I, MEAD TREADWELL, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA, under the provisions of Article XI of the Constitution of the State of Alaska and under the provisions of AS 15.45, hereby provide notice that the initiative petition for “An Act to tax and regulate the production, sale, and use of marijuana,” which was received on January 17, 2014, and known as 13PSUM, was properly filed.
I have determined that the initiative sponsors have timely filed the petition and that the petition 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 in the state; and (3) who, in each of the house districts, are equal in number to at least seven percent of those who voted in the preceding general election in the house district.
In accordance with AS 15.45.190, the Director of the Division of Elections shall place the ballot title and proposition on the election ballot for the Primary Election on August 19, 2014, except as provided by AS 15.45.210 or absent an intervening special election.