00 SENATE BILL NO. 9 01 "An Act relating to the calculation of employee contributions and credited service 02 in the public employees' retirement system for noncertificated employees of school 03 districts, regional educational attendance areas, the Alaska Vocational Technical 04 Center, and the state boarding schools; and providing for an effective date." 05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 06 * Section 1. AS 39.35.160 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 07 (c) An employee who has made an irrevocable election under AS 39.35.300(c) 08 or 39.35.310(c) to have the employee's years of service as a noncertificated employee 09 of a state boarding school, of a school district or regional educational attendance area, 10 or of the Alaska Vocational Technical Center determined by reference to AS 14.25.220 11 shall pay a contribution surcharge for that service. The amount of the surcharge is the 12 difference between the amount the employer would have had to contribute under 13 AS 39.35.250 - 39.35.290 for the employee when treating the employee's credited 14 service as service earned under AS 39.35.300(c) or 39.35.310(c) less the amount the 01 employer would have had to contribute under AS 39.35.250 - 39.35.290 without 02 treating the employee's credited service as service earned under AS 39.35.300(c) or 03 39.35.310(c). 04 * Sec. 2. AS 39.35.300 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 05 (c) A noncertificated employee of the Alaska Vocational Technical Center or 06 a state boarding school who first becomes a member of the system on or after the 07 effective date of this Act may, within 90 days after the employee first joins the system, 08 make an irrevocable election under this subsection to have the years of service that the 09 employee earns as a noncertificated employee determined using the table for service 10 on or after July 1, 1969, that is set out in the definition of "year of service" in 11 AS 14.25.220. A noncertificated employee of the Alaska Vocational Technical Center 12 or a state boarding school who is an active member of the system on the effective date 13 of this Act may, within 180 days after the effective date of this Act, make the 14 irrevocable election. A member of the system who is an inactive member on the 15 effective date of this Act and who is later employed as a noncertificated employee of 16 the Alaska Vocational Technical Center or a state boarding school may, within 90 days 17 after beginning the subsequent employment, make the irrevocable election. An 18 election under this subsection shall be made in writing on a form provided by the 19 administrator. The election applies to the employee's service earned for the school 20 year in which the election is accepted by the administrator and applies to all 21 subsequent employment as a noncertificated employee of a state boarding school, a 22 school district or regional educational attendance area, or the Alaska Vocational 23 Technical Center. An employee who makes an election under this subsection shall pay 24 the contribution surcharge as set out in AS 39.35.160(c). 25 * Sec. 3. AS 39.35.310 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 26 (c) A noncertificated employee of a school district or regional educational 27 attendance area who first becomes a member of the system on or after the effective 28 date of this Act may, within 90 days after the employee first joins the system, make 29 an irrevocable election under this subsection to have the years of service that the 30 employee earns as a noncertificated employee determined using the table for service 31 on or after July 1, 1969, that is set out in the definition of "year of service" in 01 AS 14.25.220. A noncertificated employee of a school district or regional educational 02 attendance area who is an active member of the system on the effective date of this 03 Act may, within 180 days after the effective date of this Act, make the irrevocable 04 election. A member of the system who is an inactive member on the effective date 05 of this Act and who later is employed as a noncertificated employee of a school 06 district or regional educational attendance area may, within 90 days after beginning the 07 subsequent employment, make the irrevocable election. An election under this 08 subsection shall be made in writing on a form provided by the administrator. The 09 election applies to the employee's service earned for the school year in which the 10 election is accepted by the administrator and applies to all subsequent employment as 11 a noncertificated employee of a state boarding school, a school district or regional 12 educational attendance area, or the Alaska Vocational Technical Center. An employee 13 who makes an election under this subsection shall pay the contribution surcharge as 14 set out in AS 39.35.160(c). 15 * Sec. 4. This Act takes effect July 1, 1999.