00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 311                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to moving the site of the capital."                                                                    
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       LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS. (a) In 1906, the territorial state capital was moved from                                   
06 Sitka to Juneau to be located near the state's major population center.                                                 
07       (b)  In 1974, citizens of the state voted to move the location of the state capital to the                        
08 state's road system to be reasonably located near the geographic and population centers of the                          
09 state.                                                                                                                  
10       (c)  In 1976, voters chose Willow to be the location of the new capital as the                                    
11 compromise location between Anchorage and Fairbanks, the two major population centers of                                
12 the state.                                                                                                              
13    * Sec. 2. AS 44.06.010 is amended to read:                                                                           
14            Sec. 44.06.010. Site of capital. The capital of the state is at the census-                                
15       designated place of Willow [CITY OF JUNEAU], Alaska.                                                            

01    * Sec. 3. AS 44.06.050, 44.06.055, and 44.06.060 are repealed.