00HOUSE BILL NO.  5                                                                                                       
01 "An Act relating to absences from the state for purposes of determining eligibility                                     
02 for permanent fund dividends and longevity bonus payments; and providing for                                            
03 an effective date."                                                                                                     
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1.  AS 43.23.095(8) is amended to read:                                                                    
06   (8)  "state resident" means an individual who is physically present in the                                           
07 state with the intent to remain permanently in the state under the requirements of                                      
08 AS 01.10.055 or, if the individual is not physically present in the state, intends to                                   
09 return to the state and remain permanently in the state under the requirements of                                       
10 AS 01.10.055, and is absent only for any of the following reasons:                                                      
11   (A)  vocational, professional, or other specific education for                                                      
12 which a comparable program was not reasonably available in the state;                                                   
13   (B)  secondary or postsecondary education;                                                                          
14   (C)  military service;                                                                                              

01   (D)  medical treatment;                                                                                             
02    (E)  service in Congress;                                                                                          
03   (F)  other reasons that [WHICH] the commissioner may                                                              
04 establish by regulation; [OR]                                                                                           
05   (G)  service in the Peace Corps;                                                                                    
06   (H)  service as a volunteer of the American Red Cross; or                                                          
07   (I)  service as a volunteer of the International Executive                                                          
08 Services Corps;                                                                                                        
09    * Sec. 2.  AS 47.45.030 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                               
10  (b)  Notwithstanding (a) of this section and AS 47.45.070(4), a recipient who                                         
11 has been absent from the state but is otherwise qualified for bonuses is not disqualified                               
12 from receiving them after returning to the state if the absence was due to service as                                   
13 a volunteer of the American Red Cross or the International Executive Services Corps.                                    
14    * Sec. 3.  This Act takes effect January 1, 1996.