00                  HOUSE CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 172(STA)                                                                 
01 "An Act relating to the presentation of initiatives and referenda on the ballot."                                       
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 15.45.180(a) is amended to read:                                                                  
04            (a)  If the petition is properly filed, the lieutenant governor, with the assistance                         
05       of the attorney general, shall prepare a ballot title and proposition.  The ballot title                          
06       shall, in not more than 25 [SIX] words, indicate the general subject of the proposition.                      
07       The proposition shall, in not more than 100 words, give a true and impartial summary                              
08       of the proposed law.                                                                                              
09    * Sec. 2.  AS 15.45.180 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             
10            (c)  The lieutenant governor shall submit the ballot title and proposition to the                            
11       director not later than 30 days after the date of the adjournment of the first regular                            
12       legislative session convened after the petition is filed.                                                         
13    * Sec. 3.  AS 15.45.410(a) is amended to read:                                                                     
14            (a)  The lieutenant governor, with the assistance of the attorney general, shall                             
15       prepare a ballot title and proposition upon determining that the petition is properly                             

01       filed.  The ballot title shall, in not more than 25 [SIX] words, indicate the general                         
02       subject area of the act.  The proposition shall, in not more than 100 words, give a true                          
03       and impartial summary of the act being referred.                                                                  
04    * Sec. 4.  AS 15.45.410 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             
05            (c)  The lieutenant governor shall submit the ballot title and proposition to the                            
06       director not later than 60 days after the date the petition is filed.