00                       CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 194(STA)                                                                    
01 "An Act prohibiting a public officer from taking official action regarding a matter in                                  
02 which the public officer has a significant financial interest; providing for imposition of                              
03 costs against violators of, and defining 'official action' for purposes of, the chapter                                 
04 generally referred to as the Executive Branch Ethics Act."                                                              
05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
06    * Section 1. AS 39.52.110(b) is amended to read:                                                                   
07            (b)  Unethical conduct is prohibited, but there is no substantial impropriety if,                            
08       as to a specific matter, a public officer has a                                                               
09                 (1)  [OFFICER'S] personal or financial interest in the matter and [IS                           
10       INSIGNIFICANT, OR OF A TYPE THAT IS POSSESSED GENERALLY BY THE                                                    
11       PUBLIC OR A LARGE CLASS OF PERSONS TO WHICH THE PUBLIC                                                            
12       OFFICER BELONGS; OR (2)] action taken or influence exercised by the public                                
13       officer would have insignificant or conjectural effect on the matter;                                     
14                 (2)  personal interest in a matter that is insignificant or is possessed                            
01       by the public or by a large class of persons to which the public officer belongs; or                          
02                 (3)  financial interest in the matter                                                               
03                      (A)  that is an interest held by the public officer or an                                      
04            immediate family member of the public officer;                                                           
05                      (B)  that includes an involvement or ownership of an                                           
06            interest in a business, including a property ownership or a professional or                              
07            private relationship, that is a source of income or from which, or as a                                  
08            result of which, a person has received or expects to receive a financial                                 
09            benefit; and                                                                                             
10                      (C)  the value of which is less than $10,000.                                                  
11    * Sec. 2. AS 39.52.440 is amended to read:                                                                         
12            Sec. 39.52.440. Civil penalties. The personnel board may impose on a current                               
13       or former public officer civil penalties not to exceed $5,000 plus the state's cost of                        
14       investigating the complaint for a violation of this chapter. Penalties and costs [A                       
15       PENALTY] imposed under this section are [IS] in addition to and not instead of any                            
16       other penalty that may be imposed according to law.                                                               
17    * Sec. 3. AS 39.52.960(14) is amended to read:                                                                     
18                 (14)  "official action" means performance of any duties in the course                               
19       and scope of a public officer's employment, including review, advice,                                         
20       participation, assistance, or another kind of involvement regarding a matter,                                 
21       such as a recommendation, decision, approval, disapproval, vote, or other similar                             
22       action, including inaction, by a public officer;