HB 305: "An Act relating to campaign fund raising by a legislator, legislative employee, or candidate for election to the legislature during a regular or special legislative session."
00 HOUSE BILL NO. 305 01 "An Act relating to campaign fund raising by a legislator, legislative employee, or 02 candidate for election to the legislature during a regular or special legislative session." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 15.13.072(d) is amended to read: 05 (d) A candidate or an individual who has filed with the commission the 06 document necessary to permit that individual to incur election-related expenses under 07 AS 15.13.100 08 (1) for election [OR REELECTION] to the state legislature may not 09 solicit or accept a contribution while the legislature is convened in a regular or special 10 legislative session unless the solicitation or acceptance occurs 11 (A) [(1)] during the 90 days immediately preceding an election 12 in which the candidate or individual is a candidate; and 13 (B) [(2)] in a place other than the capital city or a location in 14 which the legislature is convened in a regular or special session if the
01 location is other than the capital city; 02 (2) who is a legislator or legislative employee and who is seeking 03 election to state office or to municipal office may not solicit or accept a 04 contribution while the legislature is convened in a regular or special legislative 05 session unless the solicitation or acceptance occurs 06 (A) during the 90 days immediately preceding an election in 07 which the candidate or individual is a candidate; and 08 (B) in a place other than the capital city or a location in 09 which the legislature is convened in regular or special session if the 10 location is other than the capital city. 11 * Sec. 2. AS 24.60.031(a) is amended to read: 12 (a) A legislator or legislative employee may not 13 (1) on a day when either house of the legislature is in regular or special 14 session, solicit or accept a contribution or a promise or pledge to make a contribution 15 for a campaign for municipal, state, or federal office [THE STATE 16 LEGISLATURE]; however, a legislator or legislative employee may, except in the 17 capital city or in the location in which the legislature is convened in regular or 18 special session if the location is other than the capital city, solicit or accept a 19 contribution, promise, or pledge for a campaign for municipal, state, or federal 20 office [THE STATE LEGISLATURE] that occurs during the 90 days immediately 21 preceding the [AN] election for that office; 22 (2) accept money from an event held on a day when either house of the 23 legislature is in regular or special session if a substantial purpose of the event is to 24 raise money on behalf of the member or legislative employee for [STATE 25 LEGISLATIVE] political purposes; however, this paragraph does not prohibit a 26 legislator or legislative employee from accepting money from an event held in a place 27 other than the capital city or a location in which the legislature is convened in 28 regular or special session if the location is other than the capital city during the 90 29 days immediately preceding an election for public office in which the legislator or 30 legislative employee is a candidate; or 31 (3) in a campaign for municipal, state, or federal office [THE
01 STATE LEGISLATURE], expend money that was raised on a day when either house 02 of the legislature was in a legislative session by or on behalf of a legislator under a 03 declaration of candidacy or a general letter of intent to become a candidate for public 04 office; however, this paragraph does not apply to money raised in a place other than 05 the capital city or a location in which the legislature is convened in regular or 06 special session if the location is other than the capital city during the 90 days 07 immediately preceding an election.