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                                      HOUSE JOURNAL                                              
                                                                                                    
                                 ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                        
                                                                                                    
                                TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE                                        
                                      SECOND SESSION                                             
                            SECOND AND THIRD SPECIAL SESSIONS                                    
                                                                                                    
Juneau, Alaska                               Friday                 September 15, 2006            
                                                                                                    
                                     Final Supplement                                          
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                               CERTIFICATION OF THE JOURNAL                                      
                                                                                                    
As Chief Clerk, I certify as to the correctness of the journal for the                              
30th day of the Third Special Session of the Twenty-Fourth                                          
Legislature.                                                                                        
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                                MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR                                       
                                                                                                    
The following letter dated August 11, 2006, was received:                                           
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
"Dear Speaker Harris:                                                                               
                                                                                                    
Under the authority of article II, section 9, and article III, section 17,                          
of the Alaska Constitution, I withdraw my call [page 4366] dated                                    
August 9, 2006, which convened the Twenty-Fourth Alaska State                                       
Legislature in its fourth special session in Juneau on August 11, 2006.                             
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
Dated at Juneau, Alaska this 11th day of August, 2006.                                              
                                                                                                    
                                         Sincerely yours,                                           
                                         /s/                                                        
                                         Frank H. Murkowski                                         
                                        Governor"                                                  
                                                                                                    

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HB 29                                                                                             
A message dated August 11, 2006, was received stating the Governor                                  
has signed the following bill August 8 and is transmitting the                                      
engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for                               
permanent filing:                                                                                   
                                                                                                    
      CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 29(L&C)(title am)                                                       
      "An Act relating to the Comprehensive Health Insurance                                        
      Association; granting a 50 percent premium tax credit for                                     
      assessments against members of the Comprehensive Health                                       
      Insurance Association; requiring members to provide information                               
      to the association's board of directors or the director of the                                
      division of insurance; modifying voting rights for the association                            
      members by basing their exercise on a member's share of                                       
      assessments; basing assessments on major medical premiums;                                    
      modifying the manner of determining members' liabilities for                                  
      losses; and changing the definition of "major medical" coverage                               
      for purpose of state health insurance and providing for exclusions                            
      to major medical coverage."                                                                   
                                                                                                    
      Chapter No. 108, SLA 2006                                                                     
      Effective Date:  November 6, 2006                                                             
                                                                                                    
HB 326                                                                                            
A message dated August 11, 2006, was received stating the Governor                                  
has signed the following bill August 10 and is transmitting the                                     
engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for                               
permanent filing:                                                                                   
                                                                                                    
      SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 326(JUD)                                                  
      "An Act relating to the definition of the crime of harassment; and                            
      providing for an effective date."                                                             
                                                                                                    
      Chapter No. 112, SLA 2006                                                                     
      Effective Date:  August 11, 2006                                                              
                                                                                                    
HB 377                                                                                            
A message dated August 11, 2006, was received stating the Governor                                  
has signed the following bill August 10 and is transmitting the                                     
engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for                               
permanent filing:                                                                                   
                                                                                                    

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      SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 377(L&C)                                                  
      "An Act relating to an exemption from certain registration and                                
      practice requirements for persons preparing drawings or                                       
      specifications related to the construction of certain buildings and                           
      the grounds of the buildings."                                                                
                                                                                                    
      Chapter No. 111, SLA 2006                                                                     
      Effective Date:  November 8, 2006                                                             
                                                                                                    
HB 389                                                                                            
A message dated August 11, 2006, was received stating the Governor                                  
has signed the following bill August 8 and is transmitting the                                      
engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for                               
permanent filing:                                                                                   
                                                                                                    
      HOUSE BILL NO. 389                                                                            
      "An Act relating to tourist accommodations permits and to                                     
      penalties for failing to comply with permitting requirements;                                 
      removing a requirement that persons operating tourist                                         
      accommodations post certain laws and regulations on the                                       
      premises; and providing for an effective date."                                               
                                                                                                    
      Chapter No. 107, SLA 2006                                                                     
      Effective Date:  August 9, 2006                                                               
                                                                                                    
HB 394                                                                                            
A message dated August 11, 2006, was received stating the Governor                                  
has signed the following bill August 10 and is transmitting the                                     
engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for                               
permanent filing:                                                                                   
                                                                                                    
      CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 394(L&C) am                                                             
      "An Act relating to allowing insurance policy forms to be filed                               
      and approved in languages other than English if an official                                   
      English language version is also filed, and authorizing use of                                
      insurance policy forms and associated materials in languages other                            
      than English."                                                                                
                                                                                                    
      Chapter No. 110, SLA 2006                                                                     
      Effective Date:  November 8, 2006                                                             
                                                                                                    

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HB 482                                                                                            
A message dated August 11, 2006, was received stating the Governor                                  
has signed the following bill August 8 and is transmitting the                                      
engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for                               
permanent filing:                                                                                   
                                                                                                    
      SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 482(JUD)                                                  
      "An Act relating to harassment, intimidation, and bullying in                                 
      schools."                                                                                     
                                                                                                    
      Chapter No. 109, SLA 2006                                                                     
      Effective Date:  November 6, 2006                                                             
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                                        ENROLLMENT                                               
                                                                                                    
HB 3001                                                                                           
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,                                  
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled                               
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 11:30 a.m.,                                
August 15, 2006:                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                      SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 3001(NGD)                                
      "An Act relating to the production tax on oil and gas and to                                  
      conservation surcharges on oil; relating to criminal penalties for                            
      violating conditions governing access to and use of confidential                              
      information relating to the production tax; amending the definition                           
      of 'gas' as that definition applies in the Alaska Stranded Gas                                
      Development Act; making conforming amendments; and                                            
      providing for an effective date."                                                             
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
The following memorandum, dated August 11, 2006, was received                                       
from Patty Rose, Enrolling Secretary, Division of Legal and Research                                
Services:                                                                                           
                                                                                                    
"In accordance with Rule 43, Uniform Rules of the Alaska State                                      
Legislature, I am reporting the following manifest errors in SCS                                    
CSHB 3001(NGD), which have been corrected in enrolling:                                             
                                                                                                    

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      Delete "AS 43.55.011(e), (f), (g), and (i)"                                                   
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      Delete "AS 43.55.011(e), (f), and (g)"                                                    
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      Delete "the"                                                                                  
      Insert "this"                                                                                 
                                                                                                    
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      Delete "AS 43.05.011(e) or (f)"                                                           
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      Delete "AS 43.05.011(e) or (f)"                                                           
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      Delete "AS 43.05.011(e) or (f)"                                                           
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      Delete "AS 43.55.011(e), (f), (g), and (i)"                                                   
      Insert "AS 43.55.011(e) - (g) and (i)""                                                       
                                                                                                    

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                                MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR                                       
                                                                                                    
SB 3005                                                                                           
A message dated August 18, 2006, was received stating the Governor                                  
has signed the following bill August 17 and is transmitting the                                     
engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for                               
permanent filing:                                                                                   
                                                                                                    
      HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 3005(JUD) am H                                            
      "An Act relating to contempt of court and to temporary detention                              
      and identification of persons; and providing for an effective date."                          
                                                                                                    
      Chapter No. 1, TSSLA 2006                                                                     
      Effective Date:  August 18, 2006                                                              
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                                        ENROLLMENT                                               
                                                                                                    
HB 257                                                                                            
The following was enrolled, signed by the Speaker and Chief Clerk,                                  
President and Secretary of the Senate, and the engrossed and enrolled                               
copies were transmitted to the Office of the Governor at 1:20 p.m.,                                 
August 21, 2006:                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
      CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 257(JUD)(efd fld S)                                                     
      "An Act relating to and extending the pilot program for state                                 
      procurement and electronic commerce tools."                                                   
                                                                                                    
The following memorandum, dated May 31, 2006, was received from                                     
Patty Rose, Enrolling Secretary, Division of Legal and Research                                     
Services:                                                                                           
                                                                                                    
"In accordance with Rule 43, Uniform Rules of the Alaska State                                      
Legislature, I am reporting the following manifest errors in CSHB
257(JUD)(efd fld S), which have been corrected in enrolling:                                        
                                                                                                    
Page 1, line 14:                                                                                    
      Delete "repealed and reenacted"                                                               
      Insert "amended"                                                                              
                                                                                                    

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Page 2, line 19:                                                                                    
      Delete all material.                                                                          
                                                                                                    
Renumber the following paragraphs accordingly.                                                      
                                                                                                    
Page 2, following line 23:                                                                          
      Insert a new paragraph to read:                                                               
        "(11)  "qualifying entity" has the meaning given in AS                                      
      36.30.170(e);"                                                                                
                                                                                                    
Renumber the following paragraph accordingly."                                                      
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                                MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR                                       
                                                                                                    
A Declaration of Disaster Emergency dated June 27, 2006, with an                                    
accompanying letter dated August 17, and a spreadsheet was received                                 
and is on file in the Chief Clerk's office.  The Declaration and letter                             
had been copied to the Finance Committee.                                                           
                                                                                                    
A Declaration of Disaster Emergency dated August 6, 2006, with an                                   
accompanying letter dated August 17 was received and is on file in the                              
Chief Clerk's office.  The Declaration and letter had been copied to the                            
Finance Committee.                                                                                  
                                                                                                    
HB 3001                                                                                           
A message dated August 22, 2006, was received stating the Governor                                  
has signed the following bill August 19 and is transmitting the                                     
engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for                               
permanent filing:                                                                                   
                                                                                                    
                      SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 3001(NGD)                                
      "An Act relating to the production tax on oil and gas and to                                  
      conservation surcharges on oil; relating to criminal penalties for                            
      violating conditions governing access to and use of confidential                              
      information relating to the production tax; amending the definition                           
      of 'gas' as that definition applies in the Alaska Stranded Gas                                
      Development Act; making conforming amendments; and                                            
      providing for an effective date."                                                             
                                                                                                    

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      Chapter No. 2, TSSLA 2006                                                                     
      Effective Date:  See Chapter                                                                  
                                                                                                    
SJR 19                                                                                            
A message dated August 22, 2006, was received stating the Governor                                  
has read the following resolution August 18 and has transmitted the                                 
engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for                               
permanent filing:                                                                                   
                                                                                                    
      CS FOR SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 19(FIN)                                                    
      Relating to creating the Task Force to Assess Public Reporting of                             
      Health Care Associated Infections.                                                            
                                                                                                    
      Legislative Resolve No. 38                                                                    
                                                                                                    
HJR 9                                                                                             
A message dated September 1, 2006, was received stating the                                         
Governor has read the following resolution August 30 and has                                        
transmitted the engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant                                     
Governor's office for permanent filing:                                                             
                                                                                                    
      SENATE CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 9(JUD)                                               
      am S                                                                                          
      Urging the United States Congress to honor the process and                                    
      judgment of the federal courts in the case of the Exxon Valdez                                
      disaster and to refrain from enacting legislation that would affect                           
      the outcome of the courts' resolution of the case; urging the United                          
      States Department of Justice and the Alaska Department of Law to                              
      identify all natural resource damages from the Exxon Valdez oil                               
      spill that were unanticipated at the time of the 1991 settlement, to                          
      develop plans to remedy the damages, and to present the                                       
      ExxonMobil Corporation with a request for the full $100,000,000                               
      that is available through the "Reopener for Unknown Injury"                                   
      clause of the 1991 civil settlement to carry out these plans.                                 
                                                                                                    
      Legislative Resolve No. 52                                                                    
                                                                                                    
HJR 25                                                                                            
A message dated September 1, 2006, was received stating the                                         
Governor has read the following resolution August 30 and has                                        

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transmitted the engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant                                     
Governor's office for permanent filing:                                                             
                                                                                                    
      CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 25(STA)                                                     
      Urging the United States Congress to adopt Sec. 303 of the United                             
      States House of Representatives version of the Tax Relief                                     
      Extension Reconciliation Act of 2005.                                                         
                                                                                                    
      Legislative Resolve No. 53                                                                    
                                                                                                    
HJR 31                                                                                            
A message dated September 1, 2006, was received stating the                                         
Governor has read the following resolution August 30 and has                                        
transmitted the engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant                                     
Governor's office for permanent filing:                                                             
                                                                                                    
      SENATE CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 31(HES)                                              
      Relating to designating September 9, 2006, as Fetal Alcohol                                   
      Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day.                                                             
                                                                                                    
      Legislative Resolve No. 54                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
HJR 36                                                                                            
A message dated September 1, 2006, was received stating the                                         
Governor has read the following resolution August 30 and has                                        
transmitted the engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant                                     
Governor's office for permanent filing:                                                             
                                                                                                    
      CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 36(HES)                                                     
      Urging the United States Congress to support the granting of                                  
      official Observer Status to the Republic of China at the World                                
      Health Assembly Annual Conference to be held at Geneva,                                       
      Switzerland, in May 2006.                                                                     
                                                                                                    
      Legislative Resolve No. 58                                                                    
                                                                                                    
HB 257                                                                                            
The following letter, dated September 13, 2006, was received:                                       
                                                                                                    

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"Dear Speaker Harris:                                                                               
                                                                                                    
Under the authority of article II, section 17, of the Alaska Constitution,                          
I have allowed the following bill, passed by the Legislature in the                                 
second session of the Twenty-Fourth Alaska State Legislature, to                                    
become law without signature.  The engrossed and enrolled copies will                               
be transmitted to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent                                    
filing:                                                                                             
                                                                                                    
      CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 257(JUD)(efd fld S)                                                     
      "An Act relating to and extending the pilot program for state                                 
      procurement and electronic commerce tools."                                                   
                                                                                                    
      Chapter No. 113, SLA 2006                                                                     
      [Effective Date:  December 12, 2006]                                                          
                                                                                                    
                                         Sincerely yours,                                           
                                         /s/                                                        
                                         Frank H. Murkowski                                         
                                        Governor"                                                  
                                                                                                    
                                      COMMUNICATIONS                                             
                                                                                                    
The following was received:                                                                         
                                                                                                    
Dept. of Commerce, Community, & Economic Development                                                
Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute                                                                  
Silver Anniversary Report                                                                           
(as required by AS 16.51.100)                                                                       
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                        INDEX OF BILLS WITH SPECIAL ACTION BY THE                                
                                         GOVERNOR                                                
                                                                                                    
HB 257                                                                                            
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 257(JUD)(efd fld S)                                                           
"An Act relating to and extending the pilot program for state                                       
procurement and electronic commerce tools."                                                         
                                                                                                    
Law without signature.............................................................4387              
                                                                                                    

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SB 231                                                                                            
HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 231(FIN) am H(brf                                               
sup maj pfld H)                                                                                     
"An Act making appropriations, including capital appropriations,                                    
supplemental appropriations, reappropriations, and appropriations 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."                                                 
                                                                                                    
Line item vetoes......................................................................4205          
                                                                                                    
                                        * * * * *                                                
                                                                                                    
This final supplement completes the record of legislation for the                                   
Second Session and the Second and Third Special Sessions of the                                     
Twenty-Fourth Alaska State Legislature.                                                             
                                                                                                    
                                                           Suzi Lowell                              
                                                           Chief Clerk