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2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 20. Agencies and Permanent Committees › Article 3. Joint Armed Services Committee. › Sec. 24.20.650. Joint Armed Services Committee established.

(a) The Joint Armed Services Committee is established as a permanent interim committee of the legislature.
(b) The committee is composed of
(1) five members of the senate, at least one of whom is a member of the minority, appointed by the president of the senate;
(2) five members of the house of representatives, at least one of whom is a member of the minority, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives;
(3) a state resident, other than a member of the state legislature, who is appointed jointly by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives after considering the recommendations of the Alaska chapters of each of the following organizations:
(A) the Association of the United States Army;
(B) the Air Force Association;
(C) the Navy League of the United States;
(D) the Marine Corps Association;
(4) a state resident, other than a member of the state legislature, who is appointed jointly by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives after considering the recommendation of the Seventeenth Coast Guard District Auxiliary;
(5) a state resident, other than a member of the state legislature, who is appointed jointly by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives after considering the recommendation of the mayor of the Municipality of Anchorage;
(6) a state resident, other than a member of the state legislature, who is appointed jointly by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives after considering the recommendation of the mayor of the Fairbanks North Star Borough;
(7) a state resident, other than a member of the state legislature, who is appointed jointly by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives after considering the recommendation of the adjutant general of the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs; and
(8) a state resident, other than a member of the state legislature, who is appointed jointly by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives after considering the joint recommendations of the Alaska Federation of Natives and the Alaska Municipal League.
2023 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.
2023 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).
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 25. Witnesses; Subpoena; Contempt › Sec. 24.25.010. Issuance and form of subpoena.

(a) A subpoena requiring the attendance of a witness before either house of the legislature may be issued by the president or the speaker.
(b) A subpoena requiring the attendance of a witness before a standing or special committee of the legislature may be issued by the chairman of a committee when authorized to do so by a majority of the membership of the committee and with the concurrence of the president or the speaker, or with the concurrence of the house or the senate.
(c) A subpoena requiring the attendance of a witness before an interim committee established by either house of the legislature, or by both, may be issued by the chairman of a committee when authorized to do so by a majority of the membership of the committee and with the concurrence of the president or the speaker.
(d) The subpoena is sufficient if
(1) it states before whom the proceeding is held;
(2) it is addressed to the witness;
(3) it requires the attendance of the witness at a time and place certain;
(4) it is signed
(A) by the president or the speaker under (a) of this section, or
(B) by the committee chairman with the concurrence of the president or the speaker under (b) and (c) of this section.
(e) This section does not apply to the legislative council or to the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 25. Witnesses; Subpoena; Contempt › Sec. 24.25.030. Disobeying subpoena or refusing to testify.

If a witness neglects or refuses to obey a subpoena, or neglects or refuses to testify or to produce upon reasonable notice any material and proper books, papers, or documents in the possession or under the control of the witness, the senate or house of representatives may by resolution entered on its journal commit the witness for contempt. If contempt is committed before a committee, the committee shall report the contempt to the senate or house of representatives, as the case may be, for such action as may be considered necessary.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 25. Witnesses; Subpoena; Contempt › Sec. 24.25.040. Arrest for disobedience to subpoena.

A witness who neglects or refuses to attend in obedience to subpoena may be arrested by the sergeant-at-arms and brought before the senate or house of representatives, as the case may be. The only warrant or authority necessary authorizing arrest is a copy of a resolution of the senate or house of representatives signed by the president of the senate or speaker of the house of representatives, as the case may be, and countersigned by the secretary of the senate or the clerk of the house of representatives, as the case may be.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 25. Witnesses; Subpoena; Contempt › Sec. 24.25.050. Witness fees and mileage.

A person appearing before either house, or both, or a legislative committee in response to a subpoena is entitled to $20 for each day's attendance, and for the time necessary in coming and returning to the person's place of residence and mileage at the rate of 15 cents a mile for the distance traveled in going to and returning from the place of attendance. The witness fee and mileage fee shall be paid out of the state treasury upon presentation of a certificate of attendance and mileage due, signed by the presiding officer of the house that authorized issuance of subpoena.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 25. Witnesses; Subpoena; Contempt › Sec. 24.25.060. Oath and penalty for violation of oath.

The president of the senate and speaker of the house of representatives and the chairman of every committee of either body may administer an oath to a witness appearing before the respective bodies. A person who wilfully swears or affirms falsely concerning any matter material to the subject under investigation or inquiry is guilty of perjury and upon conviction is punishable by imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than five years.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 25. Witnesses; Subpoena; Contempt › Sec. 24.25.070. Grant of immunity on claim of privilege of self-incrimination.

(a) A person called as a witness before the senate, house of representatives, or a committee of either or both, who refuses to answer any question or to produce any book, paper, or document relating to the matter under inquiry, on the ground that the answer or the production may tend to incriminate the person, may be granted immunity from punishment for the offense to which the question or evidence relates by resolution of the house that is conducting the inquiry. The resolution shall be entered upon its journal, and the witness may then be compelled to answer the question or produce the evidence.
(b) If a witness is granted immunity and compelled to testify or produce evidence after claiming the privilege of self-incrimination, the witness may not thereafter be prosecuted in any court for the offense to which the question or evidence relates.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 25. Witnesses; Subpoena; Contempt › Sec. 24.25.080. Punishment for disobedience to subpoena or refusal to testify.

A person subpoenaed as provided in this chapter who fails, neglects, or refuses to attend at the time and place where the person's presence is required, or fails, neglects, or refuses to produce the books, papers, or instruments or other evidence designated in the subpoena, or who having attended in response to the subpoena, or having appeared voluntarily, refuses to testify as to any material and proper matter within the power of the senate, house of representatives, or a committee to investigate, upon conviction, is punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500, or by imprisonment for not less than 30 days nor more than six months.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 40. Judicial Proceedings Involving Legislators › Sec. 24.40.010. Immunities.

A legislator may not be held to answer before any other tribunal for any statement made in the exercise of legislative duties while the legislature is in session. A member attending, going to, or returning from legislative sessions is not subject to civil process and is privileged from arrest except for felony or breach of the peace. The immunities provided in this section extend to a legislator attending, going to, or returning from a meeting of an interim standing or special committee of the legislature of which the legislator is a member. For the purposes of going to and returning from a session or meeting, the immunities provided extend to a legislator for a period of five days immediately preceding and following the legislator's attendance at the session or meeting.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 40. Judicial Proceedings Involving Legislators › Sec. 24.40.020. Continuance in a criminal proceeding where defendant, defense attorney, or witness is a member of the legislature.

Upon a showing that the attorney of record at the time of the defendant's first appearance in the court of record or a principal witness or a party in a criminal proceeding is a member of the legislature and that the legislature is in session or that a legislative interim committee of which the legislator is a member is meeting or is to meet within the next seven days, the defendant is entitled to a reasonable continuance of the date of trial until at least 15 days after the legislative session or interim committee meeting. However, a continuance for this reason shall not exceed 30 days after recess of the legislature or interim committee. A continuance may not be granted for any longer time than it is affirmatively proved the ends of justice require.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 40. Judicial Proceedings Involving Legislators › Sec. 24.40.031. Postponement of civil proceedings when a party or attorney is a member of the legislature.

When it appears that a party or an attorney of record of a party to a civil action is a member of the legislature of this state, and that the legislature is in session, the action shall be continued until 10 days after the legislature has adjourned, unless the party or attorney upon the call of the action for trial waives the benefit of this section. When it appears that a party or an attorney of record of a party to a civil action is a member of the Alaska Legislative Council, the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee, or one of their subcommittees, the action shall be continued when the legislative council, budget and audit committee, or the subcommittee, as the case may be, is holding a meeting, unless the party or attorney upon the call of the action for trial waives the benefit of this section. When it is necessary to file a brief or memorandum of law in an action that has been continued under the provisions of this section, the action shall be continued for a time sufficient to prepare and file the brief or memorandum.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.]
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 45. Regulation of Lobbying › Article 5. General Provisions. › Sec. 24.45.161. Exemptions.

(a) This chapter does not apply to
(1) an individual
(A) who lobbies without payment of compensation or other consideration and makes no disbursement or expenditure for or on behalf of a public official to influence legislative or administrative action other than to pay the individual's reasonable personal travel and living expenses; and
(B) who limits lobbying activities to appearances before public sessions of the legislature, or its committees or subcommittees, or to public hearings or other public proceedings of state agencies;
(2) an elected or appointed state or municipal public officer or an employee of the state or a municipality acting in an official capacity or within the scope of employment;
(3) any newspaper or other periodical of general circulation, book publisher, radio or television station (including an individual who owns, publishes, or is employed by that newspaper or periodical, radio or television station) that publishes news items, editorials, or other comments, or paid advertisements, that directly or indirectly urge legislative or administrative action if the newspaper, periodical, book publisher, radio or television station, or individual engages in no further or other activities in connection with urging or advocating legislative or administrative action other than to appear before public sessions of the legislature, or its committees or subcommittees, or public hearings or other public proceedings of state agencies;
(4) a person who appears before the legislature or either house, or standing, special, or interim committee, in response to an invitation issued under (c) of this section.
(b) Nothing in this chapter may be construed as prohibiting or affecting the rendering of professional services in drafting legislative measures or in advising clients and in rendering opinions as to the construction or effect of proposed or pending legislative or administrative action when these professional services are not otherwise connected with influencing or attempting to influence legislative or administrative action. Nor does anything in this chapter prevent members of the legislature from discussing with constituents the advisability of passing legislation then pending before, or proposed to be presented to, the legislature.
(c) Either house of the legislature by resolution, or both houses of the legislature by concurrent resolution, may invite a person to appear to speak before the legislature or either house with reference to any pending matter. A standing, special, or interim committee of either house of the legislature may, upon the concurrence of a majority of its members, extend an invitation to any person to appear before the committee to give information in regard to, or explain, any matter pending before the committee.
(d) An individual exempt from this chapter under (a)(1) of this section may, at the individual's option, register and report under this chapter.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 50. Student Guests of Legislature › Sec. 24.50.030. Arrangements.

When the representative has been selected under AS 24.50.020, the principal of the school shall certify the selection to the legislative council. The legislative council is responsible for making all necessary administrative and fiscal arrangements for the transportation and housing of the selected students in coordination with the principals. Funds for the transportation, housing, and meals of the students shall be included in the general appropriation for legislative expenses as budgeted for by the legislative council.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 50. Student Guests of Legislature › Sec. 24.50.040. Essay contest.

Before leaving the state capital, each legislative guest shall prepare and submit to the director of the Legislative Affairs Agency a paper of not less than 1,000 words entitled “The Legislature Should ..........”. Each paper shall be examined and judged as to content by the governor, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the minority leader of the senate, and the minority leader of the house. The author of the paper determined best by majority vote shall receive a one-year scholarship to the University of Alaska.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 55. Office of the Ombudsman › Article 1. Organization. › Sec. 24.55.020. Appointment of the ombudsman.

(a) A candidate for appointment as the ombudsman shall be nominated by the ombudsman selection committee composed of three members of the senate appointed by the president of the senate and three members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house. One member of the minority party caucus in each house shall be appointed to the selection committee.
(b) The ombudsman selection committee shall examine persons to serve as ombudsman regarding their qualifications and ability and shall place the name of the person selected in nomination. The appointment is effective if the nomination is approved by a roll call vote of two-thirds of the members of the legislature in joint session and approved by the governor. However, the governor may veto the appointment and return it, with a statement of objections, to the legislature. Upon receipt of a veto message the legislature shall meet immediately in joint session and reconsider approval of the vetoed appointment. The vetoed appointment becomes effective by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the membership of the legislature in joint session. The vote on the appointment and on reconsideration of a vetoed appointment shall be entered in the journals of both houses.
(c) The appointment of the ombudsman becomes effective if, while the legislature is in session, the governor neither approves nor vetoes it within 15 days, Sundays excepted, after its delivery to the governor. If the legislature is not in session and the governor neither approves nor vetoes the appointment within 20 days, Sundays excepted, after its delivery to the governor, the appointment becomes effective.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 55. Office of the Ombudsman › Article 1. Organization. › Sec. 24.55.030. Qualifications; prohibition against political activity.

(a) A person may not serve as ombudsman
(1) within one year of the last day on which the person served as a member of the legislature;
(2) while the person is a candidate for or holds any other national, state, or municipal office; nor may the ombudsman become a candidate for national, state, or municipal office until one year has elapsed from the date the ombudsman vacates the office of ombudsman;
(3) while the person is engaged in any other occupation for which the person receives compensation;
(4) unless the person is at least 21 years of age and is a qualified voter who has been a resident of the state for at least three years.
(b) It is essential that the nonpartisan nature, integrity, and impartiality of the ombudsman's functions and services be maintained. The ombudsman and members of the staff of the ombudsman may not join, support, or otherwise participate in a partisan political organization, faction, or activity, including but not limited to the making of political contributions. However, this subsection does not restrict the ombudsman or members of the staff of the ombudsman from expressing private opinion, registering as to party, or voting.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 55. Office of the Ombudsman › Article 1. Organization. › Sec. 24.55.040. Term of office.

(a) The term of office of the ombudsman is five years. An ombudsman may be reappointed but may not serve for more than three terms.
(b) If the term of an ombudsman expires without the appointment of a successor under this chapter, the incumbent ombudsman may continue in office until a successor is appointed. If the ombudsman dies, resigns, becomes ineligible to serve, or is removed or suspended from office, the person appointed as acting ombudsman under AS 24.55.070(a) serves until a new ombudsman is appointed for a full term.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 55. Office of the Ombudsman › Article 1. Organization. › Sec. 24.55.050. Removal.

The legislature, by a concurrent resolution adopted by a roll call vote of two-thirds of the members in each house entered in the journal, may remove or suspend the ombudsman from office, but only for neglect of duty, misconduct, or disability.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 55. Office of the Ombudsman › Article 1. Organization. › Sec. 24.55.070. Staff and delegation.

(a) The ombudsman shall appoint a person to serve as acting ombudsman in the absence of the ombudsman. The ombudsman shall also appoint assistants and clerical personnel necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
(b) The ombudsman may delegate to the assistants any of the ombudsman's duties except those specified in AS 24.55.190 and 24.55.200; however, during the ombudsman's absence from the principal business offices, the ombudsman may delegate the duties specified in AS 24.55.190 and 24.55.200 to the acting ombudsman for the duration of the absence. The duties specified in AS 24.55.190 and 24.55.200 shall be performed by the acting ombudsman when serving under AS 24.55.040(b).
(c) The ombudsman and the staff appointed by the ombudsman are in the exempt service under AS 39.25.110 and are not subject to the employment policies under AS 24.10 or AS 24.20.
(d) Notwithstanding (c) of this section, staff appointed by the ombudsman may be employed under a personal services contract as provided by AS 24.10.060(f).
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 55. Office of the Ombudsman › Article 1. Organization. › Sec. 24.55.080. Office facilities and administration.

(a) Subject to restrictions and limitations imposed by the executive director of the Legislative Affairs Agency, the administrative facilities and services of the Legislative Affairs Agency, including computer, data processing, and teleconference facilities, may be made available to the ombudsman to be used in the management of the office of the ombudsman and to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(b) The salary and benefits of the ombudsman and the permanent staff of the ombudsman shall be paid through the same procedures used for payment of the salaries and benefits of other permanent legislative employees.
(c) The ombudsman shall submit a budget for each fiscal year to the Alaska Legislative Council and the council shall annually submit an estimated budget to the governor for information purposes in the preparation of the executive budget. After reviewing and approving, with or without modifications, the budget submitted by the ombudsman, the council shall submit the approved budget to the finance committees of the legislature.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 55. Office of the Ombudsman › Article 1. Organization. › Sec. 24.55.090. Procedure.

(a) The ombudsman shall, by regulations adopted under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act), establish procedures for receiving and processing complaints, conducting investigations, reporting findings, and ensuring that confidential information obtained by the ombudsman in the course of an investigation will not be improperly disclosed.
(b) The ombudsman may not charge fees for the submission or investigation of complaints.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 55. Office of the Ombudsman › Article 2. Jurisdiction and Initiation of Investigations. › Sec. 24.55.100. Jurisdiction.

(a) The ombudsman has jurisdiction to investigate the administrative acts of agencies.
(b) The ombudsman may exercise the ombudsman's powers without regard to the finality of an administrative act.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 55. Office of the Ombudsman › Article 2. Jurisdiction and Initiation of Investigations. › Sec. 24.55.110. Investigation of complaints.

The ombudsman shall investigate any complaint that is an appropriate subject for investigation under AS 24.55.150, unless the ombudsman reasonably believes that
(1) there is presently available an adequate remedy for the grievance stated in the complaint;
(2) the complaint relates to a matter that is outside the jurisdiction of the ombudsman;
(3) the complaint relates to an administrative act of which the complainant has had knowledge for an unreasonable length of time before the complaint was submitted;
(4) the complainant does not have a sufficient personal interest in the subject matter of the complaint;
(5) the complaint is trivial or made in bad faith;
(6) the resources of the ombudsman's office are insufficient for adequate investigation.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 55. Office of the Ombudsman › Article 2. Jurisdiction and Initiation of Investigations. › Sec. 24.55.120. Investigation on the ombudsman's motion.

The ombudsman may investigate the administrative act of an agency on the ombudsman's own motion if the ombudsman reasonably believes that it is an appropriate subject for investigation under AS 24.55.150.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 55. Office of the Ombudsman › Article 2. Jurisdiction and Initiation of Investigations. › Sec. 24.55.130. Notice to complainant.

(a) If the ombudsman decides not to investigate a complaint, the ombudsman shall inform the complainant of that decision and shall state the reasons.
(b) If the ombudsman decides to investigate a complaint, the ombudsman shall notify the complainant of the decision.
(c) Notice given under this section may be oral but the ombudsman shall state in writing the reasons for not investigating a complaint if requested by the complainant.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 55. Office of the Ombudsman › Article 2. Jurisdiction and Initiation of Investigations. › Sec. 24.55.140. Notice to the agency.

If the ombudsman decides to investigate a complaint, the ombudsman shall notify the agency of the intention to investigate unless the ombudsman believes that advance notice will unduly hinder the investigation or make it ineffectual. Notice given under this section may be oral or written, at the discretion of the ombudsman.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 55. Office of the Ombudsman › Article 3. Investigations. › Sec. 24.55.150. Appropriate subjects for investigation.

(a) An appropriate subject for investigation by the ombudsman is an administrative act of an agency that the ombudsman has reason to believe might be
(1) contrary to law;
(2) unreasonable, unfair, oppressive, arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or unnecessarily discriminatory, even though in accordance with law;
(3) based on a mistake of fact;
(4) based on improper or irrelevant grounds;
(5) unsupported by an adequate statement of reasons;
(6) performed in an inefficient or discourteous manner; or
(7) otherwise erroneous.
(b) The ombudsman may investigate to find an appropriate remedy.