00CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 1(CRA)                                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to collective bargaining agreements and arbitration awards of                                          
02 municipal police and fire protection employees."                                                                        
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  AS 23.40.215(a) is amended to read:                                                                  
05  (a)  Except as provided in (d) of this section, the  [THE] monetary terms of                                        
06 any agreement entered into under AS 23.40.070 - 23.40.260 are subject to funding                                        
07 through legislative appropriation.                                                                                      
08    * Sec. 2.  AS 23.40.215 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             
09  (d)  An agreement negotiated by a municipal public employer and a bargaining                                          
10 organization as the representative of police or fire protection employees that has been                                 
11 approved by vote of the governing body of the municipality and by the bargaining                                        
12 organization constitutes a contract between the municipality and the bargaining                                         
13 organization.  The monetary terms of an arbitration award made under AS 23.40.200(b)                                    
14 as a result of an impasse or deadlock in collective bargaining between a municipal                                      

01 public employer and police or fire protection employees shall be treated as a contract                                  
02 between the municipality and the bargaining organization representing the police or fire                                
03 protection employees.                                                                                                   
04    * Sec. 3.  This Act applies to agreements reached on or after the effective date of this Act                       
05 and to arbitration awards in cases of deadlocks or impasses submitted to arbitration under                              
06 AS 23.40.200(b) on or after the effective date of this Act.