00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 279                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to newspapers of general circulation, execution on property, regulation                                
02 adoption, abandoned tenant property, and unclaimed property."                                                           
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 09.35.140(d) is amended to read:                                                                   
05            (d)  In this section, "newspaper of general circulation" means a publication that                            
06                 (1)  is published in printed newspaper format;                                                      
07                 (2)  is published each month or more frequently and distributed in                              
08       each of [AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK FOR AT LEAST 50 WEEKS EACH YEAR                                                 
09       WITHIN] the judicial districts in the state [DISTRICT WHERE THE PLACE OF                                      
10       SALE IS LOCATED, EXCLUDING A PERIOD WHEN PUBLICATION IS                                                           
11       INTERRUPTED BY A LABOR DISPUTE OR BY A NATURAL DISASTER OR                                                        
12       OTHER CASUALTY THAT THE PUBLISHER CANNOT CONTROL];                                                                
13                 (3)  has a business mail account and holds a [SECOND CLASS]                                         
14       mailing permit from the United States Postal Service;                                                             

01                 (4)  is not published primarily to distribute advertising; and                                          
02                 (5)  is not intended primarily for a particular professional or                                         
03       occupational group.                                                                                               
04    * Sec. 2. AS 44.62.640(a) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                            
05                 (5)  "newspaper of general circulation" has the meaning given in                                        
06       AS 09.35.140.