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"AnRelating Act relating to campaign expenditures and contributions;
and providing for an effective date."date. SENATE CS FOR CS FOR SS FOR HOUSE BILL NO.
44(STA)00Enrolled 01HB "An44 Act01 relatingRelating to campaign expenditures and contributions;
relating to the per diem 02 of members of 02 the legislature;
relating to limiting gifts by lobbyists to legislators and 03 legislative employees;
03 requiring a legislator to abstain from taking or withholding 04 official action or exerting official 04 influence that could benefit or harm an immediate 05 family member or certain employers;
05 requiring a legislator to request to be excused 06 from voting in an instance where the legislator 06 may have a financial conflict of interest;
07 and providing for an effective date."date. 08 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
0907 _______________ 08 * Section 1.
1009 Sec.
Expenditures and contributions by foreign-influenced 1110 corporations and foreign nationals.
(a) A foreign-influenced corporation or 1211 foreign national may not, directly or indirectly, in connection with an election under 1312 this chapter, make a contribution or expenditure or make an express or implied promise to make a contribution or expenditure.
19 (4) "electioneering expenditure" means a purchase or transfer,transfer orof, 20 or a promise or agreement to purchase or transfer, money or a thing of value to 21 enable or facilitate the broadcast or other distribution of a communication that 22 (A) clearly refers to a candidate for an election under (B) of 23 this paragraph;
05 (8) "media communication" means a communication 06 (A) communication in a news story, commentary, or 07 editorial distributed 07 through the facilities of a radio station, television 08 station, cable television 08 system, or satellite system, newspaper, magazine, 09 or other periodical 09 publication, unless the facilities are owned or 10 controlled by a political 10 party, political committee, or candidate;
or 11 (B) communication that constitutes a public debate or 12 forum that includes 12 at least two opposing candidates for an office or one 13 advocate and one 13 opponent of an issue, or that solely promotes such a 14 debate or forum and 14 is made by or on behalf of the person sponsoring the 15 debate or forum, 15 provided that the staging organization 16 (i) is a charitable organization that does not make 17 other covered expenditures and does not otherwise support or 18 oppose any political candidate, political party, ballot propositions 19 or questions, or initiative proposals or is a newspaper, radio 20 station, television station, cable television system, or satellite 21 system, newspaper, magazine, or other periodical publication, or 22 other recognized news medium;
The legislative fiscal 12 officer shall provide a form on which a report under this sectionsubsection must be 13 submitted.
However, 15 notwithstanding (e)(3) of this section and the limitations of this subsection, a 16 legislator may vote on an appropriation bill that meets the requirements of 17 AS 37.07.020(a) or 37.07.100 (Executive Budget Act) [A SUBSTANTIAL CLASS 18 OF PERSONS TO 18 WHICH THE LEGISLATOR BELONGS AS A MEMBER OF A 19 PROFESSION, 19 OCCUPATION, INDUSTRY, OR REGION].