00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 350                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the crimes of coercion and bribery involving legislators; and                                       
02 providing for an effective date."                                                                                       
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 11.41.530(a) is amended to read:                                                                   
05 (a)  A person commits the crime of coercion if, under circumstances not                                                 
06 proscribed under AS 11.41.410 - 11.41.427, the person compels another to engage in                                      
07 conduct from which there is a legal right to abstain or abstain from conduct in which                                   
08 there is a legal right to engage, by means of instilling in the person who is compelled a                               
09 fear that, if the demand is not complied with, the person who makes the demand or                                       
10       another may                                                                                                       
11                 (1)  inflict physical injury on anyone, except under circumstances                                      
12       constituting robbery in any degree, or commit any other crime;                                                    
13                 (2)  accuse anyone of a crime;                                                                          
14                 (3)  expose confidential information or a secret, whether true or false,                                

01       tending to subject a person to hatred, contempt, or ridicule or to impair the person's                            
02       credit or business repute;                                                                                        
03                 (4)  take or withhold action as a public servant or cause a public servant                              
04       to take or withhold action;                                                                                       
05                 (5)  bring about or continue a strike, boycott, or other collective                                     
06       unofficial action, if the property is not demanded or received for the benefit of the                             
07       group in whose interest the person making the threat or suggestion purports to act;                               
08                 (6)  testify or provide information or withhold testimony or information                                
09       with respect to a person's legal claim or defense;                                                            
10 (7)  take or withhold action against a legislator or cause a person to                                              
11 take or withhold action against a legislator, including a reduction in staff, travel                                
12 authorization, committee assignment, and a favorable position in a legislative                                      
13       caucus.                                                                                                     
14    * Sec. 2. AS 11.56.100(a) is amended to read:                                                                      
15 (a)  A person commits the crime of bribery if the person confers, offers to                                             
16       confer, or agrees to confer a benefit on [UPON] a public servant with the intent to                           
17 (1)  influence the public servant's vote, opinion, judgment, action,                                                
18       decision, or exercise of official discretion; or                                                              
19                 (2)  bind a legislator's vote on a measure.                                                         
20    * Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
21 read:                                                                                                                   
22 APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to offenses committed on or after the effective                                         
23 date of this Act.                                                                                                       
24    * Sec. 4. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).