00HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 286(FIN)                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the duties and powers of the attorney general."                                                     
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
03    * Section 1.  AS 44.23.020(b) is amended to read:                                                                  
04  (b)  The attorney general shall                                                                                       
05    (1)  defend the Constitution of the State of Alaska;                                                               
06   (2)  [(1)]  bring, prosecute, and defend all necessary and proper actions                                           
07 in the name of the state for the collection of revenue;                                                                 
08    (3)  [(2)]  represent the state in all civil actions in which the state is a                                      
09 party;                                                                                                                  
10    (4)  [(3)]  prosecute all cases involving violation of state law, and file                                        
11 informations and prosecute all offenses against the revenue laws and other state laws                                   
12 where there is no other provision for their prosecution;                                                                
13    (5)  [(4)]  administer state legal services, including the furnishing of                                          
14 written legal opinions to the governor, the legislature, and all state officers and                                     

01 departments as the governor directs; and give legal advice on a law, proposed law, or                                   
02 proposed legislative measure upon request by the legislature or a member of the                                         
03 legislature;                                                                                                            
04    (6)  [(5)]  draft legal instruments for the state;                                                                
05    (7)  [(6)]  make available a report to the legislature, through the                                               
06 governor, at each regular legislative session                                                                           
07   (A)  of the work and expenditures of the office; and                                                                
08   (B)  on needed legislation or amendments to existing law;                                                           
09    (8)  [(7)]  perform all other duties required by law or which usually                                             
10 pertain to the office of attorney general in a state; and                                                               
11    (9)  [(8)]  prepare, publish, and revise as it becomes useful or necessary                                        
12 to do so an information pamphlet on landlord and tenant rights and the means of                                         
13 making complaints to appropriate public agencies concerning landlord and tenant                                         
14 rights; the contents of the pamphlet and any revision shall be approved by the                                          
15 Department of Law, division of consumer protection, before publication.                                                 
16    * Sec. 2.  AS 44.23.020 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             
17  (d)  The attorney general may, subject to the power of the legislature to enact                                       
18 laws and make appropriations, settle actions, cases, and offenses under (b) of this                                     
19 section in which the attorney general represents the state and in which the state is a                                  
20 party.