Alaska Regulations § 2 AAC 50.272 Conducting raffle or lottery and use of proceeds
Regulation Text
(a)
A person authorized by a charitable gaming permit issued under
AS
05.15.100
to conduct a raffle or lottery for the purposes provided in
AS
05.15.150
(a)(3)
shall comply with this section. A permittee that conducts a raffle or lottery for the purposes allowed under
AS
05.15.150
(a)(3)
and contributes the net proceeds as required under
AS
05.15.150
(a)
, is organized and taking action for the principal purpose of influencing an election within the meaning of
AS
15.13.400
(8)(B) and (13)
, and is subject to
AS
15.13.067
and the applicable contribution limits of
AS
15.13.070
(c), (d), and (f)
. A raffle or lottery may not be conducted in a manner that allows a person to avoid the provisions of
AS
15.13.070
,
15.13.074
, or
2 AAC 50.258
in giving or receiving any contribution.
(b)
A permittee may solicit and accept a contribution, including a prize, printing or advertising service, use of a room or space for an event associated with the raffle or lottery, or other donation of an item or service used to promote or conduct the raffle or lottery. A permittee may not accept a contribution
(1)
that is anonymous or that is made using a fictitious name or the name of another; or
(2)
from a person prohibited from making a contribution under
(c)
A permittee shall provide advance notice to each contributor and to each purchaser of a raffle or lottery ticket that the proceeds of the raffle or lottery are intended for political purposes under
AS
05.15.150
(a)(3)
. A raffle or lottery ticket sold for the purposes allowed by
AS
05.15.150
(a)(3)
must disclose the name of a candidate, group, political party, organization affiliated with a political party, or political group as defined in
AS
15.80.010
, that the permittee intends to aid by the use of the proceeds. The permittee must retain records of any purchase of a raffle or lottery ticket in a total amount greater than $50. An individual, group, or nongroup entity may not purchase raffle or lottery tickets exceeding the amount that an individual, group, or nongroup entity is allowed to contribute to a candidate under
AS
15.13.070
, and may not purchase raffle or lottery tickets if prohibited by
AS
15.13.074
(f)
from making a contribution.
(d)
A charitable gaming permittee may use the net proceeds of a raffle or lottery to make
(1)
contributions to a candidate, a political party or a subordinate unit of a political party, a group, or a political group as defined in
AS
15.80.010
; however, a contribution by a charitable gaming permittee may not exceed the applicable contribution limits of
AS
15.13.070
; or
(2)
an independent expenditure for the purposes permitted in
AS
05.15.150
(a)(3)
; an expenditure is a contribution, and not an independent expenditure if made in cooperation or consultation with a candidate or any agent of a candidate, group, or nongroup entity.
(e)
A charitable gaming permittee shall report
(1)
any expense incurred or paid to conduct a raffle or lottery to raise money to be used for the purposes permitted in
AS
05.15.150
(a)(3)
as a contribution or an independent expenditure;
(2)
each contribution the permittee receives as required in
AS
15.13.040
(b), (j)
, or (
l
); the report must include the information required by
AS
15.13.040
(e)(5)
for
(A)
any contribution the permittee receives in accordance with (b) of this section; or
(B)
any purchaser of raffle or lottery tickets in excess of $50;
(3)
each independent expenditure made to conduct a raffle or lottery, or for a purpose permitted in
AS
05.15.150
(a)(3)
, as required under
AS
15.13.040
(d) and (e)
and
2 AAC 50.270
;
(4)
each contribution made to a candidate for public office or to a group organized for the principal purpose of influencing the outcome of an election or a proposition, or for the principal purpose of filing an initiative proposal application.
(f)
In this section,
(1)
"charitable gaming permittee" or "permittee" means a person that has obtained a permit from the Department of Revenue under
AS
05.15.100
giving the person the privilege of conducting a raffle or lottery;
(2)
"raffle" or "lottery" has the meaning given in
AS
05.15.690
.
History
Eff. 12/22/2011, Register 200
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