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Press Releases

• Legislature Approves Funding for State Employee Contracts - Separate Bill Provides Pay Increase for Non-Union State Employees., 05-06-00
  = John Torgerson, 39 K
• House Funds State Employee Contracts - Majority's "Commitment to Alaska" Intact - Administration Finds Last-Minute Money, Avoiding Labor Strife., 05-05-00
  = Eldon Mulder, 74 K = Eldon Mulder, 42 K
  = Eldon Mulder, 120 K
• Making Alaska’s Government Work for Alaskans 21st Legislature Adjourns, Leaving a Smaller, Smarter State Government and a Safer, Stronger Alaska., 05-03-00
  = Brian Porter, 73 K = Brian Porter, 62 K
  = Brian Porter, 80 K = Eldon Mulder, 106 K
  = Eldon Mulder, 98 K = Gene Therriualt, 69 K
  = Sean Parnell, 73 K = Drue Pearce, 49 K
  = Drue Pearce, 23 K
  
• $302 Million Bond Package Funds Critical School Needs - Collaborative Effort Addresses University, Ports & Harbors, 05-03-00
  = John Torgerson, 59 K
• Legislature Approves Rural School Plan - Pilot Program Aims for Efficiency in Construction Projects - Senate May Reconsider Vote, 04-25-00
  
• House Passes Tobacco Bonds - Bill Utilizes "Window of Opportunity" for Tobacco Settlement Funds., 04-21-00
  
• Legislature Facilitates Tourism Marketing Decisions, 04-19-00
  
• House Approves Pilot Program for Rural Schools, 04-19-00
  = Eldon Mulder, 43 K = Eldon Mulder, 87 K
  = Eldon Mulder, 72 K = Eldon Mulder, 43 K
• Legislature Requires CSED to Pay Overpayment Interest - Bill Seen as Incentive for Care and Prompt Return of Overpayments, 04-17-00
  
• Legislature Brings Efficiency to Permit Process - Bill Brings Predictability/Accountability to Fees for Resources Permits, 04-16-00
  
• House Solves U of A Funding Puzzle - Bill Invests in University at Requested Levels and Requires Results, 04-15-00
  = Eldon Mulder, 42 K = Eldon Mulder, 104 K
  = Eldon Mulder, 29 K = Eldon Mulder, 89 K
• Speaker Appoints House Members to Conference Committee on Operating Budget, 04-07-00
  
• House Requires CSED to Pay Overpayment Interest - Bill an Incentive for Care and Prompt Return of Overpayments, 04-06-00.
  = Gene Therriault, 52 K = Gene Therriault, 57 K
  = Gene Therriault, 127 K
• House Brings Efficiency to Permit Process - Bill Brings Predictability/Accountability to Fees for Resources Permits, 04-03-00.
  = Gene Therriault, 184 K
• House Facilitates Tourism Marketing Decisions - Change Made to New Millennium Plan to Consolidate Tourism Marketing, 03-31-00.
  = Gene Therriault, 127 K
• House Finance Passes Out Operating Budget - Budget Comes in Over $109 Million Below Governor's Request, 03-08-00.
  = Gene Therriault, 25 K = Eldon Mulder, 25 K
• House Finance Committee Receives Public Input - Almost 12 Hours of Saturday Testimony Brings Alaskans to the Table, 03-04-00.
  = Eldon Mulder, 30 K = Gene Therriault, 76 K
• House Passes Supplemental Budget Bill - Bill Funds Specific Needs for Current Fiscal Year, 03-03-00
  = Eldon Mulder, 33 K = Eldon Mulder, 33 K
  = Eldon Mulder, 33 K = Eldon Mulder, 33 K
• Finance Subcommittees Close Out Budget Deliberations - FY 01 Budget to See Increases for Elderly and for Children, 03-02-00
  
• Finance Committees Bypass Governor and Introduce Budget Bills, 01-24-00
  = Sean Parnell, 27 K = Sean Parnell, 17 K
  = Eldon Mulder, 21 K = Eldon Mulder, 43 K
  = Eldon Mulder, 46 K
  

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Legislation

Sponsor of the Following Legislation

HB 161 : An Act relating to reduction in payments to individuals under certain benefit programs.
HB 189 : An Act authorizing the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation to acquire the building that it occupies for an amount that does not exceed $6,650,000; and providing for an effective date.
HB 193 : An Act related to grants to nonprofit regional corporations for village public safety officers.
HB 199 : Vetoed by the Governor! An Act relating to compensation for certain state employees; and providing for an effective date.
HB 200 : An Act relating to exemptions for municipal property taxes for certain primary residences; relating to property tax equivalency payments for certain residents; and providing for an effective date.
HB 209 : Passed! Chapter 38 SLA 99 An Act relating to exemptions for municipal property taxes for certain primary residences; relating to property tax equivalency payments for certain residents; and providing for an effective date.
HB 217 : Passed! Chapter 26 SLA 99 An Act relating to obligations and payments to the state under fishery cooperative contracts; and providing for an effective date.
HB 281 : Passed! Chapter 130, SLA 2000 An Act providing for the issuance of general obligation bonds in the amount of $665,000,000 for the purposes of paying the cost of design, construction, and renovation of public elementary and secondary schools, renovation of state buildings, capital improvements at the University of Alaska, and capital improvements to state harbors; and providing for an effective date.
HB 312 : Transmitted to Governor An Act making and amending 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, from the constitutional budget reserve fund; and providing for an effective date.
HB 313 : Transmitted to Governor An Act making appropriations for the operating and capital expenses of the state's integrated comprehensive mental health program; and providing for an effective date.
HB 361 : Passed! Chapter 59, SLA 2000 An Act relating to charges for state services; requiring that fees levied by resource agencies for designated regulatory services be based on the actual and reasonable direct cost of providing the services, except in the case of certain negotiated or fixed fees; relating to negotiated or fixed fees of resource agencies; relating to invoices for designated regulatory services; establishing a petition process regarding fees charged by resource agencies for regulatory services; and providing for an effective date.
HB 420 : Passed! Chapter 78, SLA 2000 An Act relating to tourism marketing contracts; and providing for an effective date.
HB 428 : Passed! Chapter 46, SLA 2000 An Act relating to interest on child support overpayments that are disbursed to the obligor.
HB 441 : An Act making appropriations for the operating expenses of the University of Alaska; 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.
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HB 445 : Vetoed by Governor An Act relating to a rural school construction and planned maintenance pilot program; and providing for an effective date.
HCR 14 : Passed! Legislative Resolve 29 Suspending Rules 24(c), 35, 41(b), and 42(e), Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature, concerning Senate Bill No. 11, relating to good time credits for prisoners serving sentences of imprisonment for certain murders.
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HCR 26 : Suspending Rules 24(c), 35, 41(b), and 42(e), Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature, concerning Senate Bill No. 212, authorizing the commissioner of fish and game to award certain grants.
HCR 28 : Passed! Legislative Resolve 52 Suspending Rules 24(c), 35, 41(b), and 42(e), Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature, concerning Senate Bill No. 273, regarding oil discharge prevention, and relating to contingency plans and proof of financial responsibility for all self- propelled nontank vessels exceeding 400 gross registered tonnage and for railroad tank cars; authorizing inspection of nontank vessels and trains; and providing for an effective date.
HJR 58 : Respectfully requesting the members of the Alaska Congressional delegation to sponsor and support passage of an amendment to the statute relating to the disposition of federal funds received by the state from oil and gas leases in the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska to authorize use of the funds for the state's power cost equalization program.