00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 351                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to adoption of regulations; and providing for an effective date."                                      
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 44.62.020 is amended by adding new subsections to read:                                            
04            (b)  A state agency may not adopt a new regulation unless                                                    
05                 (1)  the new regulation is part of a set of the initial regulations adopted                             
06       by a board or commission after the creation of that board or commission by law; or                                
07                 (2)  the agency repeals one or more existing regulations and the cost of                                
08       the new regulation is less than or equal to the cost of the repealed regulation or                                
09       regulations, as determined by the commissioner of the department or the commission                                
10       or board adopting the regulation.                                                                                 
11            (c)  If a regulation is adopted and is later found to be in violation of (b) of this                         
12       section, the agency shall consider the regulation void and may not enforce it.                                    
13    * Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
14 read:                                                                                                                   
15       APPLICABILITY. Section 1 of this Act applies to regulations adopted on or after the                               

01 effective date of this Act.                                                                                             
02    * Sec. 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2017.