00                       CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 136(STA)                                                                    
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 police officer;                                                                                  
02                 (2)  a correctional officer or a municipal correctional officer;                                        
03                 (3)  a parole officer.                                                                                  
04            (c)  The Department of Administration, in consultation with other departments                                
05       and after notice to municipalities, shall develop a form that a person may use to apply                           
06       for confidentiality under this section.                                                                           
07            (d)  In this section,                                                                                        
08                 (1)  "correctional officer" has the meaning given in AS 18.65.290;                                      
09                 (2)  "municipal correctional officer" has the meaning given in                                          
10       AS 18.65.290;                                                                                                     
11                 (3)  "parole officer" has the meaning given in AS 18.65.290;                                            
12                 (4)  "police officer" has the meaning given in AS 18.65.290;                                            
13                 (5)  "public agency" does not include the state recorder's office in the                                
14       Department of Natural Resources;                                                                                  
15                 (6)  "public record" does not include records maintained by the state                                   
16       recorder's office in the Department of Natural Resources.