2003-01-24                     Senate Journal                      Page 0049
The question being: "Shall Kirsten Waid be elected as Senate                                        
Secretary?" The roll was taken with the following result:                                           
                                                                                                    
Elect Kirsten Waid as Secretary of the Senate?                                                      
                                                                                                    
YEAS:  16   NAYS:  0   EXCUSED:  4   ABSENT:  0                                                   
                                                                                                    
Yeas:  Austerman, Bunde, Cowdery, Davis, Dyson, Ellis, Elton,                                       
French, Guess, Hoffman, Lincoln, Seekins, Stevens B, Taylor,                                        
Therriault, Wagoner                                                                                 
                                                                                                    
Excused:  Green, Ogan, Olson, Wilken                                                                
                                                                                                    
and so, Kirsten Waid was elected to serve as Senate Secretary.                                      
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                  Introduction and Reference of Senate Bills                                     
                                                                                                    
SB 35                                                                                             
SENATE BILL NO. 35 BY THE SENATE RULES COMMITTEE                                                    
BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR, entitled:                                                               
                                                                                                    
          "An Act making 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."                                       
                                                                                                    
was read the first time and referred to the Finance Committee.                                      
                                                                                                    
Governor's transmittal letter dated January 23:                                                     
                                                                                                    
Dear President Therriault:                                                                          
                                                                                                    
AS 37.07.020 required that I submit a budget for the 2004 fiscal year                               
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to the Legislature and the public on December 15 of last year. That                                 
law also requires that "bills identical in content" to those I released in                          
December be delivered to the Legislature by the fourth legislative day.                             
The bills delivered today contain the Fiscal Year 2003 operating                                    
budget as appropriated by the last Legislature and signed into law by                               
the previous Governor. Again, they provide a useful point of reference                              
for your budget discussions.