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HB50: Snow Classics

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In one sentence

This law updates the definition of a 'snow classic' to allow these games at any specific location and removes restrictions requiring them to be run by Four Valleys Community School, Inc.

What it does

  • Amends Alaska state code section AS 05.15.690(47).
  • Defines 'snow classic' as a game of chance where money prizes are awarded for the closest guess of total snow accumulation at a specific location and time.
  • Removes the rule that limited these games to Mount Alyeska only.
  • Removes the requirement that Four Valleys Community School, Inc. must operate and administer the event.

Who it affects

  • People who play or organize snow guessing games in Alaska
  • State agencies enforcing gambling laws

Limits and unknowns

  • The official text only shows changes to the definition and does not list new rules for how much snow must be present.
  • The source does not explain if other groups need extra approval to run these games, though it removes the specific requirement for Four Valleys Community School, Inc.

Plain language

Terms to know

snow classic
A game of chance where a money prize is awarded for the closest guess of total snow accumulation at a specific location and time.
game of chance
An activity defined in this law as one where prizes are based on guessing outcomes rather than skill, though the text does not define the term itself.

Official record

Sources

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Official summary

SNOW CLASSICS An Act relating to snow classics.

Official activity

Bill history

  1. (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 9/21/263158
  2. (H) LAW W/O GOV SIGNATURE 6/22 CH 30 SLA 263158
  3. (H) 12:55 P.M. 6/5/26 TRANSMITTED TO GOVERNOR3058
  4. (S) VERSION: HB 502832
  5. (S) RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT2832
  6. (S) PASSED Y19 N12832
  7. (S) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 502831
  8. (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC2831
  9. (S) READ THE SECOND TIME2831
  10. (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/20/20262831
  11. (S) FN2: ZERO(REV)2709
  12. (S) NR: DUNBAR, YUNDT2709
  13. (S) DP: BJORKMAN, GRAY-JACKSON2709
  14. (S) L&C RPT 2DP 2NR2709
  15. (S) Moved HB 50 Out of CommitteeText
  16. (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)Text
  17. (S) Heard & HeldText
  18. (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)Text
  19. (S) FN1: ZERO(REV)1274
  20. (S) DP: MERRICK, OLSON, DUNBAR, GRAY-JACKSON, YUNDT1274