00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 475                                                                          
01 "An Act prohibiting the hiring of certain state employees, except while a declared                                      
02 condition of disaster emergency is in effect; and providing for an effective date."                                     
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 39.25 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                 
05            Sec. 39.25.025.  Prohibition on hiring.  (a)  The authority to appoint to                                  
06       positions in state service in AS 39.25.020 may not be exercised except as follows:                                
07                 (1)  the governor may appoint                                                                           
08                      (A)  all officers of the armed forces of the state as provided in                                  
09            art. III, sec. 19, Constitution of the State of Alaska;                                                      
10                      (B)  the head of each principal executive department in state                                      
11            government as provided in art. III, sec. 25, Constitution of the State of Alaska;                            
12                      (C)  members of departmental boards, councils, or commissions                                      
13            as provided in art. III, sec. 26, of the Constitution of the State of Alaska;                                
14                      (D)  members of boards of public corporations that are                                             

01            instrumentalities of the state as provided by statute;                                                       
02                 (2)  the governor may make appointments to fill vacancies                                               
03                      (A)  occurring during the recess of the legislature as provided in                                 
04            art. III, sec. 27, Constitution of the State of Alaska;                                                      
05                      (B)  in an office of supreme court justice or superior court judge                                 
06            as provided in art. IV, sec. 5, Constitution of the State of Alaska, or in an office                         
07            of judge of the court of appeals or judge of a district court;                                               
08                 (3)  the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska may appoint a                                     
09       president of the university as provided in art. VII, sec. 3, Constitution of the State of                         
10       Alaska;                                                                                                           
11                 (4)  the legislature may appoint an auditor as provided in art. IX, sec.                                
12       14, Constitution of the State of Alaska, an ombudsman as provided in AS 24.55.020,                                
13       and a victims' advocate as provided in AS 24.65.020.                                                              
14            (b)  While a declared condition of disaster emergency is in effect under                                     
15       AS 26.23.020, (a) of this section does not apply to the governor or the legislature.                              
16            (c)  For purposes of this section, "state service" means employment by the state                             
17       as a public employee or public officer.  In this subsection,                                                      
18                 (1)  "employment by the state" includes employment by the executive,                                    
19       legislative, or judicial branch of state government, including the University of Alaska,                          
20       public or quasi-public corporations, boards and commissions, and the Alaska Railroad                              
21       Corporation;                                                                                                      
22                 (2)  "public employee" means a permanent, probationary, seasonal,                                       
23       temporary, provisional, or nonpermanent employee of the state, whether in the                                     
24       classified, partially exempt, or exempt service;                                                                  
25                 (3)  "public officer" means a state public employee or a member of a                                    
26       board or commission.                                                                                              
27    * Sec. 2.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).