00 HOUSE BILL NO. 121 01 "An Act relating to the removal of and access to certain recorded documents." 02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 03 * Section 1. AS 40.17 is amended by adding a new section to read: 04 Sec. 40.17.140. Treatment of certain documents. (a) Notwithstanding any 05 other provision of this chapter, the recorder shall, at the request of an individual who 06 was discharged by a discharge document and after payment of a fee established by the 07 department by regulation, 08 (1) remove a recorded discharge document from the recorded 09 documents maintained under this chapter and from public inspection and copying; or 10 (2) allow access to a recorded discharge document only to a person 11 whom the individual who was discharged authorizes to have access to the document. 12 (b) The recorder may require an individual who is requesting removal of or 13 restricted access to a recorded discharge document to provide identification that is 14 satisfactory to the recorder before removing or restricting access to the document. 15 (c) In this section, "discharge document" means a document under which an 01 individual is discharged from the military service of the United States.