00SENATE BILL NO. 8                                                                                                     
01 "An Act relating to the number of toilets in women's restrooms in certain                                               
02 facilities."                                                                                                            
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  AS 18.35.120 is amended to read:                                                                     
05  Sec. 18.35.120.  Enforcement of AS 18.35.100.  The department shall adopt                                           
06 regulations to implement and enforce AS 18.35.100 by appropriate means.  The                                            
07 regulations must set standards of sanitation and must provide for, but need not be                                      
08 limited to, periodic inspections.  However,  except as required by AS 18.35.240,  the                                 
09 regulations may not require a restaurant or tavern to have more than one toilet                                         
10 accommodation.                                                                                                          
11    * Sec. 2.  AS 18.35 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                    
12  Sec. 18.35.240.  Required number of toilets in women's restrooms.   (a)                                             
13 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the owner of a facility designed and                                        
14 constructed on or after the effective date of this section in which events are held that                                

01 are open to members of the public and that has a capacity of more than 100 persons                                      
02 shall make available in the facility to the women attending an event at least one and                                   
03 one-half times the number of toilets that are available in the facility to the men                                      
04 attending the event.                                                                                                    
05  (b)  A person who knowingly violates (a) of this section is guilty of a class C                                       
06 misdemeanor.                                                                                                            
07  (c)  The Department of Environmental Conservation may adopt regulations to                                            
08 implement and enforce this section.                                                                                     
09  (d)  In this section,                                                                                                 
10   (1)  "facility" means a private, governmental, or other structure,                                                   
11 including a performing arts theater, an arena, and a convention center, but does not                                    
12 include a structure controlled by a judicial branch of government;                                                      
13   (2)  "owner" means, with respect to a facility owned by the state or the                                             
14 federal government, the state or federal agency that operates the facility;                                             
15   (3)  "person" includes a government or a governmental instrumentality.