Press Release Archive for April 2000 - Official News and Information from Alaska's State Legislature and the Legislative Majority

		Alaska State Legislature 2000 Press Release Archive JAN · FEB · MAR · MAY · JUN - DEC
		April House Passes Oil Spill Financial Responsibility Bill., 04-29-00 Legislature Updates Workers' Compensation Laws, 04-26-00 Legislature Updates Qualifications for AOGCC, 04-26-00 Legislature Expands CFAB Lending Authority - Bill Seeks to Decrease Risk by Expanding Bank's Customer Base, 04-26-00 Legislature Increases Insurance Consumer Protection., 04-25-00 = Dave Donley, 82 K Legislature Promotes Restorative Justice - Measure Builds Upon Effectiveness of Traditional Justice Goals., 04-25-00 Legislature Improves Vocational Education in Alaska., 04-25-00 = John Torgerson, 45 K Legislature Approves Rural School Plan - Pilot Program Aims for Efficiency in Construction Projects, 04-25-00 Legislature Approves Patients Bill of Rights, 04-25-00 Legislature Requires the Attorney General to Defend the Constitution, 04-24-00 = Robin Taylor, 78 K Legislature Increases Funding for Assisted Living Homes, 04-24-00 Legislature Passes Retirement and Benefits Clean-up Legislation - Bill Addresses Technical Issues; No Changes in Benefits or Employer Costs, 04-24-00 Legislature Establishes Alaska Salmon Price Report, 04-24-00 Legislature Extends Board of Storage Tank Assistance., 04-24-00 Legislature Places Current Partnership Practice into Statute., 04-24-00 Legislature Improves and Clarifies Insurance Guaranty Association Law., 04-24-00 Legislature Settles Ownership of Whittier Dock and Land., 04-24-00 University Land Bill Becomes Law - Legislature Overrides Governor's Veto, 04-21-00 = Robin Taylor, 80 K Predator Control Bill Becomes Law - Legislature Overrides Governor's Veto, 04-21-00 = Pete Kelly, 112 K Taylor's Bill Passes as This Year's Computer Crime Legislation, 04-21-00 = Robin Taylor, 36 K Legislature Improves Concealed Carry Permits, 04-21-00 = Robin Taylor, 61 K Legislature Approves Boating Safety Program., 04-21-00 Bill Requires School Districts to Involve Parents - Maintenance of Safe Classrooms to be Community Effort., 04-21-00 House Passes Tobacco Bonds - Bill Utilizes "Window of Opportunity" for Tobacco Settlement Funds., 04-21-00 Legislature Protects Insurance Policyholders - Bill Updates Alaska Insurance Guaranty Association Act., 04-21-00 Legislature Approves New Agriculture Board., 04-21-00 Oil Spill Response Bill Sponsor Offers Compromise, 04-20-00 House Passes Proposed Solution to Spill Controversy - Resolution Provides Analysis of Impacts on Businesses and Consumers., 04-20-00 Legislature Continues Support for Seniors., 04-20-00 Legislature Modifies Chitina Dip Net Fishing Permit, 04-20-00 Legislature Passes Land Exchange Bill for Rail, Highway Improvements - Realignment of Railroad Track & Seward Highway Aims to Improve Safety, Efficiency, 04-20-00 = Loren Leman, 78 K Senate Passes G.O. Bond Packages: Dual Bills Address Schools, the University and Roads, Ports & Harbors; Two Separate Bills Appropriating Revenues to Fund Bond Redemption Sub Account Await Vote, 04-20-00 = John Torgerson, 46 K = John Torgerson, 48 K Legislature Encourages Affordable Low-Income Housing., 04-20-00 Alaskans to Decide Who Will Manage Alaska's Wildlife - Constitutional Amendment Calls for Scientific Principles, Sound Techniques., 04-20-00 Legislature Outlines Consumer Rights to Dental Care, 04-20-00 Legislature Clarifies Service Area Statutes - Legislation Settles Debate Over Who Is Entitled to Vote, 04-20-00 Legislature Updates Election Law - Bill Brings System into Line with New Technology, 04-20-00. Legislature Tightens CINA Hearings Laws - Courts to Instruct Parents/Guardians of Right to Request a Continuance., 04-20-00 Legislature Facilitates Tourism Marketing Decisions, 04-19-00 Legislature Approves Tax Credit for Firefighting Contributions, 04-19-00 Legislature Passes Domestic Violence Legislation - Bills Provides Tougher Penalties When Children are Present, 04-19-00 Legislature Moves to Fight Tobacco Addiction, 04-19-00 Legislators Offer Solution to Capitol Deadlock - Resolution Provides Analysis of Impacts on Businesses and Consumers, 04-19-00 Legislature Supports Mandatory 99 Year Sentence for Murders Committed During Robberies , 04-19-00 Legislature Makes Alaska Trusts More Competitive, 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 Senate Allows Physicians to Engage in Collective Negotiations, 04-19-00 Legislature Tells Courts to Consider Victim's Safety - Judiciary Must Take Steps to Protect Sexual Assault Victims., 04-18-00 Legislature Helps Agencies Meet Goals - Program Receipts Make Budget Process More Flexible, 04-18-00 Legislature Requires Licensing of Speech-Language Pathologists - Bill Protects Against Fraud/Helps Insurance Reimbursement, 04-18-00 Legislature Adopts Revisions to Secured Transaction Laws - First Revision to UCC Article 9 in 28 Years, 04-18-00 Legislature Corrects Inequities In Teacher Retirement System, 04-18-00 Legislature Clarifies Artifacts Rules - Bill Gives Museums Guidelines for Dealing With Loaned Property, 04-18-00 Legislature Moves to Keep Drugs Away from Minors - Bill Punishes Drug Use in the Presence of Children, 04-18-00 Legislature Opposes Critical Habitat Designations - Interior Department Policy Reversal Based on Lawsuit and Not Science, 04-18-00 Senate Approves Resolution Urging Clarification of Federal Law to Protect Urban Alaskan Natives' Subsistence Rights, 04-18-00 = Jerry Ward, 104 K Legislature Allows Temporary Employees to Receive Credit Toward Retirement, 04-18-00 Legislature Approves Agreement for Southeast Ferry Service, 04-18-00 Industry Groups Poised to Kill Oil Spill Response Bill, 04-17-00 House Outlines Consumer Rights to Dental Care, 04-17-00 = Con Bunde, 41 K = Con Bunde, 103 K Legislature Requires CSED to Pay Overpayment Interest - Bill Seen as Incentive for Care and Prompt Return of Overpayments, 04-17-00 Legislature Clarifies Uniform Probate Code - Bill Minimizes Tax Consequences, Simplifies Probate Procedure, 04-17-00 Legislature Extends Regional Economic Assistance Program, 04-17-00 Legislature Addresses Natural Gas Regulation Issues, 04-17-00 Legislature Helps Elk Farmers - Transfers Oversight from ADF&G to Division of Agriculture, 04-17-00 Legislature Helps Employees Regain Lost Wages, 04-17-00 House Approves Patients Bill of Rights, 04-17-00 = Norman Rokeberg, 126 K = Norman Rokeberg, 101 K Legislature Raises Awareness of Avalanche Danger, 04-17-00 Legislature Refines Social Worker Licensing Rules - Measure Provides for Temporary Licensing to Ease Shortages, 04-16-00 Legislature Brings Efficiency to Permit Process - Bill Brings Predictability/Accountability to Fees for Resources Permits, 04-16-00 Senate Seeks Majority Vote for Statewide Offices., 04-16-00 Legislature Streamlines Mining Claims Process, 04-15-00. 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 House Updates Workers' Compensation Laws, 04-15-00 = Norman Rokeberg, 99 K = Norman Rokeberg, 56 K Legislature Passes Joint Resolution for Feasibility Study of the Merits of Connecting the Alaska and Canada Railroad Systems, 04-15-00 Senate Improves Food Service Permitting Program, 04-15-00 Legislature Votes to Extend Corporations' Reinstatement Date, 04-15-00 Legislature Encourages Turn-in of Found Property - Measure Provides Clear Guidance to Departments on Procedures., 04-15-00 Taylor's Bill Passes as This Year's Computer Crime Legislation, 04-14-00 = Robin Taylor, 68 K Legislature Reinstates Longevity Bonus for Veterans - Nursing Home Vets to Regain Eligibility, 04-14-00 = Loren Leman, 58 K Senate Calls for Prostate Screening Insurance Coverage - Reduces Required Age for Screening Coverage for High Risk Groups, 04-14-00 Senate Votes Parity for LLC's and LLP's - Authorizes Limited Liability Organizations as Business Entities, 04-14-00 Senate Approves Land Exchanges for Railroad and Highway Improvements - Bill Includes Track Realignment between Anchorage and Wasilla, 04-13-00 = Loren Leman, 103 K Senate Broadens Prohibition on Giving False Information to Police - Legislation Gives Additional Tool to Law Enforcement and Prosecutors, 04-13-00 = Loren Leman, 91 K = Loren Leman, 69 K Senate Votes Overwhelmingly for Diabetes Coverage - Measure Designed to Provide Better Health and Lower Health Costs, 04-13-00 Senate Approves Help for Citizen-Soldiers - Bill Mandates Free Space-Available Transportation on Railroad/Ferries, 04-13-00 Senate Extends Moratoria for Hair Crab and Scallop Fisheries - Extensions Necessary in Lieu of Viable Limited Entry Program, 04-13-00 House Passes Annual Revisor's Bill, 04-13-00 Missions and Measures Bill Provides Accountability in State Spending, 04-12-00 = John Torgerson, 37 K = Sean Parnell, 41 K Senate Supports Vocational Education in Alaska, 04-12-00 = John Torgerson, 37 K House Votes to Protect the Permanent Fund - Measure Makes One-Time $250 Million Deposit to Fund Principal, 04-12-00 = Ramona Barnes, 157 K = Ramona Barnes, 130 K Senate Modifies Chitina Dip Net Fishing Permit, 04-12-00 Senate Bill Provides Cost Effective Electricity, 04-12-00 Four Dam Pool Projects to be Sold - Communities to Own Their Own Hydro Projects, 04-12-00 Senate Increases Funding for Assisted Living Homes, 04-12-00 Senate Supports Red Tape Reduction at Canadian Border - Measure Urges Exemption from Formal Documentation Requirements, 04-12-00 House Protects Alaskan Way of Life - Bill Declares Fishing, Hunting, Trapping to be Protected Uses of Resources, 04-11-00 = Beverly Masek, 152 K House Promotes Restorative Justice - Bill Cites Effectiveness of Traditional Justice Goals, 04-11-00 House Bill Would Help Agencies Meet Goals - Program Receipts Set-offs Make Budget Process More Flexible, 04-11-00 = Norman Rokeberg, 111 K = Norman Rokeberg, 154 K Legislature Widens Optometrists' Prescription Options, 04-11-00 House Bill Settles Ownership of Whittier Dock and Land - Measure Implements Terms of Memorandum of Understanding, 04-11-00 = John Harris, 146 K Senator Sean Parnell Leaving Legislature - Proud of Budget Work, Domestic Violence Laws, 04-10-00 Legislature Passes Bill to Facilitate Development of State Lands, 04-10-00 = Pete Kelly, 80 K = Pete Kelly, 157 K Senate Raises Awareness of Avalanche Danger, 04-10-00 Senate Improves Concealed Carry Permits, 04-10-00 Senate Changes Certificate of Need Program - Bill Permits Relocation of a Health Care Facility Within a Community, 04-10-00 House Directs LB&A to Study Revenue Issues - Effects of Current and Potential Policies a Tool for Long-Range Goals, 04-10-00 = Gail Phillips, 94 K House Adopts Fish and Game "Clean-Up" Bill, 04-10-00 House Comes to Aid of Policyholders - Bill Improves, Clarifies Insurance Guaranty Association Law, 04-10-00 House Takes Next Step Toward North Slope Gas Development - Bill Addresses Natural Gas Regulation Issues, 04-10-00 = Beverly Masek, 220 K House Expands CFAB Lending Authority - Bill Seeks to Decrease Risk by Expanding Bank's Customer Base, 04-10-00 = Eldon Mulder, 231 K House Adds Correctional Officers to PERS - Bill Seen as Incentive for Employees to Stay on the Job, 04-10-00 = Gary Davis, 133 K Rehired Retired Teachers Could Retain Benefits - Bill an Incentive to Retired Teachers to Return to Work = Andrew Halcro, 212 K House Opposes Critical Habitat Designations - Interior Department Policy Reversal Based on Lawsuit - Not Science, 04-10-00 = Gail Phillips, 174 K Speaker Appoints House Members to Conference Committee on Operating Budget, 04-07-00 House Extends Alaska Regional Economic Assistance Program, 04-07-00 = Alan Austerman, 53 K = Gene Therriault, 52 K = Eldon Mulder, 75 K House Extends Board of Storage Tank Assistance, 04-07-00 Senate Approves Agreement for Southeast Ferry Service, 04-07-00 Senate Allows Year-Round Students to Receive Education Loans, 04-06-00 State Legislature Supports Opening ANWR, 04-06-00 Legislature Passes Charitable Trust Bill - Could be a big boost for Charities, 04-06-00 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 Legislature Protests National Forest Lockup - Inclusion of Tongass & Chugach in Clinton/Gore Plan Objectionable, 04-06-00 Senate Funds Priorities: Children, Education, Public Safety, Roads, 04-05-00 = John Torgerson, 15 K = Sean Parnell, 20 K Senate Seeks to Improve Vocational Education in Alaska, 04-05-00 = John Torgerson, 12 K Bill Requiring the Attorney General to Defend the Constitution Passes the Senate, 04-05-00 = Robin Taylor, 20 K Bill Renaming Anchorage International Airport To Honor Senator Ted Stevens Passes the House, 04-05-00 = Tim Kelly, 27 K House Raises Homestead Exemption - Bill Increases Amount of Equity Free of Creditor's Claim, 04-05-00 = John Harris, 90 K = John Harris, 62 K Bill Tightens CINA Hearings Laws - Courts to Instruct Parents/Guardians of Right to Request a Continuance, 04-05-00 = Jim Whitaker, 67 K Bill Renaming Anchorage International Airport To Honor Senator Ted Stevens Passes the Senate, 04-04-00 = Tim Kelly, 27 K Bill Extends Bankruptcy Protection to Communities - Measure In Line with Federal Changes to Bankruptcy Code, 04-04-00 = Andrew Halcro, 154 K House Supports Predator Control in Intensive Game Management Areas, 04-04-00 House Extends Corporations' Reinstatement Date - Measure Provides Opportunity for Native Corporation Viability, 04-04-00 Bill Requires School Districts to Involve Parents - Maintenance of Safe Classrooms to be Community Effort, 04-03-00 = Fred Dyson, 226 K = Fred Dyson, 119 K House Brings Efficiency to Permit Process - Bill Brings Predictability/Accountability to Fees for Resources Permits, 04-03-00. = Gene Therriault, 184 K Senate Votes Consumer and Investor Protection - Viatical Settlements to Come Under State Law, 04-03-00 Alaska Public Building Fund Revisions Clear House - House Concurs with Senate Changes to Measure, 04-03-00 \| Top \|