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HB 311: "An Act repealing the limitation on the hours a person may be employed in a mine; and making a related technical amendment to avoid changing the penalties for failing to make payments into an employee benefit fund."

00HOUSE BILL NO. 311 01 "An Act repealing the limitation on the hours a person may be employed in a 02 mine; and making a related technical amendment to avoid changing the penalties 03 for failing to make payments into an employee benefit fund." 04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 05 * Section 1. AS 23.10.045(b) is amended to read: 06  (b) Each violation of this section is a separate offense and a person found 07 guilty of a violation is punishable under (c) - (d) of this section [IN ACCORDANCE 08 WITH THE SCHEDULE OF PUNISHMENT SET OUT IN AS 23.10.415]. 09 * Sec. 2. AS 23.10.045 is amended by adding new subsections to read: 10  (c) A person who, whether as principal or agent, violates this section is guilty 11 of a misdemeanor and upon a first conviction is punishable by a fine of not less than 12 $100 nor more than $500 or by imprisonment in a jail for not less than 60 days, nor 13 more than six months, or by both. 14  (d) Upon a second conviction for a violation of this section, the punishment

01 is imprisonment in a jail for not less than 60 days, nor more than one year. A "second 02 conviction" under this section means a conviction for a violation of this section that 03 was committed within two years after a previous conviction for a violation of this 04 section. Other convictions are first convictions. 05 * Sec. 3. AS 23.10.405, 23.10.410, and 23.10.415 are repealed.