Alaska Attorney General Opinions

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law TO: Kevin Duffy, Commissioner DATE: July 31, 2003 Alaska Department of Fish and Game FILE NO.: 661-03-0585 TEL. NO.: 269-5241 SUBJECT: Alaska Residency Status of Transferred Military Personnel for Hunting & Fishing Licenses FROM: Lance B. Nelson Assistant Attorney General Natural Resources Section - Anchorage I. Question: You have asked whether a member of the military who has established Alaska residency and is then transferred to a military assignment in another state loses his Alaska residency by obtaining a “resid

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law TO: Mark O’Brien Chief Contracts Officer DOT&PF DATE: July 23, 2003 FILE NO: 665-02-0113 TEL. NO.: 451-2811 FROM: Paul R. Lyle Assistant Attorney General SUBJECT: Metlakatla Ferry Terminal TERO Facts The Annette Island Reserve is an Indian reservation set aside for the Metlakatla Indian Community (MIC), the members of which immigrated to Alaska from British Columbia in 1891. 25 U.S.C. § 495. The Metlakatlans are a recognized List Act Tribe (65 Fed. Reg. 13298, 13302) and are organized under the Indian Reorganization Act, 25 U.S.

Frank H. Murkowski, Governor P.O. BOX 110300 JUNEAU, ALASKA 99811-0300 PHONE: (907)465-3600 FAX: (907)465-2075 DEPARTMENT OF LAW OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL July 18, 2003 Mr. Roe [A Former Public Official] Re: Post-State Employment Our File No. 665-04-0009 Dear Mr. Roe: You have requested advice under AS 39.52.250(a) concerning a prospective contract with a non-executive branch agency of state government (“the Agency”) to provide professional services regarding the completion of one of the Agency’s projects. You were involved in a project for the Agency during your tenure with

June 18, 2003 Eric Wohlforth, Chair Board of Trustees Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation P.O. Box 110410 Juneau, Alaska 99811-0410 Re: Questions Concerning the Accounting for Principal and Income of the Alaska Permanent Fund AG File No. 663-03-0153 Dear Mr. Wohlforth: This letter responds to a request from the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation (the corporation) for an opinion interpreting the provisions of article IX, section 15, of the Alaska Constitution and implementing statutes. Particularly, the APFC trustees ask if their current policies correctly

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law To: The Honorable Loren Leman Lieutenant Governor Date: File No.: June 16, 2003 663-03-0188 Tel. No.: 465-3600 From: Re: Marjorie L. Vandor Initiative Petition Application Assistant Attorney General Regarding Baiting or Intentional Labor & State Affairs – Juneau Feeding of Bears; Amended Impartial Summary (AS 15.45.090(2)) We have revised the proposed impartial summary offered in our memorandum of advice of June 11, 2003, in which we reviewed an initiative for a proposed bill entitled “An Act Prohibiting the Baiting or Intenti

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law To: Date: The Honorable Loren Leman June 11, 2003 Lieutenant Governor File No.: 663-03-0188 Tel. No.: 465-3600 From: Re: Marjorie L. Vandor Initiative Petition Application Assistant Attorney General Regarding Bating or Intentional Labor & State Affairs – Juneau Feeding of Bears We have reviewed the application for an initiative for a proposed bill entitled “An Act Prohibiting the Baiting or Intentional Feeding of Bears.” We conclude that the application meets form requirements of AS 15.45.030 and AS 15.45.040. Our analysi

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law Date: To: The Honorable Loren Leman June 10, 2003 Lieutenant Governor File No.: 663-03-0169 Tel. No.: 465-3600 From: Sarah J. Felix Re: Reviewoflnitiative Assistant Attorney General Application 03 INDP, on Labor and State Affairs - Juneau Alaska Becoming an Independent Nation You have asked us to review an application for an initiative petition entitled "an initiative requiring the State of Alaska to vote on obtaining Alaskan independence, if legally possible. or to seek changes in ex

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law T O : Honorable Shirley Holloway D ATE : February 12, 2003 Commissioner Department of Education and Early Development F ILE N O .: 663-03-0145 T EL N O .: 465-3600 F AX : 465-2539 F ROM : Stephen C. Slotnick Assistant Attorney General S UBJECT : Attorneys’ fees awards under the IDEA Human Services Section-Juneau You have requested an opinion on how the department should provide for awards of attorney’s fees when a parent prevails against a district in a lawsuit brought under federal special educati

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law Date: To: Catherine A. Reardon, Director November 12, 2002 Division of Occupational Licensing File No: Dept. of Community & Econ. Dev. 663-98-0264 Tel. No.: (907) 465-3600 Fax: (907) 465-2417 From: Subject: Gayle A. Horetski Interpreting State Laws Assistant Attorney General Regarding Electrical and Commercial Section Mechanical Administrators You have asked this office for advice interpreting the state laws regarding electrical and mechanical administrators (AS 08.40). Specifically, you have asked if these laws ap

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law To: Date: Neil Slotnick November 1, 2002 Deputy Commissioner of Revenue File No: 663-03-0081 Tel. No.: (907) 465-3600 Fax: (907) 465-2417 From: Subject: Dan N. Branch The Use of Hamsters or Assistant Attorney General Other Animals in Oil and Gas Section Charitable Gaming You have asked whether groups with a charitable gaming permit may raise money by conducting wagering games involving hamsters or other animals. The short answer is, “No.” Analysis In general, gambling is illegal in Alaska. Qualified organization

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law To: Guy Bell, Director Date: October 2, 2002 Division of Retirement and Benefits Department of Administration File No.: 663-03-0071 Tel. No.: 465-2127 From : John B. Gaguine Re: Validity of QDRO Naming Assistant Attorney General Ex-spouse as Survivor for Governmental Affairs – Juneau Member’s Entire Benefit A superior court in Fairbanks issued a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO) that names the member’s ex-wife as the member’s survivor, whether the member (who is still an active member) should die before or af

September 23, 2002 The Honorable Pat Pourchot, Commissioner Department of Natural Resources 550 W. 7 th Ave., Ste. 1400 Anchorage, Alaska 99501-3554 The Honorable Frank Rue, Commissioner Department of Fish and Game PO Box 25526 Juneau, Alaska 99802-5526 Honorable Joseph L. Perkins, Commissioner Department of Transportation and Public Facilities 3132 Channel Dr. Juneau, Alaska 99801-7898 Re: Land Status in the Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge 2002 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 1 Dear Commissioners Pourchot, Rue, and Perkins: You have asked a number of questions regarding land title issues rela

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law To: Guy Bell, Director Division of Retirement & Benefits Department of Administration Date: File No.: September 19, 2002 663-03-0058 Tel. No.: 465-2127 From: Re: John B. Gaguine Status of Benefits Under Assistant Attorney General AS 39.35.410(i) Governmental Affairs Section – Juneau During its 2002 session, the legislature passed, and the governor signed, SCS CSSSHB 254(RLS), which became ch. 59, SLA 2002. Section 38 of this law added a new subsection (i) to AS 39.35.410, the Public Employees’ Retirement System

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law TO: Janet Kowalski, Director DATE: September 13, 2002 Division of Elections Office of the Lieutenant Governor A.G. FILE NO: 663-03-0064 TELEPHONE: ( 907) 465-3600 FROM: SUBJECT: Kathleen Strasbaugh Party Nominee for Assistant Attorney General Governor without Governmental Affairs Section - Juneau Running Mate *REVISED* 1 You have asked whether a candidate for governor nominated in a party primary can run in the general election without a running mate, where no candidate ran in the primary. The short answer is

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law To: Date: The Honorabl Deborah B. Sedwick September 3, 2002 Commissioner (Revised October 3, 2002) Department of Community and Published January 14, 2003 Economic Development File No.: 663-03-0044 Tel. No.: 465-3600 From: Re: James L. Baldwin Alaska Science and Technology Assistant Attorney General Foundation Earnings Governmental Affairs – Juneau You have requested our advice concerning the circumstances under which the Alaska Science and Technology Foundation (ASTF) may expend an operating appropriati

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law To: Date: Neil Slotnick August 23, 2002 Deputy Commissioner File No.: Department of Revenue 663-03-0032 Tel. No.: (907) 465-3600 Fax: (907) 465-2539 From: Subject: Dan N. Branch The legality of pull-tab Assistant Attorney General sales by a charitable gaming operator in a liquor establishment. You have asked whether a person who holds a charitable gaming operator’s license and owns a bar or liquor store may use bar or liquor store employees and space to sell pull-tab games in that establishment without o

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law To: Date: James A. Sampson, Chair July 23, 2002 Board of Trustees Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation Wilson L. Condon, Commissioner File No.: Department of Revenue 663-03-0022 Robert D. Storer, Executive Director Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation Tel. No.: 465-3600 From: Re: Marjorie L. Vandor Timing of Annual Transfer from the Assistant Attorney General Earnings Reserve Account of the Governmental Affairs – Juneau Alaska Permanent Fund under AS 37.13.145 for the PFD Program You have asked our advice regarding the t

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law TO: John F. Bennett, PLS, SR/WA Right of Way Chief DOT/PF, Northern Region DATE: FILE NO: July 17, 2002 665-01-0201 TEL. NO.: 451-2811 FROM: Paul R. Lyle SUBJECT: Scope of Klutina Lake Assistant Attorney General Road Right-of-Way. Question What public uses are authorized within the R.S. 2477 right-of-way for the Klutina Lake Road? 1 Ahtna, Inc., the landowner whose lands are traversed by the Klutina Lake road, claims that travelers may use the road only for continuous travel. According to Ahtna, the traveling public may not m

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law TO: Pat Galvin, Director Division of Governmental Coordination DATE: June 17, 2002 A.G. FILE NO: 661-02-0117 TELEPHONE: 269-5274 FROM: Craig Tillery SUBJECT: Applicability of the ACMP to the aerial application Assistant Attorney General of herbicides for forestry purposes You requested our opinion on the applicability of the Alaska Coastal Management Program to the aerial application of herbicides for forestry purposes. Background In 2001 a corporation proposed to apply the herbicides glyphosate and imazapyr to 1,965 acres

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law TO: John F. Bennett, PLS, SR/WA DATE: May 17, 2002 Chief, Right-of-Way DOT&PF, Northern Region FILE NO: 665-01-0015 TEL. NO.: 451-2811 FROM: Paul R. Lyle Assistant Attorney General SUBJECT: Right-of-Way Width for the McCarthy Road You have requested our opinion as to the width of the right-of-way for the Chitina to McCarthy road (“McCarthy road”) which lies between the Copper and the Kennecott Rivers. The width of the small portion of the McCarthy road to the west of the Copper River and the width of the McCarthy road where

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law TO: Dan Bockhorst LBC Staff Supervisor Local Boundary Commission Department of Community & Economic Development DATE: A.G. FILE NO: TELEPHONE: March 8, 2002 663-02-0140 465-3600 FROM: Marjorie L. Vandor Assistant Attorney General Governmental Affairs – Juneau SUBJECT: Haines Consolidation Petition; AS 29.06.090 – 29.06.170; miscellaneous issues On behalf of the Local Boundary Commission (LBC), you have asked our opinion regarding a technical issue relating to a pending consolidation petition in Haines. The petition for consolidation p

DEPARTMENT OF LAW OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TONY KNOWLES, GOVERNOR P.O. BOX 110300 JUNEAU, ALASKA 99811-0300 PHONE: (907)465-3600 FAX: (907)465-2075 December 14, 2001 The Honorable Frank Rue, Commissioner Alaska Department of Fish & Game P.O. Box 25526 Juneau, AK 99802-5526 Re: Procedure for a Constitutional Change Permitting a Subsistence Priority Based on Residence 2001 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 1 Dear Commissioner Rue: This letter addresses a change to the Alaska Constitution to permit or require a priority for rural residents for hunting and fishing for subsistence uses.

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law T O : The Honorable Deborah Sedwick D ATE : December 12, 2001 Commissioner Department of Community & Economic Development F ILE N O .: 663-02-0090 T ELEPHONE N O .: 465-3600 F ROM : Marjorie Vandor S UBJECT : Authority of Local Boundary Assistant Attorney General Commission to require Governmental Affairs Section – truncation of terms of Juneau governing body in annexation proceeding You have asked for an opinion from this office as to whether the Local Boundary Commission (LBC) has the authority t

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law DATE: December 11, 2001 TO: Joseph L. Perkins, P.E., Commissioner Department of Transportation and Public Facilities FROM: Leone Hatch Assistant Attorney General Transportation – Fairbanks A.G. FILE NO: 665-99-0090 SUBJECT: Rural Schools and Airport Land Title You have asked whether a regional school board 1 (hereinafter “RSB”) which operates on airport property may require the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (hereinafter “the department”) to transfer title to the land and buildings which it occupies to the

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law To: The Honorable Fran Ulmer Lieutenant Governor Dal~: file No.: November 9, 2001 663-02-0066 Tol. No" 465-3600 ~flJd+ From: Sarah J. Felix Re: Revised Review Memorandum on Assistant Attorney General Initiative Petition Legalizing Hemp Governmental Affairs -luneau and Marijuana (OI-MRNA) I. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: You have asked us to review an application for an initiative petition entitled "an act to decriminalize and regulate cannabis (hemp including marijuana)." We have () compl

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law To: Robert D. Storer Date: September 25, 2001 Executive Director Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation File No.: 663-02-0012 Tel. No.: (907) 465-4118 From: Subject: Michael A. Barnhill Distribution of National Assistant Attorney General Petroleum Reserve – Commercial Section Alaska Receipts You have asked for an opinion regarding the distribution of National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (“NPRA”) receipts. Specifically, the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation would like to know whether the amount of NPRA receipts distributed to the

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law TO: The Honorable Ed Flanagan Commissioner DATE: August 20, 2001 Dept. of Labor & Workforce Development A.G. FILE NO: TELEPHONE NO: 661-01-0197 (907) 269-5178 SUBJECT: Calculation of Penalties under AS 23.30.155(m) FROM: Toby N. Steinberger Assistant Attorney General Civil Division, Anchorage INTRODUCTION You have requested an opinion regarding how the Department of Labor and Workforce Development (the “department”) should assess penalties under AS 23.30.155(m) when an independent adjuster files an incomplete annual report that

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law TO: The Honorable Ed Flanagan DATE: August 16, 2001 Commissioner Department of Labor & Workforce A.G. FILE NO: 661-01-0269 Development TELEPHONE NO: (907) 269-5178 SUBJECT: Requests for Payment under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act Submitted to the Fishermen’s Fund FROM: Toby N. Steinberger Assistant Attorney General Governmental Affairs Section Civil Division You have asked for a legal opinion regarding whether the Fishermen’s Fund has an obligation to pay the cost for medical services that an Alaskan Native

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law TO: Bruce M. Botelho DATE : May 22, 2001 A.G. FILE NO : 663-01-0183 TELEPHONE NO: (907) 465-3600 SUBJECT: Computer Video Games and State Gambling Laws FROM : Dean J. Guaneli Chief Assistant Attorney General Department of Law, Criminal Division You have asked me to analyze whether it is legal under Alaska gambling laws to operate contests in which contestants pay entry fees for a chance to win prizes on electro - mechanical devices commonly called computer video machines. Prizes may be awarded because a player has achieved a

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law TO: Dan Bockhorst LBC Staff Supervisor Local Boundary Commission Department of Community & Economic Development DATE: March 15, 2001 FILE NO: 663-01-0082 TEL. NO: (907) 465-3600 SUBJECT: Proposition to be Placed before Voters Regarding Fairbanks Consolidation Petition; AS 29.06.090-29.06.170 FROM: Marjorie L. Vandor Assistant Attorney General Governmental Affairs - Juneau On behalf of the Local Boundary Commission, you have asked our opinion regarding which consolidation propositions must be placed before voters in the event th

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law TO: DATE: Bruce M. Botelho January 17, 2001 Attorney General A.G. FILE NO: 661-01-0080 TELEPHONE: ( 907) 465-5160 SUBJECT: Anchorage Coastal Trail Planning FROM: James E. Cantor Assistant Attorney General Transportation Section, Anchorage WITH REVIEW Kevin Saxby and Lance Nelson AND EDITS Assistant Attorneys General BY: Natural Resources Section, Anchorage I. Questions Presented The Department of Law’s Transportation and Natural Resources Sections have received written requests for advice from the Departmen

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law TO: State Employee DATE: December 13, 2000 FILE NO.: 663-01-0104 TEL. NO.: 465-6712 SUBJECT: Post-State Employment under the Executive Branch Ethics Act (AS 39.52). FROM: Douglas D. Gardner Assistant Attorney General Transportation Section, Juneau Introduction You have asked for an advisory opinion under AS 39.52.250 of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act. You recently left your employment with the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) and want to know whether it would be a violation of AS 39.52.180(a) for you to enter

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law TO: DATE: The Honorable Wilson Condon October 26, 2000 Commissioner Published: January 13, 2003 Department of Revenue A.G. FILE NO: 663-98-0298 TELEPHONE: (907) 465-2132 FROM: SUBJECT: James L. Baldwin Validity of Method of Crediting Assistant Attorney General Interest on Exxon Valdez Oil Governmental Affairs - Juneau Spill Trust Funds and Other Funds Participating in the General Investment Account (Reissued) You requested our advice on questions posed concerning the administration of the general invest

DEPARTMENT OF LAW OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TONY KNOWLES, GOVERNOR P.O. BOX 110300 JUNEAU, ALASKA 99811-0300 PHONE: (907) 465-3600 FAX: (907) 465-2075 October 17, 2000 The Honorable Jerry Ward Alaska State Senate 716 W. 4 th Ave., Ste. 450 Anchorage, AK 99501 Re: Promoting the Sale of Pre-Paid Phone Cards through a Cash Prize Sweepstakes, without a Gaming Permit A.G. file no: 663-00-0212 Dear Senator Ward: You have asked whether promoting the sale of pre-paid phone cards through a cash prize sweepstakes, without a gaming permit, is legal in Alaska. Based on the fact

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law TO: Jim Chase Deputy Commissioner Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs DATE: October 13, 2000 FILE NO: 661-01-0086 TEL. NO: (907) 269-6612 FROM: Jan Hart DeYoung Assistant Attorney General SUBJECT: Review of Exempt Status of Alaska Military Youth Academy Employees You have asked for a legal review of the question whether the employees of the Alaska Military Youth Academy 1 were properly classified as exempt employees. This question came up in the context of a lawsuit filed by the program’s kitchen staff in

September 22, 2000 The Honorable Fran Ulmer Lieutenant Governor Office of the Lieutenant Governor P.O. Box 110015 Juneau, Alaska 99811-0015 Re: Additional Effect of Buckley v. American Constitutional Law Foundation on State of Alaska Initiative Statutes AG file no: 663-01-0051 2000 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 3 Dear Lt. Governor Ulmer: I. Introduction We have prepared this opinion to advise you and your staff further about the effect on Alaska statutes of the United States Supreme Court decision, Buckley v. American Constitutional Law Foundation, 525 U.S. 182, 119 S.Ct. 636, 142 L.Ed. 2d

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law TO: Joyce Michaelson Chairperson Alaska Public Offices Commission FROM: Jan Hart DeYoung Assistant Attorney General DATE: September 21, 2000 FILE NO: 661-01-0087 TEL. NO: (907) 269-5135 SUBJECT: Disclosure of Clients by Public Officials and Legislators You have asked for review of the extent to which the financial disclosure laws require public officials and legislators to disclose the identity of clients when reporting their financial interests. Public officials and legislators must report their income sources and business i

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law TO: DATE: The Honorable Jim Duncan September 12, 2000 Commissioner Designate Department of Administration FILE NO: 661-01-0106 TEL. NO: (907) 269-5169 SUBJECT: Boat Registration and Public Records FROM: David T. Jones Assistant Attorney General Governmental Affairs - Anchorage QUESTION AND SHORT ANSWER Your predecessor, former Commissioner Bob Poe, asked whether the Department of Administration could, by regulation, provide for withholding from public disclosure boat owners' personal information contained in boat regi

1 MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law TO: DATE: Jim Chase July 18, 2000 Deputy Commissioner DES/DMVA FILE NO: 661-00-0626 TEL. NO: (907) 269-5178 SUBJECT: Municipal "911 Surcharges" on Cellular Telephones FROM: Michael G. Mitchell Assistant Attorney General Governmental Affairs Section - Anchorage Introduction and Factual Background By memorandum dated April 21, 2000, you forwarded a request for advice from the State Emergency Response Commission (SERC) regarding the authority of local governments to impose a “911 surcharge” on cellular telephon

June 29, 2000 The Honorable Fran Ulmer Lieutenant Governor Office of the Lieutenant Governor P.O. Box 110015 Juneau, Alaska 99811-0015 Re: Effect of California Democratic Party v. Jones on the State’s Primary Election on August 22, 2000 A.G. file no: 663-00-0218 2000 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 2 Dear Lt. Governor Ulmer: I. Introduction I write to advise you that, based upon a United States Supreme Court decision issued this week striking down California’s blanket primary, 1 the Division of Elections should modify the manner in which the August 22, 2000, Alaska primary election will be

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law TO: The Honorable Michele Brown DATE: June 5, 2000 Commissioner Dept. of Environmental Conservation FILE NO: 221-89-0818 TELEPHONE NO: (907) 269-5274 SUBJECT: Investment of Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Joint Trust Funds in a State Account FROM: Craig Tillery Assistant Attorney General Environmental Section - Anchorage The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council is evaluating whether to ask the Alaska Department of Revenue, Treasury Division, to hold and invest natural resource damage recoveries from the oil spill. As a part of that

May 30, 2000 The Honorable Tony Knowles Governor State of Alaska P.O. Box 110001 Juneau, Alaska 99811-0001 Re: Necessary vote to override veto of HCSCSSB 7(FIN) am H (University land entitlement) 2000 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 1 Dear Governor Knowles: You have requested our advice whether the vote to override your veto of HCSCSSB 7(FIN) am H was valid because the motion to override was not sustained by three-fourths of the membership of the legislature. 1 For the reasons set forth below, we believe that it is likely that the Alaska Supreme Court would conclude that your v

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law TO: DATE: Patrick K. Poland, Director April 26 , 2000 Municipal and Regional Assistance Division Dept. of Community & Economic 663-00-0144 FILE NO: Development TEL. NO: 465-3600 SUBJECT: Adak Incorporation Petition; Prospective Agreement for Private Entity to Assume Assets and Liabilities If City Dissolves FROM: Marjorie L. Vandor Assistant Attorney General Governmental Affairs Section - Juneau You have asked us to consider whether it is a legally viable option for the Local Boundary Commission (Commission) to condit

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law TO: The Honorable Bruce M. Botelho DATE: March 20, 2000 Attorney General FILE NO: 663-00-0156 TELEPHONE NO: (907) 465-4135 SUBJECT: AS 39.52.130 Gifts to Public Officers FROM: Janice Gregg Levy Assistant Attorney General You have asked for a summary of the Department of Law's ("department's") interpretation and guidance regarding AS 39.52.130, gifts given to public officers. The Executive Branch Ethics Act ("Ethics Act") provides as follows: A public officer may not solicit, accept, or receive, directly or

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law TO: DATE: Larry Persily March 8, 2000 Deputy Commissioner Department of Revenue FILE NO: 663-00-0125 TEL. NO: (907) 465-3600 SUBJECT: May a Charitable Gaming Multiple-beneficiary Permittee (MBP) Form a Partnership with Other MBPs To Jointly Conduct Charitable Gaming? FROM: Dan Branch Assistant Attorney General Commercial Section It is our understanding that a group of MBPs has expressed intent to form a partnership named “The Unified Multiple Permittees Company” or “UMPCO.” According to its organiz

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law TO: Keith Laufer Financial & Legal Affairs Manage AIDEA DATE: January 12, 2000 r FILE NO: 661-97-0624 TEL. NO: (907) 269-5136 SUBJECT: Religious Organizations Participating in AIDEA Programs FROM: Brian Bjorkquist Assistant Attorney General Natural Resources Section - Anchorage I. INTRODUCTION The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA) occasionally receives inquiries regarding whether AIDEA may participate in a loan or otherwise extend credit when the borrower is a religious organization. Banks