(a) The sponsors must file the initiative petition within one year from the time the sponsors received notice from the lieutenant governor that the petitions were ready for delivery to them. The petition may be filed with the lieutenant governor only if it meets all of the following requirements: it is signed by qualified voters
(1) equal in number to 10 percent of those who voted in the preceding general election;
(2) resident in at least three-fourths of the house districts of the state; and
(3) who, in each of the house districts described in (2) of this subsection, are equal in number to at least seven percent of those who voted in the preceding general election in the house district.
(b) If the petition is not filed within the one-year period provided for in (a) of this section, the petition has no force or effect.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Chapter 45. Initiative, Referendum, and Recall
Sec. 15.45.010. Provision and scope for use of the initiative.
Sec. 15.45.020. Filing application.
Sec. 15.45.030. Form of application.
Sec. 15.45.040. Form of proposed bill.
Sec. 15.45.050. Manner of notice.
Sec. 15.45.060. Designation of sponsors.
Sec. 15.45.070. Review of application for certification.
Sec. 15.45.080. Bases of denial of certification.
Sec. 15.45.090. Preparation of petition.
Sec. 15.45.100. Statement of warning.
Sec. 15.45.105. Qualifications of circulator.
Sec. 15.45.110. Circulation of petition; prohibitions and penalty.
Sec. 15.45.120. Manner of signing and withdrawing name from petition.
Sec. 15.45.130. Certification of circulator.
Sec. 15.45.140. Filing of petition.
Sec. 15.45.150. Review of petition.
Sec. 15.45.160. Bases for determining the petition was improperly filed.
Sec. 15.45.180. Preparation of ballot title and proposition.
Sec. 15.45.190. Placing proposition on ballot.
Sec. 15.45.195. Public hearings.
Sec. 15.45.200. Display of proposed law.
Sec. 15.45.210. Determination of void petition.
Sec. 15.45.220. Adoption and effective date of proposed law.