00SENATE BILL NO. 186                                                                                                     
01 "An Act relating to state agency publications."                                                                         
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 44.99.200 is repealed and reenacted to read:                                                        
04  Sec. 44.99.200.  PRODUCTION OF PUBLICATIONS.  The publications of a                                                   
05 state agency shall be produced at a facility located in the state when practicable.  The                                
06 Department of Administration shall establish standards for the production of                                            
07 publications by state agencies, except that the Board of Regents of the University of                                   
08 Alaska shall establish the standards for the university.  The standards shall be designed                               
09 to promote simplicity, low cost, and consistency.  The standards shall also be designed                                 
10 to promote the maximum use of private sector printing facilities located in the state                                   
11 when the use of private sector printing facilities is the least expensive alternative.                                  
12    * Sec. 2.  AS 44.99.210 is amended to read:                                                                          
13  Sec. 44.99.210.  DISCLOSURES ON PUBLICATION.  If [A PUBLICATION                                                       
14 OF A STATE AGENCY IS EXEMPTED UNDER AS 44.99.200(a) FROM BEING                                                          

01 PRODUCED AT A STATE-OPERATED FACILITY AND IF] the actual annual costs                                                   
02 for a [THE] publication of a state agency that are paid from the general fund exceed                                
03 $1,500, the publication must include a statement that gives the name of the agency                                      
04 releasing the publication, the purpose of the publication, the cost for each copy of the                                
05 publication, and the city and state where the printing was done.  The statement must                                    
06 read:  "This publication was released by . . . (name of state agency) . . ., produced at                                
07 a cost of $ . . . . . per copy to . . . (statement of purpose) . . ., and printed in . . . . .                          
08 . (city and state where printed)."  If the publication is required by law, the statement                                
09 must also include:  "This publication is required by . . . (appropriate citation to Alaska                              
10 law)."  The statement may include, if applicable, a declaration of the revenue raised                                   
11 by the sale of the publication or from the purchase of advertising in the publication.                                  
12 The statement shall be printed in one conspicuous place in the body of the publication                                  
13 in a type size that is not smaller than eight points and shall be placed in a box                                       
14 composed of at least one point rule.  In this section, "cost for each copy" means the                                   
15 figure that results after dividing the total contract cost of producing the publication by                              
16 the number of copies produced.  This section does not apply to a publication that is                                    
17 intended primarily for foreign or other out-of-state use.                                                               
18    * Sec. 3.  AS 44.99.230 is repealed.