00 SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 164                                                                               
01 "An Act providing that employment as a legislator or with the National Education                                        
02 Association is not credited service under the teachers' retirement system;                                              
03 prohibiting membership in the teachers' retirement system for holders of limited                                        
04 certificates; removing teachers holding limited certificates to teach Alaska Native                                     
05 language or culture from membership in the teachers' retirement system; and                                             
06 repealing a provision permitting members of the teachers' retirement system to                                          
07 count unused sick leave credit as credited service."                                                                    
08 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
09    * Section 1.  AS 14.25.040(a) is amended to read:                                                                    
10  (a)  Unless a teacher or member has elected to participate in the optional                                            
11 university retirement program under AS 14.40.661 - 14.40.799, a teacher or member                                       
12 contracting for service with a participating employer is subject to this chapter.                                      
13 However, beginning on the effective date of this Act, a limited certificate issued                                      
14 under AS 14.20.025 does not entitle the holder to membership under this chapter.                                       
01    * Sec. 2.  AS 14.25.220(16) is amended to read:                                                                      
02   (16)  "employer" means a public school district, the Board of Regents                                                
03 of the University of Alaska, the Department of Education, or [THE NATIONAL                                            
04 EDUCATION ASSOCIATION OF ALASKA,] the Regional Resource Centers [, OR                                                   
05 THE STATE LEGISLATURE WITH RESPECT TO A STATE LEGISLATOR WHO                                                            
06 ELECTS MEMBERSHIP UNDER AS 14.25.040(b)];                                                                               
07    * Sec. 3.  AS 14.25.040(b), 14.25.040(c), 14.25.045, 14.25.048, 14.25.115(a),                                        
08 14.25.220(6)(B), 14.25.220(21)(D), 14.25.220(21)(F), and 14.25.220(40)(D) are repealed.                                 
09    * Sec. 4.  This Act applies to persons who first become members of the teachers' retirement                          
10 system on or after the effective date of this Act.