00                      CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 177(STA)                                                                    
01 "An Act placing certain special interest organizations within the definition of 'group' for                             
02 purposes of Alaska's campaign finance statutes; and requiring disclosure of the true                                    
03 source of campaign contributions."                                                                                      
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1.  The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section                         
06 to read:                                                                                                                
07       SHORT TITLE.  This Act may be known as the Full Disclosure of Campaign Finance                                    
08 Act.                                                                                                                    
09    * Sec. 2.  AS 15.13.040(b) is amended to read:                                                                     
10            (b)  Each group shall make a full report upon a form prescribed by the                                       
11       commission, listing                                                                                               
12                 (1)  the name and address of each officer and director;                                                 
13                 (2)  the aggregate amount of all contributions made to it; and, for all                                 
14       contributions in excess of $100 in the aggregate a year, the name, address, principal                             

01       occupation, and employer of the contributor, and the date and amount contributed by                               
02       each contributor; for purposes of this paragraph, "contributor" means the true                                
03       source of the funds, property, or services being contributed; and                                             
04                 (3)  the date and amount of all contributions made by it and all                                        
05       expenditures made, incurred or authorized by it.                                                                  
06    * Sec. 3.  AS 15.13.400(5) is amended to read:                                                                     
07                 (5)  "group" means (A) every state and regional executive committee of                                  
08       a political party; [AND] (B) any combination of two or more individuals acting jointly                            
09       who organize for the principal purpose of influencing the outcome of one or more                                  
10       elections and who take action the major purpose of which is to influence the outcome                              
11       of an election; and (C) a special interest organization; for purposes of this                                 
12       subparagraph, a special interest organization is a person, other than an                                      
13       individual, that cannot participate in business activities, does not have                                     
14       shareholders who have a claim on corporate earnings, and is independent from                                  
15       the influence of business corporations; a group that makes expenditures or receives                           
16       contributions with the authorization or consent, express or implied, or under the                                 
17       control, direct or indirect, of a candidate shall be considered to be controlled by that                          
18       candidate; a group whose major purpose is to further the nomination, election, or                                 
19       candidacy of only one individual, or intends to expend more than 50 percent of its                                
20       money on a single candidate, shall be considered to be controlled by that candidate                               
21       and its actions done with the candidate's knowledge and consent unless, within 10                                 
22       days from the date the candidate learns of the existence of the group the candidate files                         
23       with the commission, on a form provided by the commission, an affidavit that the                                  
24       group is operating without the candidate's control; a group organized for more than                               
25       one year preceding an election and endorsing candidates for more than one office or                               
26       more than one political party is presumed not to be controlled by a candidate;                                    
27       however, a group that contributes more than 50 percent of its money to or on behalf of                            
28       one candidate shall be considered to support only one candidate for purposes of                                   
29       AS 15.13.070, whether or not control of the group has been disclaimed by the                                      
30       candidate;