2 AAC 50.272 - Conducting raffle or lottery and use of proceeds
(a) A person
authorized by a charitable gaming permit issued under
AS
05.15.100 to conduct a raffle or lottery for
the purposes provided in
AS
05.15.150(a)(3) shall comply
with this section. A permittee that conducts a raffle or lottery for the
purposes allowed under
AS
05.15.150(a)(3) and
contributes the net proceeds as required under
AS
05.15.150(a), is organized
and taking action for the principal purpose of influencing an election within
the meaning of
AS
15.13.400(8)(B) and (13),
and is subject to
AS
15.13.067 and the applicable contribution
limits of AS 15.13.070(c), (d), and
(f). A raffle or lottery may not be conducted
in a manner that allows a person to avoid the provisions of
AS
15.13.070,
15.13.074, or
2 AAC 50.258 in giving or receiving any
contribution.
(b) A permittee may
solicit and accept a contribution, including a prize, printing or advertising
service, use of a room or space for an event associated with the raffle or
lottery, or other donation of an item or service used to promote or conduct the
raffle or lottery. A permittee may not accept a contribution
(1) that is anonymous or that is made using a
fictitious name or the name of another; or
(2) from a person prohibited from making a
contribution under
(c) A
permittee shall provide advance notice to each contributor and to each
purchaser of a raffle or lottery ticket that the proceeds of the raffle or
lottery are intended for political purposes under
AS
05.15.150(a)(3). A raffle or
lottery ticket sold for the purposes allowed by
AS
05.15.150(a)(3) must
disclose the name of a candidate, group, political party, organization
affiliated with a political party, or political group as defined in
AS
15.80.010, that the permittee intends to aid
by the use of the proceeds. The permittee must retain records of any purchase
of a raffle or lottery ticket in a total amount greater than $50. An
individual, group, or nongroup entity may not purchase raffle or lottery
tickets exceeding the amount that an individual, group, or nongroup entity is
allowed to contribute to a candidate under
AS
15.13.070, and may not purchase raffle or
lottery tickets if prohibited by
AS
15.13.074(f) from making a
contribution.
(d) A charitable
gaming permittee may use the net proceeds of a raffle or lottery to make
(1) contributions to a candidate, a political
party or a subordinate unit of a political party, a group, or a political group
as defined in
AS
15.80.010; however, a contribution by a
charitable gaming permittee may not exceed the applicable contribution limits
of AS
15.13.070; or
(2) an independent expenditure for the
purposes permitted in
AS
05.15.150(a)(3); an
expenditure is a contribution, and not an independent expenditure if made in
cooperation or consultation with a candidate or any agent of a candidate,
group, or nongroup entity.
(e) A charitable gaming permittee shall
report
(1) any expense incurred or paid to
conduct a raffle or lottery to raise money to be used for the purposes
permitted in
AS
05.15.150(a)(3) as a
contribution or an independent expenditure;
(2) each contribution the permittee receives
as required in
AS
15.13.040(b), (j), or (
l); the report must include the information required by
AS
15.13.040(e)(5) for
(A) any contribution the permittee receives
in accordance with (b) of this section; or
(B) any purchaser of raffle or lottery
tickets in excess of $50;
(3) each independent expenditure made to
conduct a raffle or lottery, or for a purpose permitted in
AS
05.15.150(a)(3), as required
under AS
15.13.040(d) and (e) and
2 AAC 50.270;
(4) each contribution made to a candidate for
public office or to a group organized for the principal purpose of influencing
the outcome of an election or a proposition, or for the principal purpose of
filing an initiative proposal application.
(f) In this section,
(1) "charitable gaming permittee" or
"permittee" means a person that has obtained a permit from the Department of
Revenue under
AS
05.15.100 giving the person the privilege of
conducting a raffle or lottery;
(2)
"raffle" or "lottery" has the meaning given in
AS
05.15.690.
Notes
AS 15.13.074(f) or (g).
Authority:AS 15.13.030
AS 15.13.040
AS 15.13.050
AS 15.13.067
AS 15.13.069
AS 15.13.070
AS 15.13.074
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