HB0300a -1- HB 300

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HOUSE BILL NO. 300

IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA

THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION

BY REPRESENTATIVE WOOL

Introduced: 1/24/18

Referred:

A BILL

FOR AN ACT ENTITLED

"An Act prohibiting the expenditure of state or municipal assets to enforce federal marijuana laws; and providing for an effective date."

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:

Section 1. AS 44.99.040(a) is amended to read:

(a) A state or municipal agency may not use or authorize the use of an asset to:

1. implement or aid in the implementation of a requirement of an order of the President of the United States, a federal regulation, or a law enacted by the United States Congress that is applied to:

a. infringe on a person's right, under the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, to keep and bear arms;

b. deny a person a right to due process, or a protection of due process, that would otherwise be available to the person under the Constitution of the State of Alaska or the Constitution of the United States; or

2. enforce or aid in the enforcement of federal criminal laws involving marijuana that are inconsistent with state law under AS 17.38 and the right to privacy in art. I, sec. 22, Constitution of the State of Alaska; in this paragraph, "marijuana" has the meaning given in AS 11.71.900 [REPEALED].

Section 2. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).