2003-05-17                     Senate Journal                      Page 1499
                  First Reading and Reference of House Bills                                     
                                                                                                    
HB 196                                                                                            
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 196(RES) BY THE HOUSE                                                         
RESOURCES COMMITTEE, entitled:                                                                      
                                                                                                    
          "An Act relating to carbon sequestration; and                                             
          providing for an effective date."                                                         
                                                                                                    
was read the first time and referred to the Resources Committee.                                    
                                                                                                    
HB 246                                                                                            
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 246(RES)(title am) BY THE HOUSE                                               
RESOURCES COMMITTEE, entitled:                                                                      
                                                                                                    
          "An Act relating to certain audits regarding oil and                                      
          gas royalty and net profits, to audits regarding costs                                    
          relating to exploration incentive credits and oil and                                     
          gas exploration licenses, and to the limitation on                                        
          upland acreage that a person may take or hold under                                       
          oil and gas leases; and providing for an effective                                        
          date."                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
was read the first time and referred to the Resources and Finance                                   
Committees.                                                                                         
                                                                                                    
HB 267                                                                                            
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 267(FIN) BY THE HOUSE FINANCE                                                 
COMMITTEE, entitled:                                                                                
                                                                                                    
          "An Act authorizing the Alaska Railroad Corporation                                       
          to provide financing for the acquisition, construction,                                   
          improvement, maintenance, equipping, and operation                                        
          of a natural gas pipeline and related facilities for the                                  
          transportation of natural gas recovered from the                                          
          North Slope of this state; authorizing the Alaska                                         
          Railroad Corporation to issue bonds to finance those                                      
          facilities; and providing for an effective date."                                         
                                                                                                    
was read the first time and referred to the Finance Committee.