Alaska Statutes
Title 24. Legislature and Lobbying
Chapter 60. Standards of Conduct

Article 1. Purpose and Applicability.

Sec. 24.60.010. Legislative findings and purpose. - The legislature finds that (1) high moral and ethical standards...

Sec. 24.60.020. Applicability; relationship to common law and other laws. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, this chapter...

Article 2. Standards of Conduct.

Sec. 24.60.030. Prohibited conduct and conflicts of interest. - (a) A legislator or legislative employee may not (1) solicit,...

Sec. 24.60.031. Restrictions on fund raising. - (a) A legislative employee may not (1) on a day...

Sec. 24.60.033. Restrictions on employee candidacies. - A legislative employee may not file a letter of intent...

Sec. 24.60.035. Protection of whistle blowers. - A legislator or legislative employee may not, directly or indirectly,...

Sec. 24.60.037. Open meetings guidelines. - (a) A meeting of a legislative body is open to...

Sec. 24.60.039. Discrimination prohibited. - (a) A legislator or legislative employee may not engage in...

Sec. 24.60.040. Contracts or leases. - (a) A legislator or legislative employee, or a member of...

Sec. 24.60.050. State programs and loans. - (a) A legislator or legislative employee may, without disclosure to...

Sec. 24.60.060. Confidential information. - (a) A legislator, legislative employee, or public member of the...

Sec. 24.60.070. Disclosure of close economic associations. - (a) A legislator or legislative employee shall disclose to the...

Sec. 24.60.075. Compassionate gift exemption. - (a) Notwithstanding AS 24.45.121 and AS 24.60.080, a person may...

Sec. 24.60.080. Gifts. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a legislator...

Sec. 24.60.085. Restrictions on earned income and honoraria. - (a) A legislator or legislative employee may not (1) seek...

Sec. 24.60.090. Nepotism. - (a) An individual who is related to a member of...

Sec. 24.60.100. Representation. - A legislator or legislative employee who represents another person for...

Sec. 24.60.105. Deadlines for filing disclosures; requests to refrain from disclosure. - (a) When a legislator or legislative employee is required to...

Sec. 24.60.112. Applicability to legislative interns, volunteers, consultants, and independent contractors. - (a) A legislative intern or legislative volunteer shall comply with...

Sec. 24.60.115. Disclosure required of a legislator, legislative employee, or public member of the committee after final day of service. - A person serving as a legislator, legislative employee, or public...

Article 3. Legislative Ethics Committee; Opinions; Complaints.

Sec. 24.60.130. Select committee on legislative ethics. - (a) There is established as a permanent interim committee within...

Sec. 24.60.131. Alternate members. - (a) When appointing members of the legislature to serve on...

Sec. 24.60.134. Prohibited conduct by public members and committee employees and contractors. - (a) Except as provided in (c) of this section, in...

Sec. 24.60.140. Authority of the committee and its subcommittees. - (a) The senate subcommittee has authority over proceedings concerning conduct...

Sec. 24.60.150. Duties of the committee. - (a) The committee shall (1) adopt procedures to facilitate the...

Sec. 24.60.155. Legislative ethics course. - (a) A person who is a legislator, legislative employee, public...

Sec. 24.60.158. Advice by staff. - The committee shall authorize and train its staff to give...

Sec. 24.60.160. Advisory opinions. - (a) On the request of the committee, the Alaska Public...

Sec. 24.60.165. Use of information submitted with request for advice. - The committee may not bring a complaint against a person...

Sec. 24.60.170. Proceedings before the committee; limitations. - (a) The committee shall consider a complaint alleging a violation...

Sec. 24.60.174. Recommendations to the legislature where violator is a legislator. - (a) If the person found to have violated this chapter...

Sec. 24.60.176. Recommendations where violator is a legislative employee. - (a) If the person found to have violated this chapter...

Sec. 24.60.178. Sanctions recommended by committee. - (a) When the committee finds that a person has violated...

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...

Sec. 24.60.210. Deadlines for filing of disclosure statements. - (a) A person required to file a disclosure statement under...

Sec. 24.60.220. Administration of AS 24.60.200 - 24.60.260. - The Alaska Public Offices Commission shall (1) adopt regulations to...

Sec. 24.60.230. Statements as public records. - A statement filed with the Alaska Public Offices Commission under...

Sec. 24.60.240. Civil penalty for late filing. - A person required to file a disclosure statement under AS...

Sec. 24.60.250. Effect of failure to file. - (a) In addition to the sanctions described in AS 24.60.260,...

Sec. 24.60.255. Administrative complaints. - (a) A person may file a written complaint alleging a...

Sec. 24.60.260. Prohibited conduct relating to disclosures; penalties. - (a) A person required to make a disclosure under this...

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...

Sec. 24.60.980. Cooperation by state agencies. - Each agency of the executive branch of state government shall,...

Sec. 24.60.990. Definitions. - (a) In this chapter, (1) “administrative action” means conduct related...

Sec. 24.60.995. Short title. - This chapter may be cited as the Legislative Ethics Act.