00CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 319(L&C)                                                                                        
01 "An Act relating to an employee's expectation of privacy in employer premises."                                         
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
03    * Section 1.  AS 23.10 is amended by adding a new section to article 7 to read:                                    
04  Sec. 23.10.450.  No employee expectation of privacy in employment site.                                             
05 (a)  In the absence of a specific written agreement to the contrary, an employee has                                    
06 no expectation of privacy with respect to business premises, business equipment, and                                    
07 services supplied by the employer, and an employer may have reasonable access to                                        
08 business premises, business equipment, and services supplied by the employer to the                                     
09 employee.  In the absence of a written agreement permitting the employee to limit the                                   
10 employer's access to business premises, business equipment, and services, an employee                                   
11 shall permit the employer to have access to the employer's business premises, business                                  
12 equipment, and services, including information stored on a computer or computer                                         
13 network or other service supplied by the employer.                                                                      
14  (b)  An elected official is not an employee for purposes of this section.                                             

01  (c)  In this section,                                                                                                 
02   (1)  "elected official" means the governor, the lieutenant governor, a                                               
03 member of the legislature, a justice or judge, or a person elected to municipal office;                                 
04   (2)  "employer" means a person who has one or more employees and                                                     
05 includes the state, the University of Alaska, the Alaska Railroad, and political                                        
06 subdivisions and public corporations of the state.