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 increasing the alcoholic beverage tax; and providing Initiative Id: 99ATAX State: Inactive Petition Status: Supreme Court ruled – petition will not appear on ballot Primary Sponsors James A. Crary, Matt Felix, Joan Diamond Sponsors Proposed Bill Language PDF Download HTML version Petition Details Not on ballot. Application was received in the Lieutenant Governor’s Office on June 8, 1999. A copy of the application and signatures were sent to the Department of Law and Division of Elections on June 8, 1999. The Division of Elections determined that there were a sufficient number of sponsor signatures on June 16, 1999. The application was certified on July 16, 1999. Petition booklets were issued to the initiative committee on July 27, 1999. The one year filing deadline was July 27, 2000. February 28, 2000 the Superior Court of Alaska ruled that this initiative is unconstitutional.