Approval of revised Department of Fish & Game ethics policy

Ron Somerville, Deputy Commissioner May 17, 1991 Department of Fish and Game 663-88-0174 465-3600 Approval of revised Department of Fish & Game ethics policy (Executive Branch Ethics Act Larri Irene Spengler AS 39.52) Assistant Attorney General Natural Resources Section - Juneau On June 27, 1990, we approved in part and disapproved in part the ethics policy adopted by the Department of Fish and Game on August 10, 1989. 1990 Inf. Op. Att'y Gen. (June 27; 663-88-0174). Since then, we have worked with your department on revisions to the policy. Now, pursuant to your May 7, 1991, request, we have reviewed the June 1, 1991, version of the policy for conformity with the Executive Branch Ethics Act, AS 39.52. You have adopted the policy under AS 39.52.920, which provides: Subject to the review and approval of the attorney general, an agency may adopt a written policy that, in addition to the requirements of this chapter, limits the extent to which a public officer in the agency or an administrative unit of the agency may (1) acquire a personal interest in an organization or financial interest in a business or undertaking that may benefit from official action taken or withheld by the agency or unit; (2) have a personal or financial interest in a state grant, contract, lease, or loan administered by the agency or unit; or (3) accept a gift. All the provisions of your June 1, 1991, ethics policy reflect the actual requirements and prohibitions of the Ethics Act itself, or fall within the scope of what each agency is allowed to elaborate upon in a policy, as described in AS 39.52.920. The problems with your August 10, 1989, policy have all been adequately Ron Somerville, Deputy Commissioner Department of Fish and Game May 17, 1991 Our file #663-88-0174 -2­ addressed in this version. Therefore, we approve your June 1, 1991, ethics policy under AS 39.52.920. LIS:nml cc: Steve White Bruce Botelho Assistant Attorneys General Juneau AGO Bonnie Harris Assistant Attorney General Anchorage AGO