00HOUSE BILL NO. 42                                                                                                       
01 "An Act relating to the location of the convening of the legislature in regular                                         
02 session; and providing for an effective date."                                                                          
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 24.05.090 is amended to read:                                                                       
05  Sec. 24.05.090.  Regular sessions.  The legislature shall convene in the                                             
06 Municipality of Anchorage [AT THE CAPITAL] each year on the second Monday                                              
07 in January at 10:00 a.m.; however, following a gubernatorial election year, the                                         
08 legislature shall convene on the third Tuesday in January at 10:00 a.m.  The legislative                               
09 council shall arrange for an appropriate location in Anchorage for each regular                                         
10 session.  Except as provided in this section, each legislature shall have a duration of                                
11 two years and shall consist of a "First Regular Session," which shall meet in the odd-                                  
12 numbered years, and a "Second Regular Session," which shall meet in the even-                                           
13 numbered years, and any special session or sessions that the governor or legislature may find                           
14 necessary to call.                                                                                                      

01    * Sec. 2.  AS 24.10.030 is amended to read:                                                                          
02  Sec. 24.10.030.  Chief clerk and senate secretary.  Each house shall select                                           
03 from outside its membership a person of known stenographic and administrative ability                                   
04 to serve as chief administrative clerk; a chief clerk in the house of representatives and                               
05 a secretary in the senate.  When nominated and elected in conformity with the uniform                                   
06 rules, they continue to serve for the duration of the legislature at the pleasure of the                                
07 house to which assigned.  Pending the organization of a new legislature, they may                                       
08 continue to serve at the request and direction of the legislative council until their                                   
09 respective houses formally reappoint or replace them.  The chief clerk and senate                                       
10 secretary are responsible for the performance of duties provided for by law, the                                        
11 uniform rules, and orders of the house.  They may be requested to report to the                                         
12 legislative council for duty for a period not to exceed two weeks immediately                                           
13 preceding the convening of the session and shall remain at the location of the session                                
14 [CAPITAL] until the completion of their work relating to that session as [IS]                                         
15 determined by the director of the council.                                                                              
16    * Sec. 3.  AS 24.10.130(a) is amended to read:                                                                       
17  (a)  A member of the legislature is entitled to reimbursement for the expenses                                        
18 of moving between the member's place of residence and the Municipality of                                              
19 Anchorage [CAPITAL CITY] for the purpose of attending a regular session of the                                         
20 legislature.                                                                                                            
21    * Sec. 4.  AS 24.45.041(b) is amended to read:                                                                       
22  (b)  The registration form prescribed by the commission must include                                                  
23   (1)  the lobbyist's full name and complete permanent residence and                                                   
24 business address and telephone number, as well as any temporary residential and                                         
25 business address and telephone number in the Municipality of Anchorage [STATE                                         
26 CAPITAL] during a regular legislative session;                                                                        
27   (2)  the full name and complete address of each person by whom the                                                   
28 lobbyist is retained or employed;                                                                                       
29   (3)  whether the person from whom the lobbyist receives compensation                                                 
30 employs the person solely as a lobbyist or whether the person is a regular employee                                     
31 performing other services for the employer that [WHICH] include but are not limited                                   

01 to the influencing of legislative or administrative action;                                                             
02   (4)  the nature or form of the lobbyist's compensation for engaging in                                               
03 lobbying, including salary, fees, or reimbursement for expenses received in                                             
04 consideration for, or directly in support of or in connection with, the influencing of                                  
05 legislative or administrative action;                                                                                   
06   (5)  a general description of the subjects or matters on which the                                                   
07 registrant expects to lobby or to engage in the influencing of legislative or                                           
08 administrative action;                                                                                                  
09   (6)  the full name and complete address of the person, if other than the                                             
10 registrant, who has custody of the accounts, books, papers, bills, receipts, and other                                  
11 documents required to be maintained under this chapter.                                                                 
12    * Sec. 5.  AS 24.45.041(e) is amended to read:                                                                       
13  (e)  Within 45 days after the convening of each regular session of the                                                
14 legislature, the commission shall publish a directory of registered lobbyists, containing                               
15 the information prescribed in (b) of this section for each lobbyist and the photograph,                                 
16 if any, furnished by a lobbyist under (c) of this section.  From time to time thereafter                                
17 the commission shall publish those supplements to the directory that in the                                             
18 commission's judgment may be necessary.  The directory shall be made available to                                       
19 public officials and to the public at the following locations: a public place adjacent to                               
20 the legislative chambers in the Municipality of Anchorage [STATE CAPITOL                                              
21 BUILDING], the office of the lieutenant governor, the legislative reference library of                                  
22 the Legislative Affairs Agency, and the commission's central office.                                                    
23    * Sec. 6.  AS 24.50.010 is amended to read:                                                                          
24  Sec. 24.50.010.  Annual student guests.  The legislature may each year while                                          
25 in session serve as host to one member of each high school in the state for a stay of                                   
26 one week [IN THE CAPITAL] to observe and learn the legislative process.                                                 
27    * Sec. 7.  AS 24.50.040 is amended to read:                                                                          
28  Sec. 24.50.040.  Essay contest.  Before leaving [THE STATE CAPITAL], each                                             
29 legislative guest hosted under AS 24.50.010 shall prepare and submit to the director                                  
30 of the Legislative Affairs Agency a paper of not less than 1,000 words entitled "The                                    
31 Legislature Should . . . . . . . . . . .".  Each paper shall be examined and judged as to                               

01 content by the governor, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of                                       
02 representatives, the minority leader of the senate, and the minority leader of the house.                               
03  The author of the paper determined best by majority vote shall receive a one-year                                      
04 scholarship to the University of Alaska.                                                                                
05    * Sec. 8.  This Act applies beginning with the convening of the Second Session of the                                
06 Twenty-First Alaska State Legislature.                                                                                  
07    * Sec. 9.  This Act takes effect July 1, 1999.