(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.

Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 29.20.630

  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • 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
(b) Subject to Alaska Stat. § 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.
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