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Sec. 47.25.980. Duties of department. (a) [See delayed amendment note.] The department shall (1) adopt regulations necessary to carry out the food stamp program; (2) cooperate with the federal government and do all things necessary to continue state eligibility under the food stamp program; (3) comply with the requirements of 7 U.S.C. 2011 — 2036 (Food Stamp Program); (4) establish an electronic application for the food stamp program and allow an applicant to submit an application in electronic format or in other formats required by state and federal law; the electronic application must inform an applicant that a false statement made on the application will be investigated and is punishable under AS 11.56.210; in this paragraph, “electronic application” means an application for benefits or renewal of benefits, whether the department exclusively administers the benefits or administers the benefits in coordination with another state agency or federal agency, electronically completed and submitted through the department's Internet website. (b) The department may designate and change areas in the state in which the food stamp program shall be carried out. Sec. 47.25.983. Reporting change of status. [Repealed, § 42 ch 143 SLA 1982.] Sec. 47.25.985. Violations; penalty. (a) A person is guilty of a misdemeanor if the person (1) knowingly acquires, possesses, uses, alters, or transfers food stamp allotments in violation of AS 47.25.975 — 47.25.980 or the regulations adopted under AS 47.25.980; (2) presents food stamp allotments or causes them to be presented for payment or redemption knowing them to have been transferred, received, altered, or used in a manner violating AS 47.25.975 — 47.25.980 or the regulations adopted under AS 47.25.980; (3) knowingly acquires, uses, alters, or transfers a wage subsidy authorized under AS 47.25.975(b) in violation of AS 47.25.975 — 47.25.980, AS 47.27.025(e), or the regulations adopted under AS 47.25.980 or AS 47.27.025(e). (b) Upon conviction a person shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. Sec. 47.25.990. Definitions. In AS 47.25.975 — 47.25.985, (1) “department” means Department of Health; (2) “food” means any food or food product for human consumption except alcoholic beverages and tobacco and includes seeds and plants for use in gardens to produce food for the personal consumption of the eligible household;