2003 Alaska Statutes
Title 39 PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
Chapter 39.50. PUBLIC OFFICIAL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
Sec. 39.50.030. Contents of statements.

(a) Each statement must be an accurate representation of the financial affairs of the public official or candidate and must contain the same information for each member of the person's family, as specified in (b) and (d) of this section, to the extent that it is ascertainable by the public official or candidate.

(b) Each statement filed by a public official or candidate under this chapter must include the following:

(1) the source of all income over $5,000 during the preceding calendar year, including taxable and nontaxable capital gains, received by the person, the person's spouse or domestic partner, or the person's dependent child, except that a source of income that is a gift must be included if the value of the gift exceeds $250;

(2) the identity, by name and address, of each business in which the person, the person's spouse or domestic partner, or the person's dependent child has an interest or was a stockholder, owner, officer, director, partner, proprietor, or employee during the preceding calendar year, except that an interest of less than $5,000 in the stock of a publicly traded corporation need not be included;

(3) the identity and nature of each interest in real property, including an option to buy, owned at any time during the preceding calendar year by the person, the person's spouse or domestic partner, or the person's dependent child;

(4) the identity of each trust or other fiduciary relation in which the person, the person's spouse or domestic partner, or the person's dependent child held a beneficial interest exceeding $5,000 during the preceding calendar year, a description and identification of the property contained in each trust or relation, and the nature and extent of the beneficial interest in it;

(5) any loan or loan guarantee of more than $5,000 made to the person, the person's spouse or domestic partner, or the person's dependent child, and the identity of the maker of the loan or loan guarantor and the identity of each creditor to whom the person, the person's spouse or domestic partner, or the person's dependent child owed more than $5,000; this paragraph requires disclosure of a loan, loan guarantee, or indebtedness only if the loan or guarantee was made, or the indebtedness incurred, during the preceding calendar year, or if the amount still owing on the loan, loan guarantee, or indebtedness was more than $5,000 at any time during the preceding calendar year;

(6) a list of all contracts and offers to contract with the state or an instrumentality of the state during the preceding calendar year held, bid, or offered by the person, the person's spouse or domestic partner, or the person's dependent child, a partnership or professional corporation of which the person is a member, or a corporation in which the person or the person's spouse, domestic partner, or dependent children, or a combination of them, hold a controlling interest; and

(7) a list of all mineral, timber, oil, or any other natural resource lease held, or lease offer made, during the preceding calendar year by the person, the person's spouse or domestic partner, or the person's dependent child, a partnership or professional corporation of which the person is a member, or a corporation in which the person or the person's spouse or domestic partner or dependent children, or a combination of them, holds a controlling interest.

(c) [Repealed, Sec. 26 ch 25 SLA 1975].

(d) In addition to the requirements of (b) of this section, each statement filed under this chapter by a public official in the executive branch of state government other than the chair or a member of a state commission or board must include a disclosure of the formation or maintenance of a close economic association involving a substantial financial matter as required by this subsection. The disclosure must be sufficiently detailed so that a reader can ascertain the nature of the association. A public official shall disclose a close economic association with

(1) a legislator;

(2) a public official who is not an elected or appointed municipal officer;

(3) a lobbyist; or

(4) a public officer if the person required to make the disclosure is the governor or the lieutenant governor.

(e) If a public official required to disclose a close economic association under (d) of this section forms a close economic association after the date on which the public official files the financial disclosure statement required by (a) of this section, disclosure of the association must be made to the commission within 60 days after the formation of the association.

(f) When making a disclosure under (d) of this section concerning a relationship with a lobbyist to whom the public official is married or who is the public official's domestic partner, the public official shall also disclose the name and address of each employer of the lobbyist and the total monetary value received from the lobbyist's employer. The public official shall report changes in the employers of the spouse or domestic partner within 48 hours after the change. In this subsection, "employer of the lobbyist" means the person from whom the lobbyist received money, or goods or services having a monetary value, for engaging in lobbying on behalf of the person.

(g) The requirements in this section for disclosures related to a person's spousal equivalent do not apply to an elected or appointed municipal officer.

(h) In this section,

(1) [Repealed, Sec. 41 ch 108 SLA 2003].

(2) "close economic association" means a financial relationship that exists between a public official required to disclose a close economic association under (d) of this section and some other person or entity, including a relationship where the public official serves as a consultant or advisor to, is a member or representative of, or has a financial interest in an association, partnership, business, or corporation;

(3) "lobbyist" has the meaning given in AS 24.60.990 (a);

(4) "public officer" has the meaning given in AS 39.52.960 .