00                             HOUSE BILL NO. 149                                                                          
01 "An Act making firefighters employed by the state eligible for the presumption of                                       
02 coverage under workers' compensation for disability due to certain diseases."                                           
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 23.30.121(f) is amended to read:                                                                   
05            (f)  In this section, "firefighter" means                                                                
06                 (1)  a person employed by a municipal fire department;                                              
07                 (2)  a member of a volunteer fire department registered with the                                    
08       state fire marshal;                                                                                           
09                 (3)  a person registered for purposes of workers' compensation                                      
10       with the state fire marshal as a member of a volunteer fire department; or                                    
11                 (4)  a firefighter employed by the state [HAS THE MEANING                                           
12       GIVEN IN AS 09.65.295].                                                                                           
13    * Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
14 read:                                                                                                                   
01       APPLICABILITY. The presumption of coverage established by this Act applies to                                     
02 claims made on or after the effective date of this Act, even if the exposure leading to the                             
03 occupational disease occurred before the effective date of this Act.