DEFENSE OF PUB. OFFICER: ETHICS COMPLAINT

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about representation by other groups or the exact scope beyond ethics complaints.

Legal Help for Public Officers

This act restricts the Department of Law from representing public officers in ethics complaints.

What This Bill Does

• It changes a law about who can give legal help to public officers.
• The new rule says that the Department of Law cannot represent or advise public officers if they are being accused of breaking ethics rules.

Who It Names or Affects

• Public officers who face ethics complaints
• The Department of Law, including the attorney general

Terms To Know

ethics complaint

A report that a public officer has not followed rules about how to behave in their job.

Department of Law

The part of the government that gives legal advice and represents the state in court cases.

Limits and Unknowns

• It does not specify what other groups can represent public officers.
• This act only applies to ethics complaints, not other types of legal issues.

Official Summary Text

DEFENSE OF PUB. OFFICER: ETHICS COMPLAINT
An Act relating to legal representation of public officers in ethics complaints.

Current Bill Text

SB0065A -1- SB 65
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SENATE BILL NO. 65

IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA

THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION

BY SENATOR CLAMAN

Introduced: 1/24/25
Referred: Judiciary, State Affairs

A BILL

FOR AN ACT ENTITLED

"An Act relating to legal representation of public officers in ethics complaints." 1
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 2
* Section 1. AS 39.52 is amended by adding a new section to read: 3
Sec. 39.52.165. Representation of public officers. T h e D e p ar tme n t o f L aw , 4
including the attorney general, may not represent or advise the governor, the lieutenant 5
governor, or another public officer or former public officer in a matter in which that 6
public officer or former public officer is the subject of a com plaint filed under this 7
chapter. 8