2009-03-30                     Senate Journal                      Page 0700
                        Consideration of the Calendar                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
                        Second Reading of Senate Bills                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
SB 45                                                                                                                         
SENATE BILL NO. 45 "An Act relating to state employment                                                                         
preferences for veterans, former prisoners of war, and members of the                                                           
Alaska National Guard; authorizing the Department of Military and                                                               
Veterans' Affairs to establish and maintain Alaska veterans'                                                                    
cemeteries; establishing the Alaska veterans' cemetery fund in the                                                              
general fund; and authorizing the legislature to appropriate income                                                             
from fees collected for commemorative veterans' plates to the Alaska                                                            
veterans' cemetery fund" was read the second time.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Senator Stedman, Cochair, moved and asked unanimous consent for                                                                 
the adoption of the Finance Committee Substitute offered on page 695.                                                           
Without objection, CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 45(FIN) was                                                                           
adopted.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Senator Ellis moved and asked unanimous consent that the bill be                                                                
considered engrossed, advanced to third reading and placed on final                                                             
passage. Without objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 45(FIN) was read the third time.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Senators Wagoner, French, Olson, Thomas, Davis, Ellis, Paskvan,                                                                 
Wielechowski, Menard, Meyer, McGuire, Hoffman, Stedman,                                                                         
Stevens, Bunde moved and asked unanimous consent to be shown as                                                                 
cosponsors on the bill. Without objection, it was so ordered.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
The question being: "Shall CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 45(FIN) "An                                                                   
Act relating to state employment preferences for veterans, former                                                               
prisoners of war, and members of the Alaska National Guard;                                                                     
authorizing the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs to                                                                 
establish and maintain Alaska veterans' cemeteries; establishing the                                                            
Alaska veterans' cemetery fund in the general fund; and authorizing                                                             
the legislature to appropriate income from fees collected for                                                                   
commemorative veterans' plates to the Alaska veterans' cemetery                                                                 
fund" pass the Senate?" The roll was taken with the following result: