Gas tax package still off the Senate floor as the special session nears its limit

The natural gas tax package at the center of Alaska's fourth special session would overhaul pipeline property taxes, limit municipal taxation, and create a volumetric tax system. The Alaska State Senate took no action on it Monday and will not return to the floor until 2 p.m. Friday, August 21.

The session opened July 27. The Alaska Constitution limits a special session to thirty days, so Friday's sitting falls in the session's final week. At a session the governor calls, legislation is limited to the subjects named in his proclamation.

Monday's sitting was a technical session. The secretary reported no messages from the Governor or House, no committee reports, and no bills introduced. Alaska News previously reported the Senate opened the special session on July 27 with a similarly inactive technical session.

This account is drawn from Monday's floor proceeding and contains no response from Senate leadership or the governor's office.