00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 275                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the use of broadcasting to promote charitable gaming activities."                                   
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 05.15.640(a) is amended to read:                                                                  
04            (a)  A person may not use broadcasting to promote or conduct a charitable                                    
05       gaming activity under this chapter except that a person may use (1) broadcasting to                           
06       promote a fish derby or a type of classic [OR SWEEPSTAKES] defined in                                             
07       AS 05.15.690, or (2) radio or television broadcasting to promote a raffle and                                 
08       lottery.  In this subsection, "broadcasting" includes television and radio transmission                       
09       by 2,500 megahertz, microwave video and audio programming, slow-scan television                                   
10       programming, and programming via satellite, cable, teletype, or facsimile transmission                            
11       and distribution methods.