00                            SENATE BILL NO. 59                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the use of broadcasting to promote charitable raffles and lotteries."                               
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 05.15.640(a) is amended to read:                                                                  
04            (a)  A person may not use broadcasting to promote or conduct a charitable                                    
05       gaming activity under this chapter except that a person may use (1) broadcasting to                           
06       promote a fish derby or a type of classic [OR SWEEPSTAKES] defined in                                             
07       AS 05.15.690, or (2) radio or television broadcasting to promote a charitable                                 
08       raffle and lottery. In this subsection, "broadcasting" includes television and radio                          
09       transmission by 2,500 megahertz, microwave video and audio programming, slow-                                     
10       scan television programming, and programming by way of [VIA] satellite, cable,                                
11       teletype, or facsimile transmission and distribution methods; "raffle and lottery" has                        
12       the meaning given in AS 05.15.690.