(a) A public officer, as defined in Alaska Stat. § 39.52.960, a legislator, or a person employed as a legislative director, as that term is defined in Alaska Stat. § 24.60.990, who is convicted of a federal or state felony offense of bribery, receiving a bribe, perjury, subornation of perjury, scheme to defraud, fraud, mail fraud, misuse of funds, corruption, or tax evasion may not receive a state pension benefit if the offense was committed on or after July 10, 2007 and was in connection with the person’s official duties.
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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 37.10.310

  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • 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) Pension benefits and employee contributions that accrue to a person before the date of the person’s commission of the offense described in (a) of this section are not diminished or impaired by that subsection.
(c) A state pension benefit under (a) of this section does not include

(1) insurance, voluntary wage reductions, involuntary wage reductions, or supplemental or health benefits under Alaska Stat. § 39.30.090 – 39.30.495 or former Alaska Stat. § 39.37.145;
(2) member or employee contributions under Alaska Stat. § 14.25.050, 14.25.055, 14.25.075, 14.25.340, 14.25.360(a), Alaska Stat. § 22.25.011, Alaska Stat. § 39.35.160, 39.35.165(f), 39.35.180, 39.35.730, 39.35.760(a), or former Alaska Stat. § 39.37.070.
(d) In a pension forfeiture matter under this section, the board may award to a spouse, dependent, or former spouse of the person governed by the limitations in (a) of this section some or all of the amount that, but for the forfeiture under (a) of this section, may otherwise be payable. In determining whether to make an award under this subsection, the board shall consider the totality of circumstances, including

(1) the role, if any, of the person’s spouse, dependent, or former spouse in connection with the illegal conduct for which the person was convicted; and
(2) the degree of knowledge, if any, possessed by the person’s spouse, dependent, or former spouse in connection with the illegal conduct for which the person was convicted.
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