HB 163 Summary

• Removes the word "reasonable" from 27 separate Alaska Statutes sections that authorize adoption of regulations by various state departments and agencies.

• Affected statutes cover diverse regulatory areas including public safety devices, junk yards, library services, ferry terminals, insurance, utilities, cigarette taxes, public assistance, and natural resources.

• Changes phrases like "reasonable regulations" to simply "regulations" throughout the Alaska Statutes, affecting the Department of Education, Department of Insurance, Public Utilities Commission, and other state entities.

• Also replaces "reasonably" or variations with similar streamlining in select provisions, such as changing "carry out the provisions of" to "effectuate" in certain insurance-related sections.