00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 335                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the regulation of firearms and knives by the University of Alaska."                                 
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section                          
04 to read:                                                                                                                
05       FINDINGS AND INTENT. The legislature finds that the individual right to keep and                                  
06 bear arms is a constitutionally protected right under art. I, sec. 19, Constitution of the State of                     
07 Alaska, and may not be abridged by the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska. The                                
08 legislature reserves to the state the authority to regulate firearms, except as specifically                            
09 provided in AS 14.40.173.                                                                                               
10    * Sec. 2. AS 14.40 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                     
11            Sec. 14.40.173. Regulation of firearms and knives. (a) The authority to                                    
12       regulate firearms and knives is reserved to the state, and, except as specifically                                
13       provided by statute, the board of regents may not enact or enforce a policy regulating                            
14       the possession, ownership, use, carrying, registration, storage, or transportation of                             
15       firearms or knives.                                                                                               

01            (b)  The board of regents may adopt and enforce policies                                                     
02                 (1)  that are identical to state law and that have the same penalty as                                  
03       provided for by state law;                                                                                        
04                 (2)  restricting the discharge of firearms on any portion of university                                 
05       land where there is a reasonable likelihood that people, domestic animals, or property                            
06       will be jeopardized; policies adopted or enforced under this paragraph may not abridge                            
07       the right of the individual guaranteed by art. I, sec. 19, Constitution of the State of                           
08       Alaska, to bear arms in defense of self or others; and                                                            
09                 (3)  prohibiting the possession of firearms or knives in the restricted                                 
10       access area of university buildings; the university shall post notice of the prohibition                          
11       against possession of firearms or knives at each entrance to the restricted access area.                          
12            (c)  In this section,                                                                                        
13                 (1)  "firearms" includes firearms, or any other element relating to                                     
14       firearms or parts of the firearm including ammunition and reloading components;                                   
15                 (2)  "restricted access area" means the area beyond a secure point                                      
16       where visitors are screened and does not include common areas of ingress and egress                               
17       open to the public.