00 SENATE BILL NO. 202 01 "An Act relating to the employment of persons 14 years of age or older and under 21 02 years of age on licensed premises, including hotels, restaurants, or eating places; relating 03 to possession, control, or consumption of alcoholic beverages by a person under 21 years 04 of age; and relating to hours of work of minors under 16 years of age." 05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 06  * Section 1. AS 04.16.049(c) is repealed and reenacted to read: 07 (c) The board, with the approval of the governing body having jurisdiction and 08 at the licensee's request, shall designate premises that are considered hotels, 09 restaurants, or eating places for the purposes of this subsection. Notwithstanding any 10 other provision in this section, a person 14 years of age or older and under 21 years of 11 age may enter and remain within the licensed premises of a hotel, restaurant, or eating 12 place in the course of employment if 13 (1) the employment does not involve the serving, mixing, delivering, 14 or dispensing of alcoholic beverages; 01 (2) the licensee has notified the Department of Labor and Workforce 02 Development as required by AS 23.10.355 that persons 14 years of age or older and 03 under 21 years of age are employed on the premises; and 04 (3) in the case of a person 14 years of age or older and under 16 years 05 of age, the person has the written consent of a parent or guardian. 06  * Sec. 2. AS 04.16.050(a) is amended to read: 07 (a) A person under the age of 21 years may not knowingly consume, possess, 08 or control alcoholic beverages except 09 (1) as permitted under AS 04.16.049(c); and  10 (2) those furnished persons under AS 04.16.051(b). 11  * Sec. 3. AS 05.15.690(44) is amended to read: 12 (44) "vendor" means a business whose primary activity is not regulated 13 by this chapter but that 14 (A) is engaged in the sale of pull-tabs on behalf of a permittee; 15 (B) holds a business license under AS 43.70; and 16 (C) is an establishment holding a 17 (i) beverage dispensary license under AS 04.11.090 that 18 has not been designated by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board 19 under AS 04.16.049(a)(2) - (3), is not required to notify [HAS NOT 20 BEEN EXEMPTED BY] the Department of Labor and Workforce 21 Development under AS 04.16.049(c) and AS 23.10.355 that the  22 business is employing persons 14 years of age or older and under  23 21 years of age, and, if the establishment is a hotel, motel, resort, or 24 similar business that caters to the traveling public as a substantial part 25 of its business, does not allow the sale of pull-tabs in a dining room, 26 banquet room, guest room, or other public areas other than a room in 27 which there is regularly maintained a fixed counter or service bar at 28 which alcoholic beverages are sold or served to members of the public 29 for consumption; 30 (ii) package store license under AS 04.11.150; 31  * Sec. 4. AS 23.10.340(a) is repealed and reenacted to read: 01 (a) Except as provided in (c) of this section, employment of a minor under 16 02 years of age shall be confined to the following periods: 03 (1) outside school hours; 04 (2) not more than 40 hours in any one week when school is not in 05 session; 06 (3) not more than 18 hours in any one week when school is in session; 07 (4) not more than eight hours in any one day when school is not in 08 session; 09 (5) not more than three hours in any one day when school is in session; 10 and 11 (6) between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. in any one day; however, 12 beginning June 1 and ending on Labor Day of that year, a minor may be employed 13 until 9:00 p.m. 14  * Sec. 5. AS 23.10.340 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 15 (c) The department shall adopt regulations consistent with federal regulations 16 on the subject to permit the employment of a minor 14 years of age or older and under 17 16 years of age to 18 (1) perform sports-attending services at professional sporting events at 19 times not otherwise permitted by (a)(2) - (6) of this section; 20 (2) participate in a school-supervised and school-administered work 21 experience and career exploration program at times not otherwise permitted by (a) of 22 this section. 23  * Sec. 6. AS 23.10.355 is amended to read: 24 Sec. 23.10.355. Persons under 21. A person under 21 years of age may not 25 be employed or allowed to 26 (1) sell or serve alcoholic beverages except as allowed in  27 AS 04.16.049(c); or 28 (2) [TO] work on a licensed premises, except as allowed in  29 AS 04.16.049(c) and, in the case of persons 14 years of age or older and under 21  30 years of age, only if the Department of Labor and Workforce Development is  31 notified as required by (b) of this section [PROVIDED IN AS 04.16.049]. 01  * Sec. 7. AS 23.10.355 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 02 (b) A person licensed under AS 04 who employs a person 14 years of age or 03 older and under 21 years of age to work on licensed premises under AS 04.16.049 04 shall notify the Department of Labor and Workforce Development within 10 calendar 05 days after the licensee first begins employment of the person that the licensee is 06 employing a person 14 years of age or older and under 21 years of age on the licensed 07 premises. A licensee who ceases to employ any person 14 years of age or older and 08 under 21 years of age on licensed premises may notify the department that 09 employment of these persons on the licensed premises has ceased. 10  * Sec. 8. AS 04.16.049(d) is repealed.