00                      CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 171(FIN)                                                                   
01 "An Act relating to the permanent fund dividend of an otherwise qualified individual                                    
02 who dies during the qualifying year; and providing for an effective date."                                              
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 43.23.005(h) is amended to read:                                                                   
05            (h)  If an individual who would otherwise have been eligible for a permanent                                 
06       fund dividend dies after applying for the dividend but before the dividend is paid, the                           
07       department shall pay the dividend to a personal representative of the estate or to a                              
08       successor claiming personal property under AS 13.16.680. If an individual who would                               
09       otherwise have been eligible for a dividend and who did not apply for the dividend                                
10       dies during the application period, a personal representative of the estate or a                                  
11       successor claiming personal property under AS 13.16.680 may apply for and receive                                 
12       the dividend. If an individual who received a dividend for the year immediately                               
13       before the qualifying year and who would otherwise have been eligible for a                                   
14       dividend dies during the qualifying year after having been a state resident for at                            

01       least 180 days immediately before the date of death, notwithstanding (a)(1) - (3)                             
02       and (a)(6) of this section, a personal representative of the estate or a successor                            
03       claiming personal property under AS 13.16.680 may apply for and receive the                                   
04       dividend. Notwithstanding AS 43.23.011, an [THE] application for a [THE] dividend                     
05       may be filed by the personal representative or the successor under this subsection at                         
06       any time before the end of the application period for the next dividend year.                                     
07    * Sec. 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2010.