00                      CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 480(STA)                                                                    
01 "An Act providing that the death of an employee killed because of the employee's job                                    
02 status shall be considered an occupational death for purposes of survivor's pension                                     
03 benefits in the teachers' retirement system and the public employees' retirement                                        
04 system."                                                                                                                
05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
06    * Section 1.  AS 14.25.157 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                          
07            (d)  If a member's death is caused by an act of assault, assassination, or                                   
08       terrorism directly related to the person's status as a member, whether the act occurs on                          
09       or off the member's job site, the death shall be considered to have occurred in the                               
10       performance of and within the scope of the member's duties for purposes of (a)(2) of                              
11       this section.  If the expressed or apparent motive and intent of the perpetrator of the                           
12       harm inflicted upon the member was due to the performance of the member's job                                     
13       duties or employment as a member, the death shall be considered to be directly related                            
14       to the member's status as a member.  A member's job duties are those performed                                    

01       within the course and scope of the member's employment with an employer.                                          
02    * Sec. 2.  AS 39.35.430 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             
03            (g)  If an employee's death is caused by an act of assault, assassination, or                                
04       terrorism directly related to the person's status as an employee, whether the act occurs                          
05       on or off the employee's job site, the death shall be considered to have occurred in the                          
06       performance of and within the scope of the employee's duties for purposes of (b)(2) of                            
07       this section.  If the expressed or apparent motive and intent of the perpetrator of the                           
08       harm inflicted upon the employee was due to the performance of the employee's job                                 
09       duties or employment, the death shall be considered to be directly related to the                                 
10       employee's status as an employee.  An employee's job duties are those performed                                   
11       within the course and scope of the person's employment with an employer.