00                      CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 409(L&C)                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to excluding qualified real estate licensees from workers' compensation                                
02 coverage."                                                                                                              
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 23.30.230(a) is amended to read:                                                                  
05            (a)  The following persons are not covered by this chapter:                                                  
06                 (1)  a part-time baby-sitter;                                                                           
07                 (2)  a cleaning person;                                                                                 
08                 (3)  harvest help and similar part-time or transient help;                                              
09                 (4)  a person employed as a sports official on a contractual basis and                                  
10       who officiates only at sports events in which the players are not compensated; in this                            
11       paragraph, "sports official" includes an umpire, referee, judge, scorekeeper,                                     
12       timekeeper, organizer, or other person who is a neutral participant in a sports event;                            
13                 (5)  a person employed as an entertainer on a contractual basis;                                        
14                 (6)  a commercial fisherman, as defined in AS 16.05.940;                                                

01                 (7)  an individual who drives a taxicab whose compensation and written                                  
02       contractual arrangement is as described in AS 23.10.055(a)(13), unless the hours                                  
03       worked by the individual or the areas in which the individual may work are restricted                             
04       except to comply with local ordinances;                                                                           
05                 (8)  a participant in the Alaska temporary assistance program                                           
06       (AS 47.27) who is engaged in work activities required under AS 47.27.035 other than                               
07       subsidized or unsubsidized work or on-the-job training; [AND]                                                     
08                 (9)  a person employed as a player or coach by a professional hockey                                    
09       team if the person is covered under a health care insurance plan provided by the                                  
10       professional hockey team, the coverage is applicable to both work related and                                     
11       nonwork related injuries, and the coverage provides medical and related benefits as                               
12       required under this chapter, except that coverage may not be limited to two years from                            
13       the date of injury as described under AS 23.30.095(a); in this paragraph, "health care                            
14       insurance" has the meaning given in AS 21.12.050; and                                                         
15                 (10)  a person working as a qualified real estate licensee who                                      
16       performs services under a written contract that provides that the person will not                             
17       be treated as an employee for federal income tax or workers' compensation                                     
18       purposes; in this paragraph, "qualified real estate licensee" means a person who                              
19       is required to be licensed under AS 08.88.161 and whose payment for services is                               
20       directly related to sales or other output rather than the number of hours worked.