Alaska AG Opinions, 2000

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