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SJR 19                                                                       
was read the first time and referred to the Judiciary and Finance              
Committees.                                                                    
                                                                               
                                                                               
                  Introduction and Reference of Senate Bills                 
                                                                               
SB 115                                                                       
SENATE BILL NO. 115 BY THE SENATE RULES COMMITTEE                              
BY REQUEST OF THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET AND AUDIT                                 
COMMITTEE, entitled:                                                           
                                                                               
An Act relating to investments by the Alaska                                  
Permanent Fund Corporation; and providing for an                               
effective date.                                                                
                                                                               
was read the first time and referred to the State Affairs, Judiciary           
and Finance Committees.                                                        
                                                                               
SB 116                                                                       
SENATE BILL NO. 116 BY SENATOR WARD, entitled:                                 
                                                                               
An Act combining parts of the Department of                                   
Commerce and Economic Development and parts of                                 
the Department of Community and Regional Affairs                               
by transferring some of their duties to a new                                  
Department of Commerce and Rural Development;                                  
transferring some of the duties of the Department of                           
Commerce and Economic Development and the                                      
Department of Community and Regional Affairs to                                
other existing agencies; eliminating the Department                            
of Commerce and Economic Development and the                                   
Department of Community and Regional Affairs;                                  
relating to the Department of Commerce and Rural                               
Development and the commissioner of commerce                                   
and rural development; adjusting the membership of                             
certain multimember bodies to reflect the transfer of                          
duties among departments and the elimination of                                
departments; creating the office of international trade                        
and relating to its duties; and providing for an                               
effective date.