00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 504                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the wages of people working in the fisheries business."                                             
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 23.10 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                 
04            Sec. 23.10.072.  Wages for fisheries businesses.  An employer who engages                                  
05       in a fisheries business, as that term is defined in AS 43.75.290, may deduct from the                             
06       applicable minimum wage paid to an employee working in the fisheries business,                                    
07       based on a written agreement with the employee, the reasonable cost of board and                                  
08       lodging the employer furnishes to the employee if the cost to the employee for the use                            
09       of the employer's board and lodging facilities is reasonable and without profit to the                            
10       employer and the board and lodging facilities of the employer are customarily                                     
11       furnished by the employer and used by the employees.