(a) Except as specifically provided, this chapter applies to all public officers within executive-branch agencies, including members of boards or commissions. This chapter does not apply to

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 39.52.910

  • action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(1) a former public officer of an executive-branch agency unless a provision specifically states that it so applies;
(2) legislators covered by Alaska Stat. Chapter 24.60; or
(3) the University of Alaska and an employee of the University of Alaska as to activities or employment under a contract between the employee and the university described in Alaska Stat. § 14.40.210(a)(4).
(b) The provisions of this chapter supersede the common law on conflicts of interests that may apply to a public officer of an executive-branch agency and any personnel rules relating to conflicts of interests, excluding nepotism, adopted under Alaska Stat. Chapter 39.25. However, nothing in this chapter precludes a prosecution under an applicable criminal statute nor prevents enforcement of any other state law that imposes a stricter standard of ethical conduct on public officers.
(c) The provisions of this chapter are not subject to negotiation by collective bargaining under Alaska Stat. Chapter 23.40.
(d) Nothing in this chapter

(1) supersedes Alaska Stat. § 39.90.020; or
(2) precludes an immediate family member of a public employee from employment in the same agency or administrative unit as that public employee, so long as the public employee does not have authority to take or withhold official action affecting the terms or conditions of the immediate family member’s employment in a manner that violates state law.
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