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CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 12(JUD)
IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION
BY THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Offered: 3/17/23
Referred: Finance
Sponsor(s): SENATOR KIEHL
A BILL
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED
"An Act relating to the duties of the Department of Administration; creating an address 1
confidentiality program; and providing for an effective date." 2
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 3
* Section 1. AS 44.21.020 is amended to read: 4
Sec. 44.21.020. Duties of department. The Department of Administration 5
shall 6
(1) make surveys and studies to improve administrative procedures, 7
methods, and organization; 8
(2) keep general accounts; 9
(3) approve vouchers and disburse funds for all purposes; 10
(4) operate centralized purchasing and supply services, and necessary 11
storerooms and warehouses; 12
(5) [REPEALED 13
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services adaptable to centralized management; 1
(6) [(7)] administer the public employees' retirement system and 2
teachers' retirement system; 3
(7) [(8)] administer a statewide personnel program, including central 4
personnel services such as recruitment, assessment, position classification, and pay 5
administration; 6
(8) [(9)] administer and supervise a statewide automatic data 7
processing program; 8
(9) [(10)] study, design, implement, and manage the 9
telecommunications systems and services of the state under AS 44.21.305 - 44.21.330; 10
(10) establish and administer the address confidentiality program 11
under AS 44.21.022. 12
* Sec. 2. AS 44.21 is amended by adding a new section to read: 13
Sec. 44.21.022. Address confidentiality program. (a) The address 14
confidentiality program is established in the department to protect the confidentiality 15
of the address of an individual enrolled in the program. 16
(b) The department shall 17
(1) establish and administer the program; 18
(2) designate a post office box as a substitute mailing address for an 19
individual enrolled in the program; 20
(3) forward the mail of an individual enrolled in the program from the 21
post office box designated under (2) of this subsection to the individual's residential 22
street address, post office box, school address, or work address as specified on the 23
individual's application for enrollment in the program; 24
(4) maintain the confidentiality of the address of an individual enrolled 25
in the program; and 26
(5) adopt regulations establishing a procedure for a qualified individual 27
under (c) of this section to enroll in or withdraw from the program. 28
(c) The following individuals may enroll in the program: 29
(1) a victim of a crime involving domestic violence, stalking, or sexual 30
assault if 31 33-LS0162\R
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(A) a court has issued a protective order on behalf of the 1
victim; or 2
(B) the victim meets other standards set by the department; 3
(2) a guardian of a minor, if a court has issued a protective order on 4
behalf of the minor; 5
(3) a peace officer; 6
(4) a correctional officer; and 7
(5) a household member of an individual specified under (1) - (4) of 8
this subsection who is enrolled in the program. 9
(d) A state or municipal agency shall allow an individual enrolled in the 10
program to use the post office box designated by the department under (b)(2) of this 11
section as the individual's mailing address. 12
(e) The department shall remove an individual enrolled in the program under 13
(c)(1) or (2) of this section, or under (c)(5) of this section if the individual is a 14
household member of a person enrolled in the program under (c)(1) or (2) of this 15
section, from the program five years after the expiration of the protective order issued 16
on behalf of the victim or minor. The department shall remove an individual enrolled 17
in the program under (c)(3) or (4) of this section, or under (c)(5) of this section if the 18
individual is a household member of a person enrolled in the program under (c)(3) or 19
(4) of this section, from the program five years after the last day the individual or 20
individual's household member is employed as a peace officer or correctional officer. 21
(f) The department may not collect a registration fee from an individual 22
qualified under (c) of this section to enroll in the program. 23
(g) The department shall disclose an individual's address to a peace officer in 24
response to a search warrant issued by a state or federal court. 25
(h) A person who discloses information that is confidential under this section 26
about an individual enrolled in the program under (c) of this section is guilty of a class 27
B misdemeanor if the person 28
(1) is authorized to access the address confidentiality program database 29
and recklessly discloses the information to the respondent of a protective order; 30
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database and knowingly discloses the information to the respondent of a protective 1
order; or 2
(3) accesses the address confidentiality program database without 3
authorization to access the database and recklessly discloses the information. 4
(i) In this section, 5
(1) "correctional officer" means a person 6
(A) appointed by the commissioner of corrections whose 7
primary duty under AS 33.30 is to provide custody, care, security, control, and 8
discipline of persons charged or convicted of offenses against the state or held 9
under authority of state law; 10
(B) employed in a correctional facility in this state whose 11
primary duty is to provide custody, care, security, control, and discipline of 12
persons charged or convicted of offenses or held under authority of law; or 13
(C) employed full time in a municipal correctional facility 14
whose primary duty is to provide custody, care, security, control, and 15
discipline of persons charged or convicted of offenses or held under authority 16
of law, and the correctional facility is located in a municipality that has 17
adopted AS 18.65.130 - 18.65.290 by ordinance under AS 18.65.285; 18
(2) "crime involving domestic violence" has the meaning given in 19
AS 18.66.990; 20
(3) "department" means the Department of Administration; 21
(4) "household member" means an adult or minor who lives in the 22
same residence as an individual enrolled in the program; 23
(5) "peace officer" has the meaning given in AS 01.10.060; 24
(6) "program" means the address confidentiality program. 25
* Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 26
read: 27
TRANSITION: REGULATIONS. The Department of Administration may adopt 28
regulations necessary to implement AS 44.21.022, enacted by sec. 2 of this Act. The 29
regulations take effect under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) but not before the 30
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* Sec. 4. Section 3 of this Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c). 1
* Sec. 5. Except as provided in sec. 4 of this Act, this Act takes effect January 1, 2024. 2