00                             SENATE BILL NO. 202                                                                         
01 "An Act prohibiting the use of certain restrictive provisions in leases of space for                                    
02 business use; and adding an unlawful act to the Alaska Unfair Trade Practices and                                       
03 Consumer Protection Act."                                                                                               
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1. AS 45.50.471(b) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                         
06                 (58)  violating AS 45.50.476 (prohibited lease provision).                                            
07    * Sec. 2. AS 45.50 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                     
08            Sec. 45.50.476. Prohibited lease provision. A lease of space for business use                              
09       may not include a provision that prohibits or otherwise prevents a party to the lease                             
10       from                                                                                                              
11 (1)  selling or leasing that party's real property, including an interest in                                            
12 real property, to a person who is not a party to the lease and who intends to use the                                   
13 real property or interest for the operation of a business that is the same as or similar to                             
14       a business, or part of a business, owned or engaged in by another party to the lease;                             
01                 (2)  assisting or facilitating a person who is not a party to the lease to                              
02       operate a business that is the same as or similar to a business, or part of a business,                           
03       owned or engaged in by another party to the lease; or                                                             
04                 (3)  engaging, directly or indirectly, by itself or with another person, in                             
05       a business that is the same as or similar to a business, or part of a business, owned or                          
06       engaged in by another party to the lease.                                                                         
07    * Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
08 read:                                                                                                                   
09       APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to leases entered into on or after the effective date                             
10 of this Act.