00                   HOUSE CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 26(STA)                                                                 
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                                                        
15 TO CHANGE THE TIME ZONES IN WHICH ALASKA IS LOCATED. The legislature, by                                                

01 this Act, petitions the United States Department of Transportation to initiate proceedings                              
02 under the Uniform Time Act of 1966 to place all of the state east of longitude -155.00 W,                               
03 with minor variations as requested by proximate communities, within the Pacific Standard                                
04 Time zone as provided in the United States Department of Transportation's "Procedure for                                
05 Moving 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 REPEAL. Section 2 of this Act is repealed if the United States                                              
09 Department of Transportation does not place all of the state east of longitude -155.00 W, with                          
10 minor variations as requested by proximate communities, within the Pacific Standard Time                                
11 zone by January 1, 2028.                                                                                                
12    * Sec. 4. Section 2 of this Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).                                    
13    * Sec. 5. Section 1 of this Act takes effect on the earlier of the following:                                      
14            (1)  the date on which the United States Department of Transportation places                                 
15 all of the state east of longitude -155.00 W, with minor variations as requested by proximate                           
16 communities, within the Pacific Standard Time zone;                                                                     
17            (2)  March 11, 2028.