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HB 90: "An Act making corrective amendments to the Alaska Statutes as recommended by the revisor of statutes; and providing for an effective date."

00HOUSE BILL NO. 90 01 "An Act making corrective amendments to the Alaska Statutes as recommended 02 by the revisor of statutes; and providing for an effective date." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 14.20.345(d) is amended to read: 05  (d) The governing body of the district may agree to continue the teacher's 06 retirement contributions if the teacher agrees to pay the [REQUIRED SEVEN] percent 07 required under AS 14.25.050 of the salary the teacher would have received during 08 the leave of absence and reimburse the district for the district's required retirement 09 contribution. Each year of leave of absence then would count as a year of retirement 10 service. 11 * Sec. 2. AS 15.15.070(h) is amended to read: 12  (h) An abbreviated form of the notice published under (b) of this section shall 13 be broadcast on one or more radio or television stations in each of the four judicial 14 [MAJOR ELECTION] districts. The broadcast notice must include at a minimum the

01 date of the election, the hours between which the polling places will be open, the 02 names of the newspapers in which the notice is published, and the dates of publication 03 in the newspapers. 04 * Sec. 3. AS 16.05.440 is amended to read: 05  Sec. 16.05.440. EXPIRATION DATE FOR LICENSES. Licenses issued under 06 AS 16.05.440 - 16.05.723 [AS 16.05.440 - 16.05.720] expire at the close of 07 December 31 following their issuance or, for licenses that are valid for two years, after 08 December 31 of the year after the year of issuance, and shall be renewed upon 09 application and payment of the license fees required by AS 16.05.440 - 16.05.723 10 [AS 16.05.440 - 16.05.720]. 11 * Sec. 4. AS 16.05.510 is amended to read: 12  Sec. 16.05.510. UNLICENSED VESSEL UNLAWFUL. A person may not 13 operate a [OPERATION WITHOUT A VESSEL LICENSE OF ANY] vessel to which 14 AS 16.05.490 - 16.05.530 apply without a vessel license [IS UNLAWFUL], whether 15 the absence of a vessel license results from initial failure to purchase or from another 16 reason [ REVOCATION BY THE COMMISSIONER]. 17 * Sec. 5. AS 16.05.930(g) is amended to read: 18  (g) AS 16.05.440 - 16.05.723 [AS 16.05.330 - 16.05.720] do not apply to an 19 activity authorized by a permit issued under AS 16.40.100 or 16.40.120, or to a person 20 or vessel employed in an activity authorized by a permit issued under AS 16.40.100 21 or 16.40.120. 22 * Sec. 6. AS 16.20.590(17) is amended to read: 23  (17) Township 9 South, Range 15 West, Seward Meridian (only tide 24 and submerged land and waters east of a line from Anchor Point to Point Pogibshi); 25 * Sec. 7. AS 16.20.590 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read: 26  (22) Township 9 South, Range 12 West, Seward Meridian (only tide 27 and submerged land and waters). 28 * Sec. 8. AS 18.55.130(b) is amended to read: 29  (b) Except in the case of leased housing as provided in 42 U.S.C. 1437f [42 30 U.S.C. 1421b, AS AMENDED], the corporation shall fix the income limits for 31 occupancy of its low-cost housing projects and rents that are approved by the United

01 States Department of Housing and Urban Development after taking into consideration 02  (1) the family size, composition, age, physical handicaps, and other 03 factors that might affect the rent-paying ability of the family; and 04  (2) the economic factors that affect the financial stability and solvency 05 of the project. 06 * Sec. 9. AS 18.55.130(c) is amended to read: 07  (c) Rents and requirements for admission to low-cost housing projects as 08 provided in (a) and (b) of this section must be so established that a gap of at least 20 09 percent, except in the case of an elderly family or displaced family or in the case of 10 leased housing under 42 U.S.C. 1437f [42 U.S.C. 1421b, AS AMENDED], will be left 11 between the upper rental limits for admission to low-cost housing projects of the 12 corporation and the lowest rents at which private enterprise unaided by public subsidy 13 is providing housing substantially similar to the low-cost housing projects of the 14 corporation. 15 * Sec. 10. AS 18.60.315 is amended to read: 16  Sec. 18.60.315. INSPECTION STANDARDS. The 1992 [1991] edition of the 17 National Board Inspection Code Manual for Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors 18 constitutes the minimum boiler and pressure vessel inspection standard of the state for 19 boilers and pressure vessels after they have received their initial inspection certificates 20 from the Department of Labor. The Department of Labor may adopt regulations for 21 the maximum practical implementation of the manual and may grant an exception from 22 a specific provision of the manual when the department determines that the 23 implementation of the provision would be impractical. 24 * Sec. 11. AS 18.60.800(a) is amended to read: 25  (a) Except as provided in this subsection, the 1990 edition of the American 26 Society of Mechanical Engineers A17.1 - 1990 [NATIONAL STANDARDS 27 INSTITUTE] Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators [(ANSI/ASME A17.1)] 28 published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers is adopted as the 29 minimum elevator safety code in the state. Section 1001.1, Inspection and Test Periods, 30 and Part XXII, Shipboard Elevators, of the American Society of Mechanical 31 Engineers [NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE] Safety Code for Elevators and

01 Escalators, are not adopted as a part of the minimum elevator safety code in the state. 02 * Sec. 12. AS 24.60.070(a) is amended to read: 03  (a) A legislator or legislative employee shall disclose to the committee, which 04 shall maintain a public record of the disclosure and forward the disclosure to the 05 respective house for inclusion in the journal, the formation or maintenance of a close 06 economic association involving a substantial financial matter with 07  (1) a supervisor who is not a member of the legislature who has 08 responsibility or authority, either directly or indirectly, over the person's employment, 09 including preparing or reviewing performance evaluations, or granting or approving 10 pay raises or promotions; this paragraph does not apply to a public member of the 11 committee; 12  (2) legislators; 13  (3) a public official who is required to file a financial disclosure 14 statement under AS 39.50 and is not an appointed municipal officer; 15  (4) a registered lobbyist; or 16  (5) a legislative employee if the person required to make the disclosure 17 is a legislator. 18 * Sec. 13. AS 39.35.680(8) is amended to read: 19  (8) "compensation" means the total remuneration earned by an 20 employee for personal services rendered to an employer, including employee 21 contributions under AS 39.35.160, cost-of-living differentials only as provided in 22 AS 39.35.675, payments for leave that is actually used by the employee, the amount 23 by which the employee's wages are reduced under AS 39.30.150(c), and any amount 24 deferred under an employer-sponsored deferred compensation plan, but does not 25 include retirement benefits, severance pay or other separation bonuses, welfare 26 benefits, per diem, expense allowances, workers' compensation payments, 27 [INCENTIVE CASH AWARDS UNDER AS 39.51.120,] or payments for leave not 28 used by the employee whether those leave payments are scheduled payments, 29 lump-sum payments, donations, or cash-ins; 30 * Sec. 14. AS 41.23.500(1)(B) is amended to read: 31  (B) Township 17 North, Range 7 West, Seward Meridian

01  Section 6: Otter Lake, Weenie Lake, and the remaining 02 state-owned land in [THAT PORTION OF] the SW1/4 03  [IN TRACT B, ASLA 81-77] 04  Section 7: Otter Lake and Tracts F-2 and F-3 of ASLS 05  79-147 06 Section 18: S1/2, W1/2NW1/4 07 Section 19 08 Sections 30 - 31 09 Section 32: W1/2 10 * Sec. 15. AS 08.03.010(c)(12); AS 08.64.380(5); AS 10.06.960(d); AS 18.07.111(10); 11 AS 39.25.120(c)(20); AS 44.41.100, 44.41.110, 44.41.120, 44.41.130; and 12 AS 44.66.010(a)(13) are repealed. 13 * Sec. 16. Section 13 of this Act takes effect only if AS 39.51 is repealed on July 1, 1993. 14 If sec. 13 of this Act takes effect, it takes effect July 1, 1993. 15 * Sec. 17. Except as provided in sec. 16 of this Act, this Act takes effect immediately 16 under AS 01.10.070(c).