00HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 286(FIN) am H                                                                     
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 and the                                                        
06 Constitution of the United States of America;                                                                           
07   (2)  [(1)]  bring, prosecute, and defend all necessary and proper actions                                           
08 in the name of the state for the collection of revenue;                                                                 
09    (3)  [(2)]  represent the state in all civil actions in which the state is a                                      
10 party;                                                                                                                  
11    (4)  [(3)]  prosecute all cases involving violation of state law, and file                                        
12 informations and prosecute all offenses against the revenue laws and other state laws                                   
13 where there is no other provision for their prosecution;                                                                
14    (5)  [(4)]  administer state legal services, including the furnishing of                                          

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