1999-04-23                     Senate Journal                      Page 1058
                          Special Order of Business                          
                                                                               
                     House Resolutions in Second Reading                     
                                                                               
HCR 7                                                                        
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 7 was read the second                          
time and was before the Senate on final passage.                               
                                                                               
The question being: Shall HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION                          
NO. 7 Suspending Uniform Rules 24(c), 35, 41(b), and 42(e) of the              
Alaska State Legislature concerning Senate Bill No. 99, relating to            
the decennial census of the United States and prohibiting the use of           
estimates or adjusted census figures in redistricting, pass the Senate?        
The roll was taken with the following result:                                  
                                                                               
HCR 7                                                                          
Final Passage                                                                  
                                                                               
YEAS:  20   NAYS:  0   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                              
                                                                               
Yeas:  Adams, Donley, Ellis, Elton, Green, Halford, Hoffman, Kelly Pete,       
Kelly Tim, Leman, Lincoln, Mackie, Miller, Parnell, Pearce,                    
Phillips, Taylor, Torgerson, Ward, Wilken                                      
                                                                               
and so, HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 7 passed the                           
Senate, was signed by the President and Secretary and returned to              
the House.                                                                     
                                                                               
SB 99                                                                        
Message dated April 23 was read, stating the House passed and                  
returned for consideration CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 99(FIN) An                   
Act to clarify the meaning of decennial census of the United States            
in art. VI, Constitution of the State of Alaska, to prevent                    
discrimination in the redistricting of the house of representatives and        
the senate, and to prohibit expenditures of public funds for                   
population surveys or sampling for certain purposes relating to                
legislative redistricting without an appropriation with the following          
amendments: