00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 327                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the crimes of coercion and bribery involving legislators; and                                       
02 providing for an effective date."                                                                                       
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 11.41.530(a) is amended to read:                                                                   
05 (a)  A person commits the crime of coercion if the person compels another to                                            
06 engage in conduct from which there is a legal right to abstain or abstain from conduct                                  
07 in which there is a legal right to engage, by means of instilling in the person who is                                  
08 compelled a fear that, if the demand is not complied with, the person who makes the                                     
09       demand or another may                                                                                             
10                 (1)  inflict physical injury on anyone, except under circumstances                                      
11       constituting robbery in any degree, or commit any other crime;                                                    
12                 (2)  accuse anyone of a crime;                                                                          
13                 (3)  expose confidential information or a secret, whether true or false,                                
14       tending to subject a person to hatred, contempt, or ridicule or to impair the person's                            

01       credit or business repute;                                                                                        
02                 (4)  take or withhold action as a public servant or cause a public servant                              
03       to take or withhold action;                                                                                       
04                 (5)  bring about or continue a strike, boycott, or other collective                                     
05       unofficial action, if the property is not demanded or received for the benefit of the                             
06       group in whose interest the person making the threat or suggestion purports to act;                               
07                 (6)  testify or provide information or withhold testimony or information                                
08       with respect to a person's legal claim or defense;                                                            
09                 (7)  take or withhold action against a legislator or cause a person to                              
10       take or withhold action against a legislator, including a reduction in staff, travel                          
11       authorization, committee assignment, and a favorable position in a legislative                                
12       caucus.                                                                                                     
13    * Sec. 2. AS 11.56.100(a) is amended to read:                                                                      
14            (a)  A person commits the crime of bribery if the person confers, offers to                                  
15       confer, or agrees to confer a benefit upon a public servant with the intent to                                    
16                 (1)  influence the public servant's vote, opinion, judgment, action,                                
17       decision, or exercise of official discretion; or                                                              
18                 (2)  bind a legislator's vote on any measure.                                                     
19    * Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
20 read:                                                                                                                   
21       APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to offenses committed on or after the effective                                   
22 date of this Act.                                                                                                       
23    * Sec. 4. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).