00HOUSE BILL NO. 212                                                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to unlawful trade practices and antitrust activities."                                                 
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
03    * Section 1. AS 45.50.521(b) is amended to read:                                                                   
04  (b)  Subject to the provisions of AS 45.50.501(a), the attorney general may not                                       
05 make public the name of a person alleged to have committed an act or practice                                           
06 declared unlawful in AS 45.50.471 during  and after  an investigation conducted by the                                
07 attorney general under AS 45.50.471 - 45.50.561, nor are the records of investigation                                   
08 or intelligence information of the attorney general obtained  or created in the course                                 
09 of the investigation  under AS 45.50.471 - 45.50.561 considered public records                                         
10 available for inspection  or copying under AS 09.25.110 - 09.25.220  by the general                                   
11 public  at any time during or after the investigation .  However, the attorney general                                
12 is not prevented from issuing public statements describing or warning of a course of                                    
13 conduct or a conspiracy that constitutes or will constitute an unlawful act or practice,                                
14 whether on a local, state, regional, or national basis.                                                                 

01    * Sec. 2.  AS 45.50.594 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             
02  (e)  Testimony given under a demand, or a copy of the testimony, is subject to                                        
03 the same restrictions and prohibition against disclosure as is documentary material                                     
04 under AS 45.50.592(e).                                                                                                  
05    * Sec. 3.  AS 45.50 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                    
06  Sec. 45.50.595.  Confidentiality of investigatory records.  Investigation                                           
07 records obtained or created by the attorney general in the course of an investigation                                   
08 under AS 45.50.562 - 45.50.596 are not considered public records available for                                          
09 inspection or copying under AS 09.25.110 - 09.25.220 by the public at any time during                                   
10 or after the investigation.  However, the attorney general may issue public statements                                  
11 describing or warning of a course of conduct or a conspiracy that constitutes or will                                   
12 constitute a violation of AS 45.50.562 - 45.50.596, whether on a local, state, regional,                                
13 or national basis.