Press Release Archive for March 1999 - Official News and Information from Alaska's State Legislature and the Legislative Majority

		Alaska State Legislature 1999 Press Release Archive JAN · FEB · MAR · APR · MAY · JUN - DEC
		March Legislative Leaders Concerned About BP-Arco Merger, 03-31-99 Senate Finance Committee Considers Options to Preserve and Protect the Permanent Fund, 03-31-99 = John Torgerson, 61 K = Sean Parnell, 21 K House Passes Lease-Purchase Law - Measure Bolsters Consumer Protection, 03-31-99 = Lisa Murkowski, 57 K House Defends Alaska's Sovereignty - Calls for Congressional Approval of UN Land Designations, 03-31-99 Resolution Asks Knowles to Cancel Request for Canada's Mine Review, 03-31-99 = Drue Pearce, 92 K Senate Finance Committee Hears Long-Range Funding Options, 03-30-99 = John Torgerson, 125 K = Sean Parnell, 28 K Senate Joins House and Calls for Base Closure Reform - Resolution Asks for New Military-wide Criteria, 03-30-99 Senate Asks White House to Keep Hands Off Tobacco Money - Alaska Could Lose $400 Million in Settlement Money, 03-30-99 Bill Establishes Alaska Gas Corporation - Measure Seen as First Step toward Natural Gas Pipeline, 03-30-99 = Jim Whitaker, 55 K = Jim Whitaker, 14 K = Jim Whitaker, 59 K Anchorage Caucus Endorses Cook Inlet Dredging, 03-30-99 Anchorage Caucus Supports UAA Library, 03-30-99 Federal Estate Tax Should be Repealed - Coghill Resolution Supports Congressional Legislation, 03-30-99 Donley Takes on Anchorage's Overhead Utility Line Clutter, 03-29-99 ABC Employees Removed from Exempt Service, 03-29-99 House Concurs in Preference for National Guard Members, 03-29-99 Senate OKs Naming Former School Building After Terry Miller, 03-29-99 = Jerry Ward, 26 K Resolution Urges Repeal of the Brady Act - Coghill Measure Would Restore Second Amendment Right, 03-29-99 Bill Puts "The Public" Back Into Education, 03-27-99 Senate Approves Preference for National Guard Members - Bill Recognizes Contributions and Encourages Enlistment and Retention, 03-26-99 House Approves Alaska Public Building Fund - Money Would Help Defer Maintenance and Other Costs, 03-26-99 = Jeannette James, 112 K House Calls for Action to Help Cook Inlet Belugas - Save the Whales Without Devastating the Local Economy, 03-25-99 = Gail Phillips, 83 K Senate Passes Commercial Trailer Registration Bill - House Measure Amends Commercial Vehicle Registration Laws, 03-25-99 Senate Passes Deteriorated Property Clarification - Bill Allows Full Realization of Law's Intent, 03-25-99 Bill to Make Longevity Bonus Income-Based Fails - Coghill says Governor's Bill Intrusive and Ill-Conceived, 03-25-99 Department Merger Effort Makes Progress - Bill Passes C&RA and Will Go Next to Finance Committee, 03-25-99 Senate Finance Committee Examines Criteria for Balanced Budget Proposals, 03-24-99 = John Torgerson, 27 K = Sean Parnell, 41 K Measure To Move State Hearing Officers Away From Agencies, 03-24-99 = Robin Taylor, 21 K House Stands-up for Volunteers - Ski Patrols and Nonprofits Exempted From Minimum Wage, 03-24-99 = Norman Rokeberg, 59 K Bill Calls For Proper Insurance Cancellation Notification for Seniors, 03-24-99 Senate Approves Resolution Urging Actual Head Count for Redistricting, 03-24-99 = Jerry Ward, 17 K House Gives Final Approval to Joint Armed Services Committee - Concurs with Senate Amendment to Include Sixth Civilian Member, 03-24-99 Oil Forecast Affirms Need for Balanced Budget Plan, 03-23-99 = Sean Parnell, 23 K = Eldon Mulder, 77 K = John Torgerson, 66 K = Gene Therriault, 31 K = Joe Green, 116 K = Gail Phillips, 109 K Resolution Prohibits Ballot Box Biology, 03-23-99 Revenue Experts to Brief Legislators - Oil and Gas Experts to Discuss Revenue Forecast, 03-22-99 House Calls for Base Closure Reform - Resolution Asks for Defense Department Criteria Change, 03-22-99 = Eldon Mulder, 86 K = Eldon Mulder, 55 K High-level Russian Delegation Coming to Alaska - Legislature to Host National and Sakhalin Duma Members, 03-22-99 = Ramona Barnes, 71 K Legislation Safeguarding Parental Rights Clears Senate - Bill Guarantees Access to Records and Protects Safety of Children, 03-22-99 = Loren Leman, 93 K Representative James Calls for Elimination of Constitutional Budget Reserve, 03-22-99 Wilken Moves to Change Commercial Vehicle Registration Fees, 03-22-99 Alaska Student Loan Corporation Shows First - Modest Profit, 03-22-99 Senate Finance Committee Launches Review of Balanced-Budget Plans, 03-19-99 Senator Tim Kelly Seeks to End Discrimination Against Military in Alaska Census - Bill Also Mandates Actual Head Count For Redistricting, 03-18-99 = Tim Kelly, 18 K Senate Judiciary Committee Passes Measure Requiring a G.E.D. for "Good Time" Sentence Reductions, 03-18-99 Knowles Signs First Law of 21st Legislative Session - Pearce Measure Extends Marine Pilots Board, 03-18-99 Open Doors and Books, 03-18-99 Senate State Affairs Committee Clears Measure Calling for Elected Attorney General, 03-18-99 = Jerry Ward, 35 K Open Doors and Books, 03-18-99 House Calls for Research and Monitoring Endowment - Resolution Supports EVOS Trustee Council Action, 03-17-99 = Gene Therriault, 80 K House Reaffirms Commitment to Jobs, Families, and Future - Resolution Urges ANWR Coastal Plain Opening, 03-17-99 = Gail Phillips, 111 K Senator Ward Proposes Parolee Pay Program, 03-17-99 = Jerry Ward, 17 K Pearce Calls for Suspension of Airport Expansion Project - Finds No Excuse for Poor Planning, 03-17-99 = Drue Pearce, 181 K Coghill Resolution Seeks Finalilty on ANILCA Dispute - HCR 2 Would Take Dispute to U.S. Supreme Court, 03-17-99 Ogan's Fair Hearing Bill Moves, 03-17-99 Ogan Bill Gets Rare Perfect Score, 03-17-99 House and Senate Pass Reduced Supplemental Budget - State's Immediate Cash Crunch Solved and Emergencies Funded, 03-16-99 = Eldon Mulder, 87 K = Sean Parnell, 38 K House Approves Refinancing of Rural Mortgages - Measure Extends Financing to 3 and 4 Plexes, 03-16-99 = Carl Morgan, 49 K Senate Aims to Reduce FY 2000 Budget by $300 Million, 03-15-99 = Drue Pearce, 25 K House Appoints Conference Committee Members - House and Senate Conferees to Consider Supplemental Differences, 03-15-99 Kott Measure Protects Undercover Police Officers, 03-15-99 House Clarifies Deteriorated Property Statutes - Bill Allows Full Realization of Law's Intent, 03-15-99 House OKs Employment Preference for National Guard Members - Bill Recognizes Contributions of Guard and Encourages Enlistment, 03-15-99 = Carl Morgan, 26 K Senate Reduces State Spending - Passes Smallest Supplemental in Recent History, Solves Immediate Cash Flow Crunch, 03-14-99 = John Torgerson, 30 K = Sean Parnell, 24 K Senate Finance Committee Reduces Budget - Supplemental Bill Goes to the Full Senate on Saturday, 03-12-99 = Sean Parnell, 24 K = John Torgerson, 20 K House Passes Responsible Supplemental Budget - Minority Stonewalls CBR Draw, 03-12-99 Senate Strengthens Privacy Statutes - Tax Assessors Must Have Owner Permission to Enter Private Property, 03-12-99 Legislature Defends Alaskan's Right to Access Public Land - Halford's Resolution Opposes Denali Park Snowmachine Closure, 03-12-99 = Rick Halford, 25 K Senators Vow To "Fix" Problems At Pioneers Homes, 03-12-99 = Jerry Ward, 72 K = Lyda Green, 52 K Therriault Proposes Privatization and Consolidation of Alaska's Tourism Marketing Efforts, 03-11-99 = Gene Therriault, 58 K Senate Committee Takes Testimony on Quality of Care in Pioneer Homes, 03-11-99 = Jerry Ward, 50 K Legislators Get Look at Alaska's Largest Military Exercise, 03-10-99 Don't Use Statistics in Redistricting - Resolution Raises Issue with Use of Census Bureau's Random Sampling Data, 03-09-99 = Jerry Ward, 13 K Survey Shows Northeast Anchorage/Ft. Richardson/Eagle River Residents Support Cutting Budget, Using "Excess Earnings" of the Permanent Fund, 03-10-99 Kohring Unveils Plan to Eliminate Rural Electric Subsidy - Proposal Would Develop Infrastructure to Create Self-Sufficiency, 03-10-99 = Vic Kohring, 77 K Supplemental Budget Lowers Total FY 99 Spending - $1.5 Million Saved; CBR Cap Raised by $200 Million, 03-09-99 = Eldon Mulder, 69 K Fisheries Committee Schedules Subsistence Hearing - Panel to Investigate Implications of Federal Takeover, 03-09-99 Don't Use Statistics in Redistricting - Resolution Raises Issue with Use of Census Bureau's Random Sampling Data, 03-09-99 = Jerry Ward, 13 K Senator Wilken Seeks to Fix Retirement Inequity for Non-Certified School Employees, 03-09-99 Senate Majority Reduces Funding Request, 03-08-99 = Sean Parnell, 18 K Republican-led Legislature Funds Catastrophic Illness Assistance Program, 03-08-99 House Approves Joint Armed Services Committee - Permanent Committee to Monitor Alaska-related Military Topics, 03-08-99 = Lisa Murkowski, 81 K Morgan Opposes Failure to Open Highways - Calls for Alternatives - Finance Committee Restores Funds for Opening of Highways, 03-08-99 Resolution Proposes Increased Accountability from Judiciary, 03-05-99 = Loren Leman, 78 K = Dave Donley, 152 K House Asks Uncle Sam to Keep Hands Off Tobacco Settlement - Alaska Could Lose $400 Million if White House Has Its Way, 03-05-99 = John Harris, 93 K House Restores Municipal Funding - Amendments Made to Commercial Vehicle Registration Laws, 03-05-99 Committee Calls for Hearing on Seasonal Highways, 03-05-99 House Reauthorizes Alaska Railroad Right-of-Way - No "Lack of Interest" in U.S.-Asian Rail Link Through Alaska, 03-05-99 = Jeannette James, 31 K Bill to Eliminate Daylight Savings Time on the Move - Passes out of World Trade & State/Federal Relations Committee, 03-05-99 = Vic Kohring, 82 K Bill Introduced to "Clean Up" Medical Marijuana Statute, 03-04-99 = Loren Leman, 59 K Senate Declares March As Sobriety Awareness Month, 03-04-99 = Jerry Ward, 48 K Senator Mackie Supports Lawsuit to Protect Fishing Rights in Glacier Bay, 03-04-99 = Jerry Mackie, 68 K Legislature Passes Stream Protection Measure - Senate Bill 12 Awaits Governor's Signature, 03-03-99 = Jerry Mackie, 51 K Legislators Return from Successful Energy Council Meeting, 03-03-99