00                             HOUSE BILL NO. 305                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to campaign fund raising by a legislator, legislative employee, or                                     
02 candidate for election to the legislature during a regular or special legislative session."                             
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                                                                                                      
08                 (1)  for election [OR REELECTION] to the state legislature may not                                  
09       solicit or accept a contribution while the legislature is convened in a regular or special                        
10       legislative session unless the solicitation or acceptance occurs                                                  
11                      (A) [(1)]  during the 90 days immediately preceding an election                                
12            in which the candidate or individual is a candidate; and                                                     
13                      (B) [(2)]  in a place other than the capital city or a location in                         
14            which the legislature is convened in a regular or special session if the                                 
01            location is other than the capital city;                                                                 
02                 (2)  who is a legislator or legislative employee and who is seeking                                 
03       election to state office or to municipal office may not solicit or accept a                                   
04       contribution while the legislature is convened in a regular or special legislative                            
05       session unless the solicitation or acceptance occurs                                                          
06                      (A)  during the 90 days immediately preceding an election in                                   
07            which the candidate or individual is a candidate; and                                                    
08                      (B)  in a place other than the capital city or a location in                                   
09            which the legislature is convened in regular or special session if the                                   
10            location is other than the capital city.                                                                 
11    * Sec. 2. AS 24.60.031(a) is amended to read:                                                                      
12            (a)  A legislator or legislative employee may not                                                            
13                 (1)  on a day when either house of the legislature is in regular or special                             
14       session, solicit or accept a contribution or a promise or pledge to make a contribution                           
15       for a campaign for municipal, state, or federal office [THE STATE                                             
16       LEGISLATURE]; however, a legislator or legislative employee may, except in the                                    
17       capital city or in the location in which the legislature is convened in regular or                            
18       special session if the location is other than the capital city, solicit or accept a                           
19       contribution, promise, or pledge for a campaign for municipal, state, or federal                              
20       office [THE STATE LEGISLATURE] that occurs during the 90 days immediately                                     
21       preceding the [AN] election for that office;                                                              
22                 (2)  accept money from an event held on a day when either house of the                                  
23       legislature is in regular or special session if a substantial purpose of the event is to                          
24       raise money on behalf of the member or legislative employee for [STATE                                            
25       LEGISLATIVE] political purposes; however, this paragraph does not prohibit a                                      
26       legislator or legislative employee from accepting money from an event held in a place                             
27       other than the capital city or a location in which the legislature is convened in                             
28       regular or special session if the location is other than the capital city during the 90                       
29       days immediately preceding an election for public office in which the legislator or                           
30       legislative employee is a candidate; or                                                                       
31                 (3)  in a campaign for municipal, state, or federal office [THE                                     
01       STATE LEGISLATURE], expend money that was raised on a day when either house                                       
02       of the legislature was in a legislative session by or on behalf of a legislator under a                           
03       declaration of candidacy or a general letter of intent to become a candidate for public                           
04       office; however, this paragraph does not apply to money raised in a place other than                              
05       the capital city or a location in which the legislature is convened in regular or                             
06       special session if the location is other than the capital city during the 90 days                             
07       immediately preceding an election.