Alaska HB 386: An Act relating to gaming; relating to gaming activities on Alaska marine highway system vessels; relating to bingo; relating to pull-tabs and electronic pull-tab systems; relating to the powers of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities; relating to the Alaska marine highway system fund; and providing for an effective date.

Bill Text

HB0386a -1- HB 386 
 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED]  
 
34-LS1626\A 
 
 
 
 
 
 HOUSE BILL NO. 386 
 
IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA 
 
THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION 
 
BY THE HOUSE LABOR AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE 
 
Introduced:  4/13/26 
Referred:   Labor and Commerce, Finance 
 
 
A BILL 
 
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED 
 
"An Act relating to gaming; relating to gaming activities on Alaska marine highway 1 
system vessels; relating to bingo; relating to pull-tabs and electronic pull-tab systems; 2 
relating to the powers of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities; 3 
relating to the Alaska marine highway system fund; and providing for an effective 4 
date." 5 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 6 
   * Section 1. AS 05.15.020 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 7 
(d)  The annual permit fee to conduct gaming activities on a vessel of the 8 
Alaska marine highway system under AS 05.15.310 is $10,000. 9 
   * Sec. 2. AS 05.15.030(a) is amended to read: 10 
(a)  [AT THE TIME OF FILING AN APPLICATION FOR A PERMIT OR 11 
LICENSE UNDER THIS CHAPTER, THE APPLICANT SHALL NOTIFY THE 12 
CITY OR BOROUGH NEAREST TO THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED 13 

   34-LS1626\A 
HB 386 -2- HB0386a 
 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED]  
 
ACTIVITY OF THE APPLICATION.] A local government unit may protest the 1 
conduct of the activity in its jurisdiction by resolution stating the reasons for the 2 
protest filed with the department; protests are limited to the lack of qualifications 3 
prescribed by this chapter. This resolution is only a recommendation by the local 4 
government that may be considered by the department in determining whether to issue 5 
or refuse to issue a permit or license.  6 
   * Sec. 3. AS 05.15.030(c) is amended to read: 7 
(c)  If a permittee or licensee changes the location of an activity in the 8 
jurisdiction for which a permit has been issued, the permittee shall notify the 9 
department [AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT] within 10 days after moving to the 10 
new location.  11 
   * Sec. 4. AS 05.15.060(a) is amended to read: 12 
(a)  The department shall adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative 13 
Procedure Act) necessary to carry out this chapter covering [, BUT NOT LIMITED 14 
TO,]  15 
(1)  the issuance, renewal, and revocation of permits, licenses, and 16 
vendor registrations;  17 
(2)  a method of ascertaining net proceeds, the determination of items 18 
of expense that may be incurred or paid, and the limitation of the amount of the items 19 
of expense to prevent the proceeds from the activity permitted from being diverted to 20 
noncharitable, noneducational, nonreligious, or profit-making organizations, 21 
individuals, or groups;  22 
(3)  the immediate revocation of permits, licenses, and vendor 23 
registrations authorized under this chapter if this chapter or regulations adopted under 24 
it are violated;  25 
(4)  the requiring of detailed, sworn, financial reports of operations 26 
from permittees and licensees including detailed statements of receipts and payments;  27 
(5)  the investigation of permittees, licensees, registered vendors, and 28 
their employees, including the fingerprinting of those permittees, licensees, registered 29 
vendors, and employees whom the department considers it advisable to fingerprint;  30 
(6)  the method and manner of conducting authorized activities and 31 

   34-LS1626\A 
HB0386a -3- HB 386 
 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED]  
 
awarding of prizes or awards, and the equipment that may be used;  1 
(7)  the number of activities that may be held, operated, or conducted 2 
under a permit during a specified period; however, the department may not allow more 3 
than 14 bingo sessions a month and 35 bingo games a session to be conducted under a 4 
permit; the holders of a multiple-beneficiary permit under AS 05.15.100(d) may hold, 5 
operate, or conduct the number of sessions and games a month equal to the number 6 
allowed an individual permittee a month multiplied by the number of holders of the 7 
multiple-beneficiary permit;  8 
(8)  a method of accounting for receipts and disbursements by 9 
operators, including the keeping of records and requirements for the deposit of all 10 
receipts in a bank;  11 
(9)  the disposition of funds in possession of a permittee, a person, 12 
municipality, or qualified organization that possesses an operator's license, or a 13 
registered vendor at the time a permit, a license, or a vendor registration is 14 
surrendered, revoked, or invalidated;  15 
(10)  restrictions on the participation by employees of the Department 16 
of Fish and Game in salmon classics, king salmon classics, and big bull moose 17 
derbies, and by employees of Douglas Island Pink and Chum in king salmon classics;  18 
(11)  establishment of standards for online ticket sales under 19 
AS 05.15.640(d) to ensure compliance with charitable gaming laws,