Alaska Conservation Voters

Conservation Watch

Alaska Conservation Voters
works to protect Alaska's environment through public education and advocacy, and supports pro-conservation candidates for public office.

Conservation Watch
(CW) is a weekly publication of ACV highlighting conservation issues in the AK Legislature.

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Sue Ely
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David Rogers
ACV Lobbyist

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In This Issue -

Special Session Alert Take Action

Contact your legislators on the oil tax legislation

Legislators are hard at work in Juneau, hammering out the details of Governor Palin’s newest proposal to make the oil and gas tax structure in Alaska more equitable for all Alaskans in a special session that started on October 18th.  The legislation being examined is called Alaska’s Clear and Equitable Share, or ACES.  It was introduced by Governor Palin to address both the unexpected $800 million shortfall from the current Petroleum Production Tax (PPT) and the cloud of suspicion surrounding the current PPT and combines both gross and net tax systems.  Key features of ACES, as proposed by the Governor, include increasing the net tax on North Slope production to 25%, more stringent audits and better information sharing by producers to state officials.  

Referred to the Resources, Judiciary and Finance Committees in the Senate, a version of ACES has been passed out of both the Resources and Judiciary Committees and is currently being heard in the Senate Finance Committee.  In the House, ACES received referrals to Oil & Gas, Resources and Finance Committees and a version of ACES is currently being heard in the House Finance Committee.

Take Action

Call in with Testimony:
Tonight, beginning at 5:30, the House and Senate Finance Committees will host a joint public testimony hearing in the House Finance room. To participate in this public hearing, call 888-295-4546. In Juneau call 463-5073.

This may be the last opportunity for public testimony during the special session on oil tax reform.

Mail/Email:
Stand up for our constitutional right for Alaska’s fair share from natural resource development (Alaska State Constitution, Article 8 ).  Don't let the oil industry speak for Alaskans...your Legislators need to hear from YOU during this special session on oil taxes. 

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