00                      CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 175(L&C)                                                                    
01 "An Act providing municipalities with the authority to protest the issuance and renewal                                 
02 of charitable gaming permits and licenses based upon violations of municipal ordinances                                 
03 and requiring the Department of Revenue to deny the license or permit until the                                         
04 violation is remedied."                                                                                                 
05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
06    * Section 1.  AS 05.15.030(a) is amended to read:                                                                  
07            (a)  At the time of filing an application for a permit or license under this                                 
08       chapter, the applicant shall notify the city or borough nearest to the location of the                            
09       proposed activity of the application.  A municipality [A LOCAL GOVERNMENT                                     
10       UNIT] may, after holding a hearing at which the applicant is afforded the                                     
11       opportunity to make a defense, protest [THE CONDUCT OF THE ACTIVITY IN                                        
12       ITS JURISDICTION] by resolution [STATING] the issuance of a permit or license                                 
01       based on the violation of a municipality's ordinances; the department shall                                   
02       consider the protest and shall deny the permit or license until notified by the                               
03       municipality that the violation has been remedied [REASONS FOR THE                                            
04       PROTEST FILED WITH THE DEPARTMENT; PROTESTS ARE LIMITED TO                                                        
05       THE LACK OF QUALIFICATIONS PRESCRIBED BY THIS CHAPTER.  THIS                                                      
06       RESOLUTION IS ONLY A RECOMMENDATION BY THE LOCAL                                                                  
07       GOVERNMENT THAT MAY BE CONSIDERED BY THE DEPARTMENT IN                                                            
08       DETERMINING WHETHER TO ISSUE OR REFUSE TO ISSUE A PERMIT OR                                                       
09       LICENSE].