00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 377                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the per diem allowance for members of the legislature."                                             
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 24.10.130(b) is amended to read:                                                                   
04            (b)  Legislators and officers and employees of the legislative branch of                                     
05       government may be entitled to a per diem allowance; however, a member of the                                  
06       legislature is not entitled to a per diem allowance for a day the legislature is in                           
07       session at a location                                                                                         
08                 (1)  outside of the capital city, if the member's principal place of                                
09       residence is less than 30 miles from the location; or                                                         
10                 (2)  in the capital city, if the member's principal place of residence                              
11       is in the City and Borough of Juneau.                                                                         
12    * Sec. 2. AS 24.10.130(c) is amended to read:                                                                      
13            (c)  The Alaska Legislative Council shall adopt a policy in accordance with (b)                          
14       of this section and AS 39.23.540(d) regarding reimbursement for moving expenses                               
15       [APPLICABLE TO ALL LEGISLATORS] and payment of a [AN APPLICABLE]                                              

01       per diem allowance [POLICY]. The policy must apply to all members of the                                      
02       legislature and must set conditions for the reimbursement for moving expenses and                             
03       payment of per diem and prescribe the amounts of reimbursement adapted to the                                     
04       special needs of the legislative branch as determined by the council.                                             
05    * Sec. 3. AS 39.23.540(d) is amended to read:                                                                      
06            (d)  The commission shall make available to the governor and presiding                                       
07       officers of each house of the legislature a final report of its findings and                                      
08       recommendations as to the rate and form of compensation, benefits, and allowances                                 
09       for legislators, the governor, the lieutenant governor, and each principal executive                              
10       department head during the first 10 days of a legislative session. Subject to (g) of this                         
11       section and AS 24.10.130(b), and unless a bill disapproving all the recommendations                           
12       for all officers listed in this section is enacted into law within 60 days after the                              
13       recommendations are submitted to the governor and presiding officers of each house                                
14       of the legislature, a recommendation as to the compensation, benefits, and allowances                             
15       for                                                                                                               
16                 (1)  a legislator has the force of law and becomes effective on the first                               
17       day of the next regular legislative session; and                                                                  
18                 (2)  the governor, the lieutenant governor, and each principal executive                                
19       department head has the force of law and becomes effective on the first day of the                                
20       fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the recommendation is submitted.