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HB 281                                                                                                                        
The Rules Committee considered:                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 281                                                                                                          
    "An Act extending the statute of limitations for the filing of                                                              
    complaints with the Alaska Public Offices Commission involving                                                              
    state election campaigns."                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                

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and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 281(RLS)                                                                                              
    "An Act requiring candidates to disclose certain information about                                                          
    all contributors under AS 15.13; relating to the preservation of                                                            
    records required to be kept by candidates, groups, nongroup                                                                 
    entities, or persons under AS 15.13; relating to records required to                                                        
    be kept by certain lobbyists and persons who employ, retain, or                                                             
    contract for the services of lobbyists; relating to complaints filed                                                        
    with the Select Committee on Legislative Ethics; relating to                                                                
    administrative complaints filed with the Alaska Public Offices                                                              
    Commission; relating to the statute of limitations for civil actions                                                        
    brought under AS 39.50; extending the statute of limitations for                                                            
    prosecutions of violations of the Alaska Election Code; and                                                                 
    providing for an effective date."                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
The report was signed by Representative Coghill, Chair, with the                                                                
following individual recommendations:                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Do pass (4):  Kerttula, Samuels, Harris, Coghill                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
No recommendation (1):  Guttenberg                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Amend (1):  Johnson                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 281(RLS):                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
2.  Zero, Legislative Agency                                                                                                    
3.  Fiscal, Dept. of Administration                                                                                             
4.  Fiscal, Dept. of Law                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
HB 281 was returned to the Rules Committee for placement on the                                                                 
calendar.