00CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 266(RES)                                                                                       
01 "An Act relating to the use of a TBT-based marine antifouling paint or coating                                          
02 on certain vessels; and providing for an effective date."                                                               
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  AS 46.03.715(d) is repealed and reenacted to read:                                                   
05  (d)  If a vessel of the United States government, a foreign vessel in state water                                     
06 fewer than 90 consecutive days, or a vessel of 4,000 gross tons or more was painted                                     
07 or treated with a TBT-based marine antifouling paint or coating before January 1,                                       
08 2001, the paint or coating need not be removed, but the vessel may not be repainted                                     
09 or retreated with a TBT-based marine antifouling paint or coating.                                                      
10    * Sec. 2.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2001.