00 CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 182(STA) 01 "An Act relating to elections, to the division of elections, and to voter 02 registration procedures; and providing for an effective date." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 15.07.050 is amended to read: 05  Sec. 15.07.050.  MANNER OF REGISTRATION [IN PERSON OR BY 06 MAIL]. Registration may be made 07   (1) in person before a registration official or through a voter registration 08 agency; 09  (2) [, OR MAY BE MADE] by mail; or 10  (3) by facsimile transmission or another method of electronic 11 transmission that the director approves. 12 * Sec. 2. AS 15.07.060(a) is amended to read: 13  (a) Each applicant who requests registration or reregistration shall supply the 14 following information [UNDER OATH]: 01  (1) name and sex; 02  (2) address and other necessary information establishing residence, 03 including the term of residence in the state and in the district, if requested; 04  (3) whether the applicant has previously been registered to vote in 05 another jurisdiction, and, if so, the jurisdiction and the address of the previous 06 registration; 07  (4) a declaration that the registrant will be 18 years of age or older 08 within 90 days of the date or registration; 09  (5) a declaration that the registrant is a citizen of the United States; 10  (6) date of application; 11  (7) signature or mark; 12  (8) any former name under which the applicant was registered to 13 vote in the state; 14  (9) an attestation that the information provided by the applicant 15 in (1) - (8) of this subsection is true; and 16  (10) a certification that the applicant understands that a false 17 statement on the application may make the applicant subject to prosecution for 18 a misdemeanor under this title or AS 11. 19 * Sec. 3. AS 15.07.070(b) is amended to read: 20  (b) To register by mail or by facsimile or other electronic transmission 21 approved by the director under AS 15.07.050, the director, the area election 22 supervisor, or a voter registration agency shall furnish, at no cost to the voter, forms 23 prepared by the director on which the registration information required under 24 AS 15.07.060 shall be inserted by the voter, or by a person on behalf of the voter if 25 the voter is physically incapacitated. The director may require proof of identification 26 of the applicant as required by regulations adopted by the director under AS 44.62 ( 27 [THE] Administrative Procedure Act) [(AS 44.62)]. Upon receipt and approval of the 28 completed registration forms the director or the election supervisor shall forward to the 29 voter an acknowledgment in the form of a registration card, and the voter's name shall 30 immediately be placed on the master register located in the office of the director and 31 on the district register located in the office of the election supervisor. If the 01 registration is denied, the voter shall immediately be informed in writing that 02 registration was denied and the reason for denial. 03 * Sec. 4. AS 15.07.070(c) is amended to read: 04  (c) The names of persons submitting completed registration forms by mail that 05 are postmarked at least 30 days before the next election, or submitting completed 06 registration forms by facsimile or other electronic transmission approved by the 07 director under AS 15.07.050 that are received at least 30 days before the next 08 election, shall be placed on the official registration list for that election. If a 09 registration form received by mail less than 30 days before an election does not have 10 a legible and dated postmark, the name of the person submitting the form shall be 11 placed on the official registration list for that election if the form was signed and dated 12 by the person at least 30 days before the election and if the form is received by the 13 director or election supervisor at least 25 days before the election. The name of a 14 person submitting a completed registration form by mail or by facsimile or other 15 electronic transmission that does not meet the applicable requirements of this 16 subsection may not be placed on the official registration list for that election but shall 17 be placed on the master register after that election. 18 * Sec. 5. AS 15.07.070(f) is amended to read: 19  (f) Incomplete or inaccurate registration forms may not be accepted. A person 20 who submitted an incomplete or inaccurate registration form may register by 21 reexecuting and resubmitting a registration form in person, [OR] by mail, or by 22 facsimile or other electronic transmission approved by the director under 23 AS 15.07.050. The requirements of (c) or (d) of this section apply to a registration 24 form resubmitted under this subsection. 25 * Sec. 6. AS 15.07.070(h) is amended to read: 26  (h) The director shall design the form of the voter's certificate appearing on 27 the [LARGE] envelope that is used for voting a questioned ballot so that all 28 information required for registration by AS 15.07.060(a) may be obtained from a voter 29 who votes a questioned ballot. If the voter voting a questioned ballot has completed 30 all information on the voter registration portion of the questioned ballot voter's 31 certificate, the director shall place the name of the voter on the official registration list. 01 * Sec. 7. AS 15.07.130(b) is amended to read: 02  (b) When a registered voter has not indicated in writing a desire to remain 03 registered within the preceding four [TWO] calendar years and has neither [NOT] 04 voted nor appeared to vote in the last two general elections [A LOCAL, 05 REGIONAL SCHOOL BOARD, PRIMARY, SPECIAL, OR GENERAL ELECTION 06 AT LEAST ONCE IN TWO CONSECUTIVE CALENDAR YEARS], the voter shall 07 be advised by a notice sent by forwardable mail to the voter's last known address that 08 registration will be inactivated unless the voter responds to the notice at least 30 days 09 before the date of the next primary election on a form furnished by the director. The 10 director shall maintain on the master register the name of a voter whose registration 11 is inactivated. The director shall cancel a voter's inactive registration after the second 12 general election that occurs after the registration becomes inactive if the voter does not 13 vote or appear to vote [EITHER A QUESTIONED BALLOT OR AN ABSENTEE 14 BALLOT THAT IS COUNTED UNDER AS 15.15.198(b) AT OR BEFORE THAT 15 ELECTION]. 16 * Sec. 8. AS 15.07.130(d) is amended to read: 17  (d) The notice described in (b) of this section must include a postage prepaid 18 and pre-addressed return card on which the voter may state the voter's current address. 19 The notice must indicate 20  (1) that the voter should return the card not later than 30 days before 21 the next primary election if the voter did not change residence; 22  (2) that the voter may vote only a questioned or absentee ballot if the 23 voter does not return the card at least 30 days before the next primary election; 24  (3) that the voter's registration will be cancelled if the voter does not 25 vote or appear to vote in an election held during the period beginning on the date of 26 the notice and ending on the day after the date of the second general election that 27 occurs after the date of notice; and 28  (4) how the voter can continue to be eligible to vote if the voter has 29 changed residence. 30 * Sec. 9. AS 15.07.130 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 31  (e) For purposes of (b) and (d) of this section, a voter "appears to vote" if 01  (1) the voter is present at a polling place or at an absentee voting 02 station at a time when the polling place or absentee voting station is operating, for the 03 purpose of casting a vote; 04  (2) the voter applies to the division to obtain an absentee ballot; or 05  (3) in an election conducted by mail under AS 15.20.800, a voter who 06 has not received a ballot by mail makes a timely request to the division for a ballot. 07 * Sec. 10. AS 15.07.190 is amended to read: 08  Sec. 15.07.190. VIOLATIONS. A person who violates AS 15.07.180 09 [AS 15.07.170 OR 15.07.180] is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is 10 punishable by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than 11 $1,000, or by both. 12 * Sec. 11. AS 15.10.110 is amended to read: 13  Sec. 15.10.110. APPOINTMENT OF ELECTION SUPERVISORS. The 14 director shall appoint election supervisors, including one in each of the municipalities 15 of Juneau, Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Nome, to assist in the administration of elections 16 in the election districts designated by the director. The director may appoint as an 17 election supervisor a person who is a qualified voter in the area over which the person 18 has jurisdiction and who meets the applicable requirements of AS 15.10.105(b) 19 [DOES NOT HOLD AN OFFICE IN A POLITICAL PARTY]. An election supervisor 20 is entitled to receive compensation in an amount that is comparable to that received 21 for similar state employment as determined by the director. 22 * Sec. 12. AS 15.15.030(5) is amended to read: 23  (5) The state general election ballot shall be printed on white paper 24 with the names of the candidates and their party designations placed in separate 25 sections under the office designation to which they were nominated. The party 26 affiliation, if any, shall be designated after the name of the candidate. The lieutenant 27 governor and the governor shall be included under the same section. Provision shall 28 be made for voting for write-in and no-party candidates within each section. [THE 29 SQUARES APPEARING ON THE BALLOTS SHALL MEASURE 1/4 INCH ON 30 EACH SIDE.] 31 * Sec. 13. AS 15.15.140(a) is amended to read: 01  (a) If the election board receives an insufficient number of official [PAPER 02 BALLOTS, OFFICIAL PUNCH-CARD] ballots [,] or official election materials, it 03 shall provide and the voters may use unmarked substitute ballots or other election 04 materials to indicate the intent of the voter. 05 * Sec. 14. AS 15.15.198(b) is amended to read: 06  (b) A person whose registration is inactive under AS 15.07.130(b) and who 07 votes a questioned or absentee ballot shall have the ballot counted if 08  (1) the person was registered to vote for either of the two most recent 09 general elections; 10  (2) the person signs [UNDER OATH] a statement to that effect; and 11  (3) the earlier registration is verified by the director. 12 * Sec. 15. AS 15.15.210 is amended to read: 13  Sec. 15.15.210. QUESTIONING OF VOTERS OF SUSPECT 14 QUALIFICATION. Every election judge and election clerk shall question, and every 15 watcher and any other person qualified to vote in the precinct may question a person 16 attempting to vote if the questioner has good reason to suspect that the questioned 17 person is not qualified to vote. All questions regarding a person's qualifications to 18 vote shall be made in writing setting out the reason the person has been questioned. 19 A questioned person before voting shall subscribe to a declaration [AN OATH OR 20 AFFIRMATION] in a form provided by the director attesting to the fact that in each 21 particular the person meets all the qualifications of a voter, is not disqualified, and has 22 not voted at the same election, and certifying that the person understands that a 23 false statement on the declaration may subject the person to prosecution for a 24 misdemeanor under this title or AS 11. The questioned person shall also state the 25 place from which that person came immediately before living in the precinct where 26 offering to vote and the length of time of residence in the former place. After the 27 questioned person has executed the declaration [OATH OR AFFIRMATION], the 28 person may vote. If the questioned person refuses to execute the declaration [OATH 29 OR AFFIRMATION], the person may not vote. 30 * Sec. 16. AS 15.15.215(a) is amended to read: 31  (a) A voter who casts a questioned ballot shall vote the ballot in the same 01 manner as prescribed for other voters.  The [AFTER THE ELECTION JUDGE 02 REMOVES THE NUMBERED STUB FROM THE BALLOT, THE] voter shall insert 03 the ballot into a secrecy sleeve, the election judge shall remove the numbered stub 04 from the ballot, and the voter shall [SMALL ENVELOPE AND] put the secrecy 05 sleeve [SMALL ENVELOPE] into an [A LARGER] envelope on which the statement 06 the voter previously signed is located.  The envelope [THESE LARGER 07 ENVELOPES] shall be sealed and deposited in the ballot box. When the ballot box 08 is opened, the [THESE] envelopes shall be segregated, counted, compared to the 09 voting list, and delivered to the official or body supervising the election. The merits 10 of the question shall be determined by this official or body in accordance with the 11 procedure prescribed for questioned votes in AS 15.20.207. 12 * Sec. 17. AS 15.15.440 is amended to read: 13  Sec. 15.15.440. DATES FOR OPENING AND CLOSING STATE BALLOT 14 COUNTING REVIEW. The state ballot counting review shall begin no earlier 15 [LATER] than 11 days after an [THE] election and no later than 16 days after an 16 election, and shall be continued [DAILY] until completed. The director may designate 17 the hours each day during which the state ballot counting review board is to conduct 18 its ballot counting review. The director shall close the review when the director is 19 satisfied that no missing precinct certificate of election would, if received, change the 20 result of the election. If no election certificate has been received from a precinct, the 21 director may secure from the election supervisors and may count a certified copy of 22 the duplicate election certificate of the precinct. If no election materials have been 23 received, but election results have been received by telephone, telegram or radio, the 24 director shall count the election results so received. If the director has reason to 25 believe that a missing precinct certificate, if received, would affect the result of the 26 election, the director shall await the receipt of the certificate until the close of business 27 on the 15th day after the date of election. A certificate not actually delivered to the 28 director by the close of business on the 15th day after the election may not be counted 29 at the state ballot counting review. 30 * Sec. 18. AS 15.20.010 is repealed and reenacted to read: 31  Sec. 15.20.010. PERSONS WHO MAY VOTE ABSENTEE. At any election 01 a qualified voter may vote an absentee ballot for any reason. 02 * Sec. 19. AS 15.20.030 is amended to read: 03  Sec. 15.20.030. PREPARATION OF BALLOTS, ENVELOPES, AND OTHER 04 MATERIAL. The director shall provide ballots for use as absentee ballots in all 05 districts. The director shall provide a secrecy sleeve [SMALL ENVELOPE] in which 06 the voter shall initially place the marked ballot, and shall provide an [A LARGER] 07 envelope [,] with the prescribed voter's certificate on it [THE BACK], in which the 08 secrecy sleeve [SMALL ENVELOPE] with ballot enclosed shall be placed. The 09 director shall prescribe the form of and prepare the voter's certificate, envelopes, and 10 other material used in absentee voting. The voter's certificate shall include an oath, 11 for use when required, that the voter is a qualified voter in all respects, a blank for the 12 voter's signature, a certification that the affiant properly executed the marking of the 13 ballot and gave the voter's identity, blanks for the attesting official or witnesses, and 14 a place for recording the date the envelope was sealed and witnessed. 15 * Sec. 20. AS 15.20.061(c) is amended to read: 16  (c) On receipt of an absentee ballot in person, the voter shall proceed to mark 17 the ballot in secret, to place the ballot in the secrecy sleeve [SMALL ENVELOPE], 18 to place the secrecy sleeve [SMALL ENVELOPE] in the [LARGER] envelope 19 provided, and to sign the voter's certificate on the [BACK OF THE LARGER] 20 envelope in the presence of the election official who shall sign as attesting official and 21 date that signature. The election official shall then accept the ballot. 22 * Sec. 21. AS 15.20.071 is repealed and reenacted to read: 23  Sec. 15.20.071. ABSENTEE VOTING BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE. 24 (a) A qualified voter with a disability who, because of that disability, is unable to go 25 to a polling place to vote may vote an absentee ballot through a personal 26 representative. 27  (b) A personal representative may apply in writing to the following election 28 officials, at the times specified, for an absentee ballot on behalf of a voter who is 29 eligible under (a) of this section: 30  (1) to an absentee voting official on or after the 15th day before an 31 election up to and including the day of the election; 01  (2) to an election supervisor 02  (A) after a date announced by the director under 03 AS 15.20.048(b); and 04  (B) on or after the 15th day before an election up to and 05 including the day of the election; 06  (3) to an absentee voting official at an absentee voting station 07 designated under AS 15.20.045(b) at a time when the absentee voting station is in 08 operation; 09  (4) to a member of a precinct election board on election day. 10  (c) The application by the personal representative shall be signed by the 11 personal representative and must include the following: 12  (1) the full name and full residence address of the personal 13 representative; 14  (2) the full name and full residence address of the voter on whose 15 behalf the personal representative is applying for an absentee ballot; 16  (3) a form of identification for the personal representative that meets 17 the requirements for identification established by the director under AS 15.20.081(f) 18 for absentee voting by mail; and 19  (4) a statement signed by the personal representative that the voter for 20 whom the personal representative is applying for an absentee ballot will be unable to 21 go to the polling place because of a disability. 22  (d) Upon receipt of a written application from a personal representative that 23 meets the requirements of (c) of this section, the election official shall issue the 24 absentee ballot and other absentee voting material to the personal representative. 25  (e) The personal representative shall deliver the absentee ballot and other 26 absentee voting materials to the voter as soon as practicable. The voter shall proceed 27 to mark the ballot in secret, to place the ballot in the secrecy sleeve, and to place the 28 secrecy sleeve in the envelope provided. On the voter's certificate portion of the 29 envelope, the voter shall state the name of the personal representative who applied for 30 the absentee ballot, shall state that because of a disability the voter is unable to go to 31 a polling place to vote, and shall sign the voter's certificate in the presence of the 01 personal representative and provide a form of identification for the voter that meets the 02 requirements for identification established by the director under AS 15.20.081(f) for 03 absentee voting by mail. The personal representative shall witness and date the 04 signature of the voter. The voter shall mark the ballot, and complete and sign the 05 voter's certificate, not later than election day. The voter shall return the absentee 06 ballot to the personal representative who shall deliver the ballot to the election official 07 who provided the ballot. The absentee ballot must be returned to the election official 08 not later than 8:00 p.m. on election day. 09  (f) Notwithstanding (e) of this section, if a qualified voter's disability 10 precludes the voter from performing any of the requirements of (e) of this section, the 11 personal representative may perform those requirements on the voter's behalf. 12  (g) An election official shall keep a record of the name and signature of each 13 personal representative requesting an absentee ballot and the name of the voter on 14 whose behalf the ballot is requested. The election official shall record the date that 15 the absentee ballot is provided and the date that the ballot is returned to the election 16 official. 17  (h) The voter's employer, an agent of the voter's employer, or an officer or 18 agent of the voter's union may not act as a personal representative for that voter. 19 * Sec. 22. AS 15.20.081(d) is amended to read: 20  (d) Upon receipt of an absentee ballot by mail, the voter, in the presence of 21 a notary public, commissioned officer of the armed forces including the National 22 Guard, district judge or magistrate, United States postal official, registration official, 23 or other person qualified to administer oaths, may proceed to mark the ballot in secret, 24 to place the ballot in the secrecy sleeve [SMALL ENVELOPE], to place the secrecy 25 sleeve [SMALL ENVELOPE] in the [LARGER] envelope provided, and to sign the 26 voter's certificate on the [BACK OF THE LARGER] envelope in the presence of an 27 official listed in this subsection who shall sign as attesting official and shall date the 28 signature. If none of the officials listed in this subsection is reasonably accessible, an 29 absentee voter shall sign the voter's certificate in the presence of two persons over the 30 age of 18 years, who shall sign as witnesses and attest to the date on which the voter 31 signed the certificate in their presence, and, in addition, the voter shall provide the 01 certification prescribed in AS 09.63.020. 02 * Sec. 23. AS 15.20.190(a) is amended to read: 03  (a) Thirty days before [PRIOR TO] the date of an election, the election 04 supervisors shall appoint, in the same manner provided for the appointment of election 05 judges prescribed in AS 15.10.150, district absentee ballot counting boards and district 06 questioned ballot counting boards, each composed of at least four members. At least 07 one member of each board must be a member of the same political party of which 08 the governor is a member, and at least one member of each board must be a 09 member of the political party whose candidate for governor received the second 10 largest number of votes in the preceding gubernatorial election [, TWO FROM 11 EACH POLITICAL PARTY]. The district boards shall assist the election supervisors 12 in counting the absentee and questioned ballots and shall receive the same 13 compensation paid election judges under AS 15.15.380. 14 * Sec. 24. AS 15.20.201(b) is amended to read: 15  (b) Counting of absentee ballots that [WHICH] have been reviewed shall 16 begin at 8:00 p.m., local time, on the day of the election at places designated by each 17 election supervisor and shall continue until all absentee ballots reviewed and eligible 18 for counting have been counted. The counting teams shall report the count of absentee 19 ballots to the district absentee ballot counting board. An election supervisor or an 20 election official may not count [REMOVE] absentee ballots [FROM THE SMALL, 21 INNER ENVELOPES] before 8:00 p.m., local time, on the day of the election. 22 Counting of the absentee ballots shall continue at times designated by the election 23 supervisor until all absentee ballots are counted. 24 * Sec. 25. AS 15.20.203(c) is amended to read: 25  (c) Any person present at the district absentee ballot counting review may 26 challenge the name of an absentee voter when read from the voter's certificate on the 27 [BACK OF THE LARGE] envelope if the person has good reason to suspect that the 28 challenged voter is not qualified to vote, is disqualified, or has voted at the same 29 election. The person making the challenge shall specify the basis of the challenge in 30 writing. The district absentee ballot counting board by majority vote may refuse to 31 accept and count the absentee ballot of a person properly challenged on grounds listed 01 in (b) of this section. 02 * Sec. 26. AS 15.20.203(e) is amended to read: 03  (e) If an absentee ballot is not rejected, the [LARGE] envelope shall be opened 04 and the secrecy sleeve [SMALL ENVELOPE] containing the absentee ballot shall be 05 placed in a container and mixed with other secrecy sleeves [SMALL ENVELOPES]. 06 * Sec. 27. AS 15.20.203(f) is amended to read: 07  (f) The secrecy sleeves [SMALL ENVELOPES] shall be drawn from the 08 container, the absentee ballots shall be removed from the secrecy sleeves 09 [OPENED], and the absentee ballots counted at the times specified in AS 15.20.201 10 and according to the rules for determining properly marked ballots in AS 15.15.360. 11 * Sec. 28. AS 15.20.207(c) is amended to read: 12  (c) Any person present at the district questioned ballot review may challenge 13 the name of a questioned voter when read from the voter's certificate on the [BACK 14 OF THE LARGE] envelope if the person has good reason to suspect that the 15 questioned voter is not qualified to vote, is disqualified, or has voted at the same 16 election. The person making the challenge shall specify the basis of the challenge in 17 writing. The district questioned ballot counting board by majority vote may refuse to 18 accept and count the questioned ballot of a person properly challenged under grounds 19 listed in (b) of this section. 20 * Sec. 29. AS 15.20.207(e) is amended to read: 21  (e) If a questioned ballot is not rejected, the [LARGE] envelope shall be 22 opened and the secrecy sleeve [SMALL ENVELOPE] containing the questioned ballot 23 shall be placed in a container and mixed with other secrecy sleeves [SMALL 24 ENVELOPES] containing questioned ballots. 25 * Sec. 30. AS 15.20.207(f) is amended to read: 26  (f) The secrecy sleeves [SMALL ENVELOPES] shall be drawn from the 27 container, the questioned ballots shall be removed from the secrecy sleeves 28 [OPENED], and the questioned ballots counted at the times specified in AS 15.20.205 29 and according to the rules for determining properly marked ballots in AS 15.15.360. 30 * Sec. 31. AS 15.20.207(g) is amended to read: 31  (g) Upon completion of the questioned ballot review, the election supervisor 01 shall prepare an election certificate for execution by the district questioned ballot 02 counting board, and shall forward the original certificate and returns to the director as 03 soon as the count is completed but no later than the 11th [NINTH] day following the 04 election. 05 * Sec. 32. AS 15.20.620(c) is amended to read: 06  (c) As a security precaution, after the computer has been tested as prescribed 07 in (b)(2) and (4) of this section, 08  (1) the vote-counting task shall remain isolated from nonrelated 09 processing tasks; 10  (2) [PROCESSING NOT CONCERNED WITH VOTE COUNTING 11 SHALL BE LIMITED TO TASKS WHICH ARE CRITICAL TO THE COMPUTER 12 CENTER AND SHALL BE AGREED UPON IN ADVANCE BY THE MANAGER 13 OF THE COMPUTER CENTER AND THE DIRECTOR; 14  (3)] reasonable computer security controls shall be in effect to assure 15 the integrity of the vote-counting process; and 16   (3) [(4)] access to the computer counting area shall be controlled by the 17 data processing review board until the vote-counting process is terminated. 18 * Sec. 33. AS 15.20.620(f) is amended to read: 19  (f) At any time during the count, party representatives or members of the data 20 processing review board may request a listing of the parameter coding that 21 [PROGRAM SOURCE CODE WHICH] comprises the instructions to be executed by 22 the computer. 23 * Sec. 34. AS 15.20.640(a) is amended to read: 24  (a) Immediately after the polls have closed, the ballot box shall be opened by 25 election board members in full view of all persons present, and all ballots shall be 26 removed [FROM THE BALLOT ENVELOPES]. 27 * Sec. 35. AS 15.20.700(c) is amended to read: 28  (c) The backup documentation for each counting session [BALLOT IMAGE 29 MAGNETIC TAPE WHICH CONTAINS AN EXACT IMAGE OF EACH COUNTED 30 BALLOT] shall be retained in a secure manner by the election supervisor until the 31 director determines that it is no longer needed. 01 * Sec. 36. AS 15.20.740 is amended to read: 02  Sec. 15.20.740. QUESTIONED PUNCH-CARD BALLOTS. The procedure 03 for reviewing and counting questioned punch-card ballots is the same procedure 04 established in AS 15.20.205 and 15.20.207 for hand-marked ballots except that 05 questioned punch-card ballots may be processed by the computer from the third 06 through the 10th [EIGHTH] day following the election. The data processing review 07 board shall supervise the count and shall follow the procedure established in 08 AS 15.20.680 and 15.20.685. 09 * Sec. 37. AS 15.20.800(d) is amended to read: 10  (d) The voter may cast the ballot under AS 15.20.081(d) - (f) 11 [AS 15.20.081(d) - (e)]. 12 * Sec. 38. AS 15.58.060(a) is amended to read: 13  (a) Each general election candidate shall pay to the lieutenant governor at the 14 time of filing material under this chapter the following: 15  (1) President or Vice-President of the United States, United States 16 senator, United States representative, governor, lieutenant governor, supreme court 17 justice and court of appeals judge, $300 [$150] each; 18  (2) superior court judge and district court judge, $150 [$75] each; 19  (3) state senator and state representative, $100 [$50] each. 20 * Sec. 39. AS 15.58.060(b) is amended to read: 21  (b) The state chair [CHAIRMAN] or executive committee of a political party 22 shall pay to the lieutenant governor at the time of filing material under this chapter 23 $600 [$300] for each page purchased. 24 * Sec. 40. AS 15.05.040 and AS 15.07.170 are repealed. 25 * Sec. 41. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).