00                  HOUSE CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 172(JUD)                                                                 
01 "An Act relating to the presentation of initiatives and referenda on the ballot; and                                    
02 providing for an effective date."                                                                                       
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 15.45.180(a) is amended to read:                                                                   
05            (a)  If the petition is properly filed, the lieutenant governor, with the assistance                         
06       of the attorney general, shall prepare a ballot title and proposition. The ballot title                           
07       shall, in not more than 25 [SIX] words, indicate the general subject of the proposition.                      
08       The proposition shall, in not more than 100 words for each section, give a true and                           
09       impartial summary of the proposed law. In this subsection, "section" means a                                  
10       provision of the proposed law that is distinct from other provisions in purpose or                            
11       subject matter.                                                                                               
12    * Sec. 2. AS 15.45.410(a) is amended to read:                                                                      
13            (a)  The lieutenant governor, with the assistance of the attorney general, shall                             
14       prepare a ballot title and proposition upon determining that the petition is properly                             

01       filed. The ballot title shall, in not more than 25 [SIX] words, indicate the general                          
02       subject area of the act. The proposition shall, in not more than 100 words for each                           
03       section, give a true and impartial summary of the act being referred. In this                             
04       subsection, "section" means each section of the Alaska statutes created,                                      
05       amended, or repealed in the Act, and each section of the Act that does not create                             
06       or amend codified law.                                                                                        
07    * Sec. 3. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).