00HOUSE BILL NO. 480                                                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to maintenance of state marine vessels; and providing for an                                           
02 effective date."                                                                                                        
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  AS 36.90 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                 
05  Sec. 36.90.049.  Maintenance of state marine vessels.  (a)  A marine vessel                                         
06 owned by the state shall be maintained and repaired at a shipyard facility located in                                   
07 the state unless the commissioner of the department that operates the marine vessel                                     
08 determines in writing that there is no shipyard facility located in the state that is                                   
09 equipped or qualified to perform the particular maintenance or repair required, or, after                               
10 taking into consideration the Alaska bidder preference set out in AS 36.30.170 and the                                  
11 interport differential, as determined by the Alaska marine highway system under this                                    
12 section, that the proposed cost of the maintenance or repair work is unreasonable.  In                                  
13 making the determination, the commissioner shall consider, and document in writing,                                     
14 the direct and indirect benefits to the economy and labor force in the state that would                                 

01 be derived by performing the vessel maintenance or repair at a facility in the state.                                   
02 A detailed list of the costs and factors considered in calculating the interport                                        
03 differential must be provided to each person who expresses an interest in submitting                                    
04 a bid to perform maintenance or repair work on a marine vessel owned by the state.                                      
05     (b)  The competitive bid provisions of AS 36.30 do not apply to a contract for                                     
06 the maintenance or repair of a marine vessel owned by the state if the contract is                                      
07 awarded to a shipyard facility in the state.                                                                            
08  (c)  The commissioner of the department that operates a marine vessel shall                                           
09 adopt regulations establishing the criteria that the department shall use to determine                                  
10 whether the cost of maintenance or repair work at a shipyard facility located in the                                    
11 state is reasonable under (a) of this section.  The commissioner shall designate by                                     
12 regulation the designated base port for each vessel operated by the department.  A                                      
13 vessel's designated base port is the vessel's delivery and redelivery port.                                             
14  (d)  The Alaska marine highway system shall adopt regulations establishing the                                        
15 criteria that the Alaska marine highway system shall use in calculating the interport                                   
16 differential under this section.  The criteria for calculating the interport differential                               
17 must include costs incurred from the time that the vessel leaves the vessel's designated                                
18 base port to enter the shipyard facility until the time that the vessel returns to the                                  
19 designated base port from the shipyard facility.                                                                        
20  (e)  In this section,                                                                                                 
21   (1)  "commissioner of the department that operates the marine vessel"                                                
22 includes the president of the University of Alaska with regard to a vessel operated by                                  
23 the university;                                                                                                         
24   (2)  "interport differential" includes all costs related to the performance                                          
25 of the maintenance or repair work of a marine vessel at a shipyard located outside of                                   
26 the state, including travel costs incurred moving the vessel from its designated base                                   
27 port to the shipyard outside of the state, additional fuel consumption, cost of                                         
28 consumables including lubricants and other engine and deck stores, maintenance costs                                    
29 incurred during running time, cost of crew transfers including airfare between Alaska                                   
30 and the shipyard, wages in travel status, crew room and board, and other interport                                      
31 costs identified by the Alaska marine highway system.                                                                   

01    * Sec. 2.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).