00SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 11 am                                                                                
01 Relating to legislative review and disapproval of agreements under the Public                                           
02 Employment Relations Act that exceed net zero cost to the state.                                                        
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                              
04  WHEREAS it is the right and duty of the legislature to review and approve the                                        
05 monetary terms of any agreement entered into under the authority of the Public Employment                               
06 Relations Act; and                                                                                                      
07  WHEREAS the legislature informed the executive branch through Legislative Resolve                                    
08 34 on May 21, 1997, that the legislature reserved the right to disapprove any agreement that                            
09 failed to achieve net zero cost to the state and resulted in increased costs in personal services                       
10 as long as general fund revenues remain below expenditures; and                                                         
11  WHEREAS the Department of Administration has entered into agreements during                                          
12 1999 with various labor organizations under the authority of the Public Employment Relations                            
13 Act, including the following and, possibly, including others:                                                           
14   (1)  Inlandboatmen's Union;                                                                                           

01   (2)  AVTECTA;                                                                                                         
02   (3)  Alaska Public Employees Association;                                                                             
03   (4)  International Organization of Masters, Mates, and Pilots; and                                                    
04  WHEREAS the Department of Administration has failed to adequately report the terms                                   
05 of these agreements to the legislature for review and approval;                                                         
06  BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature requires copies of all agreements                                   
07 executed after June 30, 1998, that modify the terms of collective bargaining agreements,                                
08 copies of collective bargaining agreements tentatively agreed to in 1999, and copies of all                             
09 work papers and other analyses of the costs of the agreements; and be it                                                
10  FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature specifically disapproves                                          
11 the monetary terms of all agreements, including but not limited to employer contributions to                            
12 health benefits, that the Department of Administration may have entered into during 1999                                
13 under the authority of the Public Employment Relations Act; and be it                                                   
14  FURTHER RESOLVED that the legislature by this action refuses to appropriate any                                      
15 state funds to satisfy the terms of any agreement entered into during 1999 under the authority                          
16 of the Public Employment Relations Act if the agreement has not been approved by the                                    
17 legislature under AS 23.40.215.