00                            SENATE BILL NO. 128                                                                         
01 "An Act relating to licensing common carriers to dispense alcoholic beverages; and                                      
02 providing for an effective date."                                                                                       
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 04.11.180 is repealed and reenacted to read:                                                      
05            Sec. 04.11.180.  Common carrier dispensary license.  (a)  A common carrier                                 
06       dispensary license authorizes the holder to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption                              
07       aboard a vehicle, boat, aircraft, or train licensed by a state or federal agency for                              
08       passenger travel.                                                                                                 
09            (b)  A common carrier shall obtain a license for each vehicle, boat, aircraft, or                            
10       train in which alcoholic beverages are served.  After obtaining an initial license for the                        
11       first vehicle, boat, aircraft, or train, the common carrier may obtain additional licenses                        
12       for additional vehicles, boats, aircraft, or trains upon making a written request                                 
13       identifying the vehicle, boat, aircraft, or train in the manner prescribed by the board,                          
14       and paying the biennial fee for additional licensed premises as required by (c) of this                           

01       section.                                                                                                          
02            (c)  The biennial fee for a common carrier dispensary license is $1,000 for each                             
03       of the first 10 licenses a common carrier holds and $100 for each additional license                              
04       issued to the common carrier after the first 10 licenses.  Upon request of the common                             
05       carrier and payment of the proportionate prorated applicable fee, the board shall                                 
06       change the license period of a license for a vehicle, boat, aircraft, or train to allow                           
07       registration to occur in the biennial period of the balance of the licensee's common                              
08       carrier licenses.                                                                                                 
09    * Sec. 2.  The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                         
10 read:                                                                                                                   
11       APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies to issuance of a new common carrier dispensary                                   
12 license or renewal of a common carrier dispensary license that occurs on or after the effective                         
13 date of this Act.                                                                                                       
14    * Sec. 3.  This Act takes effect July 1, 2003.