00                            SENATE BILL NO. 26                                                                          
01 "An Act petitioning the United States Department of Transportation to change the time                                   
02 zones of Alaska; exempting the state from daylight saving time; and providing for an                                    
03 effective date."                                                                                                        
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1. AS 44.12 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                  
06                         Article 5. Standard Time.                                                                     
07 Sec. 44.12.400. Exemption from daylight saving time. The state exempts                                                
08 itself from observation of advanced time, also known as daylight saving time, during                                    
09 the period set under 15 U.S.C. 260a for the advancement of time each calendar year,                                     
10       and the entire state shall observe the standard time that is otherwise applicable during                          
11       that period.                                                                                                      
12    * Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
13 read:                                                                                                                   
14       PETITION TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION                                                        

01 TO CHANGE THE TIME ZONE IN WHICH ALASKA IS LOCATED. The legislature, by                                                 
02 this Act, petitions the United States Department of Transportation to initiate proceedings                              
03 under the Uniform Time Act of 1966 to place all of the state within the Pacific Standard Time                           
04 zone as provided in the United States Department of Transportation's "Procedure for Moving                              
05 an Area from One Time Zone to Another."                                                                                 
06    * Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
07 read:                                                                                                                   
08 CONDITIONAL EFFECT OF SECTION 1 OF THIS ACT. Section 1 of this Act takes                                                
09 effect only if the United States Department of Transportation places all of the state within the                        
10 Pacific Standard Time zone on or before January 1, 2035.                                                                
11    * Sec. 4. Section 2 of this Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).                                    
12    * Sec. 5. If sec. 1 of this Act takes effect, it takes effect on the effective date of the                         
13 placement of all of the state within the Pacific Standard Time zone.