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2011-04-26 House Journal

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                              HOUSE JOURNAL                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                         ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                        TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
                          FIRST SPECIAL SESSION                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Juneau, Alaska                    Tuesday                  April 26, 2011                                                     
                                                                                                                                
                                Ninth Day                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Pursuant to adjournment the House was called to order by Speaker                                                                
Chenault at 10:33 a.m.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Roll call showed 37 members present.  Representative Gatto had been                                                             
excused from a call of the House today.  Representatives Holmes and                                                             
Pruitt were absent.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
The invocation was offered by the Chaplain, Representative Petersen.                                                            
Representative P. Wilson moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                 
the invocation be spread on the journal.  There being no objection, it                                                          
was so ordered.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
     With the greatest respect for all beliefs, I offer the following                                                           
     prayer.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
     Dear Lord, who made this beautiful land that we call Alaska,                                                               
     help provide guidance to us public servants to do our best to                                                              
     preserve what you have created for us all.  Teach us to be                                                                 
     open-minded to others' points of view so we may find the best                                                              
     solutions to our problems.  Make us better listeners so we may                                                             
     understand each other better and therefore serve our                                                                       
     constituents better.  Help us to keep our hearts open to all                                                               
     people from all walks of life so we may not judge anyone                                                                   
     because we have heard your word when you said, "Let he who                                                                 
     is without sin cast the first stone!"  Help us to find our way                                                             
     through the great maze that we know as our modern world so                                                                 

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       we may reach the promised land that you have awaiting all of                                                            
     us.  I ask this in your name.  Amen.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Representative Guttenberg.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                       CERTIFICATION OF THE JOURNAL                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Representative Austerman moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                 
the journal for the eighth legislative day of the first special session be                                                      
approved as certified by the Chief Clerk.  There being no objection, it                                                         
was so ordered.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
                   CONSIDERATION OF THE DAILY CALENDAR                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
                          LEGISLATIVE CITATIONS                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Representative Austerman moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                 
the House approve the citation on the calendar.  There being no                                                                 
objection, the following citation was approved and sent to enrolling:                                                           
                                                                                                                                
In Memoriam - Thomas Anthony Busch                                                                                              
By Representatives Foster, Chenault, Cissna, Costello, Dick, Doogan,                                                            
Edgmon, Fairclough, Feige, Gara, Gardner, Gatto, Gruenberg,                                                                     
Guttenberg, Hawker, Herron, Holmes, Johansen, Johnson, Joule,                                                                   
Kawasaki, Keller, Kerttula, Lynn, Miller, Millett, Munoz, Neuman,                                                               
Olson, Petersen, Pruitt, Saddler, Seaton, Stoltze, Thomas, Thompson,                                                            
Tuck, P. Wilson, T. Wilson; Senator Olson                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
                              ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
The following meeting today was changed:                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Finance Committee                                                                                                               
CHANGED TO:                                              Call of the Chair                                                      
                                                                                                                                
The Speaker stated that, without objection, the House would revert to                                                           
Messages from the Senate.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
The Speaker stated that, without objection, the House would recess to                                                           
a Call of the Chair; and so, the House recessed at 10:41 a.m.                                                                   

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                               AFTER RECESS                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
The Speaker called the House back to order at 12:07 p.m.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
                        ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLLMENT                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
HR 8                                                                                                                          
The following was engrossed and enrolled, signed by the Speaker and                                                             
Chief Clerk, and the engrossed and enrolled copies were transmitted to                                                          
the Office of the Governor at 4:52 p.m., April 25, 2011.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
     HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 8                                                                                                     
     Opposing the designation by the National Oceanic and                                                                       
     Atmospheric Administration of 3,016 square miles of upper Cook                                                             
      Inlet and Kachemak Bay as critical habitat for beluga whales.                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     House Resolve No. 8                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
                              ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
With appointment of the Conference Committee on the operating                                                                   
budget, Rule 23(d) of the Uniform Rules is in effect as of April 6,                                                             
2011.                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
House committee schedules are published under separate cover.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
                               ADJOURNMENT                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Representative Austerman moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                 
the House adjourn until 10:30 a.m., April 27, 2011.  There being no                                                             
objection, the House adjourned at 12:08 p.m.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
                                             Suzi Lowell                                                                        
                                             Chief Clerk