00 HOUSE BILL NO. 236 01 "An Act relating to reductions in compensation for state officers and employees; 02 and providing for an effective date." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 22.05.140(a) is amended to read: 05  (a) Except as provided in (d) of this section, the monthly base salary of the 06 chief justice is $7,916, [$8,333] and for each other justice [,] the monthly base salary 07 is $7,877 [$8,292]. 08 * Sec. 2. AS 22.05.140(d) is amended to read: 09  (d) Beginning January 1, 1996 [1991], if the monthly basic salary for Step E, 10 Range 28, of the salary schedule set out in AS 39.27.011 changes [INCREASES], the 11 monthly base salary of the chief justice and the other justices shall change 12 [INCREASE] by the same percentage. The change [INCREASE] takes effect when the 13 salary change [INCREASE] under AS 39.27.011 takes effect. An increase [AND] 14 may be retroactive if consistent with the change in AS 39.27.011. The commissioner 01 of administration shall, by regulation, establish the percentage at which the salary is 02 changed [INCREASED] and the changed [INCREASED] salary amount. 03 * Sec. 3. AS 22.07.090(a) is amended to read: 04  (a) Except as provided in (c) of this section, the monthly base salary of a 05 judge of the court of appeals is $7,441 [$7,833]. The compensation of a judge may not 06 be diminished during the term of office [,] unless by a general law applying to all 07 salaried officers of the state. 08 * Sec. 4. AS 22.07.090(c) is amended to read: 09  (c) Beginning January 1, 1996 [1991], if the monthly basic salary for Step E, 10 Range 28, of the salary schedule set out in AS 39.27.011 changes [INCREASES], the 11 monthly base salary of the judges of the court of appeals shall change [INCREASE] 12 by the same percentage. The change [INCREASE] takes effect when the salary change 13 [INCREASE] under AS 39.27.011 takes effect. An increase [AND] may be 14 retroactive if consistent with the change to AS 39.27.011. The commissioner of 15 administration shall, by regulation, establish the percentage at which the salary is 16 changed [INCREASED] and the changed [INCREASED] salary amount. 17 * Sec. 5. AS 22.10.190(a) is amended to read: 18  (a) Except as provided in (d) of this section, the monthly base salary for each 19 superior court judge is $7,284 [$7,667]. 20 * Sec. 6. AS 22.10.190(d) is amended to read: 21  (d) Beginning January 1, 1996 [1991], if the monthly basic salary for Step E, 22 Range 28, of the salary schedule set out in AS 39.27.011 changes [INCREASES], the 23 monthly base salary of the judges of the superior court shall change [INCREASE] by 24 the same percentage. The change [INCREASE] takes effect when the salary change 25 [INCREASE] under AS 39.27.011 takes effect. An increase [AND] may be 26 retroactive if consistent with the change to AS 39.27.011. The commissioner of 27 administration shall, by regulation, establish the percentage at which the salary is 28 changed [INCREASED] and the changed [INCREASED] salary amount. 29 * Sec. 7. AS 22.15.220(a) is amended to read: 30  (a) Except as provided in (e) of this section, the monthly base salary for each 31 district court judge is $6,175 [$6,500]. 01 * Sec. 8. AS 22.15.220(e) is amended to read: 02  (e) Beginning January 1, 1996 [1991], if the monthly basic salary for Step E, 03 Range 28, of the salary schedule set out in AS 39.27.011 changes [INCREASES], the 04 monthly base salary of the judges of the district court shall change [INCREASE] by 05 the same percentage. The change [INCREASE] takes effect when the salary change 06 [INCREASE] under AS 39.27.011 takes effect. An increase [AND] may be 07 retroactive if consistent with the change to AS 39.27.011. The commissioner of 08 administration shall, by regulation, establish the percentage at which the salary is 09 changed [INCREASED] and the changed [INCREASED] salary amount. 10 * Sec. 9. AS 39.27.011(a) is repealed and reenacted to read: 11  (a) The following monthly basic salary schedule is approved as the pay plan 12 for classified and partially exempt employees in the executive branch of the state 13 government who are not members of a collective bargaining unit established under the 14 authority of the Public Employment Relations Act and employees of the legislature 15 under AS 24.10 and AS 24.20: 16 Range Step Step Step Step Step Step 17 No. A B C D E F 18 05 1429 1469 1511 1553 1599 1642 19 06 1511 1553 1599 1642 1689 1739 20 07 1599 1642 1689 1739 1793 1848 21 08 1689 1739 1793 1848 1901 1961 22 09 1793 1848 1901 1961 2024 2081 23 10 1901 1961 2024 2081 2145 2211 24 11 2024 2081 2145 2211 2285 2356 25 12 2145 2211 2285 2356 2437 2519 26 13 2285 2356 2437 2519 2608 2703 27 14 2437 2519 2608 2703 2798 2904 28 15 2608 2703 2798 2904 2998 3112 29 16 2798 2904 2998 3112 3224 3340 30 17 2998 3112 3224 3340 3455 3574 31 18 3224 3340 3455 3574 3691 3830 01 19 3455 3574 3691 3830 3947 4095 02 20 3691 3830 3947 4095 4220 4375 03 21 3947 4095 4220 4375 4513 4675 04 22 4220 4375 4513 4675 4830 5007 05 23 4513 4675 4830 5007 5174 5368 06 24 4830 5007 5174 5368 5549 5737 07 25 5174 5368 5549 5737 5949 6172 08 26 5368 5549 5737 5949 6172 6394 09 27 5549 5737 5949 6172 6394 6638 10 28 5737 5949 6172 6394 6638 6869 11 29 5949 6172 6394 6638 6869 7111 12 30 6172 6394 6638 6869 7111 7362 13 * Sec. 10. REDUCTIONS TO COMPENSATION IN STATE COLLECTIVE 14 BARGAINING AGREEMENTS. (a) Notwithstanding AS 23.40.070 - 23.40.260, until the 15 compensation paid members of a bargaining unit has satisfied the requirements of this section 16 for a continuous period of three years, the state and a bargaining organization representing 17 state employees may not enter into a collective bargaining agreement that requires payment 18 of compensation greater than the ceiling for average compensation per employee established 19 in this section. 20 (b) For those collective bargaining units that are in the final year of a contract on the 21 effective date of this section, the state and the collective bargaining organization representing 22 the employees may not enter into a new collective bargaining agreement or extend the existing 23 agreement unless the new or extended agreement complies with the provisions of (f) of this 24 section relating to the reduction of the average compensation per employee. 25 (c) For a state employee bargaining unit that has never entered into a collective 26 bargaining agreement with the state, a contract entered into on or after the effective date of 27 this section may not provide for average per employee compensation that exceeds 95 percent 28 of the average that applied to employees who are members of the bargaining unit in the 29 calendar year preceding the completion of negotiations for the contract. 30 (d) For a state employee bargaining unit that has a contract that is in effect on the 31 effective date of this section and that will expire more than one year after that date, the 01 provisions of (f) of this section shall be imposed at the expiration of the current contract. The 02 average per employee compensation set in the new contract may not exceed 95 percent of the 03 average per employee compensation set in the contract for the last year of the current 04 contract. 05 (e) For a bargaining unit whose contract has expired on or before the effective date 06 of this Act, a new or extended contract entered into on or after the effective date of this Act 07 must comply with the requirements of (f) of this section. The average per employee 08 compensation set in the new contract may not exceed 95 percent of the average per employee 09 compensation set in the last year of the most recent contract. 10 (f) During the next three years, the average per employee compensation set in a 11 collective bargaining contract entered into between the state and a bargaining organization 12 representing state employees may not exceed 95 percent of the average per employee 13 compensation under the final year of the most recent contract. A contract for a term longer 14 than one year may provide for a variation in how the reduction is allocated over the life of 15 the contract, but the average may not exceed the limit established in this subsection. 16 (g) If the parties are unable to reach agreement on a new or extended contract so that 17 the negotiations reach impasse and the state may, under AS 23.40, make unilateral changes 18 to compensation of members of the bargaining unit, the state shall reduce levels of 19 compensation for members of the bargaining unit so that the reductions, if continued for a 20 three-year period, would comply with the requirements of (c) or (f) of this section, as 21 applicable. 22 (h) This section modifies the duty of the state and bargaining organizations 23 representing state employees to bargain concerning compensation. 24 * Sec. 11. EMPLOYEES OF THE JUDICIAL AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES, AND 25 CERTAIN EXEMPT EMPLOYEES OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH. The following 26 employees shall receive salary reductions comparable to those received by the classified and 27 partially exempt employees of the executive branch under AS 39.27.011(a) as that subsection 28 is reenacted in sec. 9 of this Act: 29 (1) permanent and temporary employees of the judicial branch; 30 (2) permanent and temporary employees of the legislative branch, including 31 staff of the ombudsman's office; 01 (3) permanent and temporary employees of the executive branch who are in 02 the exempt service under AS 39.25, who are not members of a collective bargaining unit 03 established under the Public Employment Relations Act (AS 23.40), and who are not 04 otherwise covered by AS 39.27.011(a). 05 * Sec. 12. EMPLOYEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA. The Board of Regents 06 of the University of Alaska shall adopt a compensation policy for the employees of the 07 University of Alaska who are not members of a collective bargaining unit. Under the policy, 08 the employees shall receive compensation reductions in accordance with the compensation 09 reductions of sec. 9 of this Act. 10 * Sec. 13. Sections 1 - 9 and 11 - 12 of this Act take effect July 1, 1995. 11 * Sec. 14. Section 10 of this Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).