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SB 119                                                                                            
The Finance Committee considered SENATE BILL NO. 119 "An Act                                        
eliminating the Alaska Public Offices Commission; transferring                                      
campaign, public official, and lobbying financial disclosure record-                                
keeping duties to the division of elections; relating to reports,                                   
summaries, and documents regarding campaign, public official, and                                   
lobbying financial disclosure; providing for enforcement by the                                     
Department of Law; making conforming statutory amendments; and                                      
providing for an effective date" and recommended it be replaced with                                
                                                                                                    
          CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 119(FIN) "An Act                                                   
          authorizing the Alaska Public Offices Commission to                                       
          issue advisory opinions; amending campaign                                                
          financial disclosure and reporting requirements,                                          
          campaign contribution limits, provisions related to                                       
          contributions after elections, and provisions related to                                  
          unused campaign contributions; providing for                                              
          expedited consideration of, and modifying                                                 
          procedures for determining, violations of state                                           
          election campaign laws; amending the time period                                          
          within which to file an administrative complaint of a                                     
          violation of state election campaign laws; amending                                       
          the definitions of 'express communication' and                                            
          'political party' for state election campaigns;                                           
          amending the registration fee for lobbyists; providing                                    
          for increased use of electronic filing for reports to the                                 
          Alaska Public Offices Commission; adding a                                                
          definition of 'commission' in the regulation of                                           
          lobbying laws; amending the requirements for the                                          
          reporting of financial interests by public officials;                                     
          adding a definition of 'domestic partner' in the                                          
          legislative ethics code and in the public official                                        
          financial disclosure requirements; allowing classified                                    
          employees to take an active part in political party                                       
          management; making conforming amendments; and                                             
          providing for an effective date."                                                         
                                                                                                    
Signing do pass: Senator Green, Cochair. Signing no recommendation:                                 
Senator Wilken, Cochair; Senator Taylor. Signing amend: Senators                                    
Hoffman, Olson, Bunde, Ben Stevens.                                                                 

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The following fiscal information was published today:                                               
 Fiscal Note No. 5, Department of Administration                                                    
                                                                                                    
The bill is on today's calendar.