00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 242                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the salary and per diem of a member of the legislature."                                            
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 24.10.100 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                           
04            (b)  Unless, within the first 90 consecutive days of a regular legislative session,                          
05       including the day the legislature first convenes in that regular session, a bill has been                         
06       passed by the legislature that fully funds an operating budget, a member of the                                   
07       legislature is not eligible for a salary after that 90-day period until the first day after a                     
08       bill has been passed by the legislature that fully funds an operating budget, or the first                        
09       day of the next regular legislative session, whichever occurs earlier. In this subsection,                        
10       "passed by the legislature" has the meaning given in AS 01.10.070.                                                
11    * Sec. 2. AS 24.10.130(b) is amended to read:                                                                      
12            (b)  Legislators and officers and employees of the legislative branch of                                     
13       government may be entitled to a per diem allowance; however, if a bill that fully                             
14       funds an operating budget has not, within the first 90 consecutive days of a                                  
15       regular legislative session, including the day the legislature first convenes in that                         

01       regular session, been passed by the legislature, a member of the legislature is not                           
02       entitled to a per diem allowance after that 90-day period until the first day after a                         
03       bill that fully funds an operating budget is passed by the legislature or the first                           
04       day of the next regular legislative session, whichever occurs earlier. In this                                
05       subsection, "passed by the legislature" has the meaning given in AS 01.10.070.                                
06    * Sec. 3. AS 24.10.130(c) is amended to read:                                                                      
07            (c)  The Alaska Legislative Council shall adopt a policy in accordance with (b)                          
08       of this section and AS 39.23.540(d) regarding reimbursement for moving expenses                               
09       [APPLICABLE TO ALL LEGISLATORS] and payment of a [AN APPLICABLE]                                              
10       per diem allowance [POLICY]. The policy shall be applicable to all members of the                             
11       legislature equally and must set conditions for the reimbursement for moving                                  
12       expenses and payment of per diem and prescribe the amounts of reimbursement                                       
13       adapted to the special needs of the legislative branch as determined by the council.                              
14    * Sec. 4. AS 39.23.540(d) is amended to read:                                                                      
15            (d)  The commission shall make available to the governor and presiding                                       
16       officers of each house of the legislature a final report of its findings and                                      
17       recommendations as to the rate and form of compensation, benefits, and allowances                                 
18       for legislators, the governor, the lieutenant governor, and each principal executive                              
19       department head during the first 10 days of a legislative session. Subject to                                     
20       AS 24.10.100(b), 24.10.130(b), and (g) of this section, and unless a bill disapproving                    
21       all the recommendations for all officers listed in this section is enacted into law within                        
22       60 days after the recommendations are submitted to the governor and presiding                                     
23       officers of each house of the legislature, a recommendation as to the compensation,                               
24       benefits, and allowances for                                                                                      
25                 (1)  a legislator has the force of law and becomes effective on the first                               
26       day of the next regular legislative session; and                                                                  
27                 (2)  the governor, the lieutenant governor, and each principal executive                                
28       department head has the force of law and becomes effective on the first day of the                                
29       fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the recommendation is submitted.