00 HOUSE BILL NO. 358                                                                                                      
01 "An Act relating to dog mushers' contests."                                                                             
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 05.15.180(b) is amended to read:                                                                    
04  (b)  With the exception of raffles, lotteries, bingo games, pull-tab games, rain                                      
05 classics, goose classics, mercury classics, deep freeze classics, dog mushers' contests                               
06 snow machine classics, mushing sweepstakes, canned salmon classics, salmon classics,                                    
07 king salmon classics, an activity may not be licensed under this chapter unless it                                      
08 existed in the state in substantially the same form and was conducted in substantially                                  
09 the same manner before January 1, 1959. A snow machine classic may not be licensed                                      
10 under this chapter unless it has been in existence for at least five years before the                                   
11 licensing.                                                                                                              
12    * Sec. 2.  AS 05.15.690(12) is amended to read:                                                                      
13   (12)  "dog mushers' contest" means a                                                                                 
14   (A)  contest in which prizes are awarded for the correct guess                                                    
01 of the racing time of a dog team or of team position in the race, including                                             
02 prizes to the race contestants; or                                                                                     
03   (B)  a game of chance where a prize of money is awarded for                                                         
04 the closest guess or guesses of at least three elements of uncertainty about                                            
05 a sled dog race of at least 200 miles that cannot be determined before the                                              
06 commencement of the race;                                                                                              
07    * Sec. 3.  Section 6, ch. 13, SLA 1995, is repealed and reenacted to read:                                           
08     Sec. 6.  AS 05.15.180(b) is repealed and reenacted to read:                                                        
09  (b)  With the exception of raffles, lotteries, bingo games, pull-tab games, rain                                      
10 classics, goose classics, mercury classics, deep freeze classics, dog mushers' contests,                                
11 snow machine classics, canned salmon classics, salmon classics, king salmon classics,                                   
12 an activity may not be licensed under this chapter unless it existed in the state in                                    
13 substantially the same form and was conducted in substantially the same manner before                                   
14 January 1, 1959.  A snow machine classic may not be licensed under this chapter                                         
15 unless it has been in existence for at least five years before the licensing.