00CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 50(STA)                                                                                           
01 "An Act relating to the use of broadcasting to promote or conduct certain                                               
02 classics or sweepstakes; and providing for an effective date."                                                          
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 05.15.640 is amended to read:                                                                       
05  Sec. 05.15.640.  Restrictions on use of broadcasting.  (a)  A permittee may                                          
06 use broadcasting to promote or conduct a charitable gaming activity permitted                                           
07 under this chapter other than bingo, pull-tab games, raffles and lotteries, and                                         
08 contests of skill.  Prior to commencing the broadcasting, a permittee using                                             
09 broadcasting under this subsection shall notify the department in writing of the                                        
10 type of broadcasting to be used, what is planned for the broadcasting, and when                                         
11 the broadcasting is to be conducted.  A  [UNTIL THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF AN                                               
12 ACT AUTHORIZING THE USE OF BROADCASTING TO PROMOTE OR                                                                   
13 CONDUCT CHARITABLE GAMING ACTIVITY UNDER THIS CHAPTER A]                                                                
14 person may not use broadcasting to promote or conduct bingo, pull-tab games, raffles                                   

01 and lotteries, or contests of skill [CHARITABLE GAMING ACTIVITY UNDER                                                  
02 THIS CHAPTER].  In this subsection, "broadcasting" includes television and radio                                        
03 transmission by 2,500 megahertz, microwave video and audio programming, slow-scan                                       
04 television programming, and programming via satellite, cable, teletype, or facsimile                                    
05 transmission and distribution methods.                                                                                  
06  (b)  Notwithstanding (a) of this section, [A PERSON MAY USE                                                           
07 BROADCASTING TO PROMOTE FISH DERBIES, AND] the department may                                                           
08 authorize a noncommercial broadcasting station or network of stations to broadcast the                                  
09 conducting of an activity under this chapter, for which broadcasting is not otherwise                                  
10 permitted under (a) of this section, on the station or network under a permit held by                                  
11 the station or network.  The department may not authorize a station to broadcast the                                    
12 conducting of an activity for more than 12 hours in a calendar year.  In this subsection,                             
13 "noncommercial broadcasting station" means a radio or television station that is                                        
14 licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to a governmental entity or to                                        
15 an entity that is exempt from federal taxation under 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3) (Internal                                      
16 Revenue Code).                                                                                                          
17    * Sec. 2.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).