00 HOUSE BILL NO. 552 01 "An Act relating to employment in mining operations." 02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 03 * Section 1. AS 23.10.060(d)(3) is amended to read: 04  (3) an employee of an employer engaged in [SMALL] mining 05 operations [WHERE NOT MORE THAN 12 EMPLOYEES ARE EMPLOYED] if the 06 employee is employed not in excess of 12 hours a day or 56 hours a week during a 07 period or periods of not more than 14 workweeks in the aggregate in a calendar year 08 during the mining season, as the season is defined by the commissioner;