HB 318: "An Act relating to the location of the convening of the legislature in a special session; and providing for an effective date."
00 HOUSE BILL NO. 318 01 "An Act relating to the location of the convening of the legislature in a special session; 02 and providing for an effective date." 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 for election or reelection to the state legislature may not solicit or accept 08 a contribution while the legislature is convened in a regular or special legislative 09 session unless the solicitation or acceptance occurs 10 (1) during the 90 days immediately preceding an election in which the 11 candidate or individual is a candidate; and 12 (2) in a place other than the 13 (A) capital city if the legislature is in regular session; or 14 (B) municipality or other location of the session if the
01 legislature is in special session. 02 * Sec. 2. AS 15.13.072(g) is amended to read: 03 (g) A candidate or an individual who has filed with the commission the 04 document necessary to permit that individual to incur election-related expenses under 05 AS 15.13.100 for election or reelection to the office of governor or lieutenant governor 06 may not solicit or accept a contribution in the 07 (1) capital city while the legislature is convened in a regular [OR 08 SPECIAL] legislative session; or 09 (2) municipality or other location of the session while the 10 legislature is convened in a special session. 11 * Sec. 3. AS 24.05.100(b) is amended to read: 12 (b) A special session may be held only at a [ANY] location on the 13 interconnected state road system [IN THE STATE]. If a special session is called 14 under (a)(1) of this section [IS TO BE CONVENED AT A LOCATION OTHER 15 THAN AT THE CAPITAL], the governor shall designate the location in the 16 proclamation. If a special session is called under (a)(2) of this section [IS TO BE 17 CONVENED AT A LOCATION OTHER THAN AT THE CAPITAL], the presiding 18 officers shall agree to and designate the location in the poll conducted of the members 19 of both houses. 20 * Sec. 4. AS 24.10.030 is amended to read: 21 Sec. 24.10.030. Chief clerk and senate secretary. Each house shall select 22 from outside its membership a person of known stenographic and administrative 23 ability to serve as chief administrative clerk; a chief clerk in the house of 24 representatives and a secretary in the senate. When nominated and elected in 25 conformity with the uniform rules, they continue to serve for the duration of the 26 legislature at the pleasure of the house to which assigned. Pending the organization of 27 a new legislature, they may continue to serve at the request and direction of the 28 legislative council until their respective houses formally reappoint or replace them. 29 The chief clerk and senate secretary are responsible for the performance of duties 30 provided for by law, the uniform rules, and orders of the house. They may be 31 requested to report to the legislative council for duty for a period not to exceed two
01 weeks immediately preceding the convening of the session and shall remain at the 02 location of the session [CAPITAL] until the completion of their work relating to 03 that session [IS DETERMINED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE COUNCIL]. 04 * Sec. 5. AS 24.45.041(b) is amended to read: 05 (b) The registration form prescribed by the commission must include 06 (1) the lobbyist's full name and complete permanent residence and 07 business address and telephone number, as well as any temporary residential and 08 business address and telephone number in the location of the session [STATE 09 CAPITAL] during a legislative session; 10 (2) the full name and complete address of each person by whom the 11 lobbyist is retained or employed; 12 (3) whether the person from whom the lobbyist receives compensation 13 employs the person solely as a lobbyist or whether the person is a regular employee 14 performing other services for the employer that include but are not limited to the 15 influencing of legislative or administrative action; 16 (4) the nature or form of the lobbyist's compensation for engaging in 17 lobbying, including salary, fees, or reimbursement for expenses received in 18 consideration for, or directly in support of or in connection with, the influencing of 19 legislative or administrative action; 20 (5) a general description of the subjects or matters on which the 21 registrant expects to lobby or to engage in the influencing of legislative or 22 administrative action; 23 (6) the full name and complete address of the person, if other than the 24 registrant, who has custody of the accounts, books, papers, bills, receipts, and other 25 documents required to be maintained under this chapter; 26 (7) the identification of a legislative employee or public official to 27 whom the lobbyist is married or who is the domestic partner of the lobbyist; 28 (8) a sworn affirmation by the lobbyist that the lobbyist has completed 29 the training course administered by the commission under AS 24.45.031(a) within the 30 12-month period preceding the date of registration or registration renewal under this 31 chapter, except that this paragraph does not apply to a person who is a representational
01 lobbyist as defined under regulations of the commission; 02 (9) a sworn affirmation by the lobbyist that the lobbyist has not been 03 previously convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude; in this paragraph, "felony 04 involving moral turpitude" has the meaning given in AS 15.60.010, and includes 05 convictions for a violation of the law of this state or a violation of the law of another 06 jurisdiction with elements similar to a felony involving moral turpitude in this state. 07 * Sec. 6. AS 24.60.030(a) is amended to read: 08 (a) A legislator or legislative employee may not 09 (1) solicit, agree to accept, or accept a benefit other than official 10 compensation for the performance of public duties; this paragraph may not be 11 construed to prohibit lawful solicitation for and acceptance of campaign contributions, 12 solicitation or acceptance of contributions for a charity event, as defined in 13 AS 24.60.080(a)(2)(B), or the acceptance of a lawful gratuity under AS 24.60.080; 14 (2) use public funds, facilities, equipment, services, or another 15 government asset or resource for a nonlegislative purpose, for involvement in or 16 support of or opposition to partisan political activity, or for the private benefit of 17 [EITHER] the legislator, legislative employee, or another person; this paragraph does 18 not prohibit 19 (A) limited use of state property and resources for personal 20 purposes if the use does not interfere with the performance of public duties and 21 either the cost or value related to the use is nominal or the legislator or 22 legislative employee reimburses the state for the cost of the use; 23 (B) the use of mailing lists, computer data, or other information 24 lawfully obtained from a government agency and available to the general 25 public for nonlegislative purposes; 26 (C) the legislative council, notwithstanding AS 24.05.190, from 27 designating a public facility for use by legislators and legislative employees for 28 health or fitness purposes; when the council designates a facility to be used by 29 legislators and legislative employees for health or fitness purposes, it shall 30 adopt guidelines governing access to and use of the facility; the guidelines may 31 establish times in which use of the facility is limited to specific groups;
01 (D) a legislator from using the legislator's private office [IN 02 THE CAPITAL CITY] during a legislative session, and for the 10 days 03 immediately before and the 10 days immediately after a legislative session, for 04 nonlegislative purposes if the use does not interfere with the performance of 05 public duties and if there is no cost to the state for the use of the space and 06 equipment, other than utility costs and minimal wear and tear, or the legislator 07 promptly reimburses the state for the cost; an office is considered a legislator's 08 private office under this subparagraph if it is the primary space in the location 09 of the session [CAPITAL CITY] reserved for use by the legislator, whether or 10 not it is shared with others; 11 (E) a legislator from use of legislative employees to prepare 12 and send out seasonal greeting cards; 13 (F) a legislator from using state resources to transport 14 computers or other office equipment owned by the legislator but primarily used 15 for a state function; 16 (G) use by a legislator of photographs of that legislator; 17 (H) reasonable use of the Internet by a legislator or a legislative 18 employee except if the use is for election campaign purposes; 19 (I) a legislator or legislative employee from soliciting, 20 accepting, or receiving a gift on behalf of a recognized, nonpolitical charitable 21 organization in a state facility; 22 (J) a legislator from sending any communication in the form of 23 a newsletter to the legislator's constituents, except a communication expressly 24 advocating the election or defeat of a candidate or a newsletter or material in a 25 newsletter that is clearly only for the private benefit of a legislator or a 26 legislative employee; or 27 (K) full participation in a charity event approved in advance by 28 the Alaska Legislative Council; 29 (3) knowingly seek, accept, use, allocate, grant, or award public funds 30 for a purpose other than that approved by law, or make a false statement in connection 31 with a claim, request, or application for compensation, reimbursement, or travel
01 allowances from public funds; 02 (4) require a legislative employee to perform services for the private 03 benefit of the legislator or employee at any time, or allow a legislative employee to 04 perform services for the private benefit of a legislator or employee on government 05 time; it is not a violation of this paragraph if the services were performed in an 06 unusual or infrequent situation and the person's services were reasonably necessary to 07 permit the legislator or legislative employee to perform official duties; 08 (5) use or authorize the use of state funds, facilities, equipment, 09 services, or another government asset or resource for the purpose of political fund 10 raising or campaigning; this paragraph does not prohibit 11 (A) limited use of state property and resources for personal 12 purposes if the use does not interfere with the performance of public duties and 13 either the cost or value related to the use is nominal or the legislator or 14 legislative employee reimburses the state for the cost of the use; 15 (B) the use of mailing lists, computer data, or other information 16 lawfully obtained from a government agency and available to the general 17 public for nonlegislative purposes; 18 (C) storing or maintaining, consistent with (b) of this section, 19 election campaign records in a legislator's office; 20 (D) a legislator from using the legislator's private office [IN 21 THE CAPITAL CITY] during a legislative session, and for the 10 days 22 immediately before and the 10 days immediately after a legislative session, for 23 nonlegislative purposes if the use does not interfere with the performance of 24 public duties and if there is no cost to the state for the use of the space and 25 equipment, other than utility costs and minimal wear and tear, or the legislator 26 promptly reimburses the state for the cost; an office is considered a legislator's 27 private office under this subparagraph if it is the primary space in the location 28 of the session [CAPITAL CITY] reserved for use by the legislator, whether or 29 not it is shared with others; or 30 (E) use by a legislator of photographs of that legislator. 31 * Sec. 7. AS 24.60.031(a) is amended to read:
01 (a) A legislator or legislative employee may not 02 (1) on a day when either house of the legislature is in regular or special 03 session, solicit or accept a contribution or a promise or pledge to make a contribution 04 for a campaign for the state legislature; however, a legislator or legislative employee 05 may, except in the capital city during a regular session or in the location of the 06 session during a special session, solicit or accept a contribution, promise, or pledge 07 for a campaign for the state legislature that occurs during the 90 days immediately 08 preceding an election; 09 (2) accept money from an event held on a day when either house of the 10 legislature is in regular or special session if a substantial purpose of the event is to 11 raise money on behalf of the member or legislative employee for state legislative 12 political purposes; however, this paragraph does not prohibit a legislator or legislative 13 employee from accepting money from an event held in a place other than the location 14 of the session [CAPITAL CITY] during the 90 days immediately preceding an 15 election; or 16 (3) in a campaign for the state legislature, expend money that was 17 raised on a day when either house of the legislature was in a legislative session by or 18 on behalf of a legislator under a declaration of candidacy or a general letter of intent to 19 become a candidate for public office; however, this paragraph does not apply to 20 money raised in a place other than the location of the session [CAPITAL CITY] 21 during the 90 days immediately preceding an election. 22 * Sec. 8. AS 24.60.080(c) is amended to read: 23 (c) Notwithstanding (a)(1) of this section, it is not a violation of this section 24 for a person who is a legislator or legislative employee to accept 25 (1) hospitality, other than hospitality described in (4) of this 26 subsection, 27 (A) with incidental transportation at the residence of a person; 28 however, a vacation home located outside the state is not considered a 29 residence for the purposes of this subparagraph; or 30 (B) at a social event or meal; 31 (2) discounts that are available
01 (A) generally to the public or to a large class of persons to 02 which the person belongs; or 03 (B) when on official state business, but only if receipt of the 04 discount benefits the state; 05 (3) food or foodstuffs indigenous to the state that are shared generally 06 as a cultural or social norm; 07 (4) travel and hospitality primarily for the purpose of obtaining 08 information on matters of legislative concern; 09 (5) gifts from the immediate family of the person; in this paragraph, 10 "immediate family" means 11 (A) the spouse of the person; 12 (B) the person's domestic partner; 13 (C) a child, including a stepchild and an adoptive child, of the 14 person or of the person's domestic partner; 15 (D) a parent, sibling, grandparent, aunt, or uncle of the person; 16 (E) a parent, sibling, grandparent, aunt, or uncle of the person's 17 spouse or the person's domestic partner; and 18 (F) a stepparent, stepsister, stepbrother, step-grandparent, step- 19 aunt, or step-uncle of the person, the person's spouse, or the person's domestic 20 partner; 21 (6) gifts that are not connected with the recipient's legislative status; 22 (7) a discount for all or part of a legislative session, including time 23 immediately preceding or following the session, or other gift to welcome a legislator 24 or legislative employee who is employed on the personal staff of a legislator or by a 25 standing or special committee to the location of the session [CAPITAL CITY] or in 26 recognition of the beginning of a legislative session if the gift or discount is available 27 generally to all legislators and the personal staff of legislators and staff of standing and 28 special committees; this paragraph does not apply to legislative employees who are 29 employed by the Legislative Affairs Agency, the office of the chief clerk, the office of 30 the senate secretary, the legislative budget and audit committee, the office of victims' 31 rights, or the office of the ombudsman;
01 (8) a gift of legal services in a matter of legislative concern and a gift 02 of other services related to the provision of legal services in a matter of legislative 03 concern; 04 (9) a gift of transportation from a legislator or a legislative employee to 05 a legislator or a legislative employee if the transportation takes place in the state on or 06 in an aircraft, boat, motor vehicle, or other means of transport owned or under the 07 control of the donor; this paragraph does not apply to travel described in (4) of this 08 subsection or travel for political campaign purposes; or 09 (10) a contribution to a charity event from any person at any time; in 10 this paragraph, "charity event" has the meaning given in (a)(2)(B) of this section. 11 * Sec. 9. AS 44.99.007 is amended to read: 12 Sec. 44.99.007. Emergency transfer of seat of government. When, due to an 13 emergency resulting from the effects of enemy attack or an imminent enemy attack, it 14 becomes imprudent, inexpedient, or impossible to conduct the affairs of state 15 government at the normal location of the state capital or to hold a legislative session 16 at the location designated under AS 24.05.090 or AS 24.05.100(b), the governor 17 shall, as often as the exigencies of the situation require, declare by proclamation an 18 emergency temporary location or locations for the seat of government or for the 19 session at a place or places, inside or outside the state, that would not normally be 20 considered military target sites and that the governor may consider advisable under the 21 circumstances. The governor shall take [SUCH] action and issue [SUCH] orders as 22 may be necessary for an orderly transition to the emergency temporary location or 23 locations. The temporary location or locations shall remain the emergency seat of 24 government or location of the legislative session until the emergency is declared to 25 be ended by the governor and the seat of government or session is returned to its 26 normal location. 27 * Sec. 10. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).