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CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 77(FIN)
IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION
BY THE HOUSE FINANCE COMMITTEE
Offered: 4/29/26
Referred: Rules
Sponsor(s): REPRESENTATIVES COULOMBE, Tomaszewski, Vance, Costello, Eischeid, Stapp, Johnson,
Schwanke, Rauscher, Bynum, Underwood, Ruffridge, McCabe, Kopp, Saddler, Moore
A BILL
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED
"An Act making the theft of mail or an article within mail theft in the second degree." 1
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 2
* Section 1. AS 11.46.130(a) is amended to read: 3
(a) A person commits the crime of theft in the second degree if the person 4
commits theft as defined in AS 11.46.100 and 5
(1) the value of the property or services is $750 or more but less than 6
$25,000; 7
(2) the property is a firearm or explosive; 8
(3) the property is taken from the person of another; 9
(4) the property is taken from a vessel and is vessel safety or survival 10
equipment; 11
(5) the property is taken from an aircraft and the property is aircraft 12
safety or survival equipment; 13
(6) the value of the property is $250 or more but less than $750 and, 14
within the preceding five years, the person has been convicted and sentenced on two 15
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or more separate occasions in this or another jurisdiction of 1
(A) an offense under AS 11.46.120, or an offense under 2
another law or ordinance with similar elements; 3
(B) a crime set out in this subsection or an offense under 4
another law or ordinance with similar elements; 5
(C) an offense under AS 11.46.140(a)(1), or an offense under 6
another law or ordinance with similar elements; or 7
(D) an offense under AS 11.46.220(c)(1) or (c)(2)(A), or an 8
offense under another law or ordinance with similar elements; [OR] 9
(7) the property is an access device or identification document; or 10
(8) the property is mail or an article within mail. 11
* Sec. 2. AS 11.46.130(b) is amended by adding new paragraphs to read: 12
(5) "authorized depository" means a mailbox, letter box, post office 13
box, or rural box used by postal customers for the deposit of outgoing mail or used by 14
the United States Postal Service or a private mail delivery company for the delivery of 15
incoming mail; 16
(6) "juvenile detention facility" and "juvenile treatment facility" have 17
the meanings given in AS 47.12.990; 18
(7) "mail" means a letter, a card, a parcel, or material that 19
(A) is sent or delivered by means of the United States Postal 20
Service or a private mail delivery company; 21
(B) has postage affixed to it by the postal customer, the United 22
States Postal Service, or a private mail delivery company or has been accepted 23
for delivery by the United States Postal Service or a private mail delivery 24
company; and 25
(C) is placed in an authorized depository or mail receptacle or 26
given to an employee of the United States Postal Service or a private mail 27
delivery company for delivery; 28
(8) "mail receptacle" means a location used by the United States Postal 29
Service, a private mail delivery company, or a postal customer for the placement of 30
outgoing mail or the receipt of incoming mail; 31
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(9) "postage" means a United States Postal Service stamp, permit 1
imprint, meter strip, or other authorized indication of prepayment for services 2
provided or authorized by the United States Postal Service or a private mail delivery 3
company for the collection and delivery of mail. 4
* Sec. 3. AS 11.46.130 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 5
(d) The provisions of (a)(8) of this section do not apply to an act carried out in 6
accordance with the official duties of an employee charged with the operation of a 7
juvenile treatment facility, juvenile detention facility, or correctional facility. 8
* Sec. 4. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 9
read: 10
APPLICABILITY. AS 11.46.130, as amended by secs. 1 - 3 of this Act, applies to 11
offenses committed on or after the effective date of this Act. 12