HCS SB 172(FIN): "An Act relating to election pamphlets and to the presentation of initiatives and referenda on the ballot; and providing for an effective date."
00 HOUSE CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 172(FIN) 01 "An Act relating to election pamphlets and to the presentation of initiatives and 02 referenda on the ballot; and providing for an effective date." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 15.15.040(b) is amended to read: 05 (b) The director shall prepare and issue or make available with each sample 06 ballot for a special election the statement provided for in AS 24.08.037 of the scope of 07 each project included in a proposed general obligation bond issue creating a state debt 08 for capital improvements that is submitted to the electorate for ratification under 09 AS 15.15.030(11). The statement of scope for each project shall be the same statement 10 included in the authorization bill. When a ballot proposition is submitted to the voters 11 at a primary or a special election, a statement the same as that provided for in the 12 election pamphlet under AS 15.58.020(a)(6) [AS 15.58.020(6)] shall be made 13 available with each sample ballot. 14 * Sec. 2. AS 15.45.180(a) is amended to read:
01 (a) If the petition is properly filed, the lieutenant governor, with the assistance 02 of the attorney general, shall prepare a ballot title and proposition. The ballot title 03 shall, in not more than 25 [SIX] words, indicate the general subject of the proposition. 04 The proposition shall, in not more than 50 [100] words for each section, give a true 05 and impartial summary of the proposed law. In this subsection, "section" means a 06 provision of the proposed law that is distinct from other provisions in purpose or 07 subject matter. 08 * Sec. 3. AS 15.45.410(a) is amended to read: 09 (a) The lieutenant governor, with the assistance of the attorney general, shall 10 prepare a ballot title and proposition upon determining that the petition is properly 11 filed. The ballot title shall, in not more than 25 [SIX] words, indicate the general 12 subject area of the act. The proposition shall, in not more than 50 [100] words for 13 each section, give a true and impartial summary of the act being referred. In this 14 subsection, "section" means each section of the Alaska statutes created, 15 amended, or repealed in the Act, and each section of the Act that does not create 16 or amend codified law. 17 * Sec. 4. AS 15.58.010 is amended to read: 18 Sec. 15.58.010. Election pamphlet. Before each state general election, and 19 before each state primary election at which a ballot proposition is scheduled to 20 appear on the ballot, the lieutenant governor shall prepare, publish, and mail at least 21 one election pamphlet to each household identified from the official registration list. 22 The pamphlet shall be prepared on a regional basis as determined by the lieutenant 23 governor. 24 * Sec. 5. AS 15.58.020 is amended to read: 25 Sec. 15.58.020. Contents of pamphlet. Each general election pamphlet must 26 contain 27 (1) photographs and campaign statements submitted by eligible 28 candidates for elective office in the region; 29 (2) information and recommendations filed under AS 15.58.050 on 30 judicial officers subject to a retention election in the region; 31 (3) a map of the house district or districts of the region;
01 (4) sample ballots for house districts of the region; 02 (5) an absentee ballot application; 03 (6) for each ballot proposition submitted to the voters by initiative or 04 referendum petition or by the legislature, 05 (A) the full text of the proposition specifying constitutional or 06 statutory provisions proposed to be affected; 07 (B) the ballot title and the summary of the proposition prepared 08 by the director or by the lieutenant governor; 09 (C) a statement of the costs to the state of implementing the law 10 proposed in an initiative, or of voter approval or rejection of the act that is the 11 subject of a referendum; 12 (D) a neutral summary of the proposition prepared by the 13 Legislative Affairs Agency; 14 (E) statements submitted that advocate voter approval or 15 rejection of the proposition not to exceed 500 words; 16 (7) for each bond question, a statement of the scope of each project as 17 it appears in the bond authorization; 18 (8) a maximum of two pages of material submitted by each political 19 party; 20 (9) additional information on voting procedures that the lieutenant 21 governor considers necessary; 22 (10) for the question whether a constitutional convention shall be 23 called, 24 (A) a full statement of the question placed on the ballot; 25 (B) statements not to exceed 500 words that advocate voter 26 approval or rejection of the question; 27 (11) under AS 37.13.170, the Alaska permanent fund annual income 28 statement and balance sheet for the two fiscal years preceding the publication of the 29 election pamphlet; 30 (12) under AS 15.10.090, notice of 31 (A) the establishment or abolition of a precinct;
01 (B) the designation, abolition, or modification of precinct 02 boundaries; and 03 (C) a change in the location of a polling place. 04 * Sec. 6. AS 15.58.020 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 05 (b) Each primary election pamphlet shall contain the information specified in 06 (a)(6) and (a)(9) of this section for each ballot measure scheduled to appear on the 07 primary election ballot. 08 * Sec. 7. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).