00HOUSE BILL NO. 146                                                                                                      
01 "An Act relating to sled dog race classics."                                                                            
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 05.15.100(a) is amended to read:                                                                    
04  (a)  The department may issue a permit to a municipality or qualified                                                 
05 organization.  The permit gives the municipality or qualified organization the privilege                                
06 of conducting bingo, raffles and lotteries, pull-tab games, ice classics, rain classics,                                
07 goose classics, mercury classics, sled dog race classics, canned salmon classics,                                     
08 salmon classics, king salmon classics, dog mushers' contests, fish derbies, and contests                                
09 of skill.                                                                                                               
10    * Sec. 2.  AS 05.15.115(c) is amended to read:                                                                       
11  (c)  A permittee may not contract with more than one operator at a time to                                            
12 conduct the same type of activity.  For the purposes of this subsection, bingo games,                                   
13 raffles, lotteries, pull-tab games, ice classics, rain classics, goose classics, mercury                                
14 classics, sled dog race classics, canned salmon classics, salmon classics, king salmon                                

01 classics, dog mushers' contests, fish derbies, contests of skill, and all activities                                    
02 permitted under AS 05.15.100(b) are each a different type of activity.                                                  
03    * Sec. 3.  AS 05.15.180(b) is amended to read:                                                                       
04  (b)  With the exception of raffles, lotteries, bingo games, pull-tab games, rain                                      
05 classics, goose classics, mercury classics, sled dog race classics, canned salmon                                     
06 classics, salmon classics, king salmon classics, and other activities authorized under                                  
07 AS 05.15.100(b), an activity may not be licensed under this chapter unless it existed                                   
08 in the state in substantially the same form and was conducted in substantially the same                                 
09 manner before January 1, 1959.                                                                                          
10    * Sec. 4.  AS 05.15.690 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                                
11   (42)  "sled dog race classic" means a game of chance where a prize of                                                
12 money is awarded to the closest guess to the winning finish time of a sled dog race                                     
13 or the lead time at individual checkpoints along the race and is limited to the Iditarod                                
14 Sweepstakes operated and administered by the Iditarod Trail Committee.