Chapter                                                  

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HB 239                                                                       
A message dated June 6, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 239(FIN)                                  
"An Act relating to the Uniform Commercial Code; relating to                  
secured transactions; amending Rule 79, Alaska Rules of Civil                  
Procedure; and providing for an effective date."                               
                                                                               
Chapter No. 113, SLA 2000                                                     
Effective Date:  See Chapter                                                  
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 253                                                                       
A message dated June 6, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
CONFERENCE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 253                                          
"An Act relating to a school disciplinary and safety program; and             
providing for an effective date."                                              
                                                                               
Chapter No. 114, SLA 2000                                                     
Effective Date:  July 1, 2000                                                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 259                                                                       
A message dated June 6, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 259(FIN)                                                
"An Act relating to eligibility to be represented by the public               
defender before and during the probable cause and temporary                    
placement hearing that is held after the state takes emergency                 
custody of a child."                                                           
                                                                               
Chapter No. 123, SLA 2000                                                     
Effective Date:  September 4, 2000                                            
                                                                               

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HB 296                                                                       
A message dated June 6, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 296(L&C)                                                
"An Act relating to partnerships; amending Rule 25(c), Alaska                 
Rules of Civil Procedure; and providing for an effective date."                
                                                                               
Chapter No. 115, SLA 2000                                                     
Effective Date:  See Chapter                                                  
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 368                                                                       
A message dated June 6, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 368(JUD)                                  
"An Act relating to release of persons before trial and before                
sentencing or service of sentence; relating to when service of                 
sentence shall begin; and relating to custodians of persons                    
released, to security posted on behalf of persons released, and to             
the offense of violation of conditions of release."                            
                                                                               
Chapter No. 124, SLA 2000                                                     
Effective Date:  September 4, 2000                                            
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 398                                                                       
A message dated June 6, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 398(JUD)                                                
"An Act relating to the Alaska Life and Health Insurance Guaranty             
Association."                                                                  
                                                                               
Chapter No. 119, SLA 2000                                                     
Effective Date:  September 4, 2000                                            
                                                                               

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HB 432                                                                       
A message dated June 6, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 432(FIN)                                  
"An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Storage                
Tank Assistance; expanding the authority of the board to issue                 
recommendations concerning cleanup decisions; relating to the                  
eligibility of certain nonprofit entities for financial assistance under       
the tank cleanup grant program and the tank upgrading and closure              
program; and providing for an effective date."                                 
                                                                               
Chapter No. 125, SLA 2000                                                     
Effective Date:  June 7, 2000                                                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
SCR 1                                                                        
A message dated June 6, 2000, was received stating the Governor is             
transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies of the following                
resolution to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:           
                                                                               
CONFERENCE CS FOR SENATE CONCURRENT                                           
RESOLUTION NO. 1                                                               
Relating to the Task Force on Motorized Oil Transport.                        
                                                                               
Legislative Resolve No. 51                                                    
                                                                               
                                                                               
SB 235                                                                       
A message dated June 6, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 235(FIN) am H                                          
"An Act authorizing the exchange of land between the Alaska                   
Railroad Corporation and Eklutna, Inc., between the Alaska                     
Railroad Corporation and the United States Department of the                   
Army and the United States Department of the Air Force, between                
the Alaska Railroad Corporation and Chugach Alaska Corporation,                
and between the Alaska Railroad Corporation and the Municipality               

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SB 235                                                                       
of Anchorage; authorizing the transfer of land between Alaska                 
Railroad mileposts 133 and 134 from the Alaska Railroad                        
Corporation to certain named individuals; relating to transfers of             
public land or grants or conveyances of interest in public land                
among the Alaska Railroad Corporation, the Department of                       
Transportation and Public Facilities, and the Department of Natural            
Resources to relocate or widen the Seward Highway, to relocate                 
railroad facilities, and to relocate adjacent utility facilities from          
Potter Station to Girdwood; and providing for an effective date."              
                                                                               
Chapter No. 116, SLA 2000                                                     
Effective Date:  June 7, 2000                                                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
SB 248                                                                       
A message dated June 6, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
CONFERENCE CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 248                                         
"An Act relating to the financing authority, payment in lieu of tax           
agreements, and tax exemption for assets and projects of the                   
Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority; relating to                
renaming and contingently repealing the rural development                      
initiative fund within the Department of Community and Economic                
Development, and establishing the rural development initiative                 
fund within the Alaska Industrial Development and Export                       
Authority; and providing for an effective date."                               
                                                                               
Chapter No. 117, SLA 2000                                                     
Effective Date:  See Chapter                                                  
                                                                               
SB 257                                                                       
A message dated June 6, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
SENATE BILL NO. 257                                                           
"An Act relating to notice requirements for certain final findings            
concerning the disposal of an interest in state land or resources for          

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SB 257                                                                       
oil and gas; relating to administrative appeals and petitions for             
reconsideration of decisions of the Department of Natural                      
Resources; and providing for an effective date."                               
                                                                               
Chapter No. 118, SLA 2000                                                     
Effective Date:  June 7, 2000                                                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
SB 273                                                                       
A message dated June 6, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 273(WTR)                                  
"An Act regarding oil discharge prevention, and relating to                   
contingency plans and proof of financial responsibility for all self-          
propelled nontank vessels exceeding 400 gross registered tonnage               
and for railroad tank cars; and providing for an effective date."              
                                                                               
Chapter No. 128, SLA 2000                                                     
Effective Date:  See Chapter                                                  
                                                                               
                                                                               
SB 281                                                                       
A message dated June 6, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 281(FIN) am H                             
"An Act relating to missions and measures to be applied to certain            
expenditures by the executive branch of state government and the               
University of Alaska from the state operating budget for the fiscal            
year ending June 30, 2001; and providing for an effective date."               
                                                                               
Chapter No. 126, SLA 2000                                                     
Effective Date:  July 1, 2000                                                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
SB 286                                                                       
The following letter, dated June 6, 2000, was received:                        

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SB 286                                                                       
"Dear Speaker Porter:                                                          
                                                                               
Under the authority of art. II, sec. 17, of the Alaska Constitution, I am      
allowing the following bill to become law without my signature:                
                                                                               
HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 286(FIN) am H                             
"An Act relating to the duties and powers of the attorney general."           
                                                                               
	Chapter No. 112, SLA 2000                                                     
	¦Effective Date:  September 15, 2000á                                         
                                                                               
I have taken this action because the sponsors of the bill have given the       
false impression that the bill materially affects the powers of the            
attorney general.  The bill is largely symbolic because the provisions         
that it would enact create no new duties and merely restate powers that        
are already expressly covered or clearly implied in other statutes.            
Notwithstanding the enactment of this bill, the attorney general will          
continue to protect the public interest consistent with law and subject        
to the legislature's power to appropriate amounts necessary to pay             
judgments entered against the state.                                           
                                                                               
							Sincerely,                                                              
							/s/                                                                     
							Tony Knowles                                                            
							Governor"                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
SB 312                                                                       
A message dated June 6, 2000, was received stating the Governor has            
signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and enrolled       
copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent filing:               
                                                                               
HOUSE CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 312(FIN) am H                                    
"An Act relating to the special subaccount in the budget reserve              
fund; and providing for an effective date."                                    
                                                                               
Chapter No. 129, SLA 2000                                                     
Effective Date:  July 1, 2000                                                 
                                                                               
                                                                               

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HB 281                                                                       
The following letter, dated June 8, 2000, was received:                        
                                                                               
"Dear Speaker Porter:                                                          
                                                                               
On this date I have signed the following bill passed by the second             
session of the Twenty-first Alaska State Legislature and am                    
transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant               
Governor's Office for permanent filing:                                        
                                                                               
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 281(FIN)                                  
"An Act relating to the financing of construction of public school            
facilities, facilities for the University of Alaska, and facilities for        
ports and harbors; authorizing the commissioner of revenue to sell             
the right to receive a portion of the anticipated revenue from a               
certain tobacco litigation settlement to the Alaska Housing Finance            
Corporation; relating to the deposit of certain anticipated revenue            
from a certain tobacco litigation settlement; authorizing the                  
issuance of bonds by the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation                    
with proceeds to finance public school construction, facilities for            
the University of Alaska, public housing facilities of the Alaska              
Housing Finance Corporation, and facilities for ports and harbors;             
providing for the creation of subsidiary corporations of the Alaska            
Housing Finance Corporation for the purpose of financing or                    
facilitating the financing of public school construction, facilities           
for the University of Alaska, and facilities for ports and harbors;            
and providing for an effective date."                                          
                                                                               
	Chapter No. 130, SLA 2000                                                     
	¦Effective Date:  July 1, 2000á                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
I am signing this bill because it authorizes many vitally needed               
projects throughout the state and uses appropriate and available               
bonding mechanisms to pay for them.  However, there are several                
issues not addressed in the bill, or that are raised by the approach used      
in the bill, which merit mention and which will require additional             
action in the future.                                                          
                                                                               
                                                                               

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HB 281                                                                       
Most of the projects cited by the state Board of Education as critically       
needed new school construction or major maintenance are not funded             
in this bill.  I had proposed a funding method to address the 40 top-          
ranked new school construction projects and all of the major                   
maintenance projects throughout the state.  This bill authorizes funding       
for only the first five new school construction projects plus the 24th         
ranked project and skips through the major maintenance projects,               
ignoring most of the list, particularly in rural Alaska.                       
                                                                               
In the case of projects authorized for bond debt reimbursement, there          
appears to be no rational basis for the amounts allocated to various           
districts.  Some districts which still have an allocation for debt             
reimbursement from two years ago are authorized further                        
reimbursement for no specified or prioritized projects.  Others, notably       
Juneau, were not authorized sufficient reimbursement to cover projects         
already ranked by the board and approved by voters.                            
                                                                               
There are also problems with the specific approaches used in the bill.         
Although some districts were authorized debt reimbursement                     
retroactively for projects already approved by voters, there was no            
language in the bill to exempt those districts from the approval and           
ballot disclosure requirements of current law.  Without further                
legislation, a new vote for bond approval will be required in those            
districts.  Some maintenance projects were also authorized for debt            
reimbursement which may not be eligible for bonding under current              
statutory definitions.  In addition, the authorization for debt                
reimbursement for local ports and harbors could present financial              
problems for small municipalities, despite the promised 100% state             
reimbursement.                                                                 
                                                                               
Thus, there are a number of issues that must be addressed next year.           
I will once again pledge my best efforts to work with the legislature          
in completing the important work we have started in this legislation.          
                                                                               
							Sincerely,                                                              
							/s/                                                                     
							Tony Knowles                                                            
							Governor"                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               

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HB 445                                                                       
The following letter was dated and received on June 8, 2000:                   
                                                                               
"Dear Speaker Porter:                                                          
                                                                               
Under the authority of art. II, sec. 15 of the Alaska Constitution, I have     
vetoed the following bill:                                                     
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 445(RLS) am                                             
"An Act relating to a rural school construction and planned                   
maintenance pilot program; and providing for an effective date."               
                                                                               
This bill is well intentioned and could be an innovative approach to           
enhance cost-effective design, construction, and maintenance                   
techniques in public school construction.  However, as it would be             
applied in this very limited way, it would actually delay the                  
construction of critically needed school facilities and contribute to          
higher costs.                                                                  
                                                                               
When the bill was introduced it was hoped by many that there would             
be a number of new school construction projects funded by the                  
legislature to meet the growing list of statewide prioritized projects by      
the Board of Education. A pilot project incorporating                          
design/build/maintenance concepts from the beginning could have                
merit.  However, in the end only six new school construction projects          
were funded by the legislature.                                                
                                                                               
Of these six projects only five are within REAAs and would come                
under the bills pilot program.  And of these five, four are already            
designed and will be bid ready in the coming months.  It will take the         
Department an additional 4-6 months to implement the RFP required              
by the bill.  The Department and the school districts all believe that         
this will delay the projects by a full construction season causing             
significant additional costs.                                                  
                                                                               
Furthermore, it is not at all clear that the designs already paid for          
through grants to the districts would be available to a successful bidder      
of the RFP due to proprietary interests by other contractors and               
entities.  If designs had to be redone, it would involve an additional 4-      
6 months and even further costs.                                               
                                                                               

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HB 445                                                                       
The district for the school for which a design has not been completed          
ironically is planning to follow a design/build approach to expedite the       
project.  However, removing this project from district control and             
placing it under the state RFP process called for in this bill will negate     
any of these time savings.                                                     
                                                                               
For these reasons I have vetoed HB 445.                                        
                                                                               
							Sincerely,                                                              
							/s/                                                                     
							Tony Knowles                                                            
							Governor"                                                               
                                                                               
SB 4                                                                         
The following letter was dated and received on June 8, 2000:                   
                                                                               
"Dear Speaker Porter:                                                          
                                                                               
Under the authority of art. II, sec. 15 of the Alaska Constitution, I have     
vetoed the following bill:                                                     
                                                                               
CONFERENCE CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 4                                           
"An Act relating to victims' rights; relating to establishing an              
office of victims' rights; relating to compensation of victims of              
violent crimes; relating to eligibility for a permanent fund dividend          
for persons convicted of and incarcerated for certain offenses;                
relating to notice of appropriations concerning victims' rights;               
amending Rule 16, Alaska Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 9,                  
Alaska Delinquency Rules, and Rule 501, Alaska Rules of                        
Evidence; and providing for an effective date."                                
                                                                               
Although described as an offer to assist crime victims, the approach           
taken in this bill is inefficient and will only serve to create more           
bureaucracy rather than put money and resources into direct aid to             
crime victims.                                                                 
                                                                               
Crime victim advocacy groups, including Victims for Justice, MADD,             
and the Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault also            
oppose this legislation for the reasons I stated above. In its letter          
requesting I veto this bill, Victims for Justice wrote, " . . . the funding    

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SB 4                                                                         
necessary to establish and maintain a rather large, expensive state            
bureaucracy would be better spent on direct victims' services."  In its        
letter of opposition to the bill, the Network wrote, "We do not support        
establishing an office that attempts to address these issues only after        
someone's rights have been violated."  The Network goes on to explain          
that the money and efforts to support crime victims needs to be spent          
at the front end of the system, and not as an "after-the-fact"                 
investigation of problems in the system, as this bill proposes.                
                                                                               
                                                                               
Several state and private programs already address victim concerns.            
We need to explore how to improve those existing services and                  
provide them at a local level, where the victims are.  One centralized         
office with minimal staff as called for in this bill cannot possibly offer     
victims statewide the support and assistance they need.                        
                                                                               
                                                                               
Victims have long been overlooked in our criminal justice system.  But         
Alaska has made great strides in repairing this injustice.  Central to the     
increasing sensitivity we have toward crime victims are the tireless           
efforts of the victim advocacy groups.  The public service they do for         
people in times of great trauma and grief is priceless.  I look forward        
to working with these groups, state agencies, and the Legislature on           
forging improved grass-roots efforts to aid victims of crime.                  
                                                                               
                                                                               
							Sincerely,                                                              
							/s/                                                                     
							Tony Knowles                                                            
							Governor"                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                          ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLLMENT                         
                                                                               
HB 312                                                                       
The following was engrossed and enrolled, signed by the Speaker and            
Chief Clerk, President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed          
and enrolled copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at          
9:57 a.m., June 9, 2000:                                                       
                                                                               

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HB 312                                                                       
CONFERENCE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 312                                          
"An Act making and amending appropriations for the operating                  
and loan program expenses of state government, for certain                     
programs, and to capitalize funds; making appropriations under art.            
IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska, from the                  
constitutional budget reserve fund; and providing for an effective             
date."                                                                         
                                                                               
HB 313                                                                       
The following was engrossed and enrolled, signed by the Speaker and            
Chief Clerk, President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed          
and enrolled copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at          
9:57 a.m., June 9, 2000:                                                       
                                                                               
CONFERENCE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 313                                          
"An Act making appropriations for the operating and capital                   
expenses of the state's integrated comprehensive mental health                 
program; and providing for an effective date."                                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                  ENROLLMENT                                 
                                                                               
HB 287                                                                       
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,             
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled          
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 1:51 p.m.,            
June 16, 2000:                                                                 
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 287(FIN)                                  
"An Act making capital appropriations that are funded from the                
sale of revenue bonds that are issued by the Alaska Housing                    
Finance Corporation or a subsidiary of the Alaska Housing                      
Finance Corporation and that are to be repaid either from the                  
revenue derived from the settlement of State of Alaska v. Philip               
Morris, Incorporated, or from revenue of the Alaska Housing                    
Finance Corporation to the Department of Education and Early                   
Development for public school facilities, to the University of                 
Alaska for facilities for the University of Alaska, and to the                 
Department of Transportation and Public Facilities for facilities for          
ports and harbors; and providing for an effective date."                       

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                          MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR                         
                                                                               
HB 287                                                                       
The following letter dated June 30, 2000, was received:                        
                                                                               
"Dear Speaker Porter:                                                          
                                                                               
On this date I have signed the following bill passed by the second             
session of the Twenty-first Alaska State Legislature and am                    
transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant               
Governor's Office for permanent filing:                                        
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 287(FIN)                                  
"An Act making capital appropriations that are funded from the                
sale of revenue bonds that are issued by the Alaska Housing                    
Finance Corporation or a subsidiary of the Alaska Housing                      
Finance Corporation and that are to be repaid either from the                  
revenue derived from the settlement of State of Alaska v. Philip               
Morris, Incorporated, or from revenue of the Alaska Housing                    
Finance Corporation to the Department of Education and Early                   
Development for public school facilities, to the University of                 
Alaska for facilities for the University of Alaska, and to the                 
Department of Transportation and Public Facilities for facilities for          
ports and harbors; and providing for an effective date."                       
                                                                               
	Chapter No. 131, SLA 2000                                                     
	¦Effective Date:  July 1, 2000á                                               
                                                                               
I am signing this bill because it appropriates money for many vitally          
needed projects throughout the state.  However, it is what the bill does       
not include which merits mention and which will require additional             
action in the future.                                                          
                                                                               
Most of the projects cited by the state Board of Education and Early           
Development as critically needed new school construction or major              
maintenance are not funded in this bill.  I had proposed a funding             
method to address the 40 top-ranked new school construction projects           
and all of the major maintenance projects throughout the state.  This          
bill funds only the first five new school construction projects plus the       
24th ranked project.  A bill which I signed several weeks ago, HB 281,         
authorizes bond reimbursement for only a fraction of the many major            

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HB 287                                                                       
maintenance projects scattered throughout the Board list.  There remain        
dozens of critically needed construction and maintenance projects,             
particularly in rural Alaska, which I will be recommending that the            
legislature address next session.                                              
                                                                               
							Sincerely,                                                              
							/s/                                                                     
							Tony Knowles                                                            
							Governor"                                                               
                                                                               
HB 312                                                                       
The following letter was dated and received June 30, 2000:                     
                                                                               
"Dear Speaker Porter:                                                          
                                                                               
On this date I have signed with line item vetoes the following budget          
bill, passed by the second session of the Twenty-first Alaska State            
Legislature, and am transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies to          
the Lieutenant Governor's Office for permanent filing:                         
                                                                               
CONFERENCE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 312                                          
"An Act making and amending appropriations for the operating                  
and loan program expenses of state government, for certain                     
programs, and to capitalize funds; making appropriations under art.            
IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska, from the                  
constitutional budget reserve fund; and providing for an effective             
date."                                                                         
                                                                               
Chapter No. 133, SLA 2000                                                     
¦Effective Date:  See Chapterá                                                
                                                                               
The operating budget for FY2001 continues fulfilling the commitment            
I made to protect Alaska's children, improve schools and keep                  
Alaskans working.  Taking all funds into account, the $6.97 billion            
budget is $137.5 million more than in FY2000 and $1.1 billion more             
than in FY1995.  Permanent Fund dividends and inflation proofing are           
the largest factor in the states budget increases.  They will go up $256       
million next year and have increased nearly one billion dollars -- $973        
million -- since FY1995.                                                       
                                                                               

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HB 312                                                                       
I called this year's budget the "Children's Budget" because it continues       
the advances made in recent years to improve children's services and           
programs through Smart Start.  The public will be well served by the           
legislature's approval of 72 percent of my proposed increases for              
children's health and protection and 76 percent of the funds I sought          
to improve Alaska's schools and the University of Alaska.  There are           
no more important investments we can make than protecting our                  
children, making sure they attend the best schools possible and                
providing job opportunities for their families.                                
                                                                               
The operating budget for next year will go up $108.7 million in all            
funds.  Federal operating funds are expected to increase by $54.5              
million and general purpose funds to decline by $29.3 million.                 
General purpose funded agency operations dropped $3.4 million and              
formula programs dropped $25.9 million, largely because the                    
Legislature replaced state general fund dollars with federal and other         
funds in many formula programs.  Some of the general fund difference           
is simply a result of recategorizing what used to be called general            
funds.  For example, occupational licensing fees are no longer treated         
as general purpose revenues since they are used only to support the            
licensing function.  In the combined operating and capital budgets,            
more than $37 million of the reduction in general purpose funds is             
attributable to this switch to the "other funds" category.                     
                                                                               
Except for the initiatives to improve the status of children and               
education, the FY2001 operating budget generally takes a hold-the-line         
approach for state agencies.  Agencies will be forced to absorb the            
costs of inflation and providing services to more citizens.  In upcoming       
budgets, we will have to deal with the ramifications of the Legislature's      
decision to switch many ongoing services such as child care assistance         
and domestic violence shelters to fund sources that will last only one         
or two years.                                                                  
                                                                               
Following a precedent of Alaska governors before me, I made                    
technical vetoes of intent language inserted in the bill since that            
language does not meet the constitutional requirement that budget bills        
be limited to appropriations.  Governors routinely do this though they         
may plan to implement some of the suggestions.  For instance, despite          
the technical intent language veto, my administration has already              
ensured  that  domestic  violence  shelters  do  not  have  to  divulge        

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HB 312                                                                       
confidential information or determine the income levels of women who           
seek shelter.  Also, new funds for a special parole program will be            
used to train VPSOs and pay them for work on parole cases as                   
suggested in the intent language.  (It is unfortunate that the Legislature     
turned down my recommendation to add $600,000 for VPSO salaries                
to recognize their important responsibilities and help reduce severe           
turnover rates.)  The only exceptions to these routine technical vetoes        
are where the intent language clarifies the appropriation itself such as       
the explanation of the Medicaid ProShare financing arrangement.                
                                                                               
To avoid confusion, I have also made a technical veto of section 18 of         
the bill ("Four Dam Pool Transfer Fund") which appropriates Four               
Dam Pool revenues according to a prior statute.  I have already signed         
new legislation which repeals that statute and therefore makes the             
appropriations in this budget bill inoperative.  The newly signed              
legislation authorizes the sale of the dams in the Four Dam Pool and           
appropriates the sale revenues to a new Power Cost Equalization (PCE)          
Endowment.  The PCE program continues to be funded in section 1 of             
the operating budget with revenues from the new endowment instead              
of the old Four Dam Pool Transfer Fund.                                        
                                                                               
							Sincerely,                                                              
							/s/                                                                     
							Tony Knowles                                                            
							Governor"                                                               
                                                                               
HB 313                                                                       
The following letter dated June 30, 2000, was received:                        
                                                                               
"Dear Speaker Porter:                                                          
                                                                               
On this date I have signed the following bill, passed by the second            
session of the Twenty-first Alaska State Legislature, and am                   
transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant               
Governor's Office for permanent filing:                                        
                                                                               
CONFERENCE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 313                                          
"An Act making appropriations for the operating and capital                   
expenses of the state's integrated comprehensive mental health                 
program; and providing for an effective date."                                 

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HB 313                                                                       
	Chapter No. 134, SLA 2000                                                     
	¦Effective Date:  July 1, 2000á                                               
                                                                               
The FY2001 budget will continue improvements in services to Alaska's           
mental health trust beneficiaries.  I have made no changes to the bill         
passed by the Legislature.                                                     
                                                                               
							Sincerely,                                                              
							/s/                                                                     
							Tony Knowles                                                            
							Governor"                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
SB 192                                                                       
The following letter was dated and received June 30, 2000:                     
                                                                               
"Dear Speaker Porter:                                                          
                                                                               
On this date I have signed with line item vetoes the following budget          
bill, passed by the second session of the Twenty-first Alaska State            
Legislature, and am transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies to          
the Lieutenant Governor's Office for permanent filing:                         
                                                                               
HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 192(FIN) am H                             
"An Act making and amending appropriations and                                
reappropriations; making appropriations under art. IX, sec. 17(c),             
Constitution of the State of Alaska, from the constitutional budget            
reserve fund; and providing for an effective date."                            
                                                                               
	Chapter No. 135, SLA 2000                                                     
	¦Effective Date:  July 1, 2000á                                               
                                                                               
The capital budget for FY2001 will be $1.176 billion which is $100             
million more than the current year's budget.  This amount includes the         
projects in this bill and $164.9 million of bonds appropriated in              
separate legislation.  Between the FY2000 and FY2001 capital budgets,          
there is a $9.4 million reduction in general purpose expenditures, a           
$40.2 million reduction in federal funds and a $149.7 increase in other        
funds.                                                                         
                                                                               

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SB 192                                                                       
The capital budget will help fuel one of the healthiest construction           
seasons in recent years, particularly for transportation improvements          
across the state.  It makes continued investments in the $350 million          
Gateway Alaska project, which includes the major reconstruction of the         
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport and the transportation             
links serving it.                                                              
                                                                               
The capital budget also includes some $90 million worth of water and           
sewer projects, which will bring to 84 percent the number of rural             
households served by piped or enclosed haul water and sewer systems.           
This funding level will serve rural Alaska well in meeting a very basic        
infrastructure need.  Schools are also clearly part of any communitys          
essential infrastructure, but in this case much work remains to meet the       
needs in rural Alaska.  Although the bond projects are not part of this        
bill, I would note my disappointment that the Legislature funded only          
10 of the 86 statewide priority school maintenance projects -- only one        
of which is in rural Alaska -- and only six new rural schools.                 
                                                                               
Following a precedent of Alaska governors before me, I made                    
technical vetoes of intent language provisions inserted in the budget          
bills since they do not meet the constitutional requirement that budget        
bills be limited to appropriations.  Governors have routinely done this        
even if they are planning to implement some of the legislative                 
suggestions.  Ironically, two of the intent provisions in this bill suggest    
shifting operating-type expenditures from the capital budget back into         
the operating budget, something I proposed several years ago which             
was mostly turned down by the legislature.                                     
                                                                               
I also did a technical veto of language on pages 15-16 which attempted         
to make the Tudor Road maintenance site clean-up appropriation                 
contingent on entering into a memorandum of agreement with the                 
Municipality of Anchorage for shared use of the site.  This language           
attempts to incorporate a substantive requirement in an appropriation,         
thus violating the confinement clause of article II, section 13 of the         
state constitution.  I would point out that the site has friable asbestos      
and peeling lead paint which are health and safety hazards and should          
be removed whether or not the state and municipality enter into such           
an agreement.                                                                  
                                                                               
                                                                               

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SB 192                                                                       
This spring I announced that we would not pursue the Juneau access             
road at this time.  We must turn our attention to meeting today's              
transportation needs which communities have expressed in the                   
Southeast Transportation Plan and pursuing the opportunities that fast         
ferries provide.  The federal Highway Administration has confirmed in          
writing that we are not in danger of losing the value of environmental         
impact work that has been done to date.  For these reasons, I vetoed           
the allocation titled "Juneau Access Environmental Impact Statement            
Completion by July 1, 2002" on pages 32-33.  This will in no way               
reduce the total amount of federal transportation dollars in Alaska next       
year.                                                                          
                                                                               
Two identical modifications to a prior year reappropriation were               
inadvertently included in the bill.  To avoid duplication and possible         
confusion, I retained section 11 and made a technical veto of section          
58(a) on page 90.                                                              
                                                                               
							Sincerely,                                                              
							/s/                                                                     
							Tony Knowles                                                            
							Governor"                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
SB 289                                                                       
The following letter dated June 30, 2000, was received:                        
                                                                               
"Dear Speaker Porter:                                                          
                                                                               
On this date I have signed the following bill, passed by the second            
session of the Twenty-first Alaska State Legislature, and am                   
transmitting the engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant               
Governor's Office for permanent filing:                                        
                                                                               
HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 289(FIN)                                  
"An Act relating to technical and vocational education and to                 
employment assistance and training; and providing for an effective             
date."                                                                         
                                                                               
	Chapter No. 132, SLA 2000                                                     
	¦Effective Date:  July 1, 2000á                                               

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SB 289                                                                       
While I strongly support the intent of the legislation to better fund          
vocational and technical education, particularly through our state             
institutions, I want to express concern over the funding mechanism.            
Diversion of Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund monies could thwart             
the intended purposes of the fund and could result in higher employer          
contributions in the future to meet federal funding level requirements.        
This use of these monies should be closely monitored and reviewed as           
to future effects on the fund and Alaska businesses.                           
                                                                               
							Sincerely,                                                              
							/s/                                                                     
							Tony Knowles                                                            
							Governor"                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                COMMUNICATIONS                               
                                                                               
The following communications, dated May 25, 2000, were received                
from Gregory M. Gray, Clerk of the House of Delegates, State of West           
Virginia:                                                                      
                                                                               
House Concurrent Resolution No.5                                               
Applying to and petitioning the Congress of the United States to               
propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States of               
America for submission to the states for ratification prohibiting federal      
courts from ordering a state or political subdivision thereof to levy or       
increase taxes.                                                                
                                                                               
House Concurrent Resolution No. 32                                             
Urging the passage of national legislation to increase benefits to             
surviving spouses under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974.                   
                                                                               
                                                                               
A copy of the following reports was received:                                  
                                                                               
Office of the Governor                                                         
Alaska State Commission for Human Rights                                       
1999 Annual Report                                                             
(as required by AS 18.80.060)                                                  
                                                                               

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Dept. of Health & Social Services                                              
Division of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse                                          
Directory of Approved Alcoholism and Drug                                      
 Abuse Programs                                                                
April 2000                                                                     
(as required by AS 47.37.140)                                                  
                                                                               
Dept. of Revenue                                                               
Tax Division                                                                   
Games of Chance and Skill                                                      
 Preliminary Annual Report                                                     
  for Calendar Year 1999                                                       
(as required by AS 05.15.090)                                                  
                                                                               
                                                                               
Notification of the following report was received:                             
                                                                               
Dept. of Fish & Game                                                           
Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission                                          
1999 Annual Report                                                             
(as required by AS 16.43.980)                                                  
Internet address:  www.cfec.state.ak.us                                        
                                                                               
                                                                               
                             UNFINISHED BUSINESS                             
                                                                               
HB 313                                                                       
The following letter, dated May 19, 2000, was received from Senator            
Parnell, Conference Committee Chair, and Representative Mulder, Vice           
Chair, to Ms. Caren Robinson, Chair, Alaska Mental Health Trust                
Authority, regarding:                                                          
                                                                               
	CONFERENCE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 313                                          
"An Act making appropriations for the operating and capital                   
expenses of the state's integrated comprehensive mental health                 
program; and providing for an effective date."                                 
                                                                               
	(transmitted to the Office of the Governor, page 3900)                        
                                                                               
and was transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 11:00 a.m.,               
June12, 2000.                                                                  

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HB 313                                                                       
"Dear Ms. Robinson:                                                            
                                                                               
Ms. Robinson, Members of the Board and Mr. Jessee, thank you for               
your continued efforts and work with the Legislature to better serve the       
beneficiaries of the Alaska Mental Health Trust.                               
                                                                               
In accordance with AS 37.14.005 (C), this letter explains changes              
made to the Trust's FY01 mental health budget proposal as approved             
in CCS HB 313 by the Legislature.  The FY01 comprehensive program              
budget approved by the Legislature is $1,663,700 higher than the FY00          
authorization.                                                                 
                                                                               
First, congratulations to the Trust Authority for their continued              
leadership in moving towards results-based budgeting.  Additionally,           
the Trust Authority receives thanks from the Legislature for continuing        
its bold leadership role in implementing a new mental health system            
and replacing an aging mental health hospital.  Alaska and Trust               
beneficiaries look forward to this new mental health system of care.           
                                                                               
                                                                               
Significant funding highlights are as follows:                                 
                                                                               
Department of Administration                                                 
Senior Services, Protection, Community Services and Administration             
The Trust requested an increase of $836,600 for assisted living               
rate increases.  By passing Senate Bill 73, the Legislature was able           
to include a $1,040,600 increase in funding for the assisted living            
rate.  The assisted living rate will increase from $50 a day in                
FY01 to $60 a day in FY02 and $70 a day in FY03.                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
Department of Health and Social Services                                     
Medicaid Services                                                              
$1,283,000 general funds were replaced with MHTAAR to assist                  
in beneficiaries' much needed Medicaid health care.  In a time of              
rapidly increasing health care costs and decreasing general funds,             
the Legislature appreciates the Trust's commitment to helping its              
beneficiaries with health care.                                                
                                                                               
                                                                               

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HB 313                                                                       
State Health Services, Healthy Families                                        
$466,000 of these services will be funded through a different                 
funding source to pay for ongoing efforts in supporting Alaska's               
families.                                                                      
                                                                               
State Health Services, Infant Learning Grants                                  
The Legislature was able to fund an increase in this grant program            
greater than the amount requested by the Trust.  An increase of                
$700,000 in Infant Learning Grants will be provided from a                     
funding source other than general funds.                                       
                                                                               
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Grants                                                  
The Legislature approved an increment of $500,000 MHTAAR for                  
substance abuse treatment for women.                                           
                                                                               
Capital Projects                                                             
The Legislature approved an increment of $100,000 MHTAAR for                  
a Juneau Senior Services Adult Day Facility study.                             
                                                                               
In addition, there was an increase in employees' salaries and benefits         
as a result of the passage of House Bill 3001.  This results in an             
increase of $593,200 in general funds/mental health, $61,800 in                
MHTAAR and $11,200 in MHT Administration.                                      
                                                                               
Individual transactions that identify the differences between the              
Legislature's approved comprehensive program budget for FY01 and               
the Governor's mental health request are provided by the enclosed              
reports from Legislative Finance.                                              
                                                                               
							Sincerely,                                                              
							/s/                                                                     
							Senator Sean Parnell                                                    
							Conference Committee Chair                                              
                                                                               
							/s/                                                                     
							Representative Eldon Mulder                                             
							Conference Committee Vice Chair                                         
                                                                               
Enclosure"                                                                     
                                                                               

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HB 435                                                                       
A sectional analysis for the following was published in House Journal          
Supplement No. 10:                                                             
                                                                               
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 435(JUD)                                                
"An Act making corrective amendments to the Alaska Statutes as                
recommended by the revisor of statutes; and providing for an                   
effective date."                                                               
                                                                               
CSHB 435(JUD) was signed into law on April 27, 2000, (page 3560).              
                                                                               
                                                                               
SB 7                                                                         
Pursuant to:                                                                   
                                                                               
HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 7(FIN) am H                               
"An Act relating to the University of Alaska and university land              
and authorizing the University of Alaska to select additional state            
land."                                                                         
                                                                               
	Chapter No. 136, SLA 2000                                                     
	Effective Date:  July 20, 2000                                                
                                                                               
                                                                               
the following memorandum, dated July 11, 2000, was received from               
Tamara Brandt Cook, Director, Division of Legal and Research                   
Services:                                                                      
                                                                               
"Governor Tony Knowles has concluded that the veto of HCS CSSB
7(FIN) am H (University land entitlement) was not overridden by the            
legislature and, therefore, that the bill was not enacted into law.  It is     
not clear that this conclusion is correct.  The Governor has not               
assigned the bill a session law chapter number.  Consequently, this            
office has assigned the bill Chapter No. 136 so that the session laws          
for the year 2000 and statutes can be prepared and printed without             
further delay."                                                                
                                                                               
                                                                               

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                      INDEX OF BILLS WITH SPECIAL ACTION                      
                                BY THE GOVERNOR                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 133                                                                       
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 133(CRA) am S                              
"An Act relating to municipal service areas and providing for voter            
approval of the formation, alteration, or abolishment of certain service       
areas."                                                                        
                                                                               
	Veto                                                             3849         
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 225                                                                       
CONFERENCE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 225                                           
"An Act relating to election campaigns and legislative ethics; and             
providing for an effective date."                                              
                                                                               
	Veto                                                             3869         
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 312                                                                       
CONFERENCE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 312                                           
"An Act making and amending appropriations for the operating and               
loan program expenses of state government, for certain programs, and           
to capitalize funds; making appropriations under art. IX, sec. 17(c),          
Constitution of the State of Alaska, from the constitutional budget            
reserve fund; and providing for an effective date."                            
                                                                               
	Partial Veto                                                     3902         
                                                                               
                                                                               
HB 445                                                                       
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 445(RLS) am                                              
"An Act relating to a rural school construction and planned                    
maintenance pilot program; and providing for an effective date."               
                                                                               
	Veto                                                             3897         
                                                                               
                                                                               

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SB 4                                                                         
CONFERENCE CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 4                                            
"An Act relating to victims' rights; relating to establishing an office of     
victims' rights; relating to compensation of victims of violent crimes;        
relating to eligibility for a permanent fund dividend for persons              
convicted of and incarcerated for certain offenses; relating to notice of      
appropriations concerning victims' rights; amending Rule 16, Alaska            
Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 9, Alaska Delinquency Rules, and             
Rule 501, Alaska Rules of Evidence; and providing for an effective             
date."                                                                         
                                                                               
                                                                               
	Veto                                                             3898         
                                                                               
                                                                               
SB 7                                                                         
HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 7(FIN) am H                                
"An Act relating to the University of Alaska and university land and           
authorizing the University of Alaska to select additional state land."         
                                                                               
	Veto                                                             3250         
	Legislative Override of Veto                                     3394         
	Chapter No. Assigned                                             3912         
                                                                               
                                                                               
SB 78                                                                        
SENATE BILL NO. 78 am H                                                        
"An Act relating to the use and prescription of pharmaceutical agents          
in the practice of optometry."                                                 
                                                                               
	Veto                                                             3827         
                                                                               
                                                                               
SB 101                                                                       
CONFERENCE CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 101(3d CC)                                   
"An Act relating to disasters and to the disaster relief fund."                
                                                                               
	Law Without Signature                                            2625         
                                                                               
                                                                               

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SB 192                                                                       
HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 192(FIN) am H                              
"An Act making and amending appropriations and reappropriations;               
making appropriations under art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the           
State of Alaska, from the constitutional budget reserve fund; and              
providing for an effective date."                                              
                                                                               
                                                                               
	Partial Veto                                                     3905         
                                                                               
                                                                               
SB 250                                                                       
CONFERENCE CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 250                                          
"An Act making supplemental appropriations; amending appropriations;           
making an appropriation to capitalize a fund; making a reappropriation         
under art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska, from the       
constitutional budget reserve fund; and providing for an effective date."      
                                                                               
	Partial Veto                                                     2829         
                                                                               
                                                                               
SB 267                                                                       
HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 267(RES)                                   
"An Act relating to management of game."                                       
                                                                               
                                                                               
	Veto                                                             3252         
	Legislative Override of Veto                                     3394         
	Chapter No. Assigned                                             3480         
                                                                               
                                                                               
SB 286                                                                       
HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 286(FIN) am H                              
"An Act relating to the duties and powers of the attorney general."            
                                                                               
	Law Without Signature                                            3894         
                                                                               
                                                                               

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                                   * * * * *                                   
                                                                               
Copies of legislation with partial vetoes are available from the Chief         
Clerk's Office or the Legislative Information Office.                          
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                   * * * * *                                   
                                                                               
This supplemental journal and House Journal Supplement No. 10                  
completes the record of legislation for the Second Session and the             
Third Special Session of the Twenty-First Alaska State Legislature.            
                                                                               
                                                                               
											Suzi Lowell                                                         
											Chief Clerk