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Alaska Stat. § 15.13.065 (2026)
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Sec. 15.13.065. Contributions.
(a) Individuals, groups, nongroup entities, and political parties may make contributions to a candidate. An individual, group, or nongroup entity may make a contribution to a group, to a nongroup entity, or to a political party.
(b) A political party may contribute to a subordinate unit of the political party, and a subordinate unit of a political party may contribute to the political party of which it is a subordinate unit.
(c) Except for reports required by AS 15.13.040 and 15.13.110 and except for the requirements of AS 15.13.050, 15.13.060, and 15.13.112 — 15.13.114, the provisions of AS 15.13.010 — 15.13.116 do not apply to limit the authority of a person to make contributions to influence the outcome of a ballot proposition. In this subsection, in addition to its meaning in AS 15.80.010, “proposition” includes
(1) an issue placed on a ballot to determine whether
(A) a constitutional convention shall be called;
(B) a debt shall be contracted;
(C) an advisory question shall be approved or rejected; or
(D) a municipality shall be incorporated;
(2) an initiative proposal application filed with the lieutenant governor under AS 15.45.020.
(a) Individuals, groups, nongroup entities, and political parties may make contributions to a candidate. An individual, group, or nongroup entity may make a contribution to a group, to a nongroup entity, or to a political party.
(b) A political party may contribute to a subordinate unit of the political party, and a subordinate unit of a political party may contribute to the political party of which it is a subordinate unit.
(c) Except for reports required by AS 15.13.040 and 15.13.110 and except for the requirements of AS 15.13.050, 15.13.060, and 15.13.112 — 15.13.114, the provisions of AS 15.13.010 — 15.13.116 do not apply to limit the authority of a person to make contributions to influence the outcome of a ballot proposition. In this subsection, in addition to its meaning in AS 15.80.010, “proposition” includes
(1) an issue placed on a ballot to determine whether
(A) a constitutional convention shall be called;
(B) a debt shall be contracted;
(C) an advisory question shall be approved or rejected; or
(D) a municipality shall be incorporated;
(2) an initiative proposal application filed with the lieutenant governor under AS 15.45.020.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1999–2026 · leading case: State v. Alaska Civil Liberties Union, 978 P.2d 597 (Alaska 1999).
State v. Alaska Civil Liberties Union, 978 P.2d 597 (Alaska 1999). “135 and AS 15.13.065. We note too that the only remedy a dissident participant may have in such business entities, regardless of their size, when disagreeing with use of the entity’s wealth for political speech, is potentially ruinous: withdrawal from the organization.”
Alaska Policy Forum v. Alaska Pub. Offices Comm'n; Yes on 2 for Better Elections; & Protect My Ballot (Alaska 2026). “400(3) (2020) (defining “communication” to exclude speech that does “not directly or indirectly identify a candidate or proposition, as that term is defined in AS 15.13.065(c)”); AS 15.13.065(c) (defining “proposition” to include issue placed on ballot and initiative proposal…”
— Alaska Stat. § 15.13.065(c) — 1 case
Alaska Policy Forum v. Alaska Pub. Offices Comm'n; Yes on 2 for Better Elections; & Protect My Ballot (Alaska 2026). “400(3) (2020) (defining “communication” to exclude speech that does “not directly or indirectly identify a candidate or proposition, as that term is defined in AS 15.13.065(c)”); AS 15.13.065(c) (defining “proposition” to include issue placed on ballot and initiative proposal…”
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