00                   HOUSE CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 244(STA)                                                                 
01 "An Act providing that, during the governor's term of office, the duty station of the                                   
02 governor is the state capital, and prohibiting payment of certain travel allowances for                                 
03 use of the governor's personal residence."                                                                              
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1. AS 39.20.060 is amended to read:                                                                      
06            Sec. 39.20.060. Exclusion of governor and lieutenant governor from                                         
07       personnel laws. Except as provided in (b) of this section with respect to the                                 
08       calculation and payment of travel allowances to the governor, and                                             
09       notwithstanding [NOTWITHSTANDING] the provisions of any other law, the                                        
10       governor and lieutenant governor are not considered employees of the state for the                                
11       purpose of state personnel laws relating to hours of employment, annual leave, sick                               
12       leave, overtime, compensatory time, and travel allowances. This section does not                                  
13       deprive the governor and lieutenant governor of the right to participate in the state                             
14       retirement system or in state group insurance plans.                                                              
01    * Sec. 2. AS 39.20.060 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                              
02            (b)  For purposes of calculation and payment of travel allowances due the                                    
03       governor during the governor's term of office,                                                                    
04                 (1)  notwithstanding the governor's residence in another location, the                                  
05       governor's duty station, defined as the location where the governor spends the major                              
06       portion of time assigned to fulfill the duties of the office, is considered to be the state                       
07       capital; and                                                                                                      
08                 (2)  the governor is not entitled to, and may not claim as a travel                                     
09       allowance, a lodging allowance, when staying in the governor's personal residence                                 
10       while in travel status away from the governor's designated duty station.                                          
11    * Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
12 read:                                                                                                                   
13       PROVISIONS OF ACT MADE EXPRESSLY APPLICABLE. In consideration of the                                              
14 requirement of AS 39.20.070, the amendment of AS 39.20.060 by sec. 1 of this Act and the                                
15 enactment of AS 39.20.060(b) by sec. 2 of this Act expressly modify laws applicable to the                              
16 calculation and payment of certain benefits that apply to the governor.