Alaska Administrative Code
Title 2 - Administration
Chapter 50 - Alaska Public Offices Commission
Article 1 - Campaign Disclosure
2 AAC 50.290 - Groups; draft groups; controlled groups; ballot groups
Current through February 27, 2024
(a) If a group, including a political party, and an initiative committee, raises, so licits, collects, contributes, disburses, or incurs indebtedness of $500 or more in money or anything of value in the aggregate during a calendar year, or directs, coordinates, or controls that activity, that group shall first register with the commission as provided in AS 15.13.050, and shall file reports as provided in AS 15.13.040(b) and (c) and 2 AAC 50.321. An ongoing group must register each year. To register, a group must disclose, in the format as prescribed by the commission,
(b) A draft group must register and file reports as required in (a) of this section. A draft group
(c) A draft group that expends more than one-third of its funds in an effort to draft one individual or, in the case of gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial candidates, a team of individuals to campaign for public office, is a controlled group. If the individual or team subject to the draft formally declares for public office, any contribution to the controlled group is a contribution to the candidate or team for the purpose of determining the maximum allowable contribution under AS 15.13.070. A controlled group may contribute up to the maximum allowed by law to the candidate or team of candidates.
(d) For a group organized for the principal purpose of filing an initiative proposal application under AS 15.45.020, or that has filed an initiative proposal application under AS 15.45.020, the obligation to file required reports begins on the date the initiative proposal application is filed with the lieutenant governor.
(e) A registered group shall supplement its report if any of the information required to be reported in (b) of this section changes. In assessing a civil penalty for a late or incomplete report, the commission may consider a registered group's failure to notify the commission of any material change in the information required to be reported in (b) of this section.
Authority:AS 15.13.010
AS 15.13.030
AS 15.13.040
AS 15.13.050
AS 15.13.070
AS 15.13.074
AS 15.13.076
AS 15.13.100
AS 15.13.135
AS 15.13.140
AS 15.13.400