00          CS FOR SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 177(STA)                                                         
01 "An Act relating to concealed handguns."                                                                                
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 18.65.748 is amended to read:                                                                     
04            Sec. 18.65.748.  Permit holders from other jurisdictions considered Alaska                                 
05       permit holders.  A person holding a valid permit to carry a concealed handgun from                              
06       another state or a political subdivision of another state is a permittee under                                    
07       AS 18.65.700(b) for purposes of AS 18.65.750 - 18.65.765 [IF THE PERSON HAS                                       
08       NOT HAD AN APPLICATION FOR A CONCEALED HANDGUN PERMIT                                                             
09       REJECTED IN THIS STATE BECAUSE THE PERSON WAS UNQUALIFIED                                                         
10       UNDER AS 18.65.705 OR HAD A CONCEALED HANDGUN PERMIT                                                              
11       REVOKED OR SUSPENDED BY THIS STATE].                                                                              
12    * Sec. 2.  AS 18.65.775 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             
13            (b)  The department shall enter into reciprocity agreements with other states                                
14       that have the legal authority to enter into such agreements so that permittees may carry                          
15       concealed handguns in those other states.