Petition Status Find information about active and inactive petitions, including initiative, referendum, and recall petitions. Search Petitions Petition Type (Required) * Initiative Recall Referendum Status (Optional) Petition Year (Optional) Petition Year (Optional) Petition Topic Petition Topic All Petition IDs Your request returned multiple entries, please select an ID to view * Your request returned multiple entries, please select an ID to view * Petition Topic (Short Title) Submit Reset form If you are human, leave this field blank. Your search returned 1 results. Return to Petitions page. An Act adjusting the State of Alaska excise tax on alcoholic beverages by adding 10 cents per drink to the existing tax rate, (and providing for local revenue sharing of this additional income). Initiative Id: 96BTAX | AG File Number: 663-97-0133 State: Inactive Petition Status: Primary Sponsors Reverend Obed Nelson Sponsors Proposed Bill Language PDF Download HTML version Petition Details Not on ballot. Application was received in the Lieutenant Governor’s Office on September 24, 1996. A copy of the application and signatures were sent to the Department of Law and Division of Elections on September 24, 1996. The Division of Elections determined that there were a sufficient number of sponsor signatures on September 30, 1996. The application was certified on October 9, 1996. Petition booklets were issued to the initiative committee on October 31, 1996. The one year filing deadline was October 30, 1997. Lawsuit was filed on November 8, 1996. The Supreme Court ruled on March 7, 1997 that the certification of the initiative petition be withdrawn.