00                             HOUSE BILL NO. 349                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to civil liability for depriving a person of a right, privilege, or                                    
02 immunity secured by the United States Constitution."                                                                    
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 09.10.070(a) is amended to read:                                                                 
05 (a)  Except as otherwise provided by law, a person may not bring an action (1)                                          
06 for libel, slander, assault, battery, seduction, or false imprisonment; [,] (2) for personal                        
07 injury or death, or injury to the rights of another not arising on contract and not                                     
08 specifically provided otherwise; (3) for taking, detaining, or injuring personal                                        
09 property, including an action for its specific recovery; (4) upon a statute for a                                       
10 forfeiture or penalty to the state; [OR] (5) upon a liability created by statute, other than                            
11 a penalty or forfeiture; or (6) for interference or attempted interference with, or                                 
12 deprivation of, a right, privilege, or immunity under AS 09.65.360; unless the                                      
13       action is commenced within two years of the accrual of the cause of action.                                       
14    * Sec. 2. AS 09.65 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                     
01 Sec. 09.65.360. Liability for deprivation or interference with a                                                    
02 constitutional right. (a) A person who has been deprived of a right, privilege, or                                    
03 immunity secured by the United States Constitution or the Constitution of the State of                                  
04 Alaska, or a person whose exercise or enjoyment of a right, privilege, or immunity has                                  
05 been interfered with or attempted to be interfered with by a federal official acting                                    
06 under color of law, may bring a civil action for damages and for injunctive or other                                    
07       appropriate relief.                                                                                               
08 (b)  A court of this state has jurisdiction under AS 09.05.015(a) over the                                              
09 subject matter of an action brought under this section and a person who is served in                                    
10       that action according to the Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure. An action brought under                             
11       this section must be filed in the superior court.                                                                 
12    * Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
13 read:                                                                                                                   
14       APPLICABILITY: This Act applies to actions that are filed in a court of this state on                             
15 or after the effective date of this Act.