00                             SENATE BILL NO. 6                                                                          
01 "An Act exempting the state from daylight saving time; and providing for an effective                                   
02 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. The state exempts                                     
07       itself from observation of advanced time, also known as daylight saving time, during                              
08       the period set under 15 U.S.C. 260a for the advancement of time each calendar year,                               
09       and the entire state shall observe the standard time that is otherwise applicable during                          
10       that period.                                                                                                      
11    * Sec. 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2017.