00                       CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 400(JUD)                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to disasters and confiscation of firearms."                                                            
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 26.23.200 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                            
04                 (5)  authorizes the confiscation of lawfully owned, possessed, or carried                               
05       firearms by law-abiding citizens.                                                                                 
06    * Sec. 2. AS 26.23 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                     
07            Sec. 26.23.205. Confiscation of firearms. A person who knowingly                                           
08       confiscates, attempts to confiscate, or orders the confiscation of a lawfully owned,                              
09       possessed, or carried firearm from a law-abiding citizen during a disaster emergency is                           
10       guilty of a class C felony and shall be punished as provided in AS 12.55. In this                                 
11       section, "knowingly" has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900.