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Sectional Analysis for HB 177
Campaign Finance
Contributions/Disclosure/Groups

An Act placing special interest organizations within the definition of 'group' for purposes of Alaska's campaign finance statutes; and requiring disclosure of the true source of campaign contributions.

Section 1: Adds a new section to uncodified law by giving this bill a short title: Full Disclosure of Campaign Finance Act.

Section 2: Amends AS 15.13.040(b). Contributions, expenditures, and supplying of services to be reported. This section requires groups to disclose the contributor of contributions in excess of $100. Contributor is defined as the true source of the contribution. The true source of income is the original source of the contribution.

Section 3: Amends AS 15.13.400(5). Definitions. The definition of group is amended to include special interest organizations that fall within the mandatory exception to corporate contribution bans identified in Federal Election Commission v. Massachusetts Citizens for Life, 479 U.S. 238 (1986), by incorporating, into statute, the three part test cited by the Alaska Supreme Court in State v. Alaska Civil Liberties Union, 978 P.2d at 612.

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Attachments:

• Sponsor Statement for HB 177
  
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