00                       CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 216(JUD)                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to fiscal notes for bills directing or resulting in the adoption,                                      
02 amendment, or repeal of regulations, and to the notice required for the proposed                                        
03 adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation; and providing for an effective date."                                   
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1. AS 24.08.035 is amended by adding new subsections to read:                                            
06            (f)  In addition to the other requirements of this section, if a bill directs an                             
07       agency in the executive branch of state government to adopt, amend, or repeal a                                   
08       regulation or will result in an agency's adopting, amending, or repealing a regulation,                           
09       the department affected shall include in the fiscal note for the bill a specific time by                          
10       which the agency shall adopt, amend, or repeal the regulation. If the agency is not able                          
11       to meet the deadline set in the fiscal note, the agency shall                                                     
12                 (1)  set a new deadline; and                                                                            
13                 (2)  report to the Administrative Regulation Review Committee the                                       
14       new deadline and the reasons for being unable to meet the deadline set in the fiscal                              
01       note.                                                                                                             
02            (g)  In (f) of this section, "agency" includes the Alaska Housing Finance                                    
03       Corporation, the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, the Alaska                                   
04       Energy Authority, the Alaska Public Offices Commission, and the Alaska Oil and Gas                                
05       Conservation Commission, but does not include other boards or commissions.                                        
06    * Sec. 2. AS 44.62.200 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                              
07            (d)  When a state agency, other than the Regulatory Commission of Alaska, the                                
08       Board of Fisheries, or the Board of Game, posts a notice of the proposed adoption,                                
09       amendment, or repeal of a regulation on the Alaska Online Public Notice System or                                 
10       furnishes the notice in an electronic format under AS 44.62.190(a), a brief description                           
11       of the changes made by the proposed adoption, amendment, or repeal must accompany                                 
12       the notice that is posted on the Alaska Online Public Notice System or furnished in an                            
13       electronic format under AS 44.62.190(a). The brief description shall be written in                                
14       clear, easily readable language that a person without a legal background is able to                               
15       understand. Notwithstanding AS 44.62.300, an action may not be brought for failure                                
16       of the brief description to comply with the requirements of this subsection relating to                           
17       the description of the changes or its clarity and readability.                                                    
18    * Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
19 read:                                                                                                                   
20       APPLICABILITY. (a) AS 24.08.035(f) and (g), enacted by sec. 1 of this Act, apply to                               
21 bills that are filed on or after the effective date of this Act.                                                        
22       (b)  AS 44.62.200(d), enacted by sec. 2 of this Act, applies to the proposed adoption,                            
23 amendment, or repeal of a regulation on or after the effective date of this Act.                                        
24    * Sec. 4. This Act takes effect July 1, 2012.