03/27/2009 03:30 PM Senate RESOURCES

               SJR 16-OFFSHORE OIL & GAS REVENUE                                                                            
3:46:51 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR  WIELECHOWSKI announced  the  consideration of  SJR 16.  He                                                               
asked  Ms.  Sydeman  to  explain  the  changes  in  the  proposed                                                               
committee substitute.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
MICHELLE SYDEMAN,  Staff, to  Senator Wielechowski,  Alaska State                                                               
Legislature  explained that  the first  change is  to delete  the                                                               
phrase  "environmentally  sound  and  culturally  sensitive"  and                                                               
insert the  word "responsible" in  three places: page 1,  line 1;                                                               
page 1,  line 14; and  page 2, line 30.  The second change  is to                                                               
delete the word "production" and  insert the phrase "lease sales"                                                               
on page  2, line 26, to  clarify that lease sales  have generated                                                               
millions of dollars in revenue.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
3:48:37 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  HUGGINS  moved  to  adopt  CS to  SJR  16,  labeled  26-                                                               
LS0753\S,  as the  working document.  There  being no  objection,                                                               
version S was before the committee.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  MCGUIRE moved  to report  CS to  SJR 16  from committee                                                               
with  individual  recommendations  and attached  fiscal  note(s).                                                               
There being  no objection,  CSSJR 16(RES)  moved from  the Senate                                                               
Resources Standing Committee.