00CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 356(L&C)                                                                                         
01 "An Act excluding certain sports officials and certain recreational activities                                          
02 sanctioned by an employer from coverage provided under workers' compensation;                                           
03 and providing for an effective date."                                                                                   
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1.  AS 23.30.230(a) is amended to read:                                                                    
06  (a)  The following persons are not covered by this chapter:                                                           
07   (1)  part-time baby-sitters;                                                                                         
08   (2)  cleaning persons;                                                                                               
09   (3)  harvest help and similar part-time or transient help;                                                           
10   (4)   persons employed as sports officials on a contractual basis                                                   
11 and who officiate only at sports events in which the players are not compensated;                                       
12 in this paragraph, "sports official" includes an umpire, referee, judge,                                                
13 scorekeeper, timekeeper, organizer, or other person who is a neutral participant                                        
14 in a sports event;                                                                                                      

01   (5)  persons employed as entertainers on a contractual basis;                                                       
02   (6) [(5)]  commercial fishermen, as defined in AS 16.05.940; and                                                   
03   (7) [(6)]  individuals who drive taxicabs whose compensation and                                                   
04 written contractual arrangements are as described in AS 23.10.055(13), unless the                                       
05 hours worked by the individual or the areas in which the individual may work are                                        
06 restricted except to comply with local ordinances.                                                                      
07    * Sec. 2.  AS 23.30.265(2) is amended to read:                                                                       
08   (2)  "arising out of and in the course of employment" includes                                                       
09 employer-required or supplied travel to and from a remote job site; activities performed                                
10 at the direction or under the control of the employer; and employer-sanctioned                                          
11 activities at employer-provided facilities; but excludes activities of a personal nature                                
12 away from employer-provided facilities; "employer-sanctioned activities" do not                                        
13 include recreational activities unless the activity occurs                                                              
14   (A)  at a remote job site; or                                                                                       
15   (B)  on the employment premises;                                                                                   
16    * Sec. 3.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).