2010-01-19                     House Journal                      Page 1285
HB 289                                                                                                                        
(Prefile released January 15, 2010)                                                                                             
HOUSE BILL NO. 289 by Representative Gruenberg, entitled:                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act authorizing state agencies to pay private legal fees and                                                           
     costs incurred by persons exonerated of alleged Alaska Executive                                                           
     Branch Ethics Act violations; allowing certain public officers and                                                         
     former public officers to accept state payments to offset private                                                          
     legal fees and costs related to defending against an Alaska                                                                
     Executive Branch Ethics Act complaint; and creating certain                                                                
     exceptions to Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act limitations on                                                            
     the use of state resources to provide or pay for transportation of                                                         
     spouses and children of the governor and the lieutenant governor."                                                         
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the State Affairs, Judiciary, and                                                       
Finance Committees.