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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
Sec. 24.45.041. Registration; disqualification.
(a) Before engaging in lobbying, a lobbyist shall file a registration statement on a form prescribed by the commission. (b) The registration form prescribed by the commission must include (1) the lobbyist’s full name and complete permanent residence and business address and telephone number, as well as any temporary residential and business address and telephone […]
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 […]
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, […]
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.
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 […]