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2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 60. Standards of Conduct › Article 3. Legislative Ethics Committee; Opinions; Complaints. › Sec. 24.60.176. Recommendations where violator is a legislative employee.

(a) If the person found to have violated this chapter is or was a legislative employee, the committee's recommendations shall be forwarded to the appropriate appointing authority which shall, as soon as is reasonably possible, determine the sanctions, if any, to be imposed. The appointing authority may not question the committee's findings of fact. The appointing authority shall assume the validity of the committee's findings and determine and impose the appropriate sanctions. The appointing authority has the power to impose a sanction recommended by the committee or to impose a different sanction. The appointing authority shall enforce the sanction and shall report to the committee at a time specified by the committee concerning the employee's compliance with the sanction.
(b) In this section, “appointing authority” means
(1) the legislative council for employees of the Legislative Affairs Agency and of the legislative council and for legislative employees not otherwise covered under this subsection;
(2) the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee for the legislative fiscal analyst and employees of the division of legislative finance, the legislative auditor and employees of the division of legislative audit, and employees of the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee;
(3) the appropriate finance committee for employees of the senate or house finance committees;
(4) the appropriate rules committee for employees of
(A) standing committees of the legislature, other than the finance committees;
(B) the senate secretary's office and the office of the chief clerk of the house of representatives; and
(C) house records and senate records;
(5) the legislator who made the hiring decision for employees of individual legislators; however, the legislator may request the appropriate rules committee to act in the legislator's stead;
(6) the ombudsman for employees of the office of the ombudsman, other than the ombudsman;
(7) the legislature for the ombudsman;
(8) the victims' advocate for employees of the office of victims' rights, other than the victims' advocate;
(9) the legislature for the victims' advocate.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 60. Standards of Conduct › Article 3. Legislative Ethics Committee; Opinions; Complaints. › Sec. 24.60.178. Sanctions recommended by committee.

(a) When the committee finds that a person has violated this chapter, the committee may recommend appropriate sanctions, including sanctions set out in (b) of this section.
(b) The sanctions that the committee may recommend include
(1) imposition of a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for each offense or twice the amount improperly gained, whichever is greater;
(2) divestiture of specified assets or withdrawal from specified associations;
(3) additional, detailed disclosure, either as a public disclosure or as a confidential disclosure to the committee;
(4) in the case of a legislative employee, suspension of employment with or without pay for a stated period of time or until stated conditions are met, or termination from legislative employment;
(5) restitution of property or reimbursement of improperly received benefits;
(6) public or private written reprimand;
(7) censure, including, in the case of a legislator, removal from a leadership position or committee membership and a determination that the legislator will not be appointed to serve in a leadership position or on a committee during the remainder of that legislature;
(8) placing the person on probationary status;
(9) in the case of a legislator, expulsion from the house of the legislature;
(10) any other appropriate measure.
(c) In addition to or in place of a sanction recommended under (b) of this section, the committee may recommend that the subject of a complaint be required to pay all or a portion of the costs related to the investigation and adjudication of a complaint.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 60. Standards of Conduct › Article 4. Required Annual Financial Disclosure. › Sec. 24.60.200. Financial disclosure by legislators, public members of the committee, and legislative directors.

A legislator, a public member of the committee, and a legislative director shall file a disclosure statement, under oath and on penalty of perjury, with the Alaska Public Offices Commission giving the following information about the income received or deferred income, earned or otherwise, to be received by the discloser, the discloser's spouse or domestic partner, the discloser's dependent children, and the discloser's nondependent children who are living with the discloser:
(1) the information that a public official is required to report under AS 39.50.030, other than information about
(A) income received as compensation for personal services;
(B) a loan or loan guarantee;
(C) gifts;
(2) as to income or deferred income in excess of $1,000 earned or received as compensation for personal services, and as to dividend income or deferred compensation in excess of $1,000 received from a limited liability company as compensation or deferred compensation for personal services, a statement describing
(A) the names and addresses of the source and the recipient;
(B) the amount;
(C) whether it was or will be earned by commission, by the job, by the hour, or by some other method;
(D) the dates and approximate number of hours worked or to be worked to earn it; and
(E) unless required by law to be kept confidential, a description sufficient to make clear to a person of ordinary understanding the nature of each service performed or to be performed and the date the service was performed or will be performed;
(3) as to each loan or loan guarantee over $1,000 from a source with a substantial interest in legislative, administrative, or political action, the name and address of the person making the loan or guarantee, the amount of the loan, the terms and conditions under which the loan or guarantee was given, the amount outstanding at the time of filing, and whether or not a written loan agreement exists.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 60. Standards of Conduct › Article 4. Required Annual Financial Disclosure. › Sec. 24.60.210. Deadlines for filing of disclosure statements.

(a) A person required to file a disclosure statement under AS 24.60.200 shall file an annual report with the Alaska Public Offices Commission, covering the previous calendar year, containing the disclosures required by AS 24.60.200, on or before March 15 of each year, except that a person appointed as a legislator under AS 15.40, a public member of the committee, or a legislative director must file within 30 days after the person's appointment. In addition, a person subject to this subsection shall, within 90 days after leaving service as a legislator, legislative director, or public member of the committee, file a final report containing the disclosures required of the person by AS 24.60.200 for the period that begins on the last day of the last period for which the person filed a report required by that section and ends on the date of the person's last day of service.
(b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, a public member and a public member nominee of the committee shall file an annual report with the Alaska Public Offices Commission, covering the previous calendar year, containing the disclosures required by AS 24.60.200, on or before the second Monday in January of each year.
(c) The Alaska Public Offices Commission shall require that the reports required under this section be submitted electronically but may, when circumstances warrant an exception, accept any information required under this section that is typed in clear and legible black typeface or hand-printed in dark ink on paper in a format approved by the commission or on forms provided by the commission and that is filed with the commission.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 60. Standards of Conduct › Article 4. Required Annual Financial Disclosure. › Sec. 24.60.220. Administration of AS 24.60.200 - 24.60.260.

The Alaska Public Offices Commission shall
(1) adopt regulations to implement and interpret the provisions of AS 24.60.200 - 24.60.260;
(2) prepare standardized forms on which the statements required by AS 24.60.200 shall be filed; and
(3) examine, investigate, and compare all reports and statements required under AS 24.60.200, and report all possible violations of this chapter it discovers to the committee.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 60. Standards of Conduct › Article 4. Required Annual Financial Disclosure. › Sec. 24.60.230. Statements as public records.

A statement filed with the Alaska Public Offices Commission under AS 24.60.200 is a public record. A person is not required to comply with AS 24.60.200 to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction of the state determines that legally privileged professional relationships or constitutional privacy considerations would be violated by compliance.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 60. Standards of Conduct › Article 4. Required Annual Financial Disclosure. › Sec. 24.60.240. Civil penalty for late filing.

A person required to file a disclosure statement under AS 24.60.200 who fails to file a properly completed report under AS 24.60.200 is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $10 a day for each day the delinquency continues as the Alaska Public Offices Commission determines, subject to appeal to the superior court. An affidavit stating facts in mitigation may be submitted to the Alaska Public Offices Commission by the person against whom the civil penalty is assessed. However, the imposition of the penalties prescribed in this section does not excuse the person from filing reports required by AS 24.60.200.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 60. Standards of Conduct › Article 4. Required Annual Financial Disclosure. › Sec. 24.60.250. Effect of failure to file.

(a) In addition to the sanctions described in AS 24.60.260, if the Alaska Public Offices Commission finds that a candidate for the legislature who is an incumbent legislator has failed to file a report under AS 24.60.200 by March 15, the commission shall notify the candidate that the report is late. If the candidate fails to file the report within 30 days after it is due,
(1) the commission shall notify the lieutenant governor;
(2) the candidate shall forfeit nomination to office and may not be seated in office;
(3) the lieutenant governor may not certify the person's nomination for office or election to office; and
(4) nomination to the office shall be certified as provided in AS 39.50.060(b).
(b) In addition to the sanctions described in AS 24.60.260, if the Alaska Public Offices Commission finds that a member of the committee has failed or refused to file a report under AS 24.60.200 by a deadline established in AS 24.60.210, it shall notify the presiding officer of the appropriate legislative body. In the case of a public member of the committee, the commission shall notify both presiding officers.
(c) In addition to the sanctions described in AS 24.60.260, if the Alaska Public Offices Commission finds that a legislative director has failed or refused to file a report under AS 24.60.200 by a deadline established in AS 24.60.210, it shall notify the Alaska Legislative Council or the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee, as appropriate. For the ombudsman and the office of victims' rights, the Alaska Legislative Council shall be notified.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 60. Standards of Conduct › Article 4. Required Annual Financial Disclosure. › Sec. 24.60.255. Administrative complaints.

(a) A person may file a written complaint alleging a violation of AS 24.60.200 - 24.60.260 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.
(c) If a member of the Alaska Public Offices 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 60. Standards of Conduct › Article 4. Required Annual Financial Disclosure. › Sec. 24.60.260. Prohibited conduct relating to disclosures; penalties.

(a) A person required to make a disclosure under this chapter may not knowingly make a false or deliberately misleading or incomplete disclosure to the committee or to the Alaska Public Offices Commission. A person who files a disclosure after a deadline set by this chapter or by a regulation adopted by the Alaska Public Offices Commission has violated this chapter and may be subject to imposition of a fine as provided in (c) of this section or AS 24.60.240.
(b) A person who violates this section is subject to a proceeding under AS 24.60.170, in addition to penalties that may be imposed by the Alaska Public Offices Commission under AS 24.60.240 and to the penalty set out in AS 24.60.250.
(c) The committee may impose a fine on a person who files a disclosure after a deadline set by this chapter. The amount of the fine imposed under this subsection may not exceed $2 for each day to a maximum of $100 for each late filing unless the committee determines that the late filing was inadvertent or wilful. If the committee finds that a late filing was inadvertent, the maximum fine the committee may impose under this subsection is $25. If the committee determines that the late filing was wilful, the amount of the fine imposed under this subsection may be $100 for each day but may not exceed a maximum of $2,500.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 60. Standards of Conduct › Article 5. Miscellaneous and General Provisions. › Sec. 24.60.970. Actions by the attorney general.

The attorney general may independently bring civil actions relating to violations under this chapter regardless of the outcome or settlement of a charge before the committee. This section does not prohibit the attorney general from bringing an action under another civil or criminal law.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 60. Standards of Conduct › Article 5. Miscellaneous and General Provisions. › Sec. 24.60.980. Cooperation by state agencies.

Each agency of the executive branch of state government shall, to the extent permitted by state or federal law, cooperate fully with the committee or a subcommittee by providing information and assistance, including disclosure of financial material and other records relating to a potential violation of this chapter.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 65. Office of Victims' Rights › Sec. 24.65.020. Appointment of the victims' advocate.

(a) A candidate for appointment as the victims' advocate shall be nominated by the victims' advocate 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 a minority party caucus in each house shall be appointed to the selection committee.
(b) The victims' advocate selection committee shall examine persons to serve as victims' advocate 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. The vote on the appointment shall be entered in the journals of both houses.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 65. Office of Victims' Rights › Sec. 24.65.030. Qualifications.

A person may not serve as victims' advocate
(1) unless the person has been a resident of the state for the three years immediately preceding the person's appointment;
(2) unless the person has been engaged in the active practice of law for the three years immediately preceding the person's appointment;
(3) unless the person has significant experience in criminal law;
(4) unless the person is an attorney licensed to practice law in this state;
(5) within one year of the last day on which the person served as a member of the legislature;
(6) while the person is a candidate for or holds another national, state, or municipal office; the victims' advocate may not become a candidate for national, state, or municipal office until one year has elapsed from the date the victims' advocate vacates the office of victims' advocate;
(7) while the person is engaged in another occupation for which the person receives compensation;
(8) unless the person is at least 21 years of age and is a qualified voter.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 65. Office of Victims' Rights › Sec. 24.65.040. Term of office.

(a) The term of office of the victims' advocate is five years. A victims' advocate may be reappointed but may not serve for more than three terms. To be eligible for reappointment at the conclusion of each five-year term of service, a victims' advocate seeking reappointment must submit to the victims' advocate selection committee an application for reappointment.
(b) If the term of a victims' advocate expires without the appointment of a successor under this chapter or the victims' advocate dies, resigns, becomes ineligible to serve, or is removed or suspended from office, the person appointed as acting victims' advocate under AS 24.65.070(a) serves until a new victims' advocate is appointed for a full term.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 65. Office of Victims' Rights › Sec. 24.65.070. Staff and delegation.

(a) The victims' advocate shall appoint a person to serve as acting victims' advocate in the absence of the victims' advocate. The victims' advocate shall also appoint assistants and clerical personnel necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Subject to AS 36.30.020, the victims' advocate may enter into personal services and other contracts the victims' advocate finds necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The victims' advocate shall, to the maximum extent practicable, conduct the duties and work of the office by entering into personal services and other contracts the victims' advocate finds necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
(b) The victims' advocate may delegate to the assistants any of the victims' advocate's duties except those specified in AS 24.65.150 and 24.65.160; however, during the victims' advocate's absence from the principal business offices, the victims' advocate may delegate the duties specified in AS 24.65.150 and 24.65.160 to the acting victims' advocate for the duration of the absence. The duties specified in AS 24.65.150 and 24.65.160 shall be performed by the acting victims' advocate when serving under AS 24.65.040(b).
(c) The victims' advocate and the staff appointed by the victims' advocate 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.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 65. Office of Victims' Rights › Sec. 24.65.080. 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 victims' advocate to be used in the management of the office of victims' rights and to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(b) The salary and benefits of the victims' advocate and the permanent staff of the victims' advocate shall be paid through the same procedures used for payment of the salaries and benefits of other permanent legislative employees.
(c) The victims' advocate 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 victims' advocate, the council shall submit the approved budget to the finance committees of the legislature.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 65. Office of Victims' Rights › Sec. 24.65.090. Procedure.

(a) The victims' advocate shall, by regulations adopted under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act), establish procedures for advocacy on behalf of crime victims, receiving and processing complaints, conducting investigations, reporting findings, and ensuring that confidential information obtained by the victims' advocate in the course of advocacy on behalf of a crime victim or in the course of an investigation will not be improperly disclosed. The victims' advocate may establish procedures so that advocacy and investigations on behalf of crime victims in felony cases take a priority over advocacy and investigations on behalf of crime victims in misdemeanor cases.
(b) The office of victims' rights may not charge fees for the submission or investigation of complaints.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 65. Office of Victims' Rights › Sec. 24.65.100. Jurisdiction; duties.

(a) The victims' advocate has jurisdiction to advocate on behalf of crime victims of felony offenses or class A misdemeanors, if the class A misdemeanor is a crime involving domestic violence or a crime against a person under AS 11.41, in the courts of the state and to investigate the complaints of crime victims of felony offenses or class A misdemeanors, if the class A misdemeanor is a crime involving domestic violence or a crime against a person under AS 11.41, that they have been denied their rights under the constitution and the laws of the state. In this subsection, “crime involving domestic violence” has the meaning given in AS 18.66.990.
(b) The victims' advocate shall exercise reasonable care to
(1) ensure that the victims' advocate's exercise of jurisdiction granted under this section does not interfere with an ongoing criminal investigation or with a criminal prosecution;
(2) prevent employees of the office of victims' rights from making extrajudicial statements that the victims' advocate is prohibited from making under the Alaska Rules of Professional Conduct.
(c) The victims' advocate may not advise, counsel, or advocate on behalf of a victim in a way that would
(1) prevent or discourage a victim from cooperating in a criminal investigation;
(2) encourage a victim to withhold evidence in a criminal investigation; or
(3) prevent or discourage a victim from testifying in a criminal proceeding.
(d) The victims' advocate shall provide written material to be given out to victims of crime as required by AS 12.61.010. The written material must contain a brief statement about the Violent Crimes Compensation Board and contact information for that board.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 65. Office of Victims' Rights › Sec. 24.65.105. Payment of restitution.

(a) Subject to appropriation, the office of victims' rights is authorized to pay outstanding balances on orders of restitution under AS 12.55.045 or AS 47.12.120. The office of victims' rights shall coordinate and make payments from the restorative justice account (AS 43.23.048) in accordance with the priority in (b) of this section. A crime victim may receive not more than $10,000 from the restorative justice account, regardless of the amount of the order of restitution.
(b) The office of victims' rights shall make restitution payments to eligible victims in the following priority order:
(1) a natural person;
(2) private businesses;
(3) state and local governments.
(c) The office of victims' rights shall adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) to establish a process for payments of restitution balances from the restorative justice account established in AS 43.23.048.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 65. Office of Victims' Rights › Sec. 24.65.110. Advocacy on behalf of crime victims; records.

(a) The victims' advocate shall assist crime victims in obtaining the rights crime victims are guaranteed under the constitution and laws of the state with regard to the contacts crime victims have with justice agencies.
(b) The victims' advocate may make the statement a crime victim is authorized to make under art. I, sec. 24, Constitution of the State of Alaska, and AS 12.55.023, in a court of the state when requested by the crime victim and when the crime victim does not personally make a statement.
(c) When advocating on behalf of a crime victim in an ongoing criminal case or juvenile adjudication, the victims' advocate is entitled to all information available to the defendant or juvenile.
(d) Records obtained by the victims' advocate shall remain in the exclusive custody of the victims' advocate. The victims' advocate may not disclose confidential information to any person.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 65. Office of Victims' Rights › Sec. 24.65.115. Authority to request return of property on behalf of certain persons.

(a) Notwithstanding another provision of this chapter, the victims' advocate may
(1) file a request under AS 12.36.070 with a law enforcement agency for the return of property to a crime victim after having conducted an investigation and determining that the crime victim is entitled to the return of the property under the factors listed in AS 12.36.070(c);
(2) request a hearing under AS 12.36.070(f).
(b) In fulfilling the requirements of this section, the victims' advocate may use any of the powers granted to the advocate under this chapter.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 65. Office of Victims' Rights › Sec. 24.65.120. Investigations.

(a) The victims' advocate may investigate complaints from crime victims that they have been denied the rights they are guaranteed under the constitution and laws of this state.
(b) In an investigation, the victims' advocate may
(1) make inquiries and obtain information considered necessary;
(2) hold private hearings; and
(3) notwithstanding other provisions of law, have access at all times to records of justice agencies, including court records of criminal prosecutions and juvenile adjudications, necessary to ensure that the rights of crime victims are not being denied; with regard to court and prosecution records, the victims' advocate is entitled to obtain access to every record that the defendant is entitled to access or receive.
(c) The victims' advocate shall maintain confidentiality with respect to all matters and the identities of the complainants or witnesses coming before the victims' advocate except insofar as disclosures may be necessary to enable the victims' advocate to carry out duties and to support recommendations. However, the victims' advocate may not disclose a confidential record obtained from a court or justice agency.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 65. Office of Victims' Rights › Sec. 24.65.130. Powers.

(a) Subject to the privileges recognized by court rule and statute of this state, the victims' advocate may compel by subpoena, at a specified time and place, the
(1) appearance and sworn testimony of a person who the victims' advocate reasonably believes may be able to give information relating to a matter under investigation under AS 24.65.120; and
(2) production by a person of a record or object that the victims' advocate reasonably believes may relate to the matter under investigation under AS 24.65.120.
(b) If a person refuses to comply with a subpoena issued under (a) of this section, the superior court may, on application of the victims' advocate, compel obedience by proceedings for contempt in the same manner as in the case of disobedience to the requirements of a subpoena issued by the court or refusal to testify in the court.
(c) This section does not authorize the victims' advocate to issue a subpoena to
(1) a justice, judge, magistrate, or a law clerk acting under the direction of a justice, judge, or magistrate, concerning a judicial action or nonaction taken by, or under the direction of, the justice, judge, or magistrate;
(2) a person acting under the direction of a justice, judge, or magistrate, other than a law clerk, concerning a judicial action or nonaction taken by, or under the direction of, a justice, judge, or magistrate except to establish the occurrence or nonoccurrence of the action or nonaction or the person's own actions or nonactions; this paragraph does not authorize the victims' advocate to inquire into the decision-making or thought process of the justice, judge, or magistrate;
(3) a member of a jury concerning a matter that was considered by the jury;
(4) the person accused or convicted of committing the crime that is the basis for the complaint, and investigation under AS 24.65.120, concerning a denial of rights or an attorney retained by the person or appointed by a court to represent the person;
(5) a victim counselor concerning a matter made confidential by AS 18.66.200 - 18.66.250; or
(6) a justice agency concerning records that lead to the disclosure of a confidential police informant.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 65. Office of Victims' Rights › Sec. 24.65.140. Consultation.

Before giving an opinion or recommendation that is critical of a justice agency or person as a result of an investigation under AS 24.65.120, the victims' advocate shall consult with that agency or person. The victims' advocate may make a preliminary opinion or recommendation available to the agency or person for review, but the preliminary opinion or recommendation is confidential and may not be disclosed to the public by the agency or person.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 65. Office of Victims' Rights › Sec. 24.65.150. Procedure after investigation.

(a) The victims' advocate shall report the advocate's opinion and recommendations to a justice agency if the victims' advocate finds, after investigation under AS 24.65.120, that the agency has denied a crime victim rights the crime victim is guaranteed under the constitution and laws of this state.
(b) The victims' advocate may request the justice agency to notify the victims' advocate, within a specified time, of any action taken on the recommendations.
(c) The report provided under (a) of this section is confidential and may not be disclosed to the public by the justice agency. The victims' advocate may disclose the report under AS 24.65.160 only after providing notice that the investigation has been concluded to the agency and after receiving the written approval of the complainant to release the report.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 65. Office of Victims' Rights › Sec. 24.65.160. Publication of recommendations.

Except as provided in AS 24.65.150(c), within a reasonable amount of time after the victims' advocate reports the advocate's opinion and recommendations to a justice agency, the victims' advocate may present the opinion and recommendations to the governor, the legislature, a grand jury, the public, or any of these. The victims' advocate shall include with the opinion any reply made by the agency.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 65. Office of Victims' Rights › Sec. 24.65.170. Annual report.

The victims' advocate shall make available to the public an annual report of the victims' advocate's activities under this chapter and notify the legislature that the report is available. The victim's advocate may include in the report a summary of the advocate's participation as an ex officio member of domestic violence fatality review teams established under AS 18.66.400.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 65. Office of Victims' Rights › Sec. 24.65.200. Victims' advocate's privilege not to testify or produce documents or other evidence.

Except as may be necessary to enforce the provisions of this chapter, the determinations, conclusions, thought processes, discussions, records, reports, and recommendations of or information collected by the victims' advocate or staff of the victims' advocate are not admissible in a civil or criminal proceeding, and are not subject to questioning or disclosure by subpoena or discovery.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 65. Office of Victims' Rights › Sec. 24.65.210. Penalty.

A person who knowingly hinders the lawful actions of the victims' advocate or the staff of the victims' advocate, or who knowingly refuses to comply with their lawful demands, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction may be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000. In this section, “knowingly” has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying › Chapter 65. Office of Victims' Rights › Sec. 24.65.250. Definitions.

In this chapter,
(1) “justice agency” means a department, office, institution, corporation, authority, organization, commission, committee, council, court, or board of a municipality or in the executive or judicial branches of the state government that is, in any manner, involved with or responsible for the apprehension, prosecution, incarceration, or supervision of criminal or juvenile offenders; it also includes an officer, employee, or member of an agency acting or purporting to act in the exercise of official duties;
(2) “victim” has the meaning given in AS 12.55.185.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 25. Marital and Domestic Relations › Chapter 05. Alaska Marriage Code › Article 1. Requirements for Marriage. › Sec. 25.05.011. Civil contract.

(a) Marriage is a civil contract entered into by one man and one woman that requires both a license and solemnization. The man and the woman must each be at least one of the following:
(1) 18 years of age or older and otherwise capable;
(2) qualified for a license under AS 25.05.171; or
(3) a member of the armed forces of the United States while on active duty.
(b) A person may not be joined in marriage in this state until a license has been obtained for that purpose as provided in this chapter. A marriage performed in this state is not valid without solemnization as provided in this chapter.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 25. Marital and Domestic Relations › Chapter 05. Alaska Marriage Code › Article 1. Requirements for Marriage. › Sec. 25.05.013. Same-sex marriages.

(a) A marriage entered into by persons of the same sex, either under common law or under statute, that is recognized by another state or foreign jurisdiction is void in this state, and contractual rights granted by virtue of the marriage, including its termination, are unenforceable in this state.
(b) A same-sex relationship may not be recognized by the state as being entitled to the benefits of marriage.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 25. Marital and Domestic Relations › Chapter 05. Alaska Marriage Code › Article 1. Requirements for Marriage. › Sec. 25.05.021. Prohibited marriages.

Marriage is prohibited and void if performed when
(1) either party to the proposed marriage has a husband or wife living; or
(2) the parties to the proposed marriage are more closely related to each other than the fourth degree of consanguinity, whether of the whole or half blood, computed according to rules of the civil law.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 25. Marital and Domestic Relations › Chapter 05. Alaska Marriage Code › Article 1. Requirements for Marriage. › Sec. 25.05.031. Voidable marriages.

If either party to a marriage is incapable of consenting to it at the time of the marriage for want of marriageable age of consent or sufficient understanding, or if the consent of either party is obtained by force or fraud, or if either party fails to consummate the marriage, the marriage is voidable but only at the suit of the party under the disability or upon whom the force or fraud is imposed.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 25. Marital and Domestic Relations › Chapter 05. Alaska Marriage Code › Article 1. Requirements for Marriage. › Sec. 25.05.041. Matters insufficient to render marriage voidable.

(a) If a marriage is in other respects lawful and is consummated with the full belief on the part of the persons married, or either of them, that they have been lawfully joined in marriage, then the marriage is not voidable for any of the following reasons:
(1) the licensing officer did not have jurisdiction to issue the license;
(2) there was an omission, informality, or irregularity of form in the application for the license or in the license itself;
(3) the marriage was solemnized after the expiration date of the license.
(b) If a license has been issued and the marriage solemnized as provided in this chapter and the parties to it have immediately thereafter assumed the habit and repute of husband and wife and have continued to cohabit as husband and wife for one year or until the death of either of them, the marriage shall not be void or voidable solely on the ground the license cannot be produced.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 25. Marital and Domestic Relations › Chapter 05. Alaska Marriage Code › Article 1. Requirements for Marriage. › Sec. 25.05.051. Effect of existing former marriage.

If, during the lifetime of a husband or wife with whom a marriage is still in force, a person remarries and the parties to the subsequent marriage live together as husband and wife, and one of the parties to the subsequent marriage believes in good faith that the former husband or wife is dead or that the former marriage has been annulled or dissolved by a divorce or is without knowledge of the former marriage, then after the death or divorce of the other party to the former marriage, if they continue to live together as husband and wife in good faith on the part of one of them, they are legally married from the time of removal of the impediment, and the issue of the subsequent marriage are the legitimate issue of both parents, whether born before or after the removal of the impediment.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 25. Marital and Domestic Relations › Chapter 05. Alaska Marriage Code › Article 1. Requirements for Marriage. › Sec. 25.05.061. Marriage without license.

A marriage contracted after January 1, 1964, is void unless a license has first been obtained as provided in this chapter. If the parties to a marriage void for failure to obtain a license validate the marriage by complying with the requirements of this chapter, the issue of the void marriage are legitimate.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 25. Marital and Domestic Relations › Chapter 05. Alaska Marriage Code › Article 2. Licensing Officers. › Sec. 25.05.081. Marriage commissioners.

The presiding judge in each judicial district may, if the public interest requires, appoint one or more suitable persons as marriage commissioners. The presiding judge shall describe the marriage commissioner's area of jurisdiction in the order of appointment. A marriage commissioner may, within that jurisdiction, solemnize marriages in the same manner as a district judge or magistrate and may exercise any power, other than the power to issue marriage licenses, necessarily incident to the duties of a marriage commissioner. The clerk of court shall issue to the marriage commissioner a certified copy of the order of appointment and send a copy of it to the bureau.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 25. Marital and Domestic Relations › Chapter 05. Alaska Marriage Code › Article 3. Procedure to Obtain a License. › Sec. 25.05.091. Application for license; disclosure for child support purposes.

(a) One of the contracting parties to a prospective marriage shall, at least three days before the time of issuance, file with the licensing officer written, verbal, or telegraphic application for a license. Before issuance of the license, each contracting party shall make a statement under oath that the contemplated marriage meets the requirements of law, giving the names, relationship if any, residence, occupation, and age of each party; naming guardians of any party under the legal age for marriage; and describing any prior marriage of either party, and the manner of dissolution of it. This statement may be made and executed before a notary public or postmaster who shall certify it to the licensing officer.
(b) In addition to the requirements of (a) of this section, each contracting party to the prospective marriage shall provide to the licensing officer the party's social security number, if any. Upon request, the licensing officer shall provide a social security number provided under this subsection to the child support services agency created in AS 25.27.010, or the child support enforcement agency of another state, for child support purposes authorized under law.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 25. Marital and Domestic Relations › Chapter 05. Alaska Marriage Code › Article 3. Procedure to Obtain a License. › Sec. 25.05.111. Issuance of license.

(a) A marriage license may not be issued unless both of the contracting parties are identified to the satisfaction of the licensing officer. If all requirements have been met, and there is no legal objection to the contemplated marriage, and neither party is under the influence of intoxicating liquor or otherwise incapable of understanding the seriousness of the proceeding, the licensing officer shall issue a license.
(b) With a license issued under (a) of this section, the licensing officer shall also give to the parties written information about fetal alcohol effects and the fetal health effects of chemical abuse and battering during pregnancy. The Department of Health shall prepare or obtain this information and submit it in distributable form to each licensing officer in the state.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 25. Marital and Domestic Relations › Chapter 05. Alaska Marriage Code › Article 3. Procedure to Obtain a License. › Sec. 25.05.121. Marriage license.

The marriage license issued by a licensing officer in this state authorizes the marriage ceremony to be performed anywhere in the state. The license shall be directed “to any person authorized by the laws of this state to solemnize marriage,” and shall authorize that person to solemnize marriage between the parties identified by the license within three months of the date of the license. If either party is not of legal age for marriage, that party's age and the fact of the consent of the parents or guardian of the underaged party shall be stated. If either party has previously been married, the number of previous marriages shall be stated. The registrar may require other matter necessary to identify the parties to be included in the license. The issuance of a license does not remove or dispense with any legal disability, impediment, or prohibition rendering marriage between the parties illegal, and a statement to that effect shall be included in the license.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 25. Marital and Domestic Relations › Chapter 05. Alaska Marriage Code › Article 3. Procedure to Obtain a License. › Sec. 25.05.171. Judicial permission to marry.

(a) [Repealed, § 8 ch 67 SLA 2022.]
(b) A superior court judge may grant permission for a person who has reached the age of 16 but is under the age of 18 to marry and may order the licensing officer to issue the license if the judge finds, following a hearing at which the parents and minor are given the opportunity to appear and be heard, that the marriage is in the best interest of the minor, that the other party to the marriage is not more than three years older, and that either
(1) the parents have given their consent; or
(2) the parents are
(A) arbitrarily and capriciously withholding consent;
(B) absent or otherwise unaccountable;
(C) in disagreement among themselves on the question; or
(D) unfit to decide the matter.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 25. Marital and Domestic Relations › Chapter 05. Alaska Marriage Code › Article 4. Forms, Records, and Reports. › Sec. 25.05.191. Marriage license application.

A licensing officer shall make available an application for a marriage license for completion by the parties who wish to be married. The officer shall keep the completed applications, a record of licenses issued, and all other information that the officer is required by law to obtain. These records shall be kept in the office of the licensing officer and shall be open for public inspection or examination during normal office hours.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 25. Marital and Domestic Relations › Chapter 05. Alaska Marriage Code › Article 4. Forms, Records, and Reports. › Sec. 25.05.221. Forms.

(a) Forms for application, statements, consent of parents, affidavits, licenses, and other forms necessary to comply with this chapter shall be prescribed by the registrar and provided at the expense of the state. The registrar shall furnish all necessary forms to each licensing officer.
(b) The registrar shall supervise the record work and required reporting of the licensing officers.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 25. Marital and Domestic Relations › Chapter 05. Alaska Marriage Code › Article 4. Forms, Records, and Reports. › Sec. 25.05.251. Relationship to Vital Statistics Act.

Nothing in this chapter repeals or abrogates any part of AS 18.50 (Vital Statistics Act). The records and requirements leading up to and including the issuance of the marriage license are included in the definition of “vital statistics” under AS 18.50. The registrar shall supply the necessary forms and instructions for the licensing officers.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 25. Marital and Domestic Relations › Chapter 05. Alaska Marriage Code › Article 5. Solemnization. › Sec. 25.05.261. Who may solemnize.

(a) Marriages may be solemnized
(1) by a minister, priest, or rabbi of any church or congregation in the state, or by a commissioned officer of the Salvation Army, or by the principal officer or elder of recognized churches or congregations that traditionally do not have regular ministers, priests, or rabbis, anywhere within the state;
(2) by a marriage commissioner or judicial officer of the state anywhere within the jurisdiction of the commissioner or officer;
(3) before or in any religious organization or congregation according to the established ritual or form commonly practiced in the organization or congregation; or
(4) by an individual holding an elective public office in the state.
(b) This section may not be construed to waive the requirements for obtaining a marriage license.
(c) Nothing in this section creates or implies a duty or obligation on a person authorized to solemnize a marriage under (a)(1), (3), or (4) of this section to solemnize any marriage.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 25. Marital and Domestic Relations › Chapter 05. Alaska Marriage Code › Article 5. Solemnization. › Sec. 25.05.271. Duty of officiating person before ceremony.

The officiating person shall determine that the parties presenting themselves to be married are the parties named in the license. If the officiating person knows of a legal impediment to the marriage, the officiating person may not perform the ceremony.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 25. Marital and Domestic Relations › Chapter 05. Alaska Marriage Code › Article 5. Solemnization. › Sec. 25.05.281. Marriage solemnized by unauthorized person.

After a license has been obtained, a marriage solemnized before a person professing to be a person authorized to solemnize marriages in the state under AS 25.05.261(a) is valid regardless of a lack of power or authority in the person, if the marriage is consummated with a belief on the part of the persons so married, or either of them, that they have been lawfully joined in marriage.