2008-04-04                     House Journal                      Page 2601
HB 281                                                                                                                        
The Finance 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."                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 281(FIN)                                                                                             
     "An Act 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; requiring the disclosure of                                                        
     the identity of certain candidates, groups, nongroup entities, and                                                         
     persons paying for certain polls mentioning the name of a political                                                        
     party or the names of certain candidates for state or municipal                                                            
     office; and providing for an effective date."                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The report was signed by Representatives Meyer and Chenault, Co-                                                                
chairs, with the following individual recommendations:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Do pass (3):  Hawker, Thomas, Gara                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                

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No recommendation (3):  Nelson, Joule, Meyer                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Amend (2):  Stoltze, Chenault                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 281(FIN):                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
2.  Zero, Legislative Agency                                                                                                    
3.  Fiscal, Dept. of Administration                                                                                             
4.  Fiscal, Dept. of Law                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
HB 281 was referred to the Rules Committee for placement on the                                                                 
calendar.