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SB 336: "An Act relating to excluding professional hockey team members from worker's compensation coverage." 

00SENATE BILL NO. 336                                                                                                   
01 "An Act relating to excluding professional hockey team members from worker's                                            
02 compensation coverage."                                                                                                 
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  AS 23.30.230(a) is amended to read:                                                                  
05  (a)  The following persons are not covered by this chapter:                                                           
06   (1)  a  part-time  baby-sitter  [BABY-SITTERS];                                                                  
07   (2)  a  cleaning  person  [PERSONS];                                                                             
08   (3)  harvest help and similar part-time or transient help;                                                           
09   (4)  a person  [PERSONS] employed as  a  sports  official  [OFFICIALS]                                         
10 on a contractual basis and who  officiates  [OFFICIATE] only at sports events in which                                
11 the players are not compensated; in this paragraph, "sports official" includes an umpire,                               
12 referee, judge, scorekeeper, timekeeper, organizer, or other person who is a neutral                                    
13 participant in a sports event;                                                                                          
14   (5)  a person  [PERSONS] employed as  an entertainer                                                             



01 [ENTERTAINERS] on a contractual basis;                                                                                  
02   (6)  a  commercial  fisherman  [FISHERMEN], as defined in                                                        
03 AS 16.05.940;                                                                                                           
04   (7)  an individual  [INDIVIDUALS] who  drives a taxicab  [DRIVE                                                  
05 TAXICABS] whose compensation and written contractual  arrangement is                                                  
06 [ARRANGEMENTS ARE] as described in AS 23.10.055(13), unless the hours worked                                            
07 by the individual or the areas in which the individual may work are restricted except                                   
08 to comply with local ordinances; [AND]                                                                                  
09   (8)  a participant  [PARTICIPANTS] in the Alaska temporary assistance                                              
10 program (AS 47.27) who  is  [ARE] engaged in work activities required under                                           
11 AS 47.27.035 other than subsidized or unsubsidized work or on-the-job training ; and                                  
12    (9)  a person employed as a player or coach by a professional                                                      
13 hockey team if the person is covered under a health care insurance plan provided                                        
14 by the professional hockey team; in this paragraph, "health care insurance" has                                         
15 the meaning given in AS 21.12.050 .