§ 2.35.120. Prohibitions.

A.

A lobbyist or immediate family member may not:

1.

Engage in any activity as a lobbyist before registering under this chapter;

2.

Do anything with the intent of placing a public official under personal obligation to the lobbyist or to the lobbyist's employer;

3.

Intentionally deceive or attempt to deceive any public official with regard to any material fact pertinent to pending or proposed legislative or administrative action;

4.

Cause or influence the introduction of a legislative measure solely for the purpose of thereafter being employed to secure its passage or its defeat;

5.

Cause a communication to be sent to a public official in the name of any fictitious person or in the name of any real person, except with the consent of that person;

6.

Accept or agree to accept any payment in any way contingent upon the defeat, enactment, or outcome of any proposed legislative or administrative action;

7.

Serve as a member of a municipal board or commission, if the lobbyist's employer may receive direct economic benefit from a decision of that board or commission;

8.

Fundraise or serve as a campaign manager or director, or serve as a campaign treasurer or deputy campaign treasurer on a finance or fund-raising committee for municipal elections; this paragraph does not apply to a volunteer lobbyist as defined in regulations of the Alaska Public Office Commission.

9.

Offer, solicit, initiate, facilitate, or provide to or on behalf of a person covered by the Code of Ethics, Chapter 1.15, a gift under the Code of Ethics, other than food or beverage for immediate consumption.

10.

Make or offer a campaign contribution.

B.

A former mayor or member of the assembly of school board may not engage in activity as a lobbyist before the assembly or school board for a period of one year after ceasing to be a member or mayor. This subsection does not prohibit a former member or mayor from acting as a volunteer lobbyist.

C.

No municipal official, employee, agency, agent, department, enterprise activity, utility, board, commission or other municipal body, may employ or otherwise engage or expend or appropriate public funds for employing or otherwise engaging or supporting a lobbyist to lobby any other municipal official, employee, agency, agent, department, enterprise activity, utility, board, commission or other municipal body.

D.

Employees, excluding employees providing service to a bargaining representative, and the elected or appointed public officials of any municipal, borough, or state government including Alaska, and members of their household are prohibited from registration or action as a lobbyist under this chapter during the term of public service, except for official action within the scope of the public employment.

E.

Employees and the elected or appointed public officials of the federal government and members of their household are prohibited from registration or action as a lobbyist under this chapter during the term of public service, except for official action within the scope of public employment.

F.

Persons with a felony conviction from any jurisdiction within the preceding ten years are prohibited from registration or action as a lobbyist under this chapter.

(AO No. 2000-68(S-1), § 1, 8-15-00; AO No. 2006-140(S-1), § 4, 1-1-07; AO No. 2007-72(S), § 6, 6-12-07)