HB 355: "An Act relating to the membership of, and member qualifications for, the Alaska Public Offices Commission; prohibiting certain uses of names and addresses contained in certain reports to the commission; and providing for an effective date."
00 HOUSE BILL NO. 355 01 "An Act relating to the membership of, and member qualifications for, the Alaska 02 Public Offices Commission; prohibiting certain uses of names and addresses contained 03 in certain reports to the commission; and providing for an effective date." 04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 05 * Section 1. AS 15.13.020(a) is amended to read: 06 (a) There is created in the Department of Administration the Alaska Public 07 Offices Commission consisting of five voting members and two nonvoting advisory 08 members. The governor shall appoint all members of the commission in the manner 09 prescribed in (b) and (c) of this section, subject to confirmation by a majority of the 10 legislature meeting in joint session. 11 * Sec. 2. AS 15.13.020(a), as amended by sec. 1 of this Act, is amended to read: 12 (a) There is created in the Department of Administration the Alaska Public 13 Offices Commission consisting of five [VOTING] members [AND TWO 14 NONVOTING ADVISORY MEMBERS]. The governor shall appoint all members of
01 the commission in the manner prescribed in (b) and (c) of this section, subject to 02 confirmation by a majority of the legislature meeting in joint session. 03 * Sec. 3. AS 15.13.020(b) is amended to read: 04 (b) The governor shall appoint three [TWO] members of each of the two 05 political parties whose candidate for governor received the highest number of votes in 06 the most recent preceding general election at which a governor was elected. Two 07 appointed members of each political party shall be voting members of the 08 commission, and one appointed member from each political party shall be a 09 nonvoting advisory member with extensive experience in the financing of political 10 campaigns and compliance with disclosure and reporting requirements. The two 11 voting member appointees from each of these two parties shall be chosen from a list 12 of four names to be submitted by the central committee of each party. The nonvoting 13 advisory member appointee from each party shall be chosen from a list of three 14 names submitted by the central committee of each party. All names submitted by 15 the central committee of each party, whether for voting or nonvoting positions, 16 shall be of persons with experience working on political campaigns and the 17 reporting requirements of this chapter. 18 * Sec. 4. AS 15.13.020(b), as amended by sec. 3 of this Act, is amended to read: 19 (b) The governor shall appoint two [THREE] members of each of the two 20 political parties whose candidate for governor received the highest number of votes in 21 the most recent preceding general election at which a governor was elected. [TWO 22 APPOINTED MEMBERS OF EACH POLITICAL PARTY SHALL BE VOTING 23 MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, AND ONE APPOINTED MEMBER FROM 24 EACH POLITICAL PARTY SHALL BE A NONVOTING ADVISORY MEMBER 25 WITH EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN THE FINANCING OF POLITICAL 26 CAMPAIGNS AND COMPLIANCE WITH DISCLOSURE AND REPORTING 27 REQUIREMENTS.] The two [VOTING MEMBER] appointees from each of these 28 two parties shall be chosen from a list of four names to be submitted by the central 29 committee of each party. [THE NONVOTING ADVISORY MEMBER APPOINTEE 30 FROM EACH PARTY SHALL BE CHOSEN FROM A LIST OF THREE NAMES 31 SUBMITTED BY THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF EACH PARTY.] All names
01 submitted by the central committee of each party [, WHETHER FOR VOTING OR 02 NONVOTING POSITIONS,] shall be of persons with experience working on political 03 campaigns and the reporting requirements of this chapter. 04 * Sec. 5. AS 15.13.020(c) is amended to read: 05 (c) The four voting members selected under (b) of this section shall, by a 06 majority vote, nominate to the governor an individual to serve as the seventh [FIFTH] 07 member of the commission, who shall be a voting member. The governor shall either 08 appoint the nominee to the commission, or shall reject the nominee and request those 09 four members to nominate another individual to serve as the seventh [FIFTH] member 10 of the commission. 11 * Sec. 6. AS 15.13.020(c), as amended by sec. 5 of this Act, is amended to read: 12 (c) The four [VOTING] members selected under (b) of this section shall, by a 13 majority vote, nominate to the governor an individual to serve as the fifth 14 [SEVENTH] member of the commission [, WHO SHALL BE A VOTING 15 MEMBER]. The governor shall either appoint the nominee to the commission, or shall 16 reject the nominee and request those four members to nominate another individual to 17 serve as the fifth [SEVENTH] member of the commission. 18 * Sec. 7. AS 15.13.020(d) is amended to read: 19 (d) Members of the commission serve staggered terms of five years, or until a 20 successor is appointed and qualifies. The terms of no two voting members who are 21 members of the same political party may expire in consecutive years. A member may 22 not serve more than one term. However, a person appointed to fill the unexpired term 23 of a predecessor may be appointed to a successive full five-year term. 24 * Sec. 8. AS 15.13.020(d), as amended by sec. 7 of this Act, is amended to read: 25 (d) Members of the commission serve staggered terms of five years, or until a 26 successor is appointed and qualifies. The terms of no two [VOTING] members who 27 are members of the same political party may expire in consecutive years. A member 28 may not serve more than one term. However, a person appointed to fill the unexpired 29 term of a predecessor may be appointed to a successive full five-year term. 30 * Sec. 9. AS 15.13.020(g) is amended to read: 31 (g) The voting members of the commission shall elect a chairperson. Three
01 voting members of the commission constitute a quorum. A vacancy does not impair 02 the powers of the remaining members to exercise all of the powers of the commission. 03 * Sec. 10. AS 15.13.020(g), as amended by sec. 9 of this Act, is amended to read: 04 (g) The [VOTING] members [OF THE COMMISSION] shall elect a 05 chairperson. Three [VOTING] members of the commission constitute a quorum. A 06 vacancy does not impair the powers of the remaining members to exercise all of the 07 powers of the commission. 08 * Sec. 11. AS 15.13 is amended by adding a new section to read: 09 Sec. 15.13.044. Certain prohibited use of names and information 10 contained in reports and statements filed with the commission. A person may not 11 sell, use for any commercial purpose, or use to solicit any type of contribution or 12 donation, including political or charitable contributions, the names and addresses of 13 persons making contributions or expenditures contained in reports and statements 14 made under this chapter. 15 * Sec. 12. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 16 read: 17 MEMBERS OF THE ALASKA PUBLIC OFFICES COMMISSION; TRANSITION; 18 STAGGERED TERMS. Notwithstanding AS 15.13.020, as amended by secs. 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 19 of this Act, a member of the commission serving on the effective date of sec. 1 of this Act 20 remains in office for the duration of the term to which appointed and confirmed. Within 90 21 days after the effective date of sec. 1 of this Act, the central committee of each of the two 22 political parties whose candidates for governor received the highest number of votes in the 23 most recent preceding election at which a governor was elected shall submit to the governor a 24 list of three nominees for the two additional nonvoting seats on the commission. The governor 25 shall appoint one nonvoting member to a three-year term and one nonvoting member to a 26 five-year term. The governor shall specify the term of each of the nonvoting members 27 appointed subject to this section. 28 * Sec. 13. Sections 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 of this Act take effect five years from the effective date 29 of sec. 1 of this Act.