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HOUSE BILL NO. 102
IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION
BY REPRESENTATIVE ARMSTRONG
Introduced: 3/8/23
Referred: State Affairs, Judiciary
A BILL
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED
1 "An Act relating to the duties of the Department of Administration; creating an address
2 confidentiality program; and providing for an effective date."
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
4 * Section 1. AS 44.21.020 is amended to read:
5 Sec. 44.21.020. Duties of department. The Department of Administration
6 shall
7 (1) make surveys and studies to improve administrative procedures,
8 methods, and organization;
9 (2) keep general accounts;
10 (3) approve vouchers and disburse funds for all purposes;
11 (4) operate centralized purchasing and supply services, and necessary
12 storerooms and warehouses;
13 (5) [REPEALED
14 (6)] supervise telephone, mailing, messenger, duplicating, and similar
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1 services adaptable to centralized management;
2 (6) [(7)] administer the public employees' retirement system and
3 teachers' retirement system;
4 (7) [(8)] administer a statewide personnel program, including central
5 personnel services such as recruitment, assessment, position classification, and pay
6 administration;
7 (8) [(9)] administer and supervise a statewide automatic data
8 processing program;
9 (9) [(10)] study, design, implement, and manage the
10 telecommunications systems and services of the state under AS 44.21.305 - 44.21.330;
11 (10) establish and administer the address confidentiality program
12 under AS 44.21.022.
13 * Sec. 2. AS 44.21 is amended by adding a new section to read:
14 Sec. 44.21.022. Address confidentiality program. (a) The address
15 confidentiality program is established in the department to protect the confidentiality
16 of the address of an individual enrolled in the program.
17 (b) The department shall
18 (1) establish and administer the program;
19 (2) designate a post office box as a substitute mailing address for an
20 individual enrolled in the program;
21 (3) forward the mail of an individual enrolled in the program from the
22 post office box designated under (2) of this subsection to the individual's residential
23 street address, post office box, school address, or work address as specified on the
24 individual's application for enrollment in the program;
25 (4) maintain the confidentiality of the address of an individual enrolled
26 in the program; and
27 (5) adopt regulations establishing a procedure for a qualified individual
28 under (c) of this section to enroll in or withdraw from the program.
29 (c) The following individuals may enroll in the program:
30 (1) a victim of a crime involving domestic violence, stalking, or sexual
31 assault, if a court has issued a protective order on behalf of the victim;
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1 (2) a guardian of a minor, if a court has issued a protective order on
2 behalf of the minor;
3 (3) a peace officer;
4 (4) a correctional officer; and
5 (5) a household member of an individual specified under (1) - (4) of
6 this subsection who is enrolled in the program.
7 (d) A state or municipal agency shall allow an individual enrolled in the
8 program to use the post office box designated by the department under (b)(2) of this
9 section as the individual's mailing address.
10 (e) The department shall remove an individual enrolled in the program under
11 (c)(1) or (2) of this section, or under (c)(5) of this section if the individual is a
12 household member of a person enrolled in the program under (c)(1) or (2) of this
13 section, from the program five years after the expiration of the protective order issued
14 on behalf of the victim or minor. The department shall remove an individual enrolled
15 in the program under (c)(3) or (4) of this section, or under (c)(5) of this section if the
16 individual is a household member of a person enrolled in the program under (c)(3) or
17 (4) of this section, from the program five years after the last day the individual or
18 individual's household member is employed as a peace officer or correctional officer.
19 (f) The department may not collect a registration fee from an individual
20 qualified under (c) of this section to enroll in the program.
21 (g) The department shall disclose an individual's address to a peace officer in
22 response to a search warrant issued by a state or federal court.
23 (h) A person who discloses information that is confidential under this section
24 about an individual enrolled in the program under (c) of this section is guilty of a class
25 B misdemeanor if the person
26 (1) is authorized to access the address confidentiality program database
27 and recklessly discloses the information to the respondent of a protective order;
28 (2) is not authorized to access the address confidentiality program
29 database and knowingly discloses the information to the respondent of a protective
30 order; or
31 (3) accesses the address confidentiality program database without
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1 authorization to access the database and recklessly discloses the information.
2 (i) In this section,
3 (1) "correctional officer" means a person
4 (A) appointed by the commissioner of corrections whose
5 primary duty under AS 33.30 is to provide custody, care, security, control, and
6 discipline of persons charged or convicted of offenses against the state or held
7 under authority of state law;
8 (B) employed in a correctional facility in this state whose
9 primary duty is to provide custody, care, security, control, and discipline of
10 persons charged or convicted of offenses or held under authority of law; or
11 (C) employed full time in a municipal correctional facility
12 whose primary duty is to provide custody, care, security, control, and
13 discipline of persons charged or convicted of offenses or held under authority
14 of law, and the correctional facility is located in a municipality that has
15 adopted AS 18.65.130 - 18.65.290 by ordinance under AS 18.65.285;
16 (2) "crime involving domestic violence" has the meaning given in
17 AS 18.66.990;
18 (3) "department" means the Department of Administration;
19 (4) "household member" means an adult or minor who lives in the
20 same residence as an individual enrolled in the program;
21 (5) "peace officer" has the meaning given in AS 01.10.060;
22 (6) "program" means the address confidentiality program.
23 * Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to
24 read:
25 TRANSITION: REGULATIONS. The Department of Administration may adopt
26 regulations necessary to implement AS 44.21.022, enacted by sec. 2 of this Act. The
27 regulations take effect under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) but not before the
28 effective date of the law being implemented by the regulation.
29 * Sec. 4. Section 3 of this Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).
30 * Sec. 5. Except as provided in sec. 4 of this Act, this Act takes effect January 1, 2024.
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Statutes affected: HB0102A, AM HB 102, introduced 03/06/2023: 44.21.020, 44.21.305, 44.21.330, 44.21.022, 18.65.130, 18.65.290, 18.65.285, 18.66.990, 01.10.060