00SENATE BILL NO. 155                                                                                                   
01 "An Act relating to methods of payment of and reports concerning certain state                                          
02 salaries and business expenses."                                                                                        
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  AS 22.20.037 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                          
05  (d)  The administrative director of the court system shall file a travel and                                          
06 compensation report with the legislature by January 31 of each year.  The report must                                   
07 contain detailed information for the previous calendar year of the salaries, per diem,                                  
08 travel expenses, relocation expenses, and any additional allowances for                                                 
09   (1)  each justice of the supreme court;                                                                              
10   (2)  each judge of the court of appeals; and                                                                         
11   (3)  the administrative director of the court system.                                                                
12    * Sec. 2.  AS 24.10.120 is repealed and reenacted to read:                                                         
13  Sec. 24.10.120.  Method of payment.  (a)  Salaries, per diem, travel expenses,                                      
14 relocation expenses, and additional allowances for members of the legislature shall be                                  

01 paid as approved by the legislative fiscal officer.                                                                     
02  (b)  The legislative fiscal officer shall file a travel and compensation report                                       
03 with the legislature's fiscal office by January 31 of each year.  The report must contain                               
04 detailed information for the previous calendar year of the salaries, per diem, travel                                   
05 expenses, relocation expenses, and any additional allowances for each legislator and                                    
06 each legislative director.                                                                                              
07    * Sec. 3.  AS 37.05.210 is amended to read:                                                                        
08  Sec. 37.05.210.  Fiscal reporting and statistics.  The Department of                                                
09 Administration shall                                                                                                    
10   (1)  file with the governor and with the legislative auditor before                                                  
11 December 16 a report of the financial transactions of the preceding fiscal year and of                                  
12 the financial condition of the state as of the end of that year, prepared in accordance                                 
13 with generally accepted accounting principles and audited by the legislative auditor in                                 
14 accordance with generally accepted audit standards, with comments and supplementary                                     
15 data that the Department of Administration considers necessary; this report shall be                                    
16 printed for the information of the legislature and the public;                                                          
17   (2)  compile statistics necessary for the budget and other statistics                                                
18 required by the governor ;                                                                                             
19   (3)  file a travel and compensation report with the legislature by                                                   
20 January 31 of each year containing detailed information for the previous calendar                                       
21 year of the salaries, per diem, travel expenses, relocation expenses, and any                                           
22 additional allowances for                                                                                               
23   (A)  the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the chiefs of                                                       
24 staff of the governor and lieutenant governor;                                                                          
25   (B)  the president and vice-president of the University of                                                          
26 Alaska and the chancellors of the individual campuses of the university;                                                
27   (C)  the commissioners or other executive heads of the                                                              
28 principal departments in the executive branch of state government, and the                                              
29 deputy commissioners and division directors in those departments; and                                                   
30   (D)  the executive heads of public corporations created by                                                          
31 law .