00CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 81(FIN)                                                                                           
01 "An Act relating to the longevity bonus program."                                                                       
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 47.45.010(a) is amended to read:                                                                    
04  (a)  A person who is 65 years of age or over who resides in the state for at                                          
05 least one year immediately preceding application for a longevity bonus under this                                       
06 chapter [,] may apply to the commissioner of administration no later than                                              
07 December 31, 1995, for qualification to receive a monthly bonus                                                        
08   (1)  of $225, if the person's application was submitted before                                                    
09 January 1, 1994;                                                                                                        
10   (2)  of $150, if the person's application was submitted on or after                                                
11 January 1, 1994, but before January 1, 1995; or                                                                         
12   (3)  of $100, if the person's application was submitted on or after                                                
13 January 1, 1995, but before January 1, 1996 [$250].                                                                    
14    * Sec. 2.  AS 47.45 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                      

01  Sec. 47.45.045.  REAPPLICATION AFTER DISQUALIFICATION.  A person                                                      
02 who has been disqualified under this chapter from receiving a bonus for a period of                                     
03 12 consecutive months or more may not reapply for qualification for a bonus unless                                      
04 the reapplication is made before January 1, 1996.  The amount of that person's                                          
05 monthly bonus shall be determined under AS 47.45.010(a)(1) - (3) based on the date                                      
06 of reapplication.                                                                                                       
07    * Sec. 3.  AS 47.45.070(a) is amended to read:                                                                       
08  (a)  An unqualified person is one who                                                                                 
09   (1)  does not meet the age or residence requirements as provided for                                                 
10 under this chapter;                                                                                                     
11   (2)  meets the age and residence requirements of this chapter but either                                             
12 is confined in a state or federal mental health institution or facility and is certified by                             
13 the state as unable to manage personal affairs, or resides in a nursing home as that                                    
14 term is defined in AS 08.70.180; however, if that person, at the time of commitment                                     
15 or commencement of residence, provided the principal support of a spouse, the                                           
16 commissioner of administration may determine to pay the confined person's bonus to                                      
17 the person's spouse until the spouse is qualified for a bonus;                                                          
18   (3)  is otherwise qualified but confined in a penal or correctional                                                  
19 institution or facility; upon completion of sentence or upon the conferral of a pardon,                                 
20 parole, or probation, the person may make application; confinement outside the state                                  
21 shall be considered as residence in the state if a person was convicted and sentenced                                   
22 from a court in Alaska; revocation of parole or probation shall be cause for immediate                                  
23 disqualification until release from confinement is again effected;                                                      
24   (4)  voluntarily leaves the state and remains absent from the state for                                              
25 a continuous period of more than 90 days;                                                                              
26   (5)  did not apply, under AS 47.45.010(a), before January 1, 1996,                                                   
27 for qualification to receive a longevity bonus;                                                                         
28   (6)  was found qualified to receive a longevity bonus, was                                                           
29 subsequently disqualified for 12 consecutive months or more, and did not reapply                                        
30 before January 1, 1996.                                                                                                
31    * Sec. 4.  SEVERABILITY.  Under AS 01.10.030, if any provision of AS 47.45.010(a)(1) - (3), amended by sec.          

01 1 of this Act, AS 47.45.045, added by sec. 2 of this Act, or                                                            
02 AS 47.45.070(a)(5) and (6), added by sec. 3 of this Act, or the application of a provision of                           
03 this Act to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of this Act and the                              
04 application to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected.