2005-04-18                     Senate Journal                      Page 1020
construction and maintenance; and repealing a requirement that public                               
facilities comply with energy standards adopted by the Department of                                
Transportation and Public Facilities; and providing for an effective                                
date" was adopted.                                                                                  
                                                                                                    
President Stevens stated CS FOR SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR                                              
SENATE BILL NO. 16(TRA) will be on the April 19 calendar.                                           
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                     Second Reading of Senate Resolutions                                        
                                                                                                    
SJR 14                                                                                            
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 14 Urging the United States                                             
Congress to amend the tax code to permanently repeal the federal                                    
estate and generation-skipping transfer tax, was read the second time.                              
                                                                                                    
Senator French offered Amendment No. 1 :                                                             
                                                                                                    
Page 1, following line 6:                                                                           
     Insert new material to read:                                                                   
     "WHEREAS, in its current form, the estate tax only affects the                               
wealthiest two percent of all Americans; and"                                                       
                                                                                                    
Senator French moved for the adoption of Amendment No. 1. Senator                                   
Green objected.                                                                                     
                                                                                                    
The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 1 be adopted?" The roll                                    
was taken with the following result:                                                                
                                                                                                    
SJR 14                                                                                              
Second Reading                                                                                      
Amendment No. 1                                                                                     
                                                                                                    
YEAS:  8   NAYS:  11   EXCUSED:  1   ABSENT:  0                                                   
                                                                                                    
Yeas:  Davis, Ellis, Elton, French, Guess, Hoffman, Kookesh, Olson                                  
                                                                                                    
Nays:  Cowdery, Dyson, Green, Huggins, Seekins, Stedman, Stevens                                    
B, Stevens G, Therriault, Wagoner, Wilken                                                           
                                                                                                    
Excused:  Bunde                                                                                     
                                                                                                    
and so, Amendment No. 1 failed.