00 HOUSE BILL NO. 20 01 "An Act relating to disclosure of campaign contributions; prohibiting spouses and 02 domestic partners of legislators and legislative employees from receiving compensation 03 for lobbying; and prohibiting legislators and legislative employees from entering into 04 contracts to provide consulting services." 05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 06 * Section 1. AS 15.13.040(a) is amended to read: 07 (a) Each [EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN (g) AND (l) OF THIS SECTION, 08 EACH] candidate shall make a full report, upon a form prescribed by the commission, 09 (1) listing 10 (A) the date and amount of all expenditures made by the 11 candidate; 12 (B) the total amount of all contributions, including all funds 13 contributed by the candidate; and  14 (C) the name, address, principal occupation, and employer of  01 each contributor and the date [,] and amount of each contribution from 02 [CONTRIBUTED BY] each contributor [; AND 03 (D) FOR CONTRIBUTIONS IN EXCESS OF $250 IN THE 04 AGGREGATE DURING A CALENDAR YEAR, THE PRINCIPAL 05 OCCUPATION AND EMPLOYER OF THE CONTRIBUTOR]; and 06 (2) filed in accordance with AS 15.13.110 and certified correct by the 07 candidate or campaign treasurer. 08  * Sec. 2. AS 15.13.040(b) is amended to read: 09 (b) Each group shall make a full report upon a form prescribed by the 10 commission, listing 11 (1) the name and address of each officer and director; 12 (2) the aggregate amount of all contributions made to it [; AND, FOR 13 ALL CONTRIBUTIONS IN EXCESS OF $100 IN THE AGGREGATE A YEAR], 14 the name, address, principal occupation, and employer of each [THE] contributor, and 15 the date and amount of each contribution from [CONTRIBUTED BY] each 16 contributor; for purposes of this paragraph, "contributor" means the true source of the 17 funds, property, or services being contributed; and 18 (3) the date and amount of all contributions made by it and all 19 expenditures made, incurred, or authorized by it. 20  * Sec. 3. AS 15.13.040(j) is amended to read: 21 (j) Each [EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN (l) OF THIS SECTION, EACH] 22 nongroup entity shall make a full report in accordance with AS 15.13.110 upon a form 23 prescribed by the commission and certified by the nongroup entity's treasurer, listing 24 (1) the name and address of each officer and director of the nongroup 25 entity; 26 (2) the aggregate amount of all contributions made to the nongroup 27 entity for the purpose of influencing the outcome of an election; 28 (3) for all contributions described in (2) of this subsection, the name, 29 address, date, and amount contributed by each contributor and, for all contributions 30 described in (2) of this subsection in excess of $250 in the aggregate during a calendar 31 year, the principal occupation and employer of the contributor; and 01 (4) the date and amount of all contributions made by the nongroup 02 entity, and, except as provided for certain independent expenditures in 03 AS 15.13.135(a), all expenditures made, incurred, or authorized by the nongroup 04 entity, for the purpose of influencing the outcome of an election; a nongroup entity 05 shall report contributions made to a different nongroup entity for the purpose of 06 influencing the outcome of an election and expenditures made on behalf of a different 07 nongroup entity for the purpose of influencing the outcome of an election as soon as 08 the total contributions and expenditures to that nongroup entity for the purpose of 09 influencing the outcome of an election reach $500 in a year and for all subsequent 10 contributions and expenditures to that nongroup entity in a year whenever the total 11 contributions and expenditures to that nongroup entity for the purpose of influencing 12 the outcome of an election that have not been reported under this paragraph reach 13 $500. 14  * Sec. 4. AS 24.45.121 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 15 (d) A person who is married to or who is the domestic partner of a legislator 16 may not receive any consideration for engaging in lobbying, and a person may not 17 employ for pay or any consideration or pay or agree to pay consideration for engaging 18 in lobbying to a person who is married to or who is the domestic partner of a 19 legislator. 20  * Sec. 5. AS 24.60.030(a) is amended to read: 21 (a) A legislator or legislative employee may not 22 (1) solicit, agree to accept, or accept a benefit other than official 23 compensation for the performance of public duties; this paragraph may not be 24 construed to prohibit lawful solicitation for and acceptance of campaign contributions, 25 solicitation or acceptance of contributions for a charity event, as defined in 26 AS 24.60.080(c)(10), or the acceptance of a lawful gratuity under AS 24.60.080; 27 (2) use public funds, facilities, equipment, services, or another 28 government asset or resource for a nonlegislative purpose, for involvement in or 29 support of or opposition to partisan political activity, or for the private benefit of either 30 the legislator, legislative employee, or another person; this paragraph does not prohibit 31 (A) limited use of state property and resources for personal 01 purposes if the use does not interfere with the performance of public duties and 02 either the cost or value related to the use is nominal or the legislator or 03 legislative employee reimburses the state for the cost of the use; 04 (B) the use of mailing lists, computer data, or other information 05 lawfully obtained from a government agency and available to the general 06 public for nonlegislative purposes; 07 (C) telephone or facsimile use that does not carry a special 08 charge; 09 (D) the legislative council, notwithstanding AS 24.05.190, 10 from designating a public facility for use by legislators and legislative 11 employees for health or fitness purposes; when the council designates a facility 12 to be used by legislators and legislative employees for health or fitness 13 purposes, it shall adopt guidelines governing access to and use of the facility; 14 the guidelines may establish times in which use of the facility is limited to 15 specific groups; 16 (E) a legislator from using the legislator's private office in the 17 capital city during a legislative session, and for the 10 days immediately before 18 and the 10 days immediately after a legislative session, for nonlegislative 19 purposes if the use does not interfere with the performance of public duties and 20 if there is no cost to the state for the use of the space and equipment, other than 21 utility costs and minimal wear and tear, or the legislator promptly reimburses 22 the state for the cost; an office is considered a legislator's private office under 23 this subparagraph if it is the primary space in the capital city reserved for use 24 by the legislator, whether or not it is shared with others; 25 (F) a legislator from use of legislative employees to prepare 26 and send out seasonal greeting cards; 27 (G) a legislator from using state resources to transport 28 computers or other office equipment owned by the legislator but primarily used 29 for a state function; 30 (H) use by a legislator of photographs of that legislator; 31 (I) reasonable use of the Internet by a legislator or a legislative 01 employee except if the use is for election campaign purposes; 02 (J) a legislator or legislative employee from soliciting, 03 accepting, or receiving a gift on behalf of a recognized, nonpolitical charitable 04 organization in a state facility; 05 (K) a legislator from sending any communication in the form of 06 a newsletter to the legislator's constituents, except a communication expressly 07 advocating the election or defeat of a candidate or a newsletter or material in a 08 newsletter that is clearly only for the private benefit of a legislator or a 09 legislative employee; or 10 (L) full participation in a charity event approved in advance by 11 the Alaska Legislative Council; 12 (3) knowingly seek, accept, use, allocate, grant, or award public funds 13 for a purpose other than that approved by law, or make a false statement in connection 14 with a claim, request, or application for compensation, reimbursement, or travel 15 allowances from public funds; 16 (4) require a legislative employee to perform services for the private 17 benefit of the legislator or employee at any time, or allow a legislative employee to 18 perform services for the private benefit of a legislator or employee on government 19 time; it is not a violation of this paragraph if the services were performed in an 20 unusual or infrequent situation and the person's services were reasonably necessary to 21 permit the legislator or legislative employee to perform official duties; 22 (5) use or authorize the use of state funds, facilities, equipment, 23 services, or another government asset or resource for the purpose of political fund 24 raising or campaigning; this paragraph does not prohibit 25 (A) limited use of state property and resources for personal 26 purposes if the use does not interfere with the performance of public duties and 27 either the cost or value related to the use is nominal or the legislator or 28 legislative employee reimburses the state for the cost of the use; 29 (B) the use of mailing lists, computer data, or other information 30 lawfully obtained from a government agency and available to the general 31 public for nonlegislative purposes; 01 (C) telephone or facsimile use that does not carry a special 02 charge; 03 (D) storing or maintaining, consistent with (b) of this section, 04 election campaign records in a legislator's office; 05 (E) a legislator from using the legislator's private office in the 06 capital city during a legislative session, and for the 10 days immediately before 07 and the 10 days immediately after a legislative session, for nonlegislative 08 purposes if the use does not interfere with the performance of public duties and 09 if there is no cost to the state for the use of the space and equipment, other than 10 utility costs and minimal wear and tear, or the legislator promptly reimburses 11 the state for the cost; an office is considered a legislator's private office under 12 this subparagraph if it is the primary space in the capital city reserved for use 13 by the legislator, whether or not it is shared with others; or 14 (F) use by a legislator of photographs of that legislator;  15 (6) enter into a contract to provide consulting services. 16  * Sec. 6. AS 24.60.080(e) is amended to read: 17 (e) A political contribution is not a gift under this section if it is reported under 18 AS 15.13.040 [OR IS EXEMPT FROM THE REPORTING REQUIREMENT 19 UNDER AS 15.13.040(g)]. The use of a bulk mailing permit owned by a legislator's 20 campaign committee or used in a legislator's election campaign is not a gift to that 21 legislator under this section. 22  * Sec. 7. AS 15.13.040(g) and 15.13.040(l) are repealed.