HB 183: "An Act relating to the use of campaign contributions for shared campaign activity expenses and to reimbursement of those expenses."
00 HOUSE BILL NO. 183 01 "An Act relating to the use of campaign contributions for shared campaign activity 02 expenses and to reimbursement of those expenses." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 15.13.112(b) is amended to read: 05 (b) Campaign contributions held by a candidate or group may not be 06 (1) used to give a personal benefit to the candidate or to another 07 person; 08 (2) converted to personal income of the candidate; 09 (3) loaned to a person; 10 (4) knowingly used to pay more than the fair market value for goods or 11 services purchased for the campaign; 12 (5) used to pay a criminal fine; 13 (6) used to pay civil penalties; however, campaign contributions held 14 by a candidate or group may be used to pay a civil penalty assessed under this chapter 15 if authorized by the commission or a court after it first determines that
01 (A) the candidate, campaign treasurer, and deputy campaign 02 treasurer did not cause or participate in the violation for which the civil penalty 03 is imposed and exercised a reasonable level of oversight over the campaign; 04 and 05 (B) the candidate, campaign treasurer, and deputy campaign 06 treasurer cooperated in the revelation of the violation and in its immediate 07 correction; or 08 (7) used to make contributions to another candidate or to a group; 09 however, it is not a violation of this paragraph if, in circumstances in which a 10 candidate or group participates in a shared campaign activity, the candidate or 11 group participating in the activity 12 (A) uses campaign contributions of the candidate or group 13 for payment of 14 (i) all of the shared campaign activity expense; or 15 (ii) more than the candidate's or group's pro rata 16 share of the activity expense; and 17 (B) receives, within 48 hours after payment of the expense, 18 complete reimbursement of the amount of campaign contributions used 19 for payments made on behalf of another candidate or group participating 20 in the activity.