00                            SENATE BILL NO. 172                                                                         
01 "An Act relating to the presentation of initiatives and referenda on the ballot."                                       
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 15.45.180(a) is amended to read:                                                                  
04            (a)  If the petition is properly filed, the lieutenant governor, with the assistance                         
05       of the attorney general, shall prepare a ballot title and proposition.  The ballot title                          
06       shall, in not more than 25 [SIX] words, indicate the general subject of the proposition.                      
07       The proposition shall, in not more than 100 words, give a true and impartial summary                              
08       of the proposed law.                                                                                              
09    * Sec. 2.  AS 15.45.410(a) is amended to read:                                                                     
10            (a)  The lieutenant governor, with the assistance of the attorney general, shall                             
11       prepare a ballot title and proposition upon determining that the petition is properly                             
12       filed.  The ballot title shall, in not more than 25 [SIX] words, indicate the general                         
13       subject area of the act.  The proposition shall, in not more than 100 words, give a true                          
14       and impartial summary of the act being referred.