1996-01-12                     House Journal                      Page 2437
HB 418                                                                       
An Act relating to salaries for certain officers and employees who            
are not members of a collective bargaining unit; and providing for             
an effective date.                                                             
                                                                               
was read the first time and referred to the Health, Education & Social         
Services, State Affairs, Labor & Commerce and Finance Committees.              
                                                                               
The following fiscal notes apply:                                              
                                                                               
Fiscal note, Alaska Court System, 1/12/96                                      
Fiscal note, Legislative Affairs Agency, 1/12/96                               
                                                                               
The Governors transmittal letter, dated January 12, 1996, appears              
below:                                                                         
                                                                               
Dear Speaker Phillips:                                                         
                                                                               
Under the authority of art. III, sec. 18, of the Alaska Constitution, I am     
transmitting a bill relating to the salaries of state employees who are        
not members of a collective bargaining unit.                                   
                                                                               
This bill would provide for increases in the salary schedule in                
AS39.27.011(a),  effective July 1, 1996, July 1, 1997, and                     
July1,1998, if the federal cost-of-living index indicates that there has       
been an increase in the cost of living during the previous calendar            
year.  The language describing the percentage of increase--capped at           
1.5 percent--is derived from the recently negotiated agreements                
between the state and most employees covered by collective bargaining          
including:  the Alaska State Employees Association, which represents           
employees in the largest state bargaining unit, the General Government         
Unit; the Alaska Public Employees Association, representing the                
Supervisory Unit; and Public Employees Local 71, representing the              
Labor, Trades, and Crafts Unit.                                                
                                                                               
State employees whose salaries are governed by the salary schedule in          
AS39.27.011(a) have not had a cost-of-living adjustment in their               
salaries since 1991.  All state employees whose salaries are determined        
by collective bargaining have had at least one cost-of-living adjustment       
that was not given to the salary schedule employees; members of some           
collective bargaining units have had more than one such adjustment.