00                       CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 284(FIN)                                                                   
01 "An Act making information on a permanent fund dividend application, other than the                                     
02 applicant's name, confidential, and relating to disclosure of that confidential                                         
03 information; and relating to confidential information in voter registration records."                                   
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1.  AS 15.07 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                 
06            Sec. 15.07.195.  Certain information in voter registration records                                         
07       confidential.  (a)  The following information set out in state voter registration records                       
08       is confidential and is not open to public inspection:                                                             
09                 (1)  the voter's age or date of birth;                                                                  
10                 (2)  the voter's social security number, or any part of that number;                                    
11                 (3)  the voter's driver's license number;                                                               
12                 (4)  the voter's voter identification number;                                                           
13                 (5)  the voter's place of birth;                                                                        
14                 (6)  the voter's signature.                                                                             
01            (b)  In addition to the information in (a) of this section, a voter may elect in                             
02       writing to keep the voter's residential address confidential and not open to public                               
03       inspection if the voter provides a separate mailing address.                                                      
04            (c)  Notwithstanding other provisions, and in compliance with federal law,                                   
05       information made confidential by this section may be released by the division                                     
06                 (1)  to a local, state, or federal government agency, including to the                                  
07       child support enforcement agency created in AS 25.27.010 or the child support                                     
08       enforcement agency of another state; the agency receiving information under this                                  
09       paragraph may use the information only for governmental purposes authorized under                                 
10       law;                                                                                                              
11                 (2)  in compliance with a court order;                                                                  
12                 (3)  to a person holding a writ of execution against the person or                                      
13       property of the voter; or                                                                                         
14                 (4)  if the voter about whom information has been requested has                                         
15       provided written consent to the release.                                                                        
16    * Sec. 2.  AS 43.23 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                    
17            Sec. 43.23.017.  Applicant information confidential.  Information on each                                  
18       permanent fund dividend application, except the applicant's name, is confidential.  The                           
19       department may only release information that is confidential under this section                                   
20                 (1)  to a local, state, or federal government agency;                                                   
21                 (2)  in compliance with a court order;                                                                  
22                 (3)  to the individual or agency who files an application on behalf of                                  
23       another;                                                                                                          
24                 (4)  to a banking institution to verify the direct deposit of a permanent                               
25       fund dividend or correct an error in that deposit; and                                                            
26                 (5)  as directed to do so by the applicant.                                                             
27    * Sec. 3.  The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                         
28 read:                                                                                                                   
29       APPLICATION.  (a)  AS 15.07.195, added in sec. 1 of the Act, applies to voter                                     
30 registration records beginning on January 1, 2005, and thereafter.                                                      
31       (b)  AS 43.23.017, added in sec. 2 of this Act, applies to applications for the 2005                              
01 permanent fund dividend and for dividends for years thereafter.