CSHB 323(HES): "An Act relating to the calculation of employee contributions and credited service in the public employees' retirement system for noncertificated employees of school districts, regional educational attendance areas, and state boarding schools; and providing for an effective date."
00CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 323(HES) 01 "An Act relating to the calculation of employee contributions and credited service 02 in the public employees' retirement system for noncertificated employees of school 03 districts, regional educational attendance areas, and state boarding schools; and 04 providing for an effective date." 05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 06 * Section 1. AS 39.35.160 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 07 (c) An employee who has made an irrevocable election under AS 39.35.300(c) 08 or 39.35.310(c) to have the employee's years of service as a noncertificated employee 09 of a state boarding school or of a school district or regional educational attendance 10 area determined by reference to AS 14.25.220 shall pay a contribution surcharge for 11 that service. The amount of the surcharge is the difference between the amount the 12 employer would have had to contribute under AS 39.35.250 - 39.35.290 for the 13 employee when treating the employee's credited service as service earned under 14 AS 39.35.300(c) or 39.35.310(c) less the amount the employer would have had to
01 contribute under AS 39.35.250 - 39.35.290 without treating the employee's credited 02 service as service earned under AS 39.35.300(c) or 39.35.310(c). 03 * Sec. 2. AS 39.35.300 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 04 (c) A noncertificated employee of a state boarding school who first becomes 05 a member of the system on or after the effective date of this Act may, within 90 days 06 after the employee first joins the system, make an irrevocable election under this 07 subsection to have the years of service that the employee earns in that employment 08 determined using the table for service on or after July 1, 1969, that is set out in the 09 definition of "year of service" in AS 14.25.220. A noncertificated employee of a state 10 boarding school who is an active member of the system on the effective date of this 11 Act may, within 180 days after the effective date of this Act, make the irrevocable 12 election. A member of the system who is an inactive member on the effective date 13 of this Act and who is later employed as a noncertificated employee of a state 14 boarding school may, within 90 days after beginning the subsequent employment, 15 make the irrevocable election. An election under this subsection shall be made in 16 writing on a form provided by the administrator. The election applies to the 17 employee's service earned on or after the date that the administrator accepts it. An 18 employee who makes an election under this subsection shall pay the contribution 19 surcharge as set out in AS 39.35.160(c). 20 * Sec. 3. AS 39.35.310 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 21 (c) A noncertificated employee of a school district or regional educational 22 attendance area who first becomes a member of the system on or after the effective 23 date of this Act may, within 90 days after the employee first joins the system, make 24 an irrevocable election under this subsection to have the years of service that the 25 employee earns in that employment determined using the table for service on or after 26 July 1, 1969, that is set out in the definition of "year of service" in AS 14.25.220. A 27 noncertificated employee of a school district or regional educational attendance area 28 who is an active member of the system on the effective date of this Act may, within 29 180 days after the effective date of this Act, make the irrevocable election. A member 30 of the system who is an inactive member on the effective date of this Act and who 31 later is employed as a noncertificated employee of a school district or regional
01 educational attendance area may, within 90 days after beginning the subsequent 02 employment, make the irrevocable election. An election under this subsection shall 03 be made in writing on a form provided by the administrator. The election applies to 04 the employee's service earned on or after the date that the administrator accepts it. An 05 employee who makes an election under this subsection shall pay the contribution 06 surcharge as set out in AS 39.35.160(c). 07 * Sec. 4. This Act takes effect July 1, 1998.