2018-01-26                     Senate Journal                      Page 1833
SB 162                                                                                                                        
SENATE BILL NO. 162 BY SENATOR WILSON, entitled:                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
          "An Act prohibiting the Department of Health and                                                                      
          Social Services from receiving or expending funds                                                                     
          for a grant to or contract with an entity that performs                                                               
          abortions or maintains or operates a facility where                                                                   
          abortions are performed."                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Health and Social Services                                                          
and Finance Committees.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
SB 163                                                                                                                        
SENATE BILL NO. 163 BY THE SENATE RULES COMMITTEE                                                                               
BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR, entitled:                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
          "An Act relating to commercial motor vehicles."                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Transportation and State                                                            
Affairs Committees.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal information was published today:                                                                           
 Fiscal Note No. 1, zero, Department of Transportation and                                                                      
  Public Facilities                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Governor's transmittal letter dated January 25:                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Dear President Kelly:                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Under the authority of Article III, Section 18, of the Alaska                                                                   
Constitution, I am transmitting a bill relating to the definition of a                                                          
commercial motor vehicle.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities is responsible                                                           
for the construction and maintenance of the state highway system.                                                               
With respect to commercial motor vehicles which use the state                                                                   
highway system, the Department is responsible for establishing                                                                  
weight, use, and size restrictions for vehicles, and for assuring                                                               
implementation of federal statutes or regulations relating to                                                                   
commercial motor vehicles. In order to assure continued alignment