00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 165                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to birth certificates for foreign-born adopted persons."                                               
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 18.50.211(c) is amended to read:                                                                  
04            (c)  A certificate of birth issued under this section shall be in a form prescribed                          
05       by the state registrar and, if issued                                                                         
06                 (1)  before the effective date of this Act, shall state that it is not                              
07       evidence of United States citizenship;                                                                        
08                 (2)  on or after the effective date of this Act, may not include any                                
09       statement that the certificate is not evidence of United States citizenship.                                  
10    * Sec. 2.  AS 18.50.211(d) is amended to read:                                                                     
11            (d)  Upon proof of naturalization, an amended certificate of birth shall be                              
12       issued under this section that deletes the statement set out in (c)(1) of this section that                   
13       the certificate is not evidence of United States citizenship.                                                     
14    * Sec. 3.  AS 18.50.211 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             
15            (e)  Notwithstanding the requirements of (c) and (d) of this section, the state                              

01       registrar shall issue an amended certificate of birth that deletes the statement set out in                       
02       (c)(1) of this section that the certificate is not evidence of United States citizenship if                       
03                 (1)  the adopted person or the person's adoptive parent or guardian                                     
04       requests the deletion of the statement; and                                                                       
05                 (2)  the birth certificate was issued under this section by the state                                   
06       registrar after February 27, 2001, and before the effective date of this Act.