CSSB 9(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, the special education service agency, the Alaska Vocational Technical Center, and the state boarding schools; and providing for an effective date."
00CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 9(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, the special education service agency, 04 the Alaska Vocational Technical Center, and the state boarding schools; and 05 providing for an effective date." 06 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 07 * Section 1. AS 39.35.160 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 08 (c) An employee who has made an irrevocable election under AS 39.35.300(c) 09 or 39.35.310(c) to have the employee's years of service as a noncertificated employee 10 of a state boarding school, of a school district or regional educational attendance area, 11 of the special education service agency, or of the Alaska Vocational Technical Center 12 determined by reference to AS 14.25.220 shall pay a contribution surcharge for that 13 service. The amount of the surcharge is the difference between the amount the 14 employer would have had to contribute under AS 39.35.250 - 39.35.290 for the
01 employee when treating the employee's credited service as service earned under 02 AS 39.35.300(c) or 39.35.310(c) less the amount the employer would have had to 03 contribute under AS 39.35.250 - 39.35.290 without treating the employee's credited 04 service as service earned under AS 39.35.300(c) or 39.35.310(c). 05 * Sec. 2. AS 39.35.300 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 06 (c) A noncertificated employee of the Alaska Vocational Technical Center or 07 a state boarding school who first becomes a member of the system on or after the 08 effective date of this Act may, within 90 days after the employee first joins the system, 09 make an irrevocable election under this subsection to have the years of service that the 10 employee earns as a noncertificated employee determined using the table for service 11 on or after July 1, 1969, that is set out in the definition of "year of service" in 12 AS 14.25.220. A noncertificated employee of the Alaska Vocational Technical Center 13 or a state boarding school who is an active member of the system on the effective date 14 of this Act may, within 180 days after the effective date of this Act, make the 15 irrevocable election. A member of the system who is an inactive member on the 16 effective date of this Act and who is later employed as a noncertificated employee of 17 the Alaska Vocational Technical Center or a state boarding school may, within 90 days 18 after beginning the subsequent employment, make the irrevocable election. An 19 election under this subsection shall be made in writing on a form provided by the 20 administrator. The election applies to the employee's service earned for the school 21 year in which the election is accepted by the administrator and applies to all 22 subsequent employment as a noncertificated employee of a state boarding school, a 23 school district or regional educational attendance area, the special education service 24 agency, or the Alaska Vocational Technical Center. An employee who makes an 25 election under this subsection shall pay the contribution surcharge as set out in 26 AS 39.35.160(c). 27 * Sec. 3. AS 39.35.310 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 28 (c) A noncertificated employee of a school district, a regional educational 29 attendance area, or the special education service agency who first becomes a member 30 of the system on or after the effective date of this Act may, within 90 days after the 31 employee first joins the system, make an irrevocable election under this subsection to
01 have the years of service that the employee earns as a noncertificated employee 02 determined using the table for service on or after July 1, 1969, that is set out in the 03 definition of "year of service" in AS 14.25.220. A noncertificated employee of a 04 school district, a regional educational attendance area, or the special education service 05 agency who is an active member of the system on the effective date of this Act may, 06 within 180 days after the effective date of this Act, make the irrevocable election. A 07 member of the system who is an inactive member on the effective date of this Act and 08 who later is employed as a noncertificated employee of a school district, a regional 09 educational attendance area, or the special education service agency may, within 90 10 days after beginning the subsequent employment, make the irrevocable election. An 11 election under this subsection shall be made in writing on a form provided by the 12 administrator. The election applies to the employee's service earned for the school 13 year in which the election is accepted by the administrator and applies to all 14 subsequent employment as a noncertificated employee of a state boarding school, a 15 school district or regional educational attendance area, the special education service 16 agency, or the Alaska Vocational Technical Center. An employee who makes an 17 election under this subsection shall pay the contribution surcharge as set out in 18 AS 39.35.160(c). 19 * Sec. 4. This Act takes effect July 1, 1999.