00                      CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 19(L&C)                                                                     
01 "An Act exempting the state and its political subdivisions from daylight saving time;                                   
02 and providing for an effective date."                                                                                   
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 44.12 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                  
05                         Article 5. Standard Time.                                                                     
06            Sec. 44.12.400. Exemption from daylight saving time. Under 15 U.S.C.                                       
07       260a, this state exempts itself and all of its political subdivisions from observation of                         
08       advanced time, also known as daylight saving time, between 2:00 a.m. on the second                                
09       Sunday in March and 2:00 a.m. on the first Sunday in November in each calendar                                    
10       year, and the entire state and all of its political subdivisions shall observe the standard                       
11       time that is otherwise applicable during that time period.                                                        
12    * Sec. 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2011.