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                                        SENATE BILL NO. 202
                       IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
                       THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION
     BY SENATOR OLSON
     Introduced: 2/19/20
     Referred: Labor and Commerce
                                                 A BILL
                                      FOR AN ACT ENTITLED
 1   "An Act prohibiting the use of certain restrictive provisions in leases of space for
 2   business use; and adding an unlawful act to the Alaska Unfair Trade Practices and
 3   Consumer Protection Act."
 4   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
 5    * Section 1. AS 45.50.471(b) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:
 6                         (58) violating AS 45.50.476 (prohibited lease provision).
 7    * Sec. 2. AS 45.50 is amended by adding a new section to read:
 8                  Sec. 45.50.476. Prohibited lease provision. A lease of space for business use
 9          may not include a provision that prohibits or otherwise prevents a party to the lease
10          from
11                         (1) selling or leasing that party's real property, including an interest in
12          real property, to a person who is not a party to the lease and who intends to use the
13          real property or interest for the operation of a business that is the same as or similar to
14          a business, or part of a business, owned or engaged in by another party to the lease;
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 1                           (2) assisting or facilitating a person who is not a party to the lease to
 2            operate a business that is the same as or similar to a business, or part of a business,
 3            owned or engaged in by another party to the lease; or
 4                           (3) engaging, directly or indirectly, by itself or with another person, in
 5            a business that is the same as or similar to a business, or part of a business, owned or
 6            engaged in by another party to the lease.
 7     * Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to
 8   read:
 9            APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to leases entered into on or after the effective date
10   of this Act.
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Statutes affected: 
SB0202A, AM SB 202, introduced 02/19/2020: 45.50.471, 45.50.476