00                       CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 181(MLV)                                                                    
01 "An Act establishing a waiver for active duty military service of continuing education                                  
02 requirements for renewal of occupational licenses."                                                                     
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 08.01.070 is amended to read:                                                                     
05            Sec. 08.01.070.  Administrative duties of boards.  Each board shall perform                                
06       the following duties in addition to those provided in its respective law:                                         
07                 (1)  take minutes and records of all proceedings;                                                       
08                 (2)  hold a minimum of one meeting each year;                                                           
09                 (3)  hold at least one examination each year;                                                           
10                 (4)  request, through the department, investigation of violations of its                                
11       laws and regulations;                                                                                             
12                 (5)  prepare and grade board examinations;                                                              
13                 (6)  set minimum qualifications for applicants for examination and                                      
14       license and may establish a waiver of continuing education requirements for                                   
01       renewal of a license for the period in which a licensee is engaged in active duty                             
02       military service as described under (c) of this section;                                                      
03                 (7)  forward a draft of the minutes of proceedings to the department                                    
04       within 20 days after the proceedings;                                                                             
05                 (8)  forward results of board examinations to the department within 20                                  
06       days after the examination is given;                                                                              
07                 (9)  notify the department of meeting dates and agenda items at least 15                                
08       days before meetings and other proceedings are held;                                                              
09                 (10)  submit before the end of the fiscal year an annual performance                                    
10       report to the department stating the board's accomplishments, activities, and needs.                              
11    * Sec. 2.  AS 08.01.100(c) is amended to read:                                                                     
12            (c)  When continuing education or other requirements are made a condition of                                 
13       license renewal, the requirements shall be satisfied before a license is renewed except                       
14       that the department may establish and implement a waiver of continuing                                        
15       education requirements for renewal of a license for the period in which a licensee                            
16       is engaged in active duty military service as a reserve or auxiliary member of the                            
17       armed forces of the United States.  In this subsection, "reserve or auxiliary                                 
18       member" means a member of a reserve or auxiliary component of the armed                                       
19       forces of the United States, including the organized militia of the state, consisting                         
20       of the Alaska National Guard, the Alaska Naval Militia, and the Alaska State                                  
21       Defense Force, and who is called to active duty by the appropriate state or federal                           
22       authority.