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AK Stat § 15.56.110 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 56. Election Offenses, Corrupt Practices, and Penalties|Sec. 15.56.110. Effect of certain convictions.

(a) The election of a candidate to the state legislature or to municipal office who knowingly commits a corrupt practice or whose campaign treasurer or deputy campaign treasurer knowingly commits a corrupt practice is voidable under this section. (b) If a successful candidate or the campaign treasurer or the deputy campaign treasurer of a successful candidate for the state legislature or for a seat on a city council or borough assembly or for mayor is convicted of a felony or misdemeanor described in this chapter as a corrupt practice, the eligibility of the successful candidate to hold the office to which elected shall be determined as to (1) a member of the legislature under art. II, sec. 12, Constitution of the State of Alaska; (2) a member of the borough assembly under AS 29.20.170(6); (3) a borough mayor under AS 29.20.280(6); (4) a member of the city council under AS 29.20.170(6); (5) a city mayor under AS 29.20.280(6).
AK Stat § 15.56.115 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 56. Election Offenses, Corrupt Practices, and Penalties|Sec. 15.56.115. Disposition of cases involving corrupt practice.

When a candidate or a nominee or the campaign treasurer of a candidate or a nominee is charged with a felony or misdemeanor described in this chapter as a corrupt practice, the case shall be promptly tried and the case shall be accorded a preferred status by the courts to ensure a speedy disposition of the matter.
AK Stat § 15.56.199 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 56. Election Offenses, Corrupt Practices, and Penalties|Sec. 15.56.199. Definitions.

In this chapter, (1) “election” includes a local election as defined in AS 15.80.010 in addition to a state election; (2) “knowingly” has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900(a).
AK Stat § 15.58.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 58. Election Pamphlet|Sec. 15.58.010. Election pamphlet.

Before each state general election, and before each state primary, special, or special primary election at which a ballot proposition is scheduled to appear on the ballot, the lieutenant governor shall prepare, publish, and mail at least one election pamphlet to each household identified from the official registration list. The pamphlet shall be prepared on a regional basis as determined by the lieutenant governor.
AK Stat § 15.58.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 58. Election Pamphlet|Sec. 15.58.030. Material to be filed by candidate.

(a) No later than August 30 of a presidential election year, candidates for the offices of the United States President and Vice-President may file with the lieutenant governor photographs and statements advocating their candidacy. (b) Not later than July 22 of a year in which a state general election will be held, an individual who becomes a candidate for the office of United States senator, United States representative, governor, lieutenant governor, state senator, or state representative under AS 15.25.030 may file with the lieutenant governor a photograph and a statement advocating the candidacy. (c) Each candidate for an office designated under (a) or (b) of this section is allowed one page of space in the pamphlet for a photograph and statement. (d) Pages on which candidates' photographs or statements appear must be clearly identified with the words “provided and paid for by the candidate.” (e) A candidate's statement must be typewritten and is limited to a position statement of 250 words or less and a biographical statement of 150 words or less. (f) A candidate's photograph must be 5" x 7" in size and must have been taken within the past five years. The photograph must be limited to the head, neck, and shoulders of the candidate. All photographs shall be printed in black and white. (g) No later than August 7 of the year in which the state general election will be held, a person seeking retention in office as a justice or judge may file with the lieutenant governor a photograph and a statement advocating the candidacy. (h) The lieutenant governor shall prepare and publish on the division's Internet website the photograph and statement of a candidate for an office designated under (a), (b), or (g) of this section. The lieutenant governor shall indicate that the photograph and statement are provided and paid for by the candidate. A photograph and a statement of a candidate that have been timely filed with the lieutenant governor shall be published on the website at least 15 days before an election at which the candidate will appear on the ballot.
AK Stat § 15.58.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 58. Election Pamphlet|Sec. 15.58.040. Material to be filed by political parties.

(a) No later than July 15 of a year in which a state general election will be held, a political party may file with the lieutenant governor a maximum of two pages of material. (b) Each page purchased must be clearly identified with the words “paid for by” followed by the name of the political party, the name of the state chairperson of the party, and the name of the party treasurer. (c) Material submitted by a political party may not (1) include images, except for graphic elements including party logos; (2) directly or indirectly advocate (A) for or against, or use the name of, another political party; (B) for the election or defeat or use the name of a person who is (i) a candidate for municipal, state, or federal public office; (ii) a public official, as that term is defined in AS 39.50.200(a); (iii) a member of the legislature; (iv) elected or appointed to public office in the federal government. (d) Nothing in (c) of this section prohibits a political party from submitting material that promotes the political party's (1) candidates generally, without naming individual persons; or (2) platform, tenets, or philosophy.
AK Stat § 15.58.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 58. Election Pamphlet|Sec. 15.58.050. Information and recommendations on judicial officers.

No later than August 7 of the year in which the state general election will be held, the judicial council shall file with the lieutenant governor a statement including information about each supreme court justice, court of appeals judge, superior court judge, and district court judge who will be subject to a retention election. The statement shall reflect the evaluation of each justice or judge conducted by the judicial council according to law and shall contain a brief statement describing each public reprimand, public censure, or suspension received by the judge under AS 22.30.011(d) during the period covered in the evaluation. A statement may not exceed 600 words.
AK Stat § 15.58.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 58. Election Pamphlet|Sec. 15.58.060. Charges for space in pamphlet.

(a) Each general election candidate shall pay to the lieutenant governor at the time of filing material under this chapter the following: (1) President or Vice-President of the United States, United States senator, United States representative, governor, lieutenant governor, supreme court justice, and court of appeals judge, $300 each; (2) superior court judge and district court judge, $150 each; (3) state senator and state representative, $100 each. (b) Subject to the page limitation under AS 15.58.020(a)(8), the state chair or executive committee of a political party shall pay to the lieutenant governor at the time of filing material under AS 15.58.040 $600 for each page purchased. (c) There is no charge for statements and recommendations submitted by the judicial council or for statements advocating approval or rejection of a proposition submitted to the voters for approval.
AK Stat § 15.58.080 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 58. Election Pamphlet|Sec. 15.58.080. Distribution.

(a) Not less than 22 days before the general election, the lieutenant governor shall mail to every registered voter one copy of the pamphlet prepared for the region in which the voter resides. Additional pamphlets may be obtained from the director, the office of the lieutenant governor, and the area election offices. (b) The state library shall make a recording of the appropriate regional pamphlet available to a blind voter without cost. The lieutenant governor shall assist with the preparation of recording each regional pamphlet.
AK Stat § 15.58.090 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 58. Election Pamphlet|Sec. 15.58.090. Delegation by lieutenant governor.

The lieutenant governor may delegate the duties imposed by this chapter to the director.
AK Stat § 15.80.005 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 80. General Provisions|Sec. 15.80.005. Readability of certain election materials.

(a) The policy of the state is to prepare a ballot proposition that is clear, concise, and easily readable. The form of each ballot proposition shall be scored under (c) of this section. The policy of the state is to prepare a ballot proposition that is scored at approximately 60. (b) Each neutral summary prepared for the voter's pamphlet shall be scored under (c) of this section. The policy of the state is to prepare a neutral summary that is scored at approximately 60. (c) A ballot proposition or neutral summary shall be scored using the following procedures: (1) disregard numbers; (2) multiply the average sentence length in words by 1.015; (3) multiply the average number of syllables for each 100 words by .846; (4) subtract the total of (2) and (3) from 206.835. (d) A court may not enjoin the conduct or results of an election for a failure to comply with (a) or (b) of this section.
AK Stat § 15.80.007 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 80. General Provisions|Sec. 15.80.007. Sale of voter registration and election management software.

The director may sell voter registration and election management system data processing software.
AK Stat § 15.80.008 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 80. General Provisions|Sec. 15.80.008. Recognized political party status.

(a) A political group that the director has not recognized as a political party may obtain recognized political party status if, on or before May 31 of the election year for which the political group seeks recognition, the political group (1) files an application with the director; (2) submits bylaws to the director and the United States Department of Justice as required of political parties in AS 15.25.014; and (3) meets the definition of a political party in AS 15.80.010. (b) The director shall verify that each political group seeking recognized political party status under (a) of this section and each recognized political party meets the definition of a political party in AS 15.80.010. (c) The director shall perform a verification described in (b) of this section at least once a month after the date of certification of the preceding general election, except that the director may suspend the monthly verifications on and after June 1 and before November 30 of a general election year. For purposes of (b) of this section, the director shall verify that the voters who have submitted registration forms to the division of elections are qualified under AS 15.05.010 and have declared affiliation with the political group or recognized political party for which the verification is performed. (d) Within 10 days after a verification under (c) of this section, the director shall provide to a political group seeking recognized political party status under (a) of this section written notification when the political group has obtained recognized political party status. (e) The director may not withdraw recognized political party status from a political group that no longer qualifies as a political party until after the first verification after a general election at which a governor was elected. The director shall notify the political group in writing of the withdrawal of recognition.
AK Stat § 15.80.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 15. Elections|Chapter 80. General Provisions|Sec. 15.80.020. Short title.

AS 15.05 - AS 15.80 may be cited as the Alaska Election Code.
AK Stat § 16.25.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 25. Stocking of Public Land|Sec. 16.25.010. Program adopted.

There is adopted a program of stocking land in the state with valuable game and fur-bearing animals that do not at present occur on the land. The department is responsible for establishing priorities on the species of animals to be stocked and the area of the stocking. Priorities shall be based on the habitat requirements of the species, the population of native game animals present, and other factors that will effect the successful establishment of the species.
AK Stat § 16.30.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 30. Destruction of Big Game Animals and Wild Fowl|Sec. 16.30.010. Wanton waste of big game animals and wild fowl.

(a) It is a class A misdemeanor for a person who kills a big game animal or a species of wild fowl to fail intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, or with criminal negligence to salvage for human consumption the edible meat of the animal or fowl. (b) If a person is convicted of violating this section and in the course of that violation failed to salvage from a big game animal at least the hindquarters as far as the distal joint of the tibia-fibula (hock), the court shall impose a sentence of imprisonment of not less than seven consecutive days and a fine of not less than $2,500. (c) The imposition or execution of the minimum sentence prescribed in (b) of this section may not be suspended under AS 12.55.080 or 12.55.085. The minimum sentence prescribed in (b) of this section may not be reduced.
AK Stat § 16.30.012 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 30. Destruction of Big Game Animals and Wild Fowl|Sec. 16.30.012. Possession of horns or antlers.

(a) It is a class A misdemeanor for a person to possess the horns or antlers of a big game animal that was killed after the opening of the current or most recent lawful hunting season for that animal if the person does not possess the edible meat of the animal. (b) A person may not be arrested or prosecuted for a violation of this section unless the arresting officer determines that there is probable cause to believe that the edible meat of the big game animal from which the horns or antlers were taken has not been salvaged.
AK Stat § 16.30.015 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 30. Destruction of Big Game Animals and Wild Fowl|Sec. 16.30.015. Surrender of salvaged portions, license forfeiture.

A person convicted of violating AS 16.30.010 (1) shall surrender to the department all salvaged portions of the animal or fowl; (2) forfeits the convicted person's hunting license; (3) is ineligible to hold a hunting license for (A) the year in which the conviction is entered and the year following the year in which the conviction is entered; (B) a period of five years from the date of the conviction if the person has failed to salvage from a big game animal at least the hindquarters as far as the distal joint of the tibia-fibula (hock).
AK Stat § 16.30.017 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 30. Destruction of Big Game Animals and Wild Fowl|Sec. 16.30.017. Defenses.

(a) It is a defense to a criminal charge under AS 16.30.010 or 16.30.012 that the failure to salvage or possess the edible meat was due to circumstances beyond the control of the person charged, including (1) theft of the animal or fowl; (2) unanticipated weather conditions or other acts of God; (3) unavoidable loss in the field to another wild animal. (b) It is a defense to a criminal charge under AS 16.30.012 that the defendant does not possess the edible meat of the big game animal because the meat was (1) consumed by human beings; or (2) delivered to another person. (c) In this section, “delivered” means given, sold, or bartered in a manner that does not violate state or federal law.
AK Stat § 16.30.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 30. Destruction of Big Game Animals and Wild Fowl|Sec. 16.30.020. Board may exempt animals.

The provisions of AS 16.30.010 and 16.30.012 do not apply to animals that the board exempts by regulation.
AK Stat § 16.30.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 30. Destruction of Big Game Animals and Wild Fowl|Sec. 16.30.030. Definitions.

In this chapter, (1) “big game animal” means moose, caribou, mountain sheep, mountain goat, feral reindeer, deer, elk, bison, walrus, or musk ox; (2) “criminal negligence” means criminal negligence as defined in AS 11.81.900(a)(4); (3) “edible meat” means, in the case of big game animals, the meat of the ribs, neck, brisket, front quarters as far as the distal joint of the radius-ulna (knee), hindquarters as far as the distal joint of the tibia-fibula (hock), and that portion of the animal between the front and hindquarters; in the case of wild fowl, the meat of the breast; however, “edible meat” of big game or wild fowl does not include (A) meat of the head; (B) meat that has been damaged and made inedible by the method of taking; (C) bones, sinew, and incidental meat reasonably lost as a result of boning or a close trimming of the bones; (D) viscera; (4) “intentionally” means intentionally as defined in AS 11.81.900(a)(1); (5) “knowingly” means knowingly as defined in AS 11.81.900(a)(2); (6) “possess the edible meat” includes possessing portions of the edible meat in more than one location while the meat is being transported from the place where it was salvaged; (7) “recklessly” means recklessly as defined in AS 11.81.900(a)(3); (8) “wild fowl” means species of wild fowl for which seasons or bag limits have been established by state or federal law.
AK Stat § 16.35.200 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 35. Predatory Animals|Sec. 16.35.200. Use of poison to kill predatory animals.

A department, other state agency, or person may not use poison to kill predatory animals without first obtaining the written consent of the appropriate board.
AK Stat § 16.35.210 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 35. Predatory Animals|Sec. 16.35.210. Nonindigenous fish.

(a) A person may not knowingly release, or transport, possess, import, or export for the purpose of release, into the water of the state live nonindigenous fish or live fertilized eggs of nonindigenous fish, unless permitted by AS 16.05 - AS 16.40 or by a regulation adopted under AS 16.05 - AS 16.40. This subsection does not apply to (1) a fisherman who catches and releases a fish into the water from which the fish was taken; or (2) generally accepted conduct in relation to permitted salt water commercial or sport fishing. (b) A person may not knowingly rear live ornamental fish in, or release live ornamental fish into, the water of the state. (c) A person who violates this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. (d) In addition to the penalty imposed under (c) of this section, a person who is convicted of violating this section may be ordered by the court to pay restitution to the state to cover the costs of damages to fishery resources of the state and of removing the introduced fish species from the water of the state. (e) In this section, (1) “knowingly” has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900; (2) “nonindigenous fish” means a species of fish that is not native to the body of water in which the fish is released or is intended to be released; (3) “ornamental fish” means an aquatic finfish, commonly referred to as tropical fish, aquarium fish, or goldfish, an aquatic invertebrate, or an amphibian that is imported, cultured, or sold in the state customarily for viewing in an aquarium or for raising in an artificial containment system and that is not customarily used for sport fishing in the state or used for human consumption; (4) “water of the state” means any water of the state forming a river, stream, lake, pond, slough, creek, bay, sound, estuary, inlet, strait, passage, canal, sea, or ocean, or any other body of water or waterway within the territorial limits of the state.
AK Stat § 16.45.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 45. Pacific Marine Fisheries Compact|Sec. 16.45.010. Governor's power to execute compact.

The governor may execute a compact on behalf of the state to cooperate in the Pacific Marine Fisheries Commission.
AK Stat § 16.45.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 45. Pacific Marine Fisheries Compact|Sec. 16.45.030. Alaska representatives.

In furtherance of the compact provisions, there are three members of the commission from the State of Alaska, appointed by the governor and confirmed by the legislature in joint session. One commissioner must be the administrative or other officer of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game charged with the conservation of the state's marine fisheries resource; another commissioner must be a member of the legislature of this state who is a member of the committee on resources; and another member must be a citizen of this state who has a wide knowledge of and interest in the marine fisheries problem.
AK Stat § 16.45.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 45. Pacific Marine Fisheries Compact|Sec. 16.45.040. Terms of commissioners.

The term of a commissioner is four years. A commissioner holds office until a successor is appointed and qualified, but the successor's term expires four years from the legal date of expiration of the term of the successor's predecessor. A commissioner may be removed from office by the governor upon charges and after a hearing. The term of a commissioner who ceases to hold the qualifications required ends and a successor may be appointed. Vacancies occurring in the office of a commissioner from any reason or cause shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as for a full term appointment.
AK Stat § 16.51.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 51. Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute|Sec. 16.51.010. Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute established.

There is established the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute. The institute is a public corporation of the state. It is an instrumentality of the state in the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, but has a legal existence independent of and separate from the state. Exercise by the institute of the powers conferred by this chapter is an essential governmental function of the state.
AK Stat § 16.51.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 51. Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute|Sec. 16.51.020. Board of directors.

(a) The governing body of the institute is a board of directors. The board consists of seven voting members appointed by the governor. In making appointments to the board, the governor shall consider, but need not appoint, nominees presented by persons engaged in fish processing, the financing of fish processing, or commercial fishing. (b) Five members of the board shall be seafood processors: four of the seafood processors must have an annual payroll in the state of more than $2,500,000; one of the seafood processors must have an annual payroll in the state of $50,000 - $2,500,000. Two members of the board must be engaged in commercial fishing. (c) The board shall annually elect a chairman and other necessary officers from among its members.
AK Stat § 16.51.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 16. Fish and Game|Chapter 51. Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute|Sec. 16.51.030. Term of office.

The members of the board appointed by the governor under AS 16.51.020 serve three-year terms and may be reappointed. Terms shall be staggered. An appointee to fill a vacancy shall hold office for the balance of the term for which the appointee's predecessor on the board was appointed.