00                              SENATE BILL NO. 3                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the accrual of personal leave for certain former state officers; and                                
02 providing for an effective date."                                                                                       
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 39.20.310 is amended to read:                                                                     
05            Sec. 39.20.310.  Exceptions.  AS 39.20.200 - 39.20.330 do not apply to                                     
06                 (1)  members of the state legislature, the governor, the lieutenant                                     
07       governor, and justices and judges of the supreme and superior courts and of the court                             
08       of appeals; however,                                                                                          
09                      (A)  [, BUT] nothing in AS 39.20.200 - 39.20.330 may be                                        
10            construed to diminish the salaries fixed by law for these officers by reason of                              
11            absence from duty on account of illness or otherwise; and                                                
12                      (B)  in determining years of service for the purpose of                                        
13            computing personal leave under AS 39.20.200, the department shall                                        
14            include the time the person worked in the positions described in this                                    
01            paragraph as service with the Territory and State of Alaska;                                             
02                 (2)  magistrates serving the state on less than a full-time basis;                                      
03                 (3)  officers, members of the teaching staff, and employees of the                                      
04       University of Alaska;                                                                                             
05                 (4)  [REPEALED                                                                                          
06                 (5)]  persons employed in a professional capacity to make a temporary                                   
07       and special inquiry, study, or examination as authorized by the governor, the                                     
08       legislature, or a legislative committee;                                                                          
09                 (5) [(6)]  members of boards, commissions, and authorities who are not                              
10       otherwise employed by the state;                                                                                  
11                 (6) [(7)]  temporary employees hired for periods of less than 12                                    
12       consecutive months;                                                                                               
13                 (7) [(8)]  persons employed by the division of marine transportation as                             
14       masters and members of the crews operating the state ferry system who are covered by                              
15       collective bargaining agreements as provided in AS 23.40.040, except as expressly                                 
16       provided by law;                                                                                                  
17                 (8) [(9)]  persons employed by the state who are covered by collective                              
18       bargaining agreements as provided in AS 23.40.210, except as expressly provided by                                
19       law.                                                                                                              
20    * Sec. 2.  The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                         
21 read:                                                                                                                   
22       APPLICABILITY AND RETROACTIVITY.  The amendments to AS 39.20.310(1)                                               
23 made by sec. 1 of this Act apply to a state employee who is employed on or after the effective                          
24 date of this Act and apply to the employee's entire period of service as a state officer                                
25 described in AS 39.20.310(1) and as a state employee and, to the extent it includes service                             
26 before the effective date of this Act, are retrospective in their effect.                                               
27    * Sec. 3.  The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                         
28 read:                                                                                                                   
29       REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.  The revisor of statutes is instructed to renumber                                         
30 paragraph references in AS 39.20.245(b) and 39.20.270 to conform those references to the                                
31 renumbering of paragraphs in AS 39.20.310, amended by sec. 1 of this Act, to reflect the                                
01 elimination of former paragraph (4).                                                                                    
02    * Sec. 4.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).