00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 319                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to firearms."                                                                                          
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 18.65.725 is amended by adding new subsections to read:                                            
04            (e)  The department shall provide a permittee with notice of expiration by first                             
05       class mail at least 90 days before expiration of the permit.                                                      
06            (f)  Notwithstanding AS 18.65.705(3), a permittee does not become ineligible                                 
07       to hold a permit, and need not return or surrender a permit, when ceasing to be a                                 
08       resident of the state, and the department may not require a permittee to return or                                
09       surrender a permit because a permittee ceases to be a resident of the state. However, a                           
10       permittee may not renew a permit if the permittee is not a resident of the state at the                           
11       time of renewal.                                                                                                  
12    * Sec. 2. AS 18.65.760(a) is amended to read:                                                                      
13            (a)  The holder of a permit issued under AS 18.65.700 - 18.65.790 may not                                    
14                 (1)  alter the permit;                                                                                  
15                 (2)  allow another person to use the permit;                                                            

01                 (3)  possess or display a suspended or revoked permit; or                                               
02                 (4)  represent or display an expired permit as if the permit were                               
03       valid, unless the holder has submitted a complete, timely renewal form under                                  
04       AS 18.65.725 and the renewal process has been delayed due to circumstances not                                    
05       under the control of the applicant; this paragraph does not require a holder to                               
06       return or surrender a permit upon its expiration, nor may the department                                      
07       require a holder to return or surrender a permit upon its expiration.                                         
08    * Sec. 3. AS 18.65 is amended by adding a new section to article 11 to read:                                       
09            Sec. 18.65.810. Execution of federal firearms forms. (a) The chief                                         
10       administrative officer of a municipal police department for a person who resides in the                           
11       municipality and the head of the Alaska state troopers for a person who resides in the                            
12       state but does not reside in a municipality with a police department shall execute                                
13       within 30 days federal firearms forms required to be submitted by the person as a                                 
14       transferee of a firearm if the person is qualified under state law to possess the firearm.                        
15            (b)  In this section, "chief administrative officer" has the meaning given in                                
16       AS 18.65.290.