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AK Stat § 24.20.655 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying|Chapter 20. Agencies and Permanent Committees|Article 3. Joint Armed Services Committee.|Sec. 24.20.655. Terms of office; vacancies.

(a) Each legislative member serves for the duration of the legislature during which the member is appointed. Each public member serves for three years. An individual who has served on the committee may be reappointed. (b) A legislator ceases to be a member of the Joint Armed Services Committee if the legislator ceases to be a member of the house from which the legislator was appointed. When a seat on the committee becomes vacant, it shall be filled within 30 days in the manner of the original appointment. An individual appointed to fill a vacancy serves for the remainder of the term to which appointed.
AK Stat § 24.20.660 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying|Chapter 20. Agencies and Permanent Committees|Article 3. Joint Armed Services Committee.|Sec. 24.20.660. Travel and per diem allowances.

Members of the Joint Armed Services Committee are entitled to reimbursement for travel expenses. Members of the committee shall receive per diem allowances in accordance with the policy adopted by the legislative council under AS 24.10.130(c).
AK Stat § 24.20.665 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying|Chapter 20. Agencies and Permanent Committees|Article 3. Joint Armed Services Committee.|Sec. 24.20.665. Meetings.

(a) Eight members of the Joint Armed Services Committee constitute a quorum. (b) The committee members shall select one member from the senate and one member from the house of representatives to serve as co-chairs of the committee. (c) The committee may meet during sessions of the legislature and during intervals between sessions at the times and places the co-chairs may determine. Whenever possible, meetings shall be teleconferenced to reduce travel cost.
AK Stat § 24.20.670 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying|Chapter 20. Agencies and Permanent Committees|Article 3. Joint Armed Services Committee.|Sec. 24.20.670. Administration.

The legislative council shall provide administrative and other services to the Joint Armed Services Committee. Within the limits of the amounts made available to the committee by the legislative council, the committee may make expenditures and enter into contracts to carry out the purposes of AS 24.20.650 - 24.20.675. Contracts must be approved by a majority of the members of the committee and are otherwise subject to procedures adopted by the legislative council under AS 36.30.020.
AK Stat § 24.20.675 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying|Chapter 20. Agencies and Permanent Committees|Article 3. Joint Armed Services Committee.|Sec. 24.20.675. Powers and duties.

(a) The Joint Armed Services Committee shall (1) monitor the military base realignment and closure activities of the federal government for bases in the state; (2) work on specific realignments and closures proposed by the federal government for bases in the state; (3) work with the state's congressional delegation regarding federal military base realignments and closings in the state; (4) attend meetings and hearings related to federal realignments and closures of military bases in the state and provide testimony as necessary; (5) review the effect on the state and its communities of federal realignments and closures of military bases in the state; (6) monitor the development of the national ballistic missile defense system and work with the congressional delegation of the state, other state and local government organizations, and community groups to advocate and expedite the deployment of the system in this state; (7) investigate opportunities to increase joint and combined military training in the state; (8) advocate the stationing of reconfigured power projection forces at bases located in the state; and (9) prepare and submit a report of its activities to the legislature on the first day of each second regular session. (b) The committee may appoint a citizens' advisory board. Individuals appointed to an advisory board may not receive reimbursement for travel expenses or per diem allowances.
AK Stat § 24.45.011 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying|Chapter 45. Regulation of Lobbying|Article 1. Legislative Declaration of Purpose.|Sec. 24.45.011. Purpose.

The legislature finds and declares that the operation of responsible representative democracy requires that the fullest opportunity be afforded to the people to petition their government for the redress of grievances and to express freely to individual members of the legislature, to its committees, and to officials of the executive branch, their opinions on pending legislation or administrative actions; and that the people are entitled to know the identity, income, expenditures, and activities of those persons who pay, are paid or reimbursed for expenses, or who make expenditures or other payments in an effort to influence legislative or administrative action.
AK Stat § 24.45.021 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying|Chapter 45. Regulation of Lobbying|Article 2. Administration.|Sec. 24.45.021. Administration.

(a) This chapter shall be administered by the Alaska Public Offices Commission created under AS 15.13.020(a). (b) The commission shall adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) to implement the provisions of this chapter.
AK Stat § 24.45.031 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying|Chapter 45. Regulation of Lobbying|Article 2. Administration.|Sec. 24.45.031. Powers and duties.

(a) In addition to its other duties under this chapter, the commission shall (1) prescribe the forms for registration, reports, statements, notices, and other documents required by this chapter; (2) prepare and publish instructions setting out the methods of accounting, bookkeeping, and preservation of records required to facilitate compliance with and enforcement of this chapter and explaining the duties of persons subject to the provisions of this chapter; the instructions shall be updated periodically; (3) provide assistance to persons in complying with the provisions of this chapter; (4) prepare and publish a biennial report of its activities, findings, and recommendations under this chapter, which shall be made available to the governor, legislature, and to the public by February 1 of each odd-numbered calendar year; the commission shall notify the legislature that the report is available; (5) report suspected violations of this chapter to the attorney general; (6) administer an annually updated training course that promotes adherence to high ethical standards of professional conduct and teaches lobbyists and employers of lobbyists how to comply with laws that regulate lobbyists. (b) The commission may (1) hold hearings and conduct investigations into compliance with the provisions of this chapter; (2) in conjunction with (1) of this subsection, issue subpoenas, compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses, administer oaths and affirmations, and require the production of books, papers, records, documents, or other items material to the commission's duties or powers under this chapter; (3) prepare, publish, and make available to the public, periodic, but at least biannually, summaries of the statements and reports received; these summaries shall list separately individual lobbyists and employers of lobbyists.
AK Stat § 24.45.051 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying|Chapter 45. Regulation of Lobbying|Article 3. Disclosure: Registration and Reports.|Sec. 24.45.051. Reports.

(a) Each lobbyist registered under AS 24.45.041 shall file with the commission a report concerning the lobbyist's activities during each reporting period prescribed in AS 24.45.081, so long as the lobbyist continues to engage in lobbying activities. The report shall be made on a form prescribed by the commission and filed in accordance with AS 24.45.071 and 24.45.081. Upon request of the commission, information required under this section shall be submitted electronically. The report also must include any changes in the information required to be supplied under AS 24.45.041(b) and the following information for the reporting period, as applicable: (1) the source of income, as defined in AS 39.50.200(a) and the monetary value of all payments, including but not limited to salary, fees, and reimbursement of expenses, received in consideration for or directly or indirectly in support of or in connection with influencing legislative or administrative action, and the full name and complete address of each person from whom amounts or things of value have been received and the total monetary value received from each person; (2) the aggregate amount of disbursements or expenditures made or incurred during the period in support of or in connection with influencing legislative or administrative action by the lobbyist, or on behalf of the lobbyist by the lobbyist's employer in the following categories: (A) food and beverages; (B) living accommodations; (C) travel; (3) the date and nature of any gift exceeding $100 in value made to a public official and the full name and official position of that person; (4) the name and official position of each public official, and the name of each member of the immediate family of any of these officials, with whom the lobbyist has engaged in an exchange of money, goods, services, or anything of more than $100 in value and the nature and date of each of these exchanges and the monetary values exchanged; (5) the name and address of any business entity in which the lobbyist knows or has reason to know that a public official is a proprietor, partner, director, officer or manager, or has a controlling interest, and whom the lobbyist has engaged in an exchange of money, goods, services, or anything of value and the nature and date of each exchange and the monetary value exchanged if the total value of these exchanges is $100 or more in a calendar year; and (6) a notice of termination if the lobbyist has ceased the lobbying activity that required registration under this chapter and if this report constitutes the final report of the lobbyist's activities. (b) [Repealed, § 13 ch. 61 SLA 2018.]
AK Stat § 24.45.061 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying|Chapter 45. Regulation of Lobbying|Article 3. Disclosure: Registration and Reports.|Sec. 24.45.061. Reports by employers of lobbyists.

(a) Within 15 days after employing, retaining, or contracting for the employment or retention of a lobbyist, the person who employs, retains, or who contracts for the services of a lobbyist shall file a statement with the commission authorizing or verifying that employment, retention, or contract for lobbying services. (b) A person who employs, retains, or who contracts for the services of one or more lobbyists, whether independently or jointly with other persons, and who directly or indirectly makes payments to influence legislative or administrative action shall file a quarterly report containing (1) the full name, complete business address and telephone number of the person making the report; (2) information sufficient to identify the nature and interests of the person making the report; (3) the total amount of payments made to influence legislative or administrative action during the period, and the name and address of each person to whom these payments have been made during the period by the maker of the report, together with the date and amount; (4) the date and nature of any gift exceeding $100 in value made to any public official and the full name and official position of the recipient of each gift; (5) a general description of the legislative or administrative action that the person making the report has attempted to influence; (6) the name of each lobbyist employed or retained by the person making the report, together with the total amount paid to each lobbyist and the portion of that amount, if any, that was paid for specific purposes, including salary, fees, and reimbursement for expenses; and (7) a notice of termination if the person filing a report has ceased employing or retaining a lobbyist registered under this chapter and if this report constitutes the final report of the lobbyist's activities on behalf of the maker of the report. (c) Upon request of the commission, information required under this section shall be submitted electronically.
AK Stat § 24.45.071 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying|Chapter 45. Regulation of Lobbying|Article 3. Disclosure: Registration and Reports.|Sec. 24.45.071. Certification of reports.

Every statement or report required to be filed under this chapter must identify the full name of the person preparing it, the person's complete address and telephone number, and shall be certified as complete and correct, both by the person preparing it and by the person on whose behalf it is filed.
AK Stat § 24.45.081 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying|Chapter 45. Regulation of Lobbying|Article 3. Disclosure: Registration and Reports.|Sec. 24.45.081. Reporting periods.

Reports required under this chapter shall be filed during the calendar month following each calendar month during any part of which the legislature was in session and during the month following each calendar quarter when the legislature was not in session. However, if a lobbyist registered under this chapter has declared that the lobbyist seeks only to influence administrative action and not legislative action the lobbyist need only file a report required under this chapter for each calendar quarter. The period covered shall be the calendar month or the calendar quarter, as applicable, and shall in any event cover the period from the date of the last report filed under this chapter to the date of the end of the calendar month or quarter, as applicable, for which the report is being filed. The period covered shall not include any months covered in previous reports filed by the same person. When total amounts are required to be reported, totals shall be stated both for the period covered by the statement and for the entire calendar year to date.
AK Stat § 24.45.091 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying|Chapter 45. Regulation of Lobbying|Article 3. Disclosure: Registration and Reports.|Sec. 24.45.091. Publication of reports.

Copies of the statements and reports filed under this chapter shall be made available to the public at the commission's central office, the office of the lieutenant governor, the legislative reference library of the Legislative Affairs Agency, and at the commission's district offices prescribed in AS 15.13.020(j) as soon as practicable after each reporting period.
AK Stat § 24.45.101 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying|Chapter 45. Regulation of Lobbying|Article 3. Disclosure: Registration and Reports.|Sec. 24.45.101. Public records.

Statements and reports filed under this chapter are public records and shall be available for public inspection and copying during normal business hours at the expense of the person requesting copies; however, the charge for copying may not exceed actual cost to the commission.
AK Stat § 24.45.111 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying|Chapter 45. Regulation of Lobbying|Article 3. Disclosure: Registration and Reports.|Sec. 24.45.111. Preservation of records.

(a) A person required to register or report as a lobbyist or as a person who employs, retains, or contracts for the services of a lobbyist shall preserve all accounts, bills, receipts, books, papers, and documents necessary to substantiate the reports required to be made and filed under this chapter for a period of at least six years from the date of the filing of the report containing these items. These accounts, bills, receipts, books, papers, and other documents shall be made available for inspection by the commission, or members of its staff, at any time. If a lobbyist is required under the terms of the lobbyist's employment contract to turn any records over to the employer, responsibility for the preservation of these records under this section rests with the employer. (b) The commission shall preserve the statements and reports required to be filed under this chapter for a period of six years from the date of filing. If the commission's central office is not in the state capital, copies of all statements and reports filed under this chapter shall be maintained in an office established by the commission in the state capital or in the office of the lieutenant governor.
AK Stat § 24.45.116 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying|Chapter 45. Regulation of Lobbying|Article 3. Disclosure: Registration and Reports.|Sec. 24.45.116. Disclosure of contributions.

A civic league or organization shall report the total amount of contributions received for the reporting period and, for any contribution over $100, the name of the contributor and the amount contributed. The civic league or organization may establish a separate fund to account for receipts and expenditures arising out of activities to influence legislative action. Reports shall be made on a form provided by the commission on February 10, April 25, and July 10 of each year, listing contributions received during the period that ended 10 days earlier. Upon request of the commission, information required under this section shall be submitted electronically.
AK Stat § 24.45.131 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying|Chapter 45. Regulation of Lobbying|Article 4. Penalties and Enforcement.|Sec. 24.45.131. Examination of statements, reports.

(a) The commission or its staff shall examine each statement or report filed under this chapter within 10 days after the date it is filed. A person required to file a statement or report under this chapter shall be notified immediately if (1) it appears that the person has failed to file a statement or report as required by law or that the statement or report filed does not conform to the requirements of this chapter; or (2) a written complaint is filed with the commission by any person alleging that a statement or report filed with the commission does not conform to the requirements of this chapter, or to the truth, or that a person subject to the provisions of this chapter has failed to file a statement or report in the manner prescribed by this chapter. (b) The commission shall conduct an investigation, and may thereafter conduct a hearing, into an allegation under (a)(2) of this section. (c) The commission shall report any suspected violations of this chapter to the attorney general, to a district attorney in the judicial district where the alleged violation occurred, or to a grand jury. (d) If a member of the commission files a complaint, that member of the commission may not participate in any proceeding of the commission relating to the complaint.
AK Stat § 24.45.135 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying|Chapter 45. Regulation of Lobbying|Article 4. Penalties and Enforcement.|Sec. 24.45.135. Administrative complaints.

(a) A person may file a written complaint alleging that a violation of AS 24.45.121 - 24.45.171 has occurred or is occurring. (b) Complaints filed under (a) of this section must be filed within five years after the date of the alleged violation.
AK Stat § 24.45.141 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying|Chapter 45. Regulation of Lobbying|Article 4. Penalties and Enforcement.|Sec. 24.45.141. Civil penalty: Late registration, filing of required statements or reports.

A person who fails to register or to file a properly completed and certified report or statement, as applicable, within the time required by this chapter is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $10 a day for each day the delinquency continues as determined by the commission subject to right of appeal to the superior court. An affidavit stating facts in mitigation may be submitted to the commission by a person against whom a civil penalty is assessed. However, the imposition of the penalties prescribed in this section or in AS 24.45.151 does not excuse the lobbyist or employer of a lobbyist from filing statements or reports required by this chapter.
AK Stat § 24.45.151 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying|Chapter 45. Regulation of Lobbying|Article 4. Penalties and Enforcement.|Sec. 24.45.151. Criminal penalties.

(a) An individual who knowingly violates any provision of this chapter, whether acting for oneself, on behalf of an employer, or in concert with other persons, is, upon conviction, punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both. (b) An individual who knowingly causes, participates in, aids, abets, ratifies, or confirms any violation of a provision of this chapter is, upon conviction, punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both. (c) A person, other than an individual, who knowingly violates any provision of this chapter, whether acting for oneself, on behalf of an employer, or in concert with other persons, or who knowingly causes, participates in, aids, abets, ratifies, or confirms any violation of a provision of this chapter is, upon conviction, punishable by a fine of not more than $10,000 for each offense. (d) A person who knowingly makes a false or misleading report or statement required under this chapter is, upon conviction, punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both.