00                             HOUSE BILL NO. 377                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to educational and outreach activities for Canadian citizens."                                         
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section                            
04 to read:                                                                                                                
05       SHORT TITLE. This Act may be known as the Canadian Refugees are Welcome in                                        
06 Alaska Act.                                                                                                             
07    * Sec. 2. AS 44.33 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                       
08                Article 6A. Educational and Outreach Activities.                                                         
09            Sec. 44.33.390. Educational and Outreach Activities. The Department of                                       
10 Commerce, Community, and Economic Development shall establish and implement                                             
11 appropriate educational and outreach activities for Canadian citizens, including                                        
12 Canadian citizens from the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and the British                                   
13 Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan Provinces, Canadians with refugee status under                                      
14 federal law, and Canadians that have been granted asylum under federal law.                                             
15 Educational and outreach activities under this section must include information on the                                  
01 beauty of the state, the rights that residents possess as residents of the state and United                             
02 States, the process for applying for United States citizenship, tax policies that apply to                              
03 state residents, statistics on ownership of and access to firearms for personal protection                              
04 in the state, the status of any statewide mandates relating to the novel coronavirus                                    
05       disease, and other benefits of state residency.