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                              SENATE JOURNAL                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
                         ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                         TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                            SECOND SESSION AND                                                                               
                    THIRD AND FOURTH SPECIAL SESSIONS                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Juneau, Alaska                   Monday              September 15, 2008                                                       
                                                                                                                                
                             Final Supplement                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                              Certification                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
As Secretary of the Senate, I wish to certify as to the correctness of the                                                      
journal for the thirtieth legislative day of the Fourth Special Session                                                         
and Senate Journal Supplement No. 7 of the Twenty-fifth Legislature.                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                Enrollment                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
SB 4002                                                                                                                       
HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 4002(FIN) am H "An                                                                          
Act amending the bulk fuel bridge loan fund and the bulk fuel                                                                   
revolving loan fund; relating to power cost equalization; relating to                                                           
Alaska resource rebates, and increasing the amount of the 2008                                                                  
permanent fund dividend to provide that rebate; suspending the motor                                                            
fuel tax; eliminating the authority to make certain provisions of the                                                           
heating assistance program retroactive to November 1, 2007; and                                                                 
providing for an effective date" was enrolled, signed by the President                                                          
and Secretary, Speaker and Chief Clerk and the engrossed and                                                                    
enrolled copies transmitted to the Office of the Governor at                                                                    
12:35 p.m., August 19, 2008.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Memorandum from the Division of Legal and Research Services,                                                                    
Legislative Affairs Agency, reporting the following manifest errors in                                                          
HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 4002(FIN) am H                                                                              
which have been corrected in enrolling:                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                

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                        Messages from the Governor                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
HB 4001                                                                                                                       
Message was received stating the Governor signed the following bill                                                             
on August 25 and transmitted the engrossed and enrolled copies to the                                                           
Lieutenant Governor's Office for permanent filing:                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
         SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO.                                                                                    
         4001(FIN) "An Act making supplemental                                                                                  
         appropriations, capital appropriations, and other                                                                      
         appropriations; making appropriations to capitalize                                                                    
         funds; and providing for an effective date."                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
                          Chapter 1, 4SSLA 2008                                                                                
                       Effective Date: See Chapter                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
SB 4002                                                                                                                       
Message was received stating the Governor signed the following bill                                                             
on August 25 and transmitted the engrossed and enrolled copies to the                                                           
Lieutenant Governor's Office for permanent filing:                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
         HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO.                                                                                    
         4002(FIN) am H "An Act amending the bulk fuel                                                                          
         bridge loan fund and the bulk fuel revolving loan                                                                      
         fund; relating to power cost equalization; relating to                                                                 
         Alaska resource rebates, and increasing the amount                                                                     
         of the 2008 permanent fund dividend to provide that                                                                    

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         rebate; suspending the motor fuel tax; eliminating the                                                                 
         authority to make certain provisions of the heating                                                                    
         assistance program retroactive to November 1, 2007;                                                                    
         and providing for an effective date."                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                          Chapter 2, 4SSLA 2008                                                                                
                       Effective Date: See Chapter                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
HB 3001                                                                                                                       
Message was received stating the Governor signed the following bill                                                             
on August 27 and transmitted the engrossed and enrolled copies to the                                                           
Lieutenant Governor's Office for permanent filing:                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
         HOUSE BILL NO. 3001(efd fld) "An Act approving                                                                         
         issuance of a license by the commissioner of revenue                                                                   
         and the commissioner of natural resources to                                                                           
         TransCanada Alaska Company, LLC and Foothills                                                                          
         Pipe Lines Ltd., jointly as licensee, under the Alaska                                                                 
         Gasline Inducement Act."                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
                          Chapter 3, 4SSLA 2008                                                                                
                         Effective Date: 11/25/08                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
HCR 401                                                                                                                       
Message dated August 28 was received stating the Governor read the                                                              
following resolution and transmitted the engrossed and enrolled copies                                                          
to the Lieutenant Governor's Office for permanent filing:                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
         HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 401                                                                                    
         Suspending Rules 24(c), 35, 41(b), and 42(e),                                                                          
         Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature,                                                                         
         concerning Senate Bill No. 4002, relating to grants                                                                    
         from the renewable energy grant fund; amending the                                                                     
         bulk fuel bridge loan fund and the bulk fuel revolving                                                                 
         loan fund; amending the power cost equalization                                                                        
         program, repealing the exclusion from eligibility for                                                                  
         power cost equalization for certain power projects                                                                     
         that take their power from hydroelectric facilities,                                                                   
         and amending the definition of "eligible electric                                                                      
         utility" as it applies to the power cost equalization                                                                  

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         program and the grant program for small power                                                                          
         projects for utility improvements; relating to                                                                         
         establishing a gas pipeline development fund in the                                                                    
         Department of Revenue; establishing the Alaska                                                                         
         resource rebate program and relating to that program;                                                                  
         and relating to heating assistance.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
                        Legislative Resolve No. 72                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
SR 401                                                                                                                        
Message dated August 15 was received stating the Governor read the                                                              
following resolution and transmitted the engrossed and enrolled copies                                                          
to the Lieutenant Governor's Office for permanent filing:                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
         SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 401 Urging the United                                                                            
         States Congress to pass legislation to open the coastal                                                                
         plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil                                                                    
         and gas exploration, development, and production.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
                           Senate Resolve No. 9                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                         Messages from the House                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
HB 4001                                                                                                                       
Message dated August 7 was received stating the House concurred in                                                              
the Senate amendment to CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 4001(FIN), thus                                                                   
adopting:                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
         SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO.                                                                                    
         4001(FIN) "An Act making supplemental                                                                                  
         appropriations, capital appropriations, and other                                                                      
         appropriations; making appropriations to capitalize                                                                    
         funds; and providing for an effective date."                                                                           

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        Index to Partially Vetoed and Law Without Signature Bills                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SB 221                                                                                                                        
HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 221(FIN) am H "An                                                                           
Act making and amending appropriations, including capital                                                                       
appropriations, supplemental appropriations, 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."                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
 Partially Vetoed on 5/22/08…………………..2980…..5/30/08                                                                             
 Chapter No. Assigned ………………………..2981…..5/30/08                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
SB 256                                                                                                                        
HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 256(FIN) am H "An                                                                           
Act making supplemental appropriations, capital appropriations,                                                                 
reappropriations, and other appropriations; making an appropriation to                                                          
the senior benefits payment program; amending certain appropriations;                                                           
ratifying certain expenditures; making appropriations to capitalize                                                             
funds; and providing for an effective date."                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
 Partially Vetoed on 4/3/08 …………….……..2626…....4/4/08                                                                           
 Chapter No. Assigned ………………………..2626..…..4/4/08                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
HB 310                                                                                                                        
CONFERENCE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 310 "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; and providing for an effective date."                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
 Partially Vetoed on 5/22/08…………………..2978…....5/30/08                                                                           
 Chapter No. Assigned ………………………..2979..…..5/30/08                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
SB 59                                                                                                                         
CONFERENCE CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 59 "An Act relating to                                                                        
the use of broadcasting to promote dog mushers' contests and                                                                    
charitable raffles and lotteries; relating to the maximum amount of                                                             

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prizes that may be awarded for charitable gaming activities other than                                                          
bingo; and establishing cabbage classics as a form of charitable                                                                
gaming."                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
 Law without Signature ………………………..2975…..5/30/08                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
SB 196                                                                                                                        
HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 196(FIN) am H "An                                                                           
Act relating to establishing a controlled substance prescription                                                                
database."                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
 Law without Signature ………………………..3043…..6/10/08                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
SB 202                                                                                                                        
HOUSE CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 202(STA) "An Act relating to                                                                       
expenditures in aid of or to implement the provisions of the federal                                                            
Real ID Act."                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
 Law without Signature ………………………..2992…..5/30/08                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
This final supplement of the Senate Journal completes the official                                                              
record of the Second Session and the Third and Fourth Special                                                                   
Sessions of the Twenty-fifth Legislature.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                             Kirsten Waid                                                       
                                                   Secretary of the Senate