00CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 323(L&C)                                                                                        
01 "An Act relating to the calculation of employee contributions and credited service                                      
02 in the public employees' retirement system for noncertificated employees of school                                      
03 districts, regional educational attendance areas, and state boarding schools; and                                       
04 providing for an effective date."                                                                                       
05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
06    * Section 1.  AS 39.35.160 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                          
07  (c)  Beginning July 1, 1998, a noncertificated employee of a state boarding                                           
08 school or of a school district or regional educational attendance area shall pay a                                      
09 contribution surcharge.  The amount of the surcharge is the difference between the                                      
10 amount the employer would have had to contribute under AS 39.35.250 - 39.35.290                                         
11 for the employee when treating the employee's credited service as service earned under                                  
12 AS 39.35.300(c) or 39.35.310(c) less the amount the employer would have had to                                          
13 contribute under AS 39.35.250 - 39.35.290 without treating the employee's credited                                      
14 service as service earned under AS 39.35.300(c) or AS 39.35.310(c).                                                     

01    * Sec. 2.  AS 39.35.300 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             
02  (c)  In calculating the credited service of a noncertificated employee of a state                                     
03 boarding school earned on or after July 1, 1998, the employee's years of service shall                                  
04 be determined using the table for service on or after July 1, 1969, set out in the                                      
05 definition of year of service in AS 14.25.220.  A noncertificated employee is entitled                                  
06 to credit for service performed on a part-time basis as set out in that definition.                                     
07    * Sec. 3.  AS 39.35.310 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             
08  (c)  In calculating the credited service of a noncertificated employee of a school                                    
09 district or regional educational attendance area earned on or after July 1, 1998, the                                   
10 employee's years of service shall be determined using the table for service on or after                                 
11 July 1, 1969, set out in the definition of year of service in AS 14.25.220.  A                                          
12 noncertificated employee is entitled to credit for service performed on a part-time basis                               
13 as set out in that definition.                                                                                          
14    * Sec. 4.  This Act takes effect July 1, 1998.