00                             HOUSE BILL NO. 402                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to fees for the inspection of recreational devices, for certificates of                                
02 fitness for electrical wiring and plumbing, for filing voluntary flexible work hour plans,                              
03 and for licenses for boiler operators; and providing for an effective date."                                            
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1.  AS 05.20.060 is amended by adding new subsections to read:                                           
06            (b)  Upon inspection of a device under this section, the owner or operator of                                
07       the device shall pay the department a fee of $200 for the inspection of that device.                              
08            (c)  Fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the building safety                             
09       account created by AS 44.31.025.                                                                                  
10    * Sec. 2.  AS 18.60.395 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             
11            (e)  A person shall pay a nonrefundable application fee of $200 when applying                                
12       for a license as a boiler operator.  Fees collected under this section shall be deposited                         
13       in the building safety account created under AS 44.31.025.                                                        
14    * Sec. 3.  AS 18.62.030(a) is amended to read:                                                                     
01            (a)  An applicant shall pay a nonrefundable application and examination fee of                               
02       $50 when applying for a trainee or journeyman level certificate of fitness.  The                                  
03       department shall charge a biennial fee of $200 [$160] for the issuance of a trainee or                        
04       journeyman level certificate or a renewal certificate, to be prorated if issued for less                          
05       than two years, and a fee of $25 for the issuance of a duplicate certificate.                                     
06    * Sec. 4.  AS 23.10.060 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             
07            (f)  An employer shall pay a nonrefundable fee of $100 for each voluntary                                    
08       flexible work hour plan that the employer files with the department under (d)(14) of                              
09       this section.                                                                                                     
10    * Sec. 5.  AS 37.05.146(c)(53) is amended to read:                                                                 
11                 (53)  receipts of fees for certain inspections deposited under                                          
12       AS 05.20.060, AS 18.60.360, 18.60.395, 18.60.800, and AS 18.62.030 in the building                        
13       safety account created under AS 44.31.025;                                                                        
14    * Sec. 6.  AS 44.31.025 is amended to read:                                                                        
15            Sec. 44.31.025.  Building safety account.  The building safety account is                                  
16       created in the state treasury.  The legislature may appropriate money from the account                            
17       for necessary costs incurred by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development                                 
18       in the administration of AS 05.20, AS 18.60.180 - 18.60.395, 18.60.800 - 18.60.820,                           
19       and AS 18.62.  Nothing in this section creates a dedicated fund or dedicates the money                            
20       in the account for a specific purpose.                                                                            
21    * Sec. 7.  This Act takes effect July 1, 2004.