Alaska Statutes Title 15, Chapter 15.45, Article 01 - Initiative

• Sec. 15.45.010 Provision and Scope for Use of the Initiative.
  The law-making powers assigned to the legislature may be exercised by the people through the initiative. However, an initiative may not be proposed to...
• Sec. 15.45.020 Filing Application.
  An initiative is proposed by filing an application with the lieutenant governor. A deposit of $100 must accompany the application. This deposit shall be...
• Sec. 15.45.030 Form of Application.
  The application must include the(1) proposed bill;(2) printed name, the signature, the address, and a numerical identifier of not fewer than 100 qualified voters...
• Sec. 15.45.040 Form of Proposed Bill.
  The proposed bill shall be in the following form:(1) the bill shall be confined to one subject;(2) the subject of the bill shall be...
• Sec. 15.45.050 Manner of Notice.
  Notice to the initiative committee on any matter pertaining to the application and petition may be served on any member of the committee in...
• Sec. 15.45.060 Designation of Sponsors.
  The qualified voters who subscribe to the application in support of the proposed bill are designated as sponsors. The initiative committee may designate additional...
• Sec. 15.45.070 Review of Application for Certification.
  Within 60 calendar days after the date the application is received, the lieutenant governor shall review the application and shall either certify it or...
• Sec. 15.45.080 Bases of Denial of Certification.
  The lieutenant governor shall deny certification upon determining in writing that(1) the proposed bill to be initiated is not confined to one subject or...
• Sec. 15.45.090 Preparation of Petition.
  (a) If the application is certified, the lieutenant governor shall prepare a sufficient number of sequentially numbered petitions to allow full circulation throughout the...
• Sec. 15.45.100 Statement of Warning.
  Each petition shall include a statement of warning that a person who signs a name other than the person's own on the petition, or...
• Sec. 15.45.105 Qualifications of Circulator.
  To circulate a petition booklet, a person shall be(1) a citizen of the United States;(2) 18 years of age or older; and(3) a resident...
• Sec. 15.45.110 Circulation of Petition; Prohibitions and Penalty.
  (a) The petitions may be circulated throughout the state only in person.(b) [Repealed, Sec. 92 ch 82 SLA 2000]. (c) A circulator may not...
• Sec. 15.45.120 Manner of Signing and Withdrawing Name From Petition.
  Any qualified voter may subscribe to the petition by printing the voter's name, a numerical identifier, and an address, by signing the voter's name,...
• Sec. 15.45.130 Certification of Circulator.
  Before being filed, each petition shall be certified by an affidavit by the person who personally circulated the petition. In determining the sufficiency of...
• Sec. 15.45.140 Filing of Petition.
  (a) The sponsors must file the initiative petition within one year from the time the sponsors received notice from the lieutenant governor that the...
• Sec. 15.45.150 Review of Petition.
  Within not more than 60 days of the date the petition was filed, the lieutenant governor shall review the petition and shall notify the...
• Sec. 15.45.160 Bases for Determining the Petition Was Improperly Filed.
  The lieutenant governor shall notify the committee that the petition was improperly filed upon determining that(1) there is an insufficient number of qualified subscribers;(2)...
• Sec. 15.45.170 Submission of Supplementary Petition. [Repealed, Sec. 7 Ch 80 Sla 1998].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 15.45.180 Preparation of Ballot Title and Proposition.
  (a) If the petition is properly filed, the lieutenant governor, with the assistance of the attorney general, shall prepare a ballot title and proposition....
• Sec. 15.45.190 Placing Proposition on Ballot.
  The lieutenant governor shall direct the director to place the ballot title and proposition on the election ballot of the first statewide general, special,...
• Sec. 15.45.195 Public Hearings.
  (a) At least 30 days before the election at which an initiative is to appear on the ballot, the lieutenant governor or a designee...
• Sec. 15.45.200 Display of Proposed Law.
  The director shall provide each election board with at least five copies of the proposed law being initiated, and the election board shall display...
• Sec. 15.45.210 Determination of Void Petition.
  If the lieutenant governor, with the formal concurrence of the attorney general, determines that an act of the legislature that is substantially the same...
• Sec. 15.45.220 Adoption and Effective Date of Proposed Law.
  If a majority of the votes cast on the initiative proposition favor its adoption, the proposed law is enacted, and the lieutenant governor shall...
• Sec. 15.45.230 Insufficiency of Application or Petition. [Repealed, Sec. 7, Ch 80 Sla 1998].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 15.45.240 Judicial Review.
  Any person aggrieved by a determination made by the lieutenant governor under AS 15.45.010 - 15.45.220 may bring an action in the superior court...
• Sec. 15.45.245 Delegation by Lieutenant Governor.
  The lieutenant governor may delegate the duties imposed on the lieutenant governor by AS 15.45.010 - 15.45.240 to the director.

Last modified: November 15, 2016