00SENATE BILL NO. 174                                                                                                     
01 "An Act exempting certain taxicab operators from coverage under the Alaska                                              
02 Wage and Hour Act, the Alaska Employment Security Act, and the Alaska                                                   
03 Workers' Compensation Act."                                                                                             
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1.  AS 23.10.055 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                             
06   (13)  an individual who drives a taxicab, is compensated for taxicab                                                 
07 services exclusively by customers of the service, and whose  contractual arrangements,                                  
08 if any, with owners of taxicab vehicles, taxicab permits, or radio dispatch services are                                
09 based upon flat contractual rates and not based on a percentage share of the                                            
10 individual's receipts from customers.                                                                                   
11    * Sec. 2.  AS 23.20.526(a) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                             
12   (21)  service performed by an individual who drives a taxicab whose                                                  
13 compensation and contractual arrangements are as described in AS 23.10.055(13).                                         
14    * Sec. 3.  AS 23.30.230(a) is amended to read:                                                                       

01  (a)  The following persons are not covered by this chapter:                                                           
02   (1)  part-time baby-sitters;                                                                                         
03   (2)  cleaning persons;                                                                                               
04   (3)  harvest help and similar part-time or transient help;                                                           
05   (4)  persons employed as entertainers on a contractual basis; [AND]                                                  
06   (5)  commercial fishermen, as defined in AS 16.05.940; and                                                          
07   (6)  individuals who drive taxicabs whose compensation and                                                           
08 contractual arrangements are as described in AS 23.10.055(13).                                                         
09    * Sec. 4.  AS 23.10.060(d)(7) is repealed.                                                                           
10    * Sec. 5.  The provisions of secs. 1 - 4 of this Act apply to determinations as to the                               
11 employment status of taxicab drivers that are pending or not yet filed on the effective date of                         
12 this Act.