Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 29.20.630 (2026)
Prohibited discrimination
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Sec. 29.20.630. Prohibited discrimination.
(a) A person may not be appointed to or removed from municipal office or in any way favored or discriminated against with respect to a municipal position or municipal employment because of the person's race, color, sex, creed, national origin or, unless otherwise contrary to law, because of the person's political opinions or affiliations.
(b) Subject to AS 14.14.140, a state employee or school district employee may not be denied the right to serve as an elected municipal official because of employment by the state or a school district. For purposes of this subsection, a school district employee is not a municipal employee.
(c) This section applies to home rule and general law municipalities.
(a) A person may not be appointed to or removed from municipal office or in any way favored or discriminated against with respect to a municipal position or municipal employment because of the person's race, color, sex, creed, national origin or, unless otherwise contrary to law, because of the person's political opinions or affiliations.
(b) Subject to AS 14.14.140, a state employee or school district employee may not be denied the right to serve as an elected municipal official because of employment by the state or a school district. For purposes of this subsection, a school district employee is not a municipal employee.
(c) This section applies to home rule and general law municipalities.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2003–2003 · leading case: Malabed v. North Slope Borough, 70 P.3d 416 (Alaska 2003).
Malabed v. North Slope Borough, 70 P.3d 416 (Alaska 2003). “" The legislature implemented these provisions in part by enacting the Alaska Human Rights Act, [6] which prohibits employment discrimination based on race or national origin, [7] and AS 29.20.630, which specifically prohibits Alaska's municipalitiesincluding home rule…”
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