HB 77 Summary

• Makes corrective amendments to Alaska Statutes as recommended by the revisor of statutes, including clarifications to statutory language, cross-references, and definitions

• Corrects references to statutes in sections relating to medical assistance payment fraud (AS 09.58.010 - 09.58.025) and removes outdated statutory deadline language

• Updates terminology throughout the code, including replacing outdated terms like "which" with "that," "shall" with "must," and standardizing passive and active voice constructions

• Makes technical corrections to statutory definitions and provisions in areas including secured transactions, consumer protection, securities registration, education, employment, and environmental conservation

• Takes effect July 1, 2017, except for sections 2-5 which take effect on the effective date of section 19, chapter 25, SLA 2016