1. (a) Except as provided in (c) of this section, before making an independent expenditure to support or oppose a candidate, a ballot proposition, or an initiative proposal application, a person shall register as required under AS 15.13.050 on a form prescribed by the commission, and shall establish a political activities account as required under AS 15.13.052. The frequency and amount of an allowable independent expenditure is not limited.

2. (b) Except as provided in (c) of this section, a person that makes an independent expenditure for any purpose shall file, as required under AS 15.13.110(h), a report of independent expenditure, on a form prescribed by the commission. An independent expenditure report must include

   1. (1) the information required by AS 15.13.040(d) and (e);
   2. (2) for a person other than an individual making an independent expenditure, the type of business or organization;
   3. (3) the full name of a contact person for the individual or other person making the expenditure;
   4. (4) the date of the expenditure;
   5. (5) the amount of the expenditure;
   6. (6) the check number or the identifying transaction number if paid by other means;
   7. (7) the name and address of the payee; and
   8. (8) a description of items or services purchased.
3. (c) An individual who makes an independent expenditure that does not exceed $500 in a calendar year for billboards, signs, or printed materials concerning a ballot proposition or initiative proposal application, is not required to register or file a statement of independent expenditure. If an individual's independent expenditures for billboards, signs, or printed materials concerning a ballot proposition or initiative proposal application exceed $500 in a calendar year, the individual shall file a statement of independent expenditure no later than 10 days after the amount expended exceeds $500.

4. (d) A person required to report under AS 15.13.1I0(k) shall disclose contributions received from a single source that exceed $2,000, in the aggregate, and all subsequent contributions from that same not later than 24 hours after receipt. The report must include a certification that all true sources and intermediaries have been disclosed and the following information:

   1. (1) the date of each contribution;
   2. (2) the amount of each contribution;
   3. (3) the full name of the contributor;
   4. (4) a description of item or services contributed, if necessary; and
   5. (5) the full name of all intermediaries, if any, within the meaning of "true source" under AS 15.13.400.

5. (e) A person required to report under AS 15.13.110(k) is not required to report donations that are not intended to influence the outcome of an election if the person

   1. (1) establishes a political activities account as required by AS 15.13.052;
   2. (2) makes no expenditures intended to influence the outcome of an election regulated under AS 15.13 from its general fund;
   3. (3) establishes a written policy that all contributions to the person's political activities account must be from a contributor who has expressly indicated a desire that the contribution be used for political activities or has been expressly solicited for the purpose of making a contribution to the person's political activities account; and
   4. (4) establishes a written policy that the contributor is the only person to decide whether a contribution goes to the person's general fund or the person's political activities account.
6. (f) During the nine days before an election, a person required to file reports within 24 hours under AS 15.13.110(h) and (k), may satisfy both requirements by filing a report under (d) of this section.
7. (g) A contributor contributing more than $2,000, in the aggregate, to a person described in (d) of this section shall file a statement of contributions in compliance with AS 15.13.040(r), on a form prescribed by the commission. The statement of contributions must be filed not later than 24 hours after the contributor's total contributions to the person exceed $2,000. A contributor making a contribution to a person described in (d) of this section shall make the contribution in the name of the true source of the money or thing of value.

(Eff. 1/1/2001, Register 156; am 2/20/2005, Register 173; am 12/22/2011, Register 200; am 9/25/2022, Register 243)

Authority: AS 15.13.030, AS 15.13.052, AS 15.13.090, AS 15.13.040, AS 15.13.082, AS 15.13.135, AS 15.13.050