HB 401: "An Act relating to serving as a volunteer in an AmeriCorps program as an allowable absence from the state for purposes of eligibility for permanent fund dividends; and providing for an effective date."
00 HOUSE BILL NO. 401 01 "An Act relating to serving as a volunteer in an AmeriCorps program as an allowable 02 absence from the state for purposes of eligibility for permanent fund dividends; and 03 providing for an effective date." 04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 05 * Section 1. AS 43.23.008(a) is amended to read: 06 (a) Subject to (b) and (c) of this section, an otherwise eligible individual who 07 is absent from the state during the qualifying year remains eligible for a current year 08 permanent fund dividend if the individual was absent 09 (1) receiving secondary or postsecondary education on a full-time 10 basis; 11 (2) receiving vocational, professional, or other specific education on a 12 full-time basis for which, as determined by the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary 13 Education, a comparable program is not reasonably available in the state; 14 (3) serving on active duty as a member of the armed forces of the
01 United States or accompanying, as that individual's spouse, minor dependent, or 02 disabled dependent, an individual who is 03 (A) serving on active duty as a member of the armed forces of 04 the United States; and 05 (B) eligible for a current year dividend; 06 (4) serving under foreign or coastal articles of employment aboard an 07 oceangoing vessel of the United States merchant marine; 08 (5) receiving continuous medical treatment recommended by a 09 licensed physician or convalescing as recommended by the physician who treated the 10 illness if the treatment or convalescence is not based on a need for climatic change; 11 (6) providing care for a parent, spouse, sibling, child, or stepchild with 12 a critical life-threatening illness whose treatment plan, as recommended by the 13 attending physician, requires travel outside the state for treatment at a medical 14 specialty complex; 15 (7) providing care for the individual's terminally ill family member; 16 (8) settling the estate of the individual's deceased parent, spouse, 17 sibling, child, or stepchild, provided the absence does not exceed 220 cumulative days; 18 (9) serving as a member of the United States Congress; 19 (10) serving on the staff of a member from this state of the United 20 States Congress; 21 (11) serving as an employee of the state in a field office or other 22 location; 23 (12) accompanying a minor who is absent under (5) of this subsection; 24 (13) accompanying another eligible resident who is absent for a reason 25 permitted under (1), (2), (5) - (12), [OR] (16) or (17) of this subsection as the spouse, 26 minor dependent, or disabled dependent of the eligible resident; 27 (14) serving as a volunteer in the federal peace corps program; 28 (15) because of training or competing as a member of the United States 29 Olympic Team; 30 (16) serving as a volunteer under the National and Community 31 Service Trust Act of 1993 (AmeriCorps);
01 (17) for any reason consistent with the individual's intent to remain a 02 state resident, provided the absence or cumulative absences do not exceed 03 (A) 180 days in addition to any absence or cumulative absences 04 claimed under (3) of this subsection if the individual is not claiming an absence 05 under (1), (2), or (4) - (16) [(4) - (15)] of this subsection; 06 (B) 120 days in addition to any absence or cumulative absences 07 claimed under (1) - (3) of this subsection if the individual is not claiming an 08 absence under (4) - (16) [(4) - (15)] of this subsection but is claiming an 09 absence under (1) or (2) of this subsection; or 10 (C) 45 days in addition to any absence or cumulative absences 11 claimed under (1) - (16) [(1) - (15)] of this subsection if the individual is 12 claiming an absence under (4) - (16) [(4) - (15)] of this subsection. 13 * Sec. 2. AS 43.23.008(b) is amended to read: 14 (b) An individual may not claim an allowable absence under (a)(1) - (16) 15 [(a)(1) - (15)] of this section unless the individual was a resident of the state for at 16 least six consecutive months immediately before leaving the state. 17 * Sec. 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2009.