00                             SENATE BILL NO. 182                                                                         
01 "An Act relating to salary differences in collective bargaining agreements subject to the                               
02 Public Employment Relations Act that are based on a difference in the cost of living                                    
03 outside the state and the cost of living in the state; and providing for an effective date."                            
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1. AS 23.40.075 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                           
06            (b)  The parties may not enter into a collective bargaining agreement that                                   
07       adjusts the amount of the salary paid to an employee who resides inside the state based                           
08       on a difference between the cost of living in the state and the cost of living outside the                        
09       state.                                                                                                            
10    * Sec. 2. AS 23.40.210 is repealed and reenacted to read:                                                          
11            Sec. 23.40.210. Agreement. Upon the completion of negotiations between an                                  
12       organization and a public employer, if a settlement is reached, the employer shall                                
13       reduce it to writing in the form of an agreement. The agreement may include a term                                
14       for which it will remain in effect, not to exceed three years. The agreement shall                                
01       include a grievance procedure that has binding arbitration as its final step. Either party                        
02       to the agreement has a right of action to enforce the agreement by petition to the labor                          
03       relations agency.                                                                                                 
04    * Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
05 read:                                                                                                                   
06       APPLICABILITY. Sections 1 and 2 of this Act apply to collective bargaining                                        
07 agreements that are entered into on or after the effective date of this Act.                                            
08    * Sec. 4. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).