00                      CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 209(FIN)                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to emergency firefighters; and providing for an effective date."                                       
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 41.15.030(b) is amended to read:                                                                   
04 (b)  The commissioner may hire emergency firefighting personnel, and shall                                              
05 establish classifications and rates of pay for the emergency firefighting personnel                                     
06 consistent with the compensation paid by other firefighting agencies. The                                               
07 commissioner may adjust the classifications and rates based on findings of the federal                                  
08 Bureau of Land Management for Alaska. The commissioner may assign emergency                                             
09 firefighting personnel to conduct fire suppression, hazard reduction, fire prevention,                                  
10 habitat restoration or improvement, and other related activities in emergency and                                       
11 nonemergency circumstances. The assignment of emergency firefighting personnel to                                       
12 nonemergency activities may not be used to replace permanent or seasonal state                                          
13 employees. [THE COMMISSIONER MAY NOT USE APPROPRIATIONS TO THE                                                          
14 DEPARTMENT FROM STATE GENERAL FUNDS FOR EMERGENCY                                                                       
15 FIREFIGHTING PERSONNEL ENGAGED IN NONEMERGENCY ACTIVITIES                                                               

01       UNDER THIS SECTION.]                                                                                              
02    * Sec. 2. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).