00HOUSE BILL NO. 13                                                                                                       
01 "An Act relating to municipal personnel records."                                                                       
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 29.10.200 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                             
04   (51)  AS 29.20.415  (personnel records).                                                                             
05    * Sec. 2.  AS 29.20 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                      
06  Sec. 29.20.415.  PERSONNEL RECORDS.  (a)  Personnel records of municipal                                              
07 employees, including employment applications and examination materials, are                                             
08 confidential and are not open to public inspection except as provided in this section.                                  
09  (b)  The following information is available for public inspection, subject to                                         
10 reasonable restrictions on the time and manner of inspection:                                                           
11   (1)  the names and position titles of all municipal employees;                                                       
12   (2)  the position held by a municipal employee;                                                                      
13   (3)  prior positions held by a municipal employee;                                                                   
14   (4)  the dates of appointment and separation of a municipal employee;                                                

01   (5)  the compensation authorized for a municipal employee.                                                           
02  (c)  A municipal employee has the right to examine the employee's own                                                 
03 personnel files and may authorize others to examine those files.                                                        
04  (d)  An applicant for municipal employment who appeals an examination score                                           
05 may review written examination questions relating to the examination unless the                                         
06 questions are to be used in future examinations.                                                                        
07  (e)  Personnel records, including employment applications and examination                                             
08 materials, relating to positions designated by ordinance as confidential or managerial                                  
09 positions in accordance with AS 29.20.410(b) are available for public inspection,                                       
10 subject to reasonable restrictions on the time and manner of inspection.                                                
11  (f) This section applies to home rule and general law municipalities.