SB 304: "An Act relating to eligibility for the longevity bonus program; and providing for an effective date."
00SENATE BILL NO. 304 01 "An Act relating to eligibility for the longevity bonus program; and providing for 02 an effective date." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 47.45.030 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 05 (b) The commissioner of administration shall include on each monthly bonus 06 application a place for a recipient to state, under penalty of perjury, whether the 07 recipient has been absent from the state for 180 days or more during the 12 calendar 08 months immediately before the date of the application. If the recipient has been absent 09 from the state for 180 days or more during the 12-month period, the commissioner 10 shall provide an opportunity for the recipient to identify days of the absence that the 11 recipient believes were beyond the control of the recipient as defined in regulations 12 adopted by the commissioner. If, after subtracting days of absence the commissioner 13 determines were beyond the control of the recipient, the remaining days of absence 14 equal at least 180 days during the 12-month period, the recipient is permanently
01 disqualified from receiving the bonus. 02 * Sec. 2. AS 47.45.070(a) is amended to read: 03 (a) An unqualified person is one who 04 (1) does not meet the age or residence requirements as provided for 05 under this chapter; 06 (2) meets the age and residence requirements of this chapter but either 07 is confined in a state or federal mental health institution or facility and is certified by 08 the state as unable to manage personal affairs, or resides in a nursing home as that 09 term is defined in AS 08.70.180; however, if that person, at the time of commitment 10 or commencement of residence, provided the principal support of a spouse, the 11 commissioner of administration may determine to pay the confined person's bonus to 12 the person's spouse until the spouse is qualified for a bonus; 13 (3) is otherwise qualified but confined in a penal or correctional 14 institution or facility; upon completion of sentence or upon the conferral of a pardon, 15 parole, or probation, the person may make application; confinement outside the state 16 shall be considered as residence in the state if a person was convicted and sentenced 17 from a court in Alaska; revocation of parole or probation shall be cause for immediate 18 disqualification until release from confinement is again effected; 19 (4) voluntarily leaves the state and remains absent from the state for 20 a continuous period of more than 90 days or is permanently disqualified under 21 AS 47.45.030(b); 22 (5) did not apply, under AS 47.45.010(a), before January 1, 1997, for 23 qualification to receive a longevity bonus; 24 (6) was found qualified to receive a longevity bonus, was subsequently 25 disqualified for 12 consecutive months or more, and did not reapply before January 1, 26 1997. 27 * Sec. 3. ADOPTION OF REGULATIONS. The commissioner of administration may 28 adopt regulations necessary to implement secs. 1 and 2 of this Act, but regulations adopted 29 under this section may not be effective before the effective date of secs. 1 and 2 of this Act. 30 * Sec. 4. Section 3 of this Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c). 31 * Sec. 5. Sections 1 and 2 of this Act take effect July 1, 1996.