00HOUSE BILL NO. 468                                                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to damages awarded in complaints before the State Commission                                           
02 for Human Rights."                                                                                                      
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  AS 18.80.130(a) is amended to read:                                                                  
05  (a)  At the completion of the hearing, if the commission finds that a person                                          
06 against whom a complaint was filed has engaged in the discriminatory conduct alleged                                    
07 in the complaint, it shall order the person to refrain from engaging in the                                             
08 discriminatory conduct.  The order must include findings of fact [,] and may prescribe                                  
09 conditions on the accused's future conduct relevant to the type of discrimination. In a                                 
10 case involving discrimination in                                                                                        
11   (1)  employment, the commission may order any appropriate relief  that                                              
12 is not prohibited under this paragraph , including ,  but not limited to, the hiring,                                
13 reinstatement .  or upgrading of an employee with  back pay only as provided by this                                 
14 paragraph  or without back pay, restoration to membership in a labor organization, or                                  

01 admission to or participation in an apprenticeship training program, on-the-job training                                
02 program, or other retraining program;  if the commission decision is issued more than                                  
03 90 days after the complaint was filed under AS 18.80.100, the commission may not                                        
04 award back pay for wages that the complainant would have earned after the 90th                                          
05 day after the complaint was filed;                                                                                     
06   (2)  housing, the commission may order the sale, lease, or rental of the                                             
07 housing accommodation to the aggrieved person if it is still available, or the sale,                                    
08 lease, or rental of a like accommodation owned by the person against whom the                                           
09 complaint was filed if one is still available, or the sale, lease, or rental of the next                                
10 vacancy in a like accommodation [,] owned by the person against whom the complaint                                      
11 was filed; the commission may award actual damages which shall include, but not be                                      
12 limited to, the expenses incurred by the complainant for obtaining alternative housing                                  
13 or space ,  [;] for storage of goods and effects ,  [;] for moving ,  and for other costs                         
14 actually incurred as a result of the unlawful practice or violation.                                                    
15    * Sec. 2.  APPLICATION TO COMPLAINTS.  This Act applies to complaints filed on or                                  
16 after the effective date of this Act.