00                             HOUSE BILL NO. 136                                                                          
01 "An Act limiting the release of certain information concerning certain public employees                                 
02 or officials."                                                                                                          
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 40.25 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                  
05            Sec. 40.25.160. Limitation on disclosure of information in certain public                                  
06       records. (a) A public agency may not release the portions of a public record that                               
07       include the home address or telephone number of a person who is eligible for                                      
08       confidentiality under (b) of this section and has applied for confidentiality as provided                         
09       in (c) of this section. If a public record, such as an assessor's database, is compiled or                        
10       annotated by physical address or other identifying characteristic, then the name of a                             
11       person who is eligible for confidentiality under (b) of this section and has applied for                          
12       confidentiality as provided in (c) of this section, may not be disclosed.                                         
13            (b)  The following persons may request that personal information contained in                                
14       the records of a public agency be kept confidential:                                                              
01                 (1)  a justice or judge;                                                                                
02                 (2)  a peace officer;                                                                                   
03                 (3)  an employee of the Department of Corrections or a municipal jail                                   
04       employee;                                                                                                         
05                 (4)  an elected public official;                                                                        
06                 (5)  a municipal or state prosecuting attorney;                                                         
07                 (6)  The spouse or minor child of a person described (1) - (5) of this                                  
08       subsection.                                                                                                       
09            (c)  The Department of Administration, in consultation with other departments                                
10       and after notice to municipalities, shall develop a form that a person may use to apply                           
11       for confidentiality under this section.