00CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 18(FIN)                                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to an advisory vote during regional educational attendance area                                        
02 school board elections; and providing for an effective date."                                                           
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 14.08.071 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                            
05  (d)  If a regional school board adopts a resolution requesting that an advisory                                       
06 question relating to education be placed on that regional school board's next election                                  
07 ballot, the division of elections shall place the advisory question on that regional                                    
08 school board's next election ballot.  A resolution described in this subsection must be                                 
09 filed with the division of elections on or before the first Friday in August of the year                                
10 in which the advisory question is required to be placed on the ballot.  An advisory                                     
11 question authorized under this subsection may not consist of more than 100 words and                                    
12 shall be worded in a manner that allows the advisory question to be answered with a                                     
13 "yes" to favor the question or "no" to oppose the question.                                                             
14    * Sec. 2.  This Act takes effect July 1, 1995.