{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-44.99.205","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 44.99.205","heading":"Use of pictures and messages.","body":"(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.\n(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\n(1) from a state agency employee who is not an elected state official; and\n(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.\n(c) In this section,\n(1) “direct deposit notice” means a written notice that a deposit has been made by the state agency;\n(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;\n(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;\n(4) “state agency” has the meaning given in AS 44.99.240(2)(A) and (B).","path":["Title 44. State Government.","Chapter 99. Miscellaneous Provisions and Policies.","Article 3. State Publications."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#44.99.205","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:19:34Z","sha256":"3fa27c89f53d70a592c44dfe938f0d487010ecfa3824cf370a6a856612244168","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-44.99.200","next":"us-ak/as-44.99.210"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}