00 SENATE BILL NO. 356                                                                                                   
01 "An Act relating to treatment under legislative standards of conduct of campaign                                        
02 contributions to legislators during a legislative session; and providing for an                                         
03 effective date."                                                                                                        
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
05    * Section 1.  AS 24.60.031(a) is amended to read:                                                                  
06  (a)  A legislator or legislative employee may not                                                                     
07      (1)  on a day when either house of  [WHILE] the legislature is in                                               
08 regular or special session, solicit or accept a contribution or a promise or pledge to                                  
09 make a contribution for a  campaign for the state legislature; however, a legislator                                   
10 may solicit or accept a contribution, promise, or pledge for a campaign for the                                         
11 state legislature that occurs during the 90 days immediately preceding an election                                      
12 in which the legislator is a candidate for the state legislature  [STATE                                               
13 LEGISLATIVE CAMPAIGN];                                                                                                  
14     (2)  accept money from an event held  on a day when either house of                                               
01 the legislature is in regular or special  [DURING A LEGISLATIVE] session if a                                          
02 substantial purpose of the event is [EITHER] to raise money on behalf of the member                                     
03 or legislative employee for [CAMPAIGN PURPOSES OR TO RAISE MONEY FOR]                                                   
04 state legislative political purposes;  however, this paragraph does not prohibit a                                     
05 legislator from accepting money from an event held during the 90 days                                                   
06 immediately preceding an election in which the legislator is a candidate for the                                        
07 state legislature;  or                                                                                                 
08     (3)  in a campaign for the state legislature,  expend money  that was                                           
09 raised on a day when either house of the legislature was  in a [STATE] legislative                                     
10  session  [CAMPAIGN THAT WAS RAISED] by or on behalf of a legislator [DURING                                          
11 A LEGISLATIVE SESSION] under  a declaration of candidacy or  a general letter of                                      
12 intent to become a candidate for public office ; however, this paragraph does not                                      
13 apply to money raised during the 90 days immediately preceding an election in                                           
14 which the legislator is a candidate for the state legislature .                                                        
15    * Sec. 2.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).