(a) A state agency may not place a picture of an elected state official on an application form, a warrant, or a direct deposit notice provided by the agency.

Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 44.99.205

  • 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) A state agency may not place a message on or with an application form, a warrant, or a direct deposit notice provided by the agency unless the message is

(1) from a state agency employee who is not an elected state official; and
(2) required by law, necessary for the operation of the document, related to seasonal health issues including flu shot reminders, or related to a program or activity of a state agency.
(c) In this section,

(1) “direct deposit notice” means a written notice that a deposit has been made by the state agency;
(2) “elected state official” means the governor, the lieutenant governor, a lieutenant governor who serves as acting governor or who succeeds to the office of the governor, or a legislator, including a person who has been appointed a member of the legislature by the governor to fill a vacancy in the legislature;
(3) “program” includes the permanent fund dividend program under Alaska Stat. Chapter 43.23 and the longevity bonus program under Alaska Stat. Chapter 47.45;
(4) “state agency” has the meaning given in Alaska Stat. § 44.99.240(2)(A) and (B).