00                             SENATE BILL NO. 190                                                                         
01 "An Act requiring minors 13 through 17 years of age who are not traveling                                               
02 accompanied by a parent or guardian to present identification and to have authorization                                 
03 from a parent or guardian before receiving a ticket from an airline employee."                                          
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1. AS 02.40 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                  
06            Sec. 02.40.035. Travel by unaccompanied minors. (a) Before receiving a                                     
07       ticket from an airline employee to board an airplane departing from an airport located                            
08       in this state, a state resident not younger than 13 years of age and not older than 17                            
09       years of age who is not traveling with the person's parent or guardian shall present                              
10                 (1)  photo identification; and                                                                          
11                 (2)  written authorization approving the airline travel from a parent or                                
12       guardian.                                                                                                         
13            (b)  A person traveling on the return portion of a round trip flight into the state                          
14       is exempt from the requirements listed in (a) of this section.