00SENATE BILL NO. 378                                                                                                     
01 "An Act relating to permanent fund dividend program notice requirements and                                             
02 to dividends of individuals convicted of felonies or misdemeanors; and providing                                        
03 for an effective date."                                                                                                 
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1.  AS 43.23.005(d) is amended to read:                                                                    
06  (d)  Notwithstanding the provisions of (a) - (c) of this section, an individual                                       
07 [WHO HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A FELONY] is not eligible for a permanent                                                    
08 fund dividend for a dividend year when                                                                                
09   (1)  the individual was convicted of a felony or misdemeanor during                                                 
10 the calendar year immediately preceding that dividend year; or                                                          
11   (2)  [,] during all or part of the [PREVIOUS] calendar year immediately                                            
12 preceding that dividend year, as a result of the conviction of a felony or                                            
13 misdemeanor, the individual was [IS] incarcerated.                                                                   
14    * Sec. 2.  AS 43.23.028(b) is amended to read:                                                                       

01  (b)  The notice requirements of (a) of this section do not apply to                                                   
02 appropriations from the dividend fund to the crime victim compensation fund                                             
03 established under AS 18.67.162, to the council on domestic violence and sexual assault                                  
04 established under AS 18.66.010, to the court system, or to the Department of                                          
05 Corrections to the extent that amounts appropriated for a fiscal year do not exceed the                                 
06 total amount that would have been paid during that same [THE PREVIOUS] fiscal                                         
07 year to individuals who are ineligible to receive dividends under AS 43.23.005(d) if                                    
08 they had been eligible.                                                                                                 
09    * Sec. 3.  Notwithstanding the amendment to AS 43.23.005(d) made in sec. 1 of this Act,                              
10 for purposes of determining eligibility for 1995 dividends, AS 43.23.005(d) shall be applied                            
11 as though it had not been amended by this Act.                                                                          
12    * Sec. 4.  Section 2 of this Act is retroactive to January 1, 1994.                                                  
13    * Sec. 5.  Sections 2 and 4 of this Act take effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).                               
14    * Sec. 6.  Sections 1 and 3 of this Act take effect January 1, 1995.