2 AAC 50.290 - Groups; draft groups; controlled groups; ballot groups
(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,
(1) the group's name, address, and
purpose;
(2) the name and address
of a chair and a treasurer; the same person may serve as both chair and
treasurer;
(3) any election in
which the group intends to be active during the year;
(4) the type of group;
(5) the name and location of the group's
campaign depository if one is required under
2 AAC 50.298; and
(6) the treasurer's certification that the
information contained in the registration statement is true, complete, and
correct.
(b) A draft
group must register and file reports as required in (a) of this section. A
draft group
(1) may make expenditures to
(A) solicit contributions to defray its own
administrative costs; and
(B)
attempt to draft individuals to become candidates, including the expenditure of
money to
(i) extol the qualifications of an
individual the group seeks to draft; and
(ii) inform the public of the group's
position on issues and the qualifications it seeks in potential
candidates;
(2) may not
(A) engage in any political activity other
than an activity described in this subsection and (d) of this
section;
(B) accept any
contribution in excess of $500 from any individual or $1,000 from any
group;
(C) make an expenditure,
other than for personal travel expenses, opinion surveys, or polls, that might
benefit an individual successfully drafted to become a candidate;
(D) except as provided in (c) of this
section, make monetary or nonmonetary contributions to, or expend funds on
behalf of, any individual who has publicly announced an intent to seek a state
or municipal office, or who has filed a declaration of candidacy or nominating
petition, or has become a candidate by any other means.
(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.
Notes
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
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