00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 231                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to notice requirements allowing museums to acquire title to                                            
02 undocumented property."                                                                                                 
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 14.57.210(b) is amended to read:                                                                   
05 (b)  To acquire title under (a) of this section, the museum shall publish a notice                                      
06 for at least four consecutive weeks on a dedicated Internet webpage maintained                                      
07 by the museum responsible for the undocumented property and at least once a                                         
08 week for four consecutive weeks in either a newspaper of general circulation in the                                 
09 judicial district where the museum is located or on a social media account                                          
10       maintained by the museum. The notice must include                                                             
11                 (1)  a brief and general description of the property;                                                   
12                 (2)  the date or approximate date, if known, of the acquisition of the                                  
13       property by the museum;                                                                                           
14                 (3)  the name, address, electronic mail address, and telephone number                               

01       of the museum representative to contact for more information or to make a claim of                                
02       ownership;                                                                                                        
03                 (4)  the initial date of publication on the Internet webpage [DATE                                  
04       OF THE LAST PUBLICATION OF THE NOTICE UNDER THIS SUBSECTION];                                                     
05       and                                                                                                               
06                 (5)  a statement that the museum will acquire title to the property if a                                
07       valid claim of an owner to the property is not received by the museum within 45 days                              
08       from the date of the last publication of the notice under this subsection.