00                             HOUSE BILL NO. 205                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the permanent fund dividend of an otherwise qualified individual                                    
02 who dies during the qualifying year; and providing for an effective date."                                              
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 43.23.005(h) is amended to read:                                                                   
05            (h)  If an individual who would otherwise have been eligible for a permanent                                 
06       fund dividend dies after applying for the dividend but before the dividend is paid, the                           
07       department shall pay the dividend to a personal representative of the estate or to a                              
08       successor claiming personal property under AS 13.16.680. If an individual who would                               
09       otherwise have been eligible for a dividend and who did not apply for the dividend                                
10       dies during the application period, a personal representative of the estate or a                                  
11       successor claiming personal property under AS 13.16.680 may apply for and receive                                 
12       the dividend. If an individual who would otherwise have been eligible for a                                   
13       dividend dies during the qualifying year, notwithstanding (a)(3) of this section, a                           
14       personal representative of the estate or a successor claiming personal property                               
01       under AS 13.16.680 may apply for and receive the dividend. Notwithstanding                                    
02       AS 43.23.011, an [THE] application for a [THE] dividend may be filed by the                               
03       personal representative or the successor under this subsection at any time before the                         
04       end of the application period for the next dividend year.                                                         
05    * Sec. 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2010.