2007-03-28                     House Journal                      Page 0596
HB 109                                                                                                                        
The Judiciary Committee considered:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 109                                                                                                          
    "An Act relating to the requirement for candidates, groups,                                                                 
    legislators, public officials, and other persons to submit reports                                                          
    electronically to the Alaska Public Offices Commission; relating                                                            
    to disclosures by legislators, public members of the Select                                                                 
    Committee on Legislative Ethics, legislative directors, public                                                              
    officials, and certain candidates for public office concerning                                                              
    services performed for compensation and concerning certain                                                                  
    income, gifts, and other financial matters; requiring legislators,                                                          
    public members of the Select Committee on Legislative Ethics,                                                               
    legislative directors, public officials, and municipal officers to                                                          
    make certain financial disclosures when they leave office; relating                                                         
    to insignificant ownership interest in a business and to gifts from                                                         
    lobbyists for purposes of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act;                                                           
    relating to certain restrictions on employment after leaving state                                                          
    service for purposes of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act;                                                             
    and providing for an effective date."                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 109(JUD)                                                                                              
    "An Act denying public employee retirement pension benefits to                                                              
    certain legislators, legislative directors, and public officers who                                                         
    commit certain offenses, and adding to the duties of the Alaska                                                             
    Retirement Management Board and to the list of matters governed                                                             
    by the Administrative Procedure Act concerning that denial;                                                                 
    relating to campaign financing and ethics, including disclosures,                                                           
    in state and municipal government, to lobbying, and to                                                                      
    employment, service on boards, and disclosures by certain public                                                            
    officers and employees who leave state or municipal service or                                                              
    leave certain positions in state or municipal government;                                                                   
    restricting representation of others by legislators and legislative                                                         
    employees; relating to blind trusts approved by the Alaska Public                                                           
    Offices Commission; and providing for an effective date."                                                                   
                                                                                                                                

2007-03-28                     House Journal                      Page 0597
The report was signed by Representative Ramras, Chair, with the                                                                 
following individual recommendations:                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Do pass (3):  Lynn, Samuels, Ramras                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
No recommendation (1):  Coghill                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Amend (3):  Gruenberg, Dahlstrom, Holmes                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 109(JUD):                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
1.  Zero, Dept. of Administration                                                                                               
2.  Zero, Dept. of Law                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
HB 109 was referred to the Rules Committee for placement on the                                                                 
calendar.