00HOUSE BILL NO. 4                                                                                                        
01 "An Act relating to absences from the state for purposes of determining residency                                       
02 under the permanent fund dividend program; and providing for an effective                                               
03 date."                                                                                                                  
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1.  AS 43.23.095(8) is amended to read:                                                                    
06   (8)  "state resident" means an individual who is physically present in the                                           
07 state with the intent to remain permanently in the state under the requirements of                                      
08 AS 01.10.055 or, if the individual is not physically present in the state, intends to                                   
09 return to the state and remain permanently in the state under the requirements of                                       
10 AS 01.10.055, and is absent only for any of the following reasons:                                                      
11   (A)  vocational, professional, or other specific education for                                                      
12 which a comparable program was not reasonably available in the state;                                                   
13   (B)  secondary or postsecondary education;                                                                          
14   (C)  military service;                                                                                              

01   (D)  medical treatment;                                                                                             
02   (E)  service in Congress;                                                                                           
03   (F)  other reasons that [WHICH] the commissioner may                                                              
04 establish by regulation; [OR]                                                                                           
05   (G)  service in the Peace Corps;                                                                                    
06   (H)  to accompany as the spouse, minor dependent, or                                                               
07 disabled dependent another resident who is absent for a reason permitted                                                
08 under this paragraph;                                                                                                  
09    * Sec. 2.  APPLICATION PERIODS.  Notwithstanding permanent fund dividend                                             
10 application procedures or deadlines established by law or regulation, an individual or the                              
11 parent, guardian, or authorized representative of a minor who qualified for the 1994 or 1995                            
12 dividend because of the amendment to AS 43.23.095(8), made in sec. 1 of this Act, may apply                             
13 or reapply for the dividend by September 1, 1995.  The Department of Revenue shall prepare                              
14 a form for applications or reapplications under this section.                                                           
15    * Sec. 3.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).                                                  
16    * Sec. 4.  This Act is retroactive to January 1, 1994.