Alaska Statutes 15.45.390 – Bases for determining the petition was improperly filed

The lieutenant governor shall notify the committee that the petition was improperly filed upon determining that

(1) there is an insufficient number of qualified subscribers;

Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
lieutenant governor: includes an appointed lieutenant governor, governor, or acting governor if a vacancy has occurred in the office of lieutenant governor or governor. See Alaska Statutes 15.80.010
state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060

(2) the subscribers were not resident in at least three-fourths of the house districts of the state;

(3) there is an insufficient number of qualified subscribers from each of the house districts described in (2) of this section; or

(4) the petition was not filed within 90 days after the adjournment of the legislative session at which the act was passed.