AS 44.99.205: Use of pictures and messages.

(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.

(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 AS 43.23 and the longevity bonus program under AS 47.45.010 - 47.45.160;

(4) “state agency” has the meaning given in AS 44.99.240(2)(A) and (B).