00                             SENATE BILL NO. 4                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to disclosures required by the Legislative Ethics Act."                                                
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 24.60.210(a) is amended to read:                                                                   
04            (a)  A person required to file a disclosure statement under AS 24.60.200 shall                               
05       file an annual report with the Alaska Public Offices Commission, covering the                                     
06       previous calendar year, containing the disclosures required by AS 24.60.200, on or                                
07       before May [MARCH] 15 of each year, except that a person appointed as a legislator                            
08       under AS 15.40, a public member of the committee, or a legislative director must file                             
09       within 30 days after the person's appointment. In addition, a person subject to this                              
10       subsection shall, within 90 days after leaving service as a legislator, legislative                               
11       director, or public member of the committee, file a final report containing the                                   
12       disclosures required of the person by AS 24.60.200 for the period that begins on the                              
13       last day of the last period for which the person filed a report required by that section                          
14       and ends on the date of the person's last day of service.                                                         
15    * Sec. 2. AS 24.60.250(a) is amended to read:                                                                      

01            (a)  In addition to the sanctions described in AS 24.60.260, if the Alaska Public                            
02       Offices Commission finds that a candidate for the legislature who is an incumbent                                 
03       legislator has failed to file a report under AS 24.60.200 by a deadline established in                        
04       AS 24.60.210 [MARCH 15], the commission shall notify the candidate that the report                            
05       is late. If the candidate fails to file the report within 30 days after it is due,                                
06                 (1)  the commission shall notify the lieutenant governor;                                               
07                 (2)  the candidate shall forfeit nomination to office and may not be                                    
08       seated in office;                                                                                                 
09                 (3)  the lieutenant governor may not certify the person's nomination for                                
10       office or election to office; and                                                                                 
11                 (4)  nomination to the office shall be certified as provided in                                         
12       AS 39.50.060(b).