00HOUSE BILL NO. 74                                                                                                     
01 "An Act relating to salary caps and to the power to transfer certain positions                                          
02 to the classified service and entitlement to longevity increments for certain state                                     
03 officials."                                                                                                             
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
05    * Section 1.  AS 39.20.080(b) is amended to read:                                                                  
06  (b)  The monthly salary of a deputy head  or an assistant head  of a principal                                      
07 executive department of the state is not less than Step A nor more than Step F,  Range                                 
08 21,  [RANGE 28] of the salary schedule in AS 39.27.011(a) for Juneau, Alaska.                                          
09    * Sec. 2.  AS 39.20.080 is amended by adding new subsections to read:                                              
10  (d)  The monthly salary of a director of a division within a principal executive                                      
11 department of the state is not less than Step A nor more than Step F, Range 21, of the                                  
12 salary schedule in AS 39.27.011(a) for Juneau, Alaska.                                                                  
13  (e)  The monthly salary of an employee in the Office of the Governor, the                                             
14 office of the lieutenant governor, or the office of the commissioner of a principal                                     

01 department in the executive branch of state government who is a member of the                                           
02 exempt or partially exempt service may not exceed Step F, Range 21, of the salary                                       
03 schedule in AS 39.27.011(a) for Juneau, Alaska.  This subsection does not apply to                                      
04   (1)  one chief of staff, one press secretary, one legislative director, three                                        
05 regional directors, one director of the Washington, D.C. office, three Washington, D.C.                                 
06 associate directors, one administrative services director, one director of the office of                                
07 management and budget, one governmental coordination director, one human rights                                         
08 commission director, and one director of the office of equal employment opportunity                                     
09 in the Office of the Governor;                                                                                          
10   (2)  the chief of staff and the director of the division of elections in the                                         
11 office of the lieutenant governor;                                                                                      
12   (3)  the Department of Law;                                                                                          
13   (4)  the University of Alaska.                                                                                       
14    * Sec. 3.  AS 39.25.130(c) is amended to read:                                                                     
15  (c)  The personnel board, upon written recommendation of the commissioner                                             
16 of administration, may extend the classified service to include any position in the                                     
17 partially exempt service  other than a position listed in AS 39.20.080(e)(1) or (2) .                                 
18    * Sec. 4.  AS 39.27.022 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             
19  (e)  This section does not apply to deputy commissioners, assistant                                                   
20 commissioners, or division directors within a principal executive department of the                                     
21 state.                                                                                                                  
22    * Sec. 5.  Work performed on or after the effective date of this Act by a deputy                                   
23 commissioner, assistant commissioner, division director of a principal executive department                             
24 of the state, or a person described in AS 39.20.080(e), enacted by sec. 2 of this Act, is subject                       
25 to the provisions of this Act.