00                      CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 504(FIN)                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to the wages of people working in the fisheries business."                                             
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 23.10 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                 
04            Sec. 23.10.072.  Wages for fisheries businesses.  An employer who engages                                  
05       in a fisheries business, as that term is defined in AS 43.75.290, may deduct an amount                            
06       that is reasonable and without profit to the employer each paid day worked from the                               
07       applicable minimum wage paid to an employee working in the fisheries business for                                 
08       the combined cost of board and lodging the employer furnishes to the employee.  A                                 
09       deduction up to $15 each day for combined room and board shall be presumed to be a                                
10       reasonable amount without profit to the employer.  The department shall allow a                                   
11       deduction higher than $15 each day for combined room and board if the employer                                    
12       demonstrates to the department that the cost to the employee is reasonable and without                            
13       profit to the employer.  A deduction made under this section may be made only if it is                            
14       based on a negotiated union agreement or a written agreement with the employee                                    
15       entered into at the time of hire that specifies the daily rate of deductions for room and                         

01       board.