CSSB 182(FIN): "An Act relating to salary differences in collective bargaining agreements subject to the Public Employment Relations Act that are based on a difference in the cost of living outside the state and the cost of living in the state; and providing for an effective date."
00 CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 182(FIN) 01 "An Act relating to salary differences in collective bargaining agreements subject to the 02 Public Employment Relations Act that are based on a difference in the cost of living 03 outside the state and the cost of living in the state; and providing for an effective date." 04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 05 * Section 1. AS 23.40.075 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 06 (b) The parties may not enter into a collective bargaining agreement that 07 adjusts the amount of the salary paid to an employee who resides inside the state based 08 on a difference between the cost of living in the state and the cost of living outside the 09 state. 10 * Sec. 2. AS 23.40.210 is repealed and reenacted to read: 11 Sec. 23.40.210. Agreement. Upon the completion of negotiations between an 12 organization and a public employer, if a settlement is reached, the employer shall 13 reduce it to writing in the form of an agreement. The agreement may include a term 14 for which it will remain in effect, not to exceed three years. The agreement shall
01 include a grievance procedure that has binding arbitration as its final step. Either party 02 to the agreement has a right of action to enforce the agreement by petition to the labor 03 relations agency. 04 * Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 05 read: 06 TRANSITION: SALARY DIFFERENCES IN COLLECTIVE BARGAINING 07 AGREEMENTS. (a) Notwithstanding AS 23.40.075(b), as enacted by sec. 1 of this Act, and 08 AS 23.40.210, as repealed and reenacted by sec. 2 of this Act, a person who is eligible on 09 June 30, 2014, to receive a cost-of-living differential under AS 23.40.210(a) shall remain 10 eligible on and after July 1, 2014, to receive a cost-of-living differential at the rate applicable 11 to the person under the most recent collective bargaining agreement in effect before July 1, 12 2014, for so long as the person would have been eligible to receive that cost-of-living 13 differential under AS 23.40.210(a) if AS 23.40.075 and 23.40.210 were not amended by this 14 Act. 15 (b) If a person entitled to receive a cost-of-living differential on and after July 1, 16 2014, under (a) of this section transfers to a position in a different bargaining unit on or after 17 July 1, 2014, the person is eligible to receive a cost-of-living differential at the rate that would 18 have been applicable to the person under the most recent collective bargaining agreement in 19 effect for that different bargaining unit before July 1, 2014, for so long as the person would 20 have been eligible to receive that cost-of-living differential under AS 23.40.210(a) if 21 AS 23.40.075 and 23.40.210 were not amended by this Act. 22 * Sec. 4. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 23 read: 24 APPLICABILITY. Sections 1 - 3 of this Act apply to collective bargaining 25 agreements that are entered into on or after July 1, 2014. 26 * Sec. 5. This Act takes effect July 1, 2014.