00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 282                                                                          
01 "An Act establishing an Office of Public Policy Events at each campus of the University                                 
02 of Alaska."                                                                                                             
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 14.40 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                  
05            Sec. 14.40.105. Establishment of Offices of Public Policy Events. (a) The                                  
06       University of Alaska shall establish an Office of Public Policy Events at each campus                             
07       of the university. Each Office of Public Policy Events shall                                                      
08                 (1)  organize, publicize, and stage debates, forums, and lectures from                                  
09       diverse perspectives that address public policy issues that are widely discussed and                              
10       debated in society;                                                                                               
11 (2)  invite speakers with a wide diversity of perspectives to participate                                               
12 in debates, forums, and lectures, including speakers that are not affiliated with the                                   
13 university who hold perspectives and opinions that are poorly represented on the                                        
14       campus;                                                                                                           

01 (3)  when necessary, provide honoraria and reimbursement for travel or                                                  
02 lodging expenses to participants in a debate, forum, or lecture organized by the Office                                 
03       of Public Policy Events;                                                                                          
04 (4)  maintain an up-to-date calendar, both in print and online, that is                                                 
05 accessible to the public and lists all events organized by the Office of Public Policy                                  
06 Events and all other on-campus public policy debates, forums, and lectures that are                                     
07 open to the campus community; for each event, excluding an event sponsored by an                                        
08 off-campus group taking place in a rented facility, the calendar must include the title                                 
09 of the event, the name of each speaker, the institutional affiliation, if any, of each                                  
10       speaker, and the name of the organization sponsoring the event;                                                   
11 (5)  deliver paper and electronic copies of the calendars described in (4)                                              
12 of this subsection from the previous academic year to the governor, the senate                                          
13 secretary, and the chief clerk of the house of representatives not later than September 1                               
14 of each calendar year and preserve and make available to the public in the University                                   
15       of Alaska libraries all current and past calendars;                                                               
16 (6)  make a video recording of each event organized by the Office of                                                    
17       Public Policy Events and make the video recordings available to the public                                        
18 (A)  online within 10 business days after the event until at least                                                      
19            five years have elapsed from the date of the event; and                                                      
20                      (B)  in the University of Alaska libraries permanently;                                            
21 (7)  ensure that an event organized by the Office of Public Policy                                                      
22 Events is open to all University of Alaska students, faculty and staff, and the general                                 
23 public, except that the office may, if necessary, restrict the attendance of a person who                               
24       is not affiliated with the university.                                                                            
25 (b)  Notwithstanding (a) of this section, the University of Alaska may assign                                           
26 the duties of an Office of Public Policy Events to an existing administrative office on                                 
27 each campus if the university designates an administrator in that office as the director                                
28 of public policy events for that campus. The director of public policy events shall                                     
29       perform the duties described in (a) of this section.                                                              
30 (c)  In this section, "campus" means a portion of the University of Alaska                                              
31       designated as a campus by the Board of Regents.