00Enrolled HB 379                                                                                                         
01 Relating to educational requirements for licensure as a certified public accountant.                                    
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03    * Section 1. AS 08.04.120(b) is amended to read:                                                                   
04            (b)  Notwithstanding (a) of this section, the board may grant a license to an                                
05       applicant who has                                                                                                 
06                 (1)  not completed the 150-hour educational program required by (a) of                              
07       this section if the applicant has received a baccalaureate degree, or its equivalent,                             
08       before January 1, 2001, from a college or university acceptable to the board, and if the                          
09       applicant satisfies the other criteria established by the board by regulation for                                 
10       receiving the license; or                                                                                     
11                 (2)  completed a baccalaureate degree, or its equivalent, before                                    
12       January 1, 2008, from a college or university acceptable to the board, and                                    
13       additional semester hours of postbaccalaureate study so that the total educational                            

01       program includes at least 150 hours, and the applicant has three years of                                     
02       accounting experience satisfactory to the board.