00                            SENATE BILL NO. 159                                                                         
01 "An Act establishing the second Monday of October of each year as Indigenous Peoples                                    
02 Day; 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 article 2 to read:                                     
05            Sec. 44.12.150. Indigenous Peoples Day. Indigenous Peoples Day is                                          
06       established on the second Monday of October of each year to honor the indigenous                                  
07       peoples of the state as the first to inhabit the land that makes up the state and for                             
08       contributing wisdom, labor, knowledge, and many personal and cultural achievements                                
09       to the creation and continuing existence of the state. Indigenous Peoples Day may be                              
10       observed by suitable observances and exercises by civic groups and the public.                                    
11    * Sec. 2. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).