SB 188: "An Act relating to certain information filed with the Alaska Public Offices Commission; and providing for an effective date."
00 SENATE BILL NO. 188 01 "An Act relating to certain information filed with the Alaska Public Offices 02 Commission; and providing for an effective date." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 15.13.040(m) is repealed and reenacted to read: 05 (m) The commission may request that the information required under this 06 chapter be submitted electronically but shall accept any information required under 07 this chapter that is typed in clear and legible black typeface or hand-printed in dark ink 08 on paper in a format approved by the commission or on forms provided by the 09 commission and that is filed with the commission. When information is submitted 10 electronically, the commission shall accept information 11 (1) entered onto a version of the form accessed on the Internet website 12 of the commission; or 13 (2) submitted to the commission in the form of an electronic 14 spreadsheet or data file that contains field names and data types that conform to a
01 standard defined by the commission. 02 * Sec. 2. AS 15.13.110(c) is amended to read: 03 (c) All reports required by this chapter shall be filed with the commission's 04 central office and shall be kept open to public inspection. The commission shall keep 05 a report filed on paper under AS 15.13.040(m) open to public inspection by 06 scanning the report and posting a copy of the scanned image on the Internet 07 within 10 days after the report is filed. The [WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER EACH 08 ELECTION, THE] commission shall prepare a summary of each report, which shall 09 be made available to the public at cost upon request. Each summary must [SHALL] 10 use uniform categories of reporting. Summaries for reports filed 11 (1) electronically shall be made available within 30 days after the 12 report is filed; and 13 (2) on paper shall be made available within 30 days after each 14 election. 15 * Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 16 read: 17 TRANSITION. Notwithstanding AS 15.13 and the rules of the Alaska Public Offices 18 Commission, a person who has submitted information electronically in a format allowed 19 under AS 15.13.040(m), as repealed and reenacted by sec. 1 of this Act, or on paper in a 20 format approved by the commission, is not subject to a civil penalty under AS 15.13.390 for 21 failure properly to file a report under AS 15.13.040 if the information was filed after 22 December 1, 2011, and before the effective date of this Act. 23 * Sec. 4. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 24 read: 25 RETROACTIVITY. Sections 1 and 2 of this Act are retroactive to December 1, 2011. 26 * Sec. 5. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).