Section 9 AAC 52.060 - Gifts(a) As used in the Ethics Act and this chapter, a gift is a transfer or loan of property or provision of services to a public officer for less than full value. Unless rebutted by other evidence, an occasional gift worth $50 or less is presumed not to be given under circumstances in which it could be reasonably inferred that the gift is intended to influence an officer's performance of official duties, actions, or judgment.(b) For purposes of AS 39.52.130, travel or lodging of any value received by a public officer in connection with a trip that the public officer takes as part of the officer's official duties is not an improper gift if the monetary value of the travel or lodging is comparable to the cost that the state would have had to pay for the travel or lodging and(1) the head of the officer's agency determines that the gift is to the state, not to the officer; or(2) the travel or lodging is incidental transportation by or hospitality at the residence of an individual.(c) An offer to a state agency by a person or governmental agency other than the state to pay travel expenses for one or more public officers to carry out official responsibilities does not result in a gift to the individual traveling public officer within the meaning of AS 39.52.130 if an authorized supervising public officer approves acceptance of the offer in advance in writing. A payment of expenses exceeding travel expenses or any other gift that a traveling officer receives is subject to the provisions of AS 39.52.130 and (a) and (b) of this section. In this subsection,(1) "travel expenses" means the costs of transportation, lodging, or meals comparable to what the state would pay for the traveling public officer to carry out the associated official responsibilities; and(2) "authorized supervising public officer" means(A) the head of the agency; or(B) a public officer delegated the authority by the head of the agency to accept offers to pay travel expenses, if the public officer having delegated authority will not participate in the travel.Eff. 4/24/94, Register 130; am 12/22/2010, Register 196Authority:AS 39.52.130
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