Alaska Statutes Title 15, Chapter 15.13 - State Election Campaigns

• Sec. 15.13.010 Applicability.
  (a) This chapter applies(1) in every election for governor, lieutenant governor, a member of the state legislature, a delegate to a constitutional convention, or...
• Sec. 15.13.011 Inapplicability to Presidential Primary. [Repealed, Sec. 1 Ch 2 Sla 1984].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 15.13.020 Alaska Public Offices Commission.
  (a) There is created in the Department of Administration the Alaska Public Offices Commission consisting of five members. The governor shall appoint all members...
• Sec. 15.13.030 Duties of the Commission.
  The commission shall(1) develop and provide all forms for the reports and statements required to be made under this chapter, AS 24.45, and AS...
• Sec. 15.13.040 Contributions, Expenditures, and Supplying of Services to Be Reported.
  (a) Except as provided in (g) and (l) of this section, each candidate shall make a full report, upon a form prescribed by the...
• Sec. 15.13.045 Investigations, Hearings.
  (a) The commission may issue subpoenas, administer oaths, hold hearings, and conduct investigations.(b) In conjunction with (a) of this section, the commission may compel...
• Sec. 15.13.050 Registration Before Expenditure.
  (a) Before making an expenditure in support of or in opposition to a candidate or before making an expenditure in support of or in...
• Sec. 15.13.052 Independent Expenditures; Political Activities Accounts.
  (a) Before making an independent expenditure in support of or in opposition to a candidate or before making an independent expenditure in support of...
• Sec. 15.13.060 Campaign Treasurers.
  (a) Each candidate and group shall appoint a campaign treasurer who is responsible for receiving, holding, and disbursing all contributions and expenditures, and for...
• Sec. 15.13.065 Contributions.
  (a) Individuals, groups, nongroup entities, and political parties may make contributions to a candidate. An individual, group, or nongroup entity may make a contribution...
• Sec. 15.13.067 Who May Make Expenditures.
  Only the following may make an expenditure that is not an independent expenditure in an election for candidates for elective office:(1) the candidate;(2) an...
• Sec. 15.13.068 Expenditures and Contributions by Foreign Nationals.
  (a) A foreign national may not, directly or indirectly, in connection with an election under this chapter, make a contribution or expenditure or make...
• Sec. 15.13.069 Certain Expenditures that Comply With Charitable Gaming Provisions Permitted.
  Notwithstanding another provision of this title, a charitable gaming permittee that is a qualified organization under AS 05.15.690 may use the net proceeds of...
• Sec. 15.13.070 Limitations on Amount of Political Contributions.
  (a) An individual or group may make contributions, subject only to the limitations of this chapter and AS 24.45, including the limitations on the...
• Sec. 15.13.072 Restrictions on Solicitation and Acceptance of Contributions.
  (a) A candidate or an individual who has filed with the commission the document necessary to permit that individual to incur election-related expenses under...
• Sec. 15.13.074 Prohibited Contributions.
  (a) A person, group, or nongroup entity may not make a contribution if the making of the contribution would violate this chapter.(b) A person...
• Sec. 15.13.076 Authorized Recipients of Contributions.
  A contribution to a(1) candidate may be received only by(A) the candidate; or(B) the candidate's campaign treasurer or a deputy campaign treasurer;(2) group may...
• Sec. 15.13.078 Contributions and Loans From the Candidate.
  (a) The provisions of this chapter do not prohibit the individual who is a candidate from giving any amount of the candidate's own money...
• Sec. 15.13.080 Statement by or on Behalf of Contributor. [Repealed, Sec. 11 Ch 1 Tssla 2002].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 15.13.082 Limitations on Expenditures.
  (a) A candidate or group may not make an expenditure in cash that exceeds $100 unless the candidate, or the campaign treasurer or deputy...
• Sec. 15.13.084 Prohibited Expenditures.
  A person may not make an expenditure(1) anonymously, unless the expenditure is(A) paid for by an individual acting independently of any person;(B) made to...
• Sec. 15.13.086 Authorized Makers of Expenditures.
  An expenditure(1) authorized by or in behalf of a candidate may be made only by(A) the candidate; or(B) the candidate's campaign treasurer or a...
• Sec. 15.13.090 Identification of Communication.
  (a) All communications shall be clearly identified by the words "paid for by" followed by the name and address of the person paying for...
• Sec. 15.13.095 False Statements in Telephone Polling and Calls to Convince.
  (a) A candidate who is damaged as the result of a false statement about the candidate made with knowledge that it was false, or...
• Sec. 15.13.100 Expenditures Before Filing.
  A political campaign expenditure may not be made or incurred by a person in an election or by a person or group with the...
• Sec. 15.13.110 Filing of Reports.
  (a) Each candidate, group, and nongroup entity shall make a full report in accordance with AS 15.13.040 for the period ending three days before...
• Sec. 15.13.111 Preservation of Records.
  (a) Each person required to report under this chapter shall preserve all records necessary to substantiate information required to be reported under this chapter...
• Sec. 15.13.112 Uses of Campaign Contributions Held by Candidate or Group.
  (a) Except as otherwise provided, campaign contributions held by a candidate or group may be used only to pay the expenses of the candidate...
• Sec. 15.13.114 Disposition of Prohibited Contributions.
  (a) A candidate, group, or nongroup entity that receives and accepts a contribution given in violation of AS 15.13.072 or 15.13.074 shall immediately, upon...
• Sec. 15.13.116 Disbursement of Campaign Assets After Election.
  (a) A candidate who, after the date of the general, special, municipal, or municipal runoff election or after the date the candidate withdraws as...
• Sec. 15.13.120 [Renumbered As As 15.13.380 ].
  
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 15.13.122 [Renumbered As As 15.13.385 ].
  
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 15.13.125 [Renumbered As As 15.13.390 ].
  
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 15.13.130 Definitions. [Repealed, Sec. 28 Ch 48 Sla 1996].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 15.13.135 Independent Expenditures for or Against Candidates.
  (a) An independent expenditure supporting or opposing a candidate for election to public office, except an independent expenditure made by a nongroup entity with...
• Sec. 15.13.140 Independent Expenditures for or Against Ballot Proposition or Question.
  (a) [Repealed, Sec. 19 ch 36 SLA 2010].(b) An independent expenditure for or against a ballot proposition or question(1) shall be reported in accordance...
• Sec. 15.13.145 Money of the State and Its Political Subdivisions.
  (a) Except as provided in (b) and (c) of this section, each of the following may not use money held by the entity to...
• Sec. 15.13.150 Election Educational Activities Not Prohibited.
  This chapter does not prohibit a person from engaging in educational election-related communications and activities, including(1) the publication of the date and location of...
• Sec. 15.13.155 Restrictions on Earned Income and Honoraria.
  (a) A candidate for the state legislature, for governor, or for lieutenant governor, including an individual campaigning as a write-in candidate for the office,...
• Sec. 15.13.374 Advisory Opinion.
  (a) Any person may request an advisory opinion from the commission concerning this chapter, AS 24.45, AS 24.60.200 - 24.60.260, or AS 39.50.(b) A...
• Sec. 15.13.380 Violations; Limitations on Actions.
  (a) Promptly after the final date for filing statements and reports under this chapter, the commission shall notify all persons who have become delinquent...
• Sec. 15.13.385 Legal Counsel.
  (a) The attorney general is legal counsel for the commission. The attorney general shall advise the commission in legal matters arising in the discharge...
• Sec. 15.13.390 Civil Penalty; Late Filing of Required Reports.
  (a) A person who fails to register when required by AS 15.13.050(a) or who fails to file a properly completed and certified report within...
• Sec. 15.13.400 Definitions.
  In this chapter,(1) "candidate"(A) means an individual who files for election to the state legislature, for governor, for lieutenant governor, for municipal office, for...

Last modified: November 15, 2016