00                       CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 397(STA)                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to eliminating vacant positions in the classified and partially exempt                                 
02 service of the state; and providing for an effective date."                                                             
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 39.25 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                  
05 Sec. 39.25.156. Elimination of vacant positions. On June 30 of each odd-                                              
06 numbered year, the director of personnel shall eliminate a position in the classified or                                
07 partially exempt service that has been vacant for the immediately preceding 728-day                                     
08 period. For purposes of this section, a position is not vacant if a full-time, part-time,                               
09       temporary, permanent, or nonpermanent employee                                                                    
10                 (1)  is occupying the position;                                                                         
11                 (2)  occupied the position at any time during the immediately preceding                                 
12       728-day period;                                                                                                   
13                 (3)  has been hired during the immediately preceding 728-day period to                                  
14       occupy the position, even if the employment begins in the following fiscal year; or                               
01                 (4)  may be eligible to return to the position under AS 39.25.158.                                      
02    * Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
03 read:                                                                                                                   
04       APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to contracts that take effect after June 30, 2024.                                
05    * Sec. 3. This Act takes effect July 1, 2024.