00                       CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 20(STA)                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to disclosures by legislators, legislative employees, public members of                                
02 the Select Committee on Legislative Ethics, and legislative directors subject to the                                    
03 Legislative Ethics Act; relating to the applicability of the Legislative Ethics Act; and                                
04 providing for an effective date."                                                                                       
05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
06    * Section 1. AS 24.60.020(a) is amended to read:                                                                   
07            (a)  Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, this chapter applies to a                              
08       member of the legislature, to a legislative employee, and to public members of the                                
09       committee. This chapter does not apply to                                                                         
10                 (1)  a former member of the legislature or to a person formerly                                         
11       employed by the legislative branch of government unless a [THE] provision of this                         
12       chapter specifically states that it applies;                                                                  
13                 (2)  a person elected to the legislature who at the time of election is not                             
14       a member of the legislature.                                                                                      
01    * Sec. 2. AS 24.60 is amended by adding a new section to article 2 to read:                                        
02            Sec. 24.60.115. Disclosure required of a legislator, legislative employee or                               
03       public member of the committee after final day of service. A person serving as a                                
04       legislator, legislative employee, or public member of the committee shall, not later                              
05       than 90 days after the person's final day of service, file a disclosure of every matter                           
06       that was subject to disclosure under this chapter while the person was serving.                                   
07    * Sec. 3. AS 24.60.200 is amended to read:                                                                         
08            Sec. 24.60.200. Financial disclosure by legislators, public members of the                                 
09       committee, and legislative directors. A legislator, a public member of the committee,                           
10       and a legislative director shall file a disclosure statement, under oath and on penalty of                        
11       perjury, with the Alaska Public Offices Commission giving the following information                               
12       about the income received by the discloser, the discloser's spouse or domestic partner,                           
13       the discloser's dependent children, and the discloser's nondependent children who are                             
14       living with the discloser:                                                                                        
15                 (1)  the information that a public official is required to report under                                 
16       AS 39.50.030, other than information about gifts;                                                                 
17                 (2)  as to income in excess of $1,000 received as compensation for                                      
18       personal services, and as to dividend income in excess of $1,000 received from a                              
19       limited liability company as compensation for personal services, the name and                                 
20       address of the source of the income, and a statement describing                                                   
21                      (A)  the nature of the services performed, with sufficient                                 
22            description to make clear to a person of ordinary understanding the                                      
23            specific services performed;                                                                             
24                      (B)  the approximate total number of hours that have been                                      
25            spent or will be spent performing the services; and                                                      
26                      (C)  the amount of income received from the source, if the [;                                  
27            IF THE SOURCE OF INCOME IS KNOWN OR REASONABLY SHOULD                                                        
28            BE KNOWN TO HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST IN LEGISLATIVE,                                                      
29            ADMINISTRATIVE, OR POLITICAL ACTION AND THE] recipient of the                                                
30            income is a legislator or legislative director [, THE AMOUNT OF INCOME                                       
31            RECEIVED FROM THE SOURCE SHALL BE DISCLOSED];                                                                
01                 (3)  as to each loan or loan guarantee over $1,000 from a source with a                                 
02       substantial interest in legislative, administrative, or political action, the name and                            
03       address of the person making the loan or guarantee, the amount of the loan, the terms                             
04       and conditions under which the loan or guarantee was given, the amount outstanding                                
05       at the time of filing, and whether or not a written loan agreement exists.                                        
06    * Sec. 4. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
07 read:                                                                                                                   
08       APPLICABILITY. (a) Section 2 of this Act applies to a person serving as a legislator                              
09 who leaves service on or after the effective date of this Act, and to a person who is not a                             
10 legislator but served as a legislator between April 9, 2006, and the effective date of this Act.                        
11       (b)  A person who is not a legislator on the effective date of this Act but who served as                         
12 a legislator between April 9, 2006, and the effective date of this Act shall make the disclosure                        
13 required by AS 24.60.115, added by sec. 2 of this Act, within 90 days after the effective date                          
14 of this Act.                                                                                                            
15    * Sec. 5. This Act takes effect July 1, 2007.