00                            SENATE BILL NO. 129                                                                         
01 "An Act relating to information on judicial officers provided in election pamphlets."                                   
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 15.58.050 is amended to read:                                                                      
04 Sec. 15.58.050. Information and recommendations on judicial officers. Not                                           
05 [NO] later than August 7 of the year in which the state general election will be held,                                  
06 the judicial council shall file with the lieutenant governor a statement including                                      
07 information about each supreme court justice, court of appeals judge, superior court                                    
08 judge, and district court judge who will be subject to a retention election. The                                        
09 statement may not exceed 600 words, must [SHALL] reflect the evaluation of each                                     
10       justice or judge conducted by the judicial council according to law, and must                             
11       [SHALL] contain the following information, except when required by law to be                                  
12       kept confidential:                                                                                            
13                 (1)  a brief statement describing each public reprimand, public censure,                            
14       or suspension received by the justice or judge under AS 22.30.011(d) during the                               
15       period covered in the evaluation; and                                                                         

01                 (2)  background information on the justice or judge, identifying                                    
02                      (A)  the law school from which the justice or judge                                            
03            graduated;                                                                                               
04                      (B)  the primary practice areas of the justice or judge before                                 
05            appointment, including the percentage of the justice's or judge's pre-                                   
06            appointment career spent as a trial lawyer;                                                              
07                      (C)  the types of clients the justice or judge represented                                     
08            before appointment;                                                                                      
09                      (D)  pro bono work performed by the justice or judge before                                    
10            appointment;                                                                                             
11                      (E)  elected offices held by the justice or judge;                                             
12                      (F)  political party offices held by the justice or judge;                                     
13                      (G)  organizations in which the justice or judge is a current                                  
14            member; and                                                                                              
15                      (H)  clients and employers of members of the justice's or                                      
16            judge's household. [A STATEMENT MAY NOT EXCEED 600 WORDS.]