00HOUSE BILL NO. 489                                                                                                      
01 "An Act repealing the state requirement to provide overtime compensation and                                            
02 relating to liquidated damages for unpaid minimum wages."                                                               
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 23.10.050 is amended to read:                                                                       
05  Sec. 23.10.050.  PUBLIC POLICY.  It is the public policy of the state to                                              
06   (1)  establish a minimum wage standard [AND OVERTIME                                                             
07 COMPENSATION STANDARDS] for workers at a level [LEVELS] consistent with                                               
08 their health, efficiency, and general well-being; [,] and                                                             
09   (2)  safeguard the existing minimum wage standard [AND OVERTIME                                                  
10 COMPENSATION STANDARDS] that is [ARE] adequate to maintain the health,                                                
11 efficiency, and general well-being of workers against the unfair competition of a wage                                
12 standard [AND HOUR STANDARDS] that does [DO] not provide an adequate                                              
13 standard [STANDARDS] of living.                                                                                       
14    * Sec. 2.  AS 23.10.110(a) is amended to read:                                                                       

01  (a)  An employer who violates a provision of AS 23.10.065 [AS 23.10.060 OR                                          
02 23.10.065] is liable to an employee affected in the amount of unpaid minimum wages                                      
03 [, OR UNPAID OVERTIME COMPENSATION, AS THE CASE MAY BE,] and,                                                          
04 unless the matter is resolved administratively, in an additional equal amount as                                       
05 liquidated damages.                                                                                                     
06    * Sec. 3.  AS 23.10.130 is amended to read:                                                                          
07  Sec. 23.10.130.  STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.  An action for unpaid                                                        
08 minimum wages [, UNPAID OVERTIME COMPENSATION,] or liquidated damages                                                   
09 under AS 23.10.050 - 23.10.150 is forever barred unless it is started within two years                                  
10 after the cause of action accrues. For the purposes of this section an action is                                        
11 considered to be started on the date when the complaint is filed.                                                       
12    * Sec. 4.  AS 23.10.060 is repealed.