00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 139                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the voting rights of felons; and providing for an effective date."                                  
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 15.05.030 is amended to read:                                                                     
04            Sec. 15.05.030.  Loss and restoration of voting rights.  (a) A person                                      
05       convicted of a crime that constitutes a felony [INVOLVING MORAL TURPITUDE]                                        
06       under state or federal law and who is incarcerated as a result may not vote in a state,                       
07       federal, or municipal election [FROM THE DATE OF THE CONVICTION                                                   
08       THROUGH THE DATE OF THE UNCONDITIONAL DISCHARGE OF THE                                                            
09       PERSON].  Upon release from incarceration [THE UNCONDITIONAL                                                  
10       DISCHARGE], the person may register under AS 15.07.                                                               
11            (b)  The commissioner of corrections shall establish procedures by which a                                   
12       person released from incarceration [UNCONDITIONALLY DISCHARGED] is                                            
13       advised of the voter registration requirements and procedures.                                                    
14    * Sec. 2.  The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                         
15 read:                                                                                                                   

01       CONDITIONAL EFFECT OF ACT.  This Act takes effect only if a constitutional                                        
02 amendment changing the voting rights of felons to permit all but those felons in state or                               
03 federal custody to vote is passed by the legislature and approved by the voters at the 2006                             
04 general election.                                                                                                       
05    * Sec. 3.  If this Act takes effect under sec. 2 of this Act, it takes effect on the effective date                
06 of the amendment described in sec. 2 of this Act.