00                            SENATE BILL NO. 158                                                                         
01 "An Act relating to political contributions; relating to the use of state funds; and                                    
02 providing for an effective date."                                                                                       
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 15.13.070(b) is amended to read:                                                                   
05            (b)  An individual may contribute not more than                                                              
06 (1)  $700 [$500] per year to a nongroup entity for the purpose of                                                   
07 influencing the nomination or election of a candidate, to a candidate, to an individual                                 
08 who conducts a write-in campaign as a candidate, or to a group that is not a political                                  
09       party;                                                                                                            
10                 (2)  $5,000 per year to a political party.                                                              
11    * Sec. 2. AS 15.13.070(c) is amended to read:                                                                      
12            (c)  A group that is not a political party may contribute not more than $1,400                           
13       [$1,000] per year                                                                                                 
14                 (1)  to a candidate, or to an individual who conducts a write-in                                        

01       campaign as a candidate;                                                                                          
02                 (2)  to another group, to a nongroup entity, or to a political party.                                   
03    * Sec. 3. AS 15.13.070(f) is amended to read:                                                                      
04 (f)  A nongroup entity may contribute not more than $1,400 [$1,000] a year to                                       
05 another nongroup entity for the purpose of influencing the nomination or election of a                                  
06 candidate, to a candidate, to an individual who conducts a write-in campaign as a                                       
07       candidate, to a group, or to a political party.                                                                   
08    * Sec. 4. AS 15.13.070(g) is amended to read:                                                                      
09            (g)  Where contributions are made to a joint campaign for governor and                                       
10       lieutenant governor,                                                                                              
11 (1)  an individual may contribute not more than $1,400 [$1,000] per                                                 
12       year; and                                                                                                         
13                 (2)  a group may contribute not more than $2,800 [$2,000] per year.                                 
14    * Sec. 5. AS 15.13.070 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                              
15 (h)  Beginning in the first quarter of calendar year 2023 and every four years                                          
16 thereafter, the commission shall, by regulation, adjust the contribution limitations set                                
17 out in this section by a percentage equal to the percentage of increase over the                                        
18 preceding four-year period in all items of the Consumer Price Index for all urban                                       
19       consumers for Anchorage, Alaska, rounded to the nearest $10 increment.                                            
20    * Sec. 6. AS 39.52.120(a) is amended to read:                                                                      
21 (a)  A public officer may not use, or attempt to use, an official position for                                          
22 personal gain, including self-promotion, and may not intentionally secure or grant                                  
23       unwarranted benefits or treatment for any person.                                                                 
24    * Sec. 7. AS 39.52.120(b) is amended to read:                                                                      
25            (b)  A public officer may not                                                                                
26 (1)  seek other employment or contracts through the use or attempted                                                    
27       use of official position;                                                                                         
28 (2)  accept, receive, or solicit compensation for the performance of                                                    
29       official duties or responsibilities from a person other than the state;                                           
30 (3)  use state time, property, equipment, or other facilities to self-                                              
31       promote or otherwise benefit personal or financial interests;                                                 

01 (4)  take or withhold official action in order to affect a matter in which                                              
02       the public officer has a personal or financial interest;                                                          
03 (5)  attempt to benefit a personal or financial interest through coercion                                               
04 of a subordinate or require another public officer to perform services for the private                                  
05       benefit of the public officer at any time; or                                                                     
06 (6)  use or authorize the use of state funds, facilities, equipment,                                                    
07 services, or another government asset or resource for partisan political purposes; this                                 
08 paragraph does not prohibit use of the governor's residence for meetings to discuss                                     
09 political strategy and does not prohibit use of state aircraft or the communications                                    
10       equipment in the governor's residence so long as there is no charge to the state for the                          
11       use; in this paragraph, "for partisan political purposes"                                                         
12                      (A)  means having the intent to differentially benefit or harm a                                   
13                           (i)  candidate or potential candidate for elective office;                                    
14                 or                                                                                                      
15                           (ii)  political party or group;                                                               
16                      (B)  but does not include having the intent to benefit the public                                  
17            interest at large through the normal performance of official duties.                                         
18    * Sec. 8. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).