00                             SENATE BILL NO. 69                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to misconduct involving weapons in the fifth degree; and providing for                                 
02 an effective date."                                                                                                     
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 11.61.220(a) is amended to read:                                                                   
05            (a)  A person commits the crime of misconduct involving weapons in the fifth                                 
06       degree if the person                                                                                              
07                 (1)  is 21 years of age or older and knowingly possesses a deadly                                       
08       weapon, other than an ordinary pocket knife or a defensive weapon,                                                
09                      (A)  that is concealed on the person, and, when contacted by a                                     
10            peace officer, the person fails to                                                                           
11                           (i)  immediately inform the peace officer of that                                             
12                 possession; or                                                                                          
13                           (ii)  allow the peace officer to secure the deadly weapon,                                    
14                 or fails to secure the weapon at the direction of the peace officer,                                    
01                 during the duration of the contact;                                                                     
02 (B)  that is concealed on the person within the residence of                                                            
03 another person unless the person has first obtained the express permission of                                           
04 an adult residing there to bring a concealed deadly weapon within the                                                   
05            residence;                                                                                                   
06                 (2)  knowingly possesses a loaded firearm on the person in any place                                    
07       where intoxicating liquor is sold for consumption on the premises;                                                
08                 (3)  being an unemancipated minor under 16 years of age, possesses a                                    
09       firearm, switchblade, or gravity knife without the consent of a parent or guardian of                             
10       the minor;                                                                                                        
11                 (4)  knowingly possesses a firearm                                                                      
12 (A)  within the grounds of or on a parking lot immediately                                                              
13 adjacent to an entity, other than a private residence, licensed as a child care                                         
14 facility under AS 47.32 or recognized by the federal government for the care of                                         
15 children, except that a person 21 years of age or older may possess an unloaded                                         
16 firearm in the trunk of a motor vehicle or encased in a closed container of a                                           
17            motor vehicle;                                                                                               
18                      (B)  within a                                                                                      
19                           (i)  courtroom or office of the Alaska Court System; or                                       
20 (ii)  courthouse that is occupied only by the Alaska                                                                    
21                 Court System and other justice-related agencies; [OR]                                                   
22 (C)  within a domestic violence or sexual assault shelter that                                                          
23            receives funding from the state; or                                                                      
24 (D)  that is concealed within the interior of a vehicle in                                                          
25 which the person is present, and, when contacted by a peace officer, the                                            
26            person fails to                                                                                          
27 (i)  immediately inform the peace officer of that                                                                   
28                 possession; or                                                                                      
29 (ii)  allow the peace officer to secure the firearm or                                                              
30 fails to secure the firearm at the direction of the peace officer,                                                  
31                 during the duration of the contact;                                                                 
01                 (5)  [REPEALED]                                                                                         
02                 (6)  is less than 21 years of age and knowingly possesses a deadly                                      
03       weapon, other than an ordinary pocket knife or a defensive weapon, that is concealed                              
04       on the person.                                                                                                    
05    * Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
06 read:                                                                                                                   
07       APPLICABILITY. AS 11.61.220(a), as amended by sec. 1 of this Act, applies to                                      
08 offenses committed on or after the effective date of sec. 1 of this Act.                                                
09    * Sec. 3. This Act takes effect July 1, 2017.