00 HOUSE BILL NO. 3 01 "An Act relating to specie as legal tender in the state; and relating to borough and city 02 sales and use taxes on specie." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 29.45.650(a) is amended to read: 05 (a) Except as provided in AS 04.21.010(c), AS 29.45.750, and in (f), (h), (i), 06 [AND] (j), and (l) of this section, a borough may levy and collect a sales tax on sales, 07 rents, and [ON] services provided in the borough. The sales tax may apply to any or 08 all of these sources. Notwithstanding other statutes, exemptions may be granted by 09 ordinance. A borough may wholly or partially exempt a source from a borough sales 10 tax that is taxed by a city in that borough under AS 29.45.700. 11 * Sec. 2. AS 29.45.650 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 12 (l) A borough may not levy or collect a sales or use tax on the sale or 13 exchange of specie. In this subsection, "specie" has the meaning given in 14 AS 44.12.400(d). 01 * Sec. 3. AS 29.45.700(a) is amended to read: 02 (a) A city in a borough that levies and collects areawide sales and use taxes 03 may levy sales and use taxes on all sources taxed by the borough in the manner 04 provided for boroughs. Except as provided in (d), [AND] (e), and (h) of this section, 05 the assembly may by ordinance authorize a city to levy and collect sales and use taxes 06 on other sources. 07 * Sec. 4. AS 29.45.700 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 08 (h) A city may not levy or collect a sales or use tax on the sale or exchange of 09 specie. In this subsection, "specie" has the meaning given in AS 44.12.400(d). 10 * Sec. 5. AS 44.12 is amended by adding a new section to read: 11 Article 5. Legal Tender. 12 Sec. 44.12.400. Legal tender. (a) To the fullest extent allowed by art. I, sec. 13 10, clause 1, of the Constitution of the United States, legal tender in the state includes 14 specie issued by 15 (1) the federal government at any time; 16 (2) a foreign government at any time; or 17 (3) the state government if a court of competent jurisdiction, by final 18 and unappealable order, ruled the specie to be within state authority to designate as 19 legal tender. 20 (b) A person is not required to accept gold or silver specie as tender. 21 (c) The house finance committee shall study the possibility of establishing 22 additional forms of legal tender for the payment of debts, including public charges, 23 taxes, and other money owed to the state. If the committee determines that additional 24 forms of tender are practical and beneficial, the committee shall prepare legislation 25 establishing an additional form of legal tender for introduction. 26 (d) In this section, 27 (1) "legal tender" means a recognized medium of exchange for the 28 payment of debts; 29 (2) "specie" means gold or silver valued primarily based on its metal 30 content and in the form of 31 (A) coin; or 01 (B) bullion that is stamped or imprinted with its weight and 02 purity. 03 * Sec. 6. Section 4, ch. 100, SLA 2002, as repealed and reenacted by sec. 9, ch. 117, SLA 04 2003, and sec. 2, ch. 30, SLA 2005, is repealed and reenacted to read: 05 Sec. 4. AS 29.45.650(a) is amended to read: 06 (a) Except as provided in AS 04.21.010(c) [, AS 29.45.750,] and in (f), (h), (i), 07 (j), and (l) of this section, a borough may levy and collect a sales tax on sales, rents, 08 and services provided in the borough. The sales tax may apply to any or all of these 09 sources. Notwithstanding other statutes, exemptions may be granted by ordinance. A 10 borough may wholly or partially exempt a source from a borough sales tax that is 11 taxed by a city in that borough under AS 29.45.700.