00HOUSE BILL NO. 368                                                                                                      
01 "An Act relating to reapplication for the 1993 permanent fund dividend when the                                         
02 United States Postal Service documents the loss of mail during the 1993                                                 
03 application period; and providing for an effective date."                                                               
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1.  REAPPLICATION FOR 1993 PERMANENT FUND DIVIDEND.  (a)                                                   
06 Notwithstanding AS 43.23.011, 43.23.055(2), and sec. 19(b), ch. 4, SLA 1992, an individual                              
07 who completed and mailed an application for the 1993 dividend during the application period                             
08 for the 1993 dividend, but whose original application was not received by the Department of                             
09 Revenue due to a loss of mail during the 1993 application period that is documented by the                              
10 United States Postal Service, may reapply for the 1993 dividend during the period that begins                           
11 January 2, 1993, and ends September 1, 1994.                                                                            
12  (b)  The Department of Revenue shall prepare a form for reapplications under this                                      
13 section.  A reapplication must include                                                                                  
14   (1)  a notarized affidavit in which the individual or the individual's sponsor                                        

01 states, under penalty of unsworn falsification, that the application was mailed in the postal area                      
02 during the time mail from that area was lost as documented by the United States Postal                                  
03 Service;                                                                                                                
04   (2)  a statement under penalty of unsworn falsification by another individual                                         
05 that the individual                                                                                                     
06   (A)  witnessed the mailing of the original application; or                                                           
07   (B)  signed the residency verification of the original application before                                            
08 the 1993 application deadline; and                                                                                      
09   (3)  an official statement from the United States Postal Service documenting                                          
10 the loss of mail that was entered into the mail stream during the 1993 permanent fund                                   
11 dividend application period.                                                                                            
12    * Sec. 2.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(e).