1999-02-25                     Senate Journal                      Page 0363
HB 64                                                                        
Forthcoming Finance Senate Committee Substitute (page 351) for CS              
FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 64(FIN)(title am) An Act making and                         
amending appropriations for year 2000 assessment, compliance, and              
remediation projects and modification of the Offender Base State               
Corrections Information System and the Offender Financial                      
Accounting System in the Department of Corrections; making                     
appropriations under art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of         
Alaska; and providing for an effective date was received today.                
                                                                               
The following forthcoming Letter of Intent (page 351) for SENATE               
CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 64(FIN) was received today:                       
                                                                               
                                                                               

1999-02-25                     Senate Journal                      Page 0364
HB 64                                                                        
Letter of Intent                                                             
                                                                               
It is the intent of the Senate Finance Committee in recommending               
the appropriation of $12,756,896 to address problems associated with           
year 2000 date-change problems that the following conditions be                
followed:                                                                      
                                                                               
	1)The special Y2K appropriation will only be used to inventory,              
assess, remediate, test, and implement mission-critical business               
functions to ensure Y2K compliance.                                            
                                                                               
	2)Any necessary expenses incurred to guarantee that the M/V                  
Kennicott is Y2K compliant shall be claimed against the                        
contractor and shall not be the responsibility of the State of                 
Alaska.                                                                        
                                                                               
	3)The Y2K Project Office shall include in its monthly reports to             
the Legislature a recap of expenditures by the various state                   
agencies as well as the Alaska Court System and the                            
University of Alaska.