2 AAC 50.405 - Definitions
In 2 AAC 50.250 - 2 AAC 50.405, unless the context requires otherwise,
(1) "ballot proposition"
includes a bonding proposition, ballot initiative, ballot referendum, recall,
advisory vote, ballot question proposed by the legislature, ballot measure to
amend the Alaska Constitution, and any other question, as defined in
AS
15.80.010, on the ballot in an
election;
(2) "candidate" has the
meaning given in
AS
15.13.400(1)(A), except that
the meaning given in
AS
15.13.400(1)(B) applies in a
provision of
2 AAC 50.250 -
2 AAC 50.405 that limits or prohibits donation,
solicitation, or acceptance of a campaign contribution, or that limits or
prohibits an expenditure;
(3)
"draft group" means a group of two or more individuals organized for the
purpose of drafting one or more individuals to become a candidate for municipal
or state elective office;
(4)
"group"
(A) has the meaning given in
AS
15.13.400;
(B) if consisting of a combination of two or
more individuals as set out in
AS
15.13.400(8)(B), means a
combination of individuals attempting to influence the outcome of one or more
elections through activities that include raising, soliciting, collecting, or
disbursing money or anything of value, and directing, coordinating, or
controlling those activities, if those activities are performed, directed,
coordinated, or controlled with the major purpose of supporting or opposing
(i) a candidate for public office;
(ii) a ballot proposition; or
(iii) an initiative proposal
application;
(C) does
not include a combination of two or more of a candidate's family members,
nondependent children, parents, and siblings whose activities are performed,
directed, coordinated, or controlled with the major purpose of securing only
that candidate's election;
(5) "independent expenditure"
(A) has the meaning given in
AS
15.13.400;
(B) does not include an expenditure made in
cooperation or consultation with, at the request or suggestion of, or with the
previous consent of a candidate, treasurer, or deputy treasurer, or of a person
acting as an agent of the candidate, group, or nongroup entity; an expenditure
is not an independent expenditure if it is
(i)
based on information that the candidate or an agent of the candidate, group, or
nongroup entity provides about plans, projects, or needs of the candidate,
group, or nongroup entity;
(ii)
based on data from a pollster, campaign consultant, or other person, and the
pollster, campaign consultant, or other person receives compensation or
reimbursement from a candidate, agent of the candidate, group, or nongroup
entity;
(iii) for the purpose of
soliciting contributions to be paid to a candidate, group, or nongroup entity;
or
(iv) made to finance the
distribution of campaign material provided by the candidate, treasurer,
campaign consultant, or any other agent of the candidate, group, or nongroup
entity;
(6)
"nongroup entity"
(A) has the meaning given in
AS
15.13.400; and
(B) is a nonprofit corporation, company,
partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society that
qualifies to register to participate in an election campaign in support of or
in opposition to a candidate, ballot proposition, or initiative proposal
application;
(7)
"ongoing group" means a group that holds surplus campaign contributions from a
past election campaign or for a future election campaign and that has not filed
a report under
2 AAC 50.384(c);
(8) "subcommittee" means
(A) an internal subgroup of a candidate
campaign; or
(B) a controlled group
as provided in
2 AAC 50.290(c);
(9) "subordinate unit" means any division or
subgroup of a political party that is
(A)
formed and maintained as specified in the rules and bylaws of the
party;
(B) expressly recognized by
the party as a unit of the political party; and
(C) registered as a group with the
commission.
Notes
Authority:AS 15.13.030
AS 15.13.072
AS 15.13.074
AS 15.13.100
AS 15.13.116
AS 15.13.400
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