2011-01-18                     House Journal                      Page 0024
HB 14                                                                                                                         
(Prefile released January 7, 2011)                                                                                              
HOUSE BILL NO. 14 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.