00 CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 275(STA)                                                                                       
01 "An Act specifying time periods for making, soliciting, or accepting campaign                                           
02 contributions to candidates for state office; and providing for an effective date."                                     
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  AS 15.13.072(d) is amended to read:                                                                  
05  (d)  A candidate or an individual who has filed with the commission the                                               
06 document necessary to permit that individual to incur election-related expenses under                                   
07 AS 15.13.100  for election or reelection to state office  may not solicit or accept a                                 
08 contribution  while  [IF] the legislature is convened in a regular or special legislative                             
09 session  unless  [, AND] the  solicitation or acceptance occurs during the 90 days                                   
10 immediately preceding an election in which the  candidate or individual is a                                           
11  candidate  [MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE, OR EMPLOYED AS A MEMBER                                                       
12 OF THE LEGISLATOR'S STAFF OR AS A MEMBER OF THE STAFF OF A                                                              
13 LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE].                                                                                                 
14    * Sec. 2.   AS 15.13.074(c) is amended to read:                                                                    
01  (c)  A person or group may not make a contribution                                                                    
02   (1)  [TO A CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR OR LIEUTENANT                                                                      
03 GOVERNOR OR AN INDIVIDUAL WHO FILES WITH THE COMMISSION THE                                                             
04 DOCUMENT NECESSARY TO PERMIT THAT INDIVIDUAL TO INCUR                                                                   
05 CERTAIN ELECTION-RELATED EXPENSES AS AUTHORIZED BY AS 15.13.100                                                         
06 FOR GOVERNOR OR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, WHEN THE OFFICE IS TO                                                              
07 BE FILLED AT A GENERAL ELECTION, BEFORE THE LATER OF THE                                                                
08 FOLLOWING DATES:                                                                                                        
09   (A)  THE DATE THE INDIVIDUAL                                                                                        
10   (i)  BECOMES A CANDIDATE; OR                                                                                       
11   (ii)  FILES WITH THE COMMISSION THE                                                                                
12 DOCUMENT NECESSARY TO PERMIT THE INDIVIDUAL TO                                                                          
13 INCUR CERTAIN ELECTION-RELATED EXPENSES                                                                                 
14 AS AUTHORIZED BY AS 15.13.100; OR                                                                                       
15   (B)  JANUARY 1 OF THE YEAR OF THE GENERAL                                                                           
16 ELECTION;                                                                                                               
17   (2)]  to a candidate for  state office  [THE STATE LEGISLATURE] or                                                 
18 an individual who files with the commission the document necessary to permit that                                       
19 individual to incur certain election-related expenses as authorized by AS 15.13.100 for                                 
20  state office  [THE STATE LEGISLATURE, WHEN THE OFFICE IS TO BE FILLED                                                
21 AT A GENERAL ELECTION,] while the legislature is convened in  a  [ITS] regular                                        
22  or special  legislative session , unless the contribution is made during the 90 days                                
23 immediately preceding an election in which the candidate or individual is a                                             
24 candidate, or  [AND] before the later of the following dates:                                                          
25   (A)  the date the individual                                                                                        
26   (i)  becomes a candidate; or                                                                                       
27   (ii)  files with the commission the document necessary                                                             
28 to permit the individual to incur certain election-related expenses as                                                  
29 authorized by AS 15.13.100; or                                                                                          
30   (B)  January 1 of the year of the [GENERAL] election;                                                               
31    (2)  [(3)]  to a candidate or an individual who files with the commission                                         
01 the document necessary to permit that individual to incur certain election-related                                      
02 expenses as authorized by AS 15.13.100 for an office that is to be filled at a                                          
03 [SPECIAL ELECTION OR] municipal election before the later of the following dates:                                       
04   (A)  the date the individual                                                                                        
05   (i)  becomes a candidate; or                                                                                       
06   (ii)  files with the commission the document necessary                                                             
07 to permit that individual to incur certain election-related expenses as                                                 
08 authorized by AS 15.13.100;                                                                                             
09   (B)  is nine months before the date of the [GENERAL OR                                                              
10 REGULAR] municipal election [OR THAT IS BEFORE THE DATE OF THE                                                          
11 PROCLAMATION OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION AT WHICH THE                                                                       
12 CANDIDATE OR INDIVIDUAL SEEKS ELECTION TO PUBLIC OFFICE];                                                               
13 or                                                                                                                      
14    (3)  [(4)]  to any candidate later than the 45th day                                                              
15   (A)  after the date of a primary election if the candidate                                                          
16   (i)  has been nominated at the primary election or is                                                              
17 running as a write-in candidate; and                                                                                    
18   (ii)  is not opposed at the general election;                                                                      
19   (B) after the date of the primary election if the candidate was not                                                 
20 nominated at the primary election; or                                                                                   
21   (C)  after the date of the general election, or after the date of a                                                 
22 municipal or municipal runoff election, if the candidate was opposed at the                                             
23 general, municipal, or municipal runoff election.                                                                       
24    * Sec. 3.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).