00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 234                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to political contributions; and providing for an effective date."                                      
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 15.13.070(b) is amended to read:                                                                     
04            (b)  Except as provided in (h) of this section, an [AN] individual may                                     
05       contribute not more than                                                                                          
06 (1)  $1,000 [$500] per year to a nongroup entity for the purpose of                                                   
07 influencing the nomination or election of a candidate, to a candidate, to an individual                                 
08 who conducts a write-in campaign as a candidate, or to a group that is not a political                                  
09       party;                                                                                                            
10                 (2)  $5,000 per year to a political party.                                                              
11    * Sec. 2. AS 15.13.070(c) is amended to read:                                                                        
12            (c)  Except as provided in (h) of this section, a [A] group that is not a                                  
13       political party may contribute not more than $2,000 [$1,000] per year                                           
14                 (1)  to a candidate, or to an individual who conducts a write-in                                        
15       campaign as a candidate;                                                                                          

01                 (2)  to another group, to a nongroup entity, or to a political party.                                   
02    * Sec. 3. AS 15.13.070(f) is amended to read:                                                                        
03 (f)  Except as provided in (h) of this section, a [A] nongroup entity may                                             
04 contribute not more than $2,000 [$1,000] a year to another nongroup entity for the                                    
05 purpose of influencing the nomination or election of a candidate, to a candidate, to an                                 
06 individual who conducts a write-in campaign as a candidate, to a group, or to a                                         
07       political party.                                                                                                  
08    * Sec. 4. AS 15.13.070(g) is amended to read:                                                                        
09            (g)  Where contributions are made to a joint campaign for governor and                                       
10       lieutenant governor,                                                                                              
11 (1)  an individual may contribute not more than $2,000 [$1,000] per                                                   
12       year; and                                                                                                         
13                 (2)  a group may contribute not more than $4,000 [$2,000] per year.                                   
14    * Sec. 5. AS 15.13.070 is amended by adding new subsections to read:                                                 
15 (h)  The contribution limits provided under (b)(1), (c)(2), and (f) of this section                                     
16 do not apply to an individual, group, or nongroup entity contributing to a group or                                     
17       nongroup entity that makes only independent expenditures.                                                         
18 (i)  Beginning in the first quarter of calendar year 2023 and every 10 years                                            
19 thereafter, the commission shall, by regulation, adjust the contribution limitations set                                
20 out in this section by a percentage equal to the percentage of increase over the                                        
21 preceding 10-year period in all items of the Consumer Price Index for all urban                                         
22       consumers for Anchorage, Alaska, rounded to the nearest $50 increment.                                            
23    * Sec. 6. AS 15.13.072(a)(2), 15.13.072(e), 15.13.072(f), and 15.13.072(h) are repealed.                             
24    * Sec. 7. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).