00SENATE BILL NO. 49                                                                                                      
01 "An Act relating to preelection reports; closing the two-day reporting gap in                                           
02 those reports; setting the date of February 15 for filing year-end campaign                                             
03 finance reports; and requiring reporting of zero year-end reports."                                                     
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1.  AS 15.13.110(a) is amended to read:                                                                    
06  (a)  Each candidate and group shall make a full report in accordance with                                             
07 AS 15.13.040 for [DURING] the period ending three days before the due date of the                                     
08 report and beginning on the last day covered by the most recent previous report.  If                                   
09 the report is a first report, it shall cover the period from the beginning of the                                       
10 campaign to the date [, OR, IF A FIRST REPORT, ALL CONTRIBUTIONS                                                       
11 RECEIVED AND EXPENDITURES MADE BEFORE] three days before the due date                                                   
12 of the report.  If the report is a report due February 15, it shall cover the period                                   
13 beginning on the last day covered by the most recent previous report or on the                                          
14 day that the campaign started, whichever is later, and ending on December 31 of                                         

01 the prior year.  The report shall be filed [AT THE FOLLOWING TIMES:]                                                   
02   (1)  30 days before the election; however, this report is not required if                                            
03 the deadline for filing a nominating petition or declaration of candidacy is within 30                                  
04 days of the election;                                                                                                   
05   (2)  one week before the election;                                                                                   
06   (3)  10 [TEN] days after the election; and                                                                         
07   (4)  February 15 [DECEMBER 31 OF EACH YEAR] for expenditures                                                       
08 made and contributions received that [WHICH] were not reported during the                                          
09 previous [THAT] year or when expenditures were not made or contributions were                                         
10 not received during the previous year.                                                                                 
11    * Sec. 2.  AS 15.13.110(b) is amended to read:                                                                       
12  (b)  Each contribution or expenditure that [WHICH] exceeds $250 and that                                          
13 [WHICH] is made within nine days [ONE WEEK] of the election shall be reported                                         
14 to the commission by date, amount, and contributor or recipient within 24 hours of                                      
15 receipt or expenditure by the candidate or campaign treasurer.