00 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 181(STA)                                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to separate segregated funds for certain political contributions                                       
02 from corporations and labor organizations."                                                                             
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 15.13 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                   
05  Sec. 15.13.160.  Separate segregated funds for certain contributions from                                             
06 corporations and labor organizations.  (a)  If a corporation or a labor organization                                    
07 withholds money from the compensation paid to officers or employees of the                                              
08 corporation or from dues or other fees assessed on members of the labor organization                                    
09 for the purpose of making a contribution permitted by this chapter, the corporation or                                  
10 labor organization shall deposit the money in a separate segregated fund.                                               
11  (b)  A contribution from a separate segregated fund is considered to be a                                             
12 contribution from the corporation or labor organization.                                                                
13  (c)  A corporation or a labor organization may not solicit or obtain donations                                        
14 to a separate segregated fund from an individual on an automatic or passive basis,                                      
01 including a payroll deduction plan or reverse checkoff method, unless the individual                                    
02 affirmatively and voluntarily consents to the donation in writing at least once in every                                
03 calendar year.                                                                                                          
04  (d)  A donation to a separate segregated fund may not be obtained by                                                  
05   (1)  using coercion or physical force;                                                                               
06   (2)  making a donation a condition of employment or membership;                                                      
07   (3)  using or threatening to use job discrimination or financial reprisals.                                          
08  (e)  A corporation or labor organization may not pay to an individual a bonus                                         
09 or other remuneration for the purpose of reimbursing a donation to a separate                                           
10 segregated fund.                                                                                                        
11  (f)  In this section,                                                                                                 
12   (1)  "contribution" means, notwithstanding AS 15.13.400, money or                                                    
13 another thing of value given or lent to influence the nomination or election of a                                       
14 candidate, or given or lent to a group, a political party, or to influence the outcome of                               
15 a ballot proposition or question;                                                                                       
16   (2)  "corporation" means a corporation organized on a for profit or                                                  
17 nonprofit basis;                                                                                                        
18   (3)  "separate segregated fund" or "fund" means a separate segregated                                                
19 fund established under this section.                                                                                    
20    * Sec. 2.  This Act applies to withholdings from compensation made on or after the                                   
21 effective date of this Act.