00CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 50(FIN)                                                                                           
01 "An Act relating to the use of broadcasting to promote certain classics or                                              
02 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, but not conduct, a charitable gaming activity                                              
07 permitted under this chapter other than bingo, pull-tab games, raffles and                                              
08 lotteries, and contests of skill.  Prior to commencing the broadcasting, a permittee                                    
09 using broadcasting under this subsection shall notify the department in writing                                         
10 of the type of broadcasting to be used, what is planned for the broadcasting, and                                       
11 when the broadcasting is to be conducted.  A  [UNTIL THE EFFECTIVE DATE                                                
12 OF AN 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 on the station or network under a permit                                   
10 held by the station or network.  The department may not authorize a station to                                          
11 broadcast the conducting of an activity for more than 12 hours in a calendar year.  In                                  
12 this subsection, "noncommercial broadcasting station" means a radio or television                                     
13 station that is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to a governmental                                     
14 entity or to an entity that is exempt from federal taxation under 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3)                                   
15 (Internal Revenue Code).                                                                                                
16    * Sec. 2.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).