CSHB 199(STA): "An Act relating to compensation for certain state employees; and providing for an effective date."
00CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 199(STA) 01 "An Act relating to compensation for certain state employees; and providing for 02 an effective date." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 14.20.470 is amended to read: 05 (a) The commission may 06 (1) study proposals developed by regular committees of any existing 07 professional organization whose members are within the teaching profession; 08 (2) subpoena witnesses, place them under oath, and maintain written 09 records; 10 (3) warn or reprimand members of the teaching profession, if in the 11 judgment of the commission such action is warranted; 12 (4) suspend or revoke the certificate of a member of the teaching 13 profession for one of the reasons set out in AS 14.20.030 except that in the case of an 14 administrator, the commissioner must concur;
01 (5) make any recommendation to the board or to school boards that will 02 promote an improvement in the teaching profession; 03 (6) request assistance through any of the investigative processes of any 04 existing professional teaching organizations when analyzing charges of breach of 05 ethical or professional teaching practices; 06 (7) appoint an executive secretary, delegate those ministerial functions 07 to the executive secretary as the commission may decide and set the executive 08 secretary's compensation with a starting salary not exceeding Step A, Range [RANGE] 09 26, [STEP B] of the pay plan for state employees in AS 39.27.011(a). 10 * Sec. 2. AS 22.05.140(d) is amended to read: 11 (d) Beginning July 1, 1999 [JANUARY 1, 1991], if the monthly basic salary 12 for Step C [STEP E], Range 28, of the salary schedule set out in AS 39.27.011 13 increases, the monthly base salary of the chief justice and the other justices shall 14 increase by the same percentage. The increase takes effect when the salary increase 15 under AS 39.27.011 takes effect and may be retroactive if consistent with the change 16 in AS 39.27.011. The commissioner of administration shall, by regulation, establish 17 the percentage at which the salary is increased and the increased salary amount. 18 * Sec. 3. AS 22.07.090(c) is amended to read: 19 (c) Beginning July 1, 1999 [JANUARY 1, 1991], if the monthly basic salary 20 for Step C [STEP E], Range 28, of the salary schedule set out in AS 39.27.011 21 increases, the monthly base salary of the judges of the court of appeals shall increase 22 by the same percentage. The increase takes effect when the salary increase under 23 AS 39.27.011 takes effect and may be retroactive if consistent with the change to 24 AS 39.27.011. The commissioner of administration shall, by regulation, establish the 25 percentage at which the salary is increased and the increased salary amount. 26 * Sec. 4. AS 22.10.190(d) is amended to read: 27 (d) Beginning July 1, 1999 [JANUARY 1, 1991], if the monthly basic salary 28 for Step C [STEP E], Range 28, of the salary schedule set out in AS 39.27.011 29 increases, the monthly base salary of the judges of the superior court shall increase by 30 the same percentage. The increase takes effect when the salary increase under 31 AS 39.27.011 takes effect and may be retroactive if consistent with the change to
01 AS 39.27.011. The commissioner of administration shall, by regulation, establish the 02 percentage at which the salary is increased and the increased salary amount. 03 * Sec. 5. AS 22.15.220(e) is amended to read: 04 (e) Beginning July 1, 1999 [JANUARY 1, 1991], if the monthly basic salary 05 for Step C [STEP E], range 28, of the salary schedule set out in AS 39.27.011 06 increases, the monthly base salary of the judges of the district court shall increase by 07 the same percentage. The increase takes effect when the salary increase under 08 AS 39.27.011 takes effect and may be retroactive if consistent with the change to 09 AS 39.27.011. The commissioner of administration shall, by regulation, establish the 10 percentage at which the salary is increased and the increased salary amount. 11 * Sec. 6. AS 23.40.075 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 12 (b) An agreement concerning the wages of state employees may not establish 13 a geographic differential or other cost-of-living allowance that is greater than the 14 differential set out in AS 39.27.021. 15 * Sec. 7. AS 23.40.215 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 16 (d) If an agreement that applies to state employees contains a term that 17 authorizes a longevity pay increment or service bonus based on length of state 18 employment and the increment or bonus is based on service that is greater than seven 19 years, the commissioner of administration shall specifically report the term authorizing 20 the longevity pay increment or service bonus to the legislature, and the term may not 21 take effect unless it is approved by the legislature under (a) of this section. 22 * Sec. 8. AS 39.20.080(a) is amended to read: 23 (a) The monthly salary of the head of each principal executive department of 24 the state is equal to Step C [STEP E], Range 28 , of the salary schedule in 25 AS 39.27.011(a) for Juneau, Alaska. 26 * Sec. 9. AS 39.27.011(a) is repealed and reenacted to read: 27 (a) The following monthly basic salary schedule is approved as the pay plan 28 for classified and partially exempt employees in the executive branch of the state 29 government whose salaries are not determined under a valid collective bargaining 30 agreement adopted under the authority of AS 23.40.070 - 23.40.260 (Public 31 Employment Relations Act) and for employees of the legislature under AS 24.10 and
01 AS 24.20: 02 Range No. Step Step Step 03 A C F 04 5 1,557 1,647 1,789 05 6 1,647 1,743 1,895 06 7 1,743 1,841 2,014 07 8 1,841 1,954 2,137 08 9 1,954 2,071 2,269 09 10 2,071 2,206 2,409 10 11 2,206 2,338 2,568 11 12 2,338 2,491 2,745 12 13 2,491 2,656 2,946 13 14 2,656 2,842 3,165 14 15 2,842 3,049 3,392 15 16 3,049 3,267 3,640 16 17 3,267 3,515 3,895 17 18 3,515 3,765 4,174 18 19 3,765 4,022 4,463 19 20 4,022 4,302 4,767 20 21 4,302 4,599 5,095 21 22 4,599 4,918 5,457 22 23 4,918 5,263 5,850 23 24 5,263 5,639 6,253 24 25 5,639 6,048 6,727 25 26 5,850 6,253 6,969 26 27 6,048 6,484 7,234 27 28 6,253 6,727 7,486 28 29 6,484 6,969 7,750 29 30 6,727 7,234 8,023 30 * Sec. 10. AS 39.27.011 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 31 (h) An employee who is compensated under the salary schedule set out in (a)
01 of this section qualifies for the next step in the salary schedule only by completing 02 three years of continuous service that is evaluated as being of progressively greater 03 value to the state. 04 * Sec. 11. AS 39.27 is amended by adding a new section to read: 05 Sec. 39.27.021. Pay differentials by election district and in other states. 06 (a) The following pay differentials are approved as an amendment to the basic salary 07 schedules provided in AS 39.27.011: 08 Percentage Pay Geographic Areas 09 Differential (Election Districts) 10 0 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, and 10 11 4 16a (Fairbanks South of the Arctic Circle except 12 the duty stations of Tok and Delta Junction) 13 5 5 14 9 11 15 11 6 16 16 16b (the duty stations of Tok and Delta Junction) 17 20 15b (the duty station of Nenana) 18 27 12 and 13 19 30 15a (Yukon-Kuskokwim except the duty station of Nenana) and 19 20 34 18 21 38 14 22 42 16c (Fort-Yukon - North of the Arctic Circle) and 17 23 -13 Seattle-Tacoma 24 (b) For purposes of (a) of this section, "election district" means an election 25 district designated in the governor's proclamation of reapportionment and redistricting 26 of December 7, 1961. 27 (c) The director of the division of personnel shall establish salary differentials 28 for positions in other states or foreign countries. The differentials shall be adjusted 29 annually, effective July 1, to maintain equitable relationships between salaries for 30 positions in other states or foreign countries and salaries for positions in Alaska. 31 * Sec. 12. AS 39.27.030 is amended to read:
01 Sec. 39.27.030. Cost-of-living survey. Subject to an appropriation for this 02 purpose, the director shall conduct a survey, at least every five years, to review the pay 03 differentials established in AS 39.27.021 [AS 39.27.020]. The survey may address 04 factors, as determined by the director, that are also relevant in review of state salary 05 schedules, entitlement for beneficiaries of state programs, and payments for state 06 service providers. The survey must reflect the costs of living in various election 07 districts of the state, and Seattle, Washington, by using the cost of living in Anchorage 08 as a base. 09 * Sec. 13. AS 39.27 is amended by adding a new section to read: 10 Sec. 39.27.036. Salaries paid by agencies not subject to AS 39.27.011. (a) 11 A state agency or other entity in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state 12 government that has chosen to adopt the state salary schedule set out in 13 AS 39.27.011(a) as the basis for paying its employees shall adopt the revisions to the 14 salary schedule as amended on July 1, 1999. 15 (b) A state agency that employs employees in the exempt service who are not 16 subject to AS 39.27.011 and that offers its employees a longevity pay increment or 17 service bonus based on the length of state employment may not offer a longevity pay 18 increment or service bonus based on service that is greater than seven years unless the 19 legislature makes a specific appropriation to fund the longevity pay increment or 20 service bonus. An appropriation for personal services shall not be considered to 21 include authorization to use the appropriation for the longevity pay increment or 22 service bonus unless it so states. 23 * Sec. 14. AS 39.27.045 is amended to read: 24 Sec. 39.27.045. Definition. In AS 39.27.021 - 39.27.045 [AS 39.27.020 - 25 39.27.030], "director" means the director of the division of personnel. 26 * Sec. 15. AS 39.35.675(d) is amended to read: 27 (d) In this section , "cost-of-living differential" means an adjustment to salary 28 based on the cost of living in the geographic region where the employee works and 29 includes a pay step differential under former AS 39.27.020 or a pay differential 30 under AS 39.27.021 . 31 * Sec. 16. AS 39.27.020 and 39.27.022 are repealed.
01 * Sec. 17. LIMITATION ON SALARY REDUCTION FOR GEOGRAPHIC 02 DIFFERENTIALS. (a) The salary that an employee is receiving on June 30, 1999, may not 03 be reduced by application of a provision of sec. 11 of this Act so long as the employee 04 remains in the same geographic area as set out in AS 39.27.021, enacted by sec. 11 of this 05 Act. If an employee moves to another geographic area on or after July 1, 1999, the pay 06 differential in AS 39.27.021, enacted by sec. 11 of this Act, applies to the employee's salary 07 on the effective date of the move. 08 (b) If, on July 1, 1999, an employee's salary would have been reduced but for the 09 provisions of (a) of this section, that employee's salary may not be increased by application 10 of an adjustment to the salary schedules in AS 39.27.011 or a step increase until the 11 application of the adjustment or increase to the reduced salary the employee would otherwise 12 have been receiving as of July 1, 1999, results in an amount that meets or exceeds the salary 13 that the employee was receiving on June 30, 1999. 14 * Sec. 18. SALARY SCHEDULE TRANSITION. (a) An employee who, on June 30, 15 1999, is compensated in Step A or B of the salary schedule set out in AS 39.27.011(a) shall 16 remain in that step until the employee qualifies for Step C by completing three years of 17 continuous service that is evaluated as being of progressively greater value to the state from 18 the date of the employee's appointment to Step A. If the employee was directly appointed 19 to Step B, the three years shall be counted from the date of the employee's initial 20 appointment. 21 (b) An employee who, on June 30, 1999, is compensated in Step C, D, or E of the 22 salary schedule set out in AS 39.27.011(a) shall remain in that step until the employee 23 qualifies for Step F by completing three years of continuous service that is evaluated as being 24 of progressively greater value to the state from the date that the employee was appointed to 25 Step C. If the employee was appointed directly to Step D or E, the years of continuous 26 service shall be counted from the date of the employee's initial appointment. 27 (c) Notwithstanding the repeal of AS 39.27.022 made by sec. 16 of this Act, an 28 employee who, on June 30, 1999, was compensated under the longevity steps based on pay 29 increments for longevity in service under AS 39.27.022 may continue to receive longevity pay 30 increments until July 1, 2001, if the employee would have been entitled to them but for the 31 repeal of AS 39.27.022. Beginning July 1, 2001, an employee may not be compensated at
01 greater than Step F of the salary schedule under AS 39.27.011(a), as amended by sec. 9 of this 02 Act. 03 * Sec. 19. COMMISSIONERS' SALARIES. Notwithstanding the amendments to 04 AS 39.20.080(a), made by sec. 8 of this Act, and to AS 39.27.011(a) made by sec. 9 of this 05 Act, the head of a principal executive department of the state who was serving in that capacity 06 on June 30, 1999, is entitled to receive a monthly salary in the amount of $7,234 until the date 07 on which the next governor is sworn into office. 08 * Sec. 20. This Act takes effect July 1, 1999.