00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 244                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to annual allowances for legislators; and relating to the payment of per                               
02 diem to legislators and the staff of legislators."                                                                      
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 24.10.110 is amended to read:                                                                      
05            Sec. 24.10.110. Annual [ADDITIONAL] allowances. Each [IN ADDITION,                                     
06       EACH] member of the legislature is entitled to an annual allowance prescribed in                                  
07       accordance with AS 39.23 for postage, stationery, stenographic services, and other                                
08       expenses.                                                                                                         
09    * Sec. 2. AS 24.10.110 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                              
10            (b)  If a legislator or staff member of a legislator is traveling outside the                                
11       community of residence of the legislator or staff member or outside the community of                              
12       a legislative session during a legislative session, the following limits apply to the                             
13       amount paid or reimbursed from the annual allowance:                                                              
14                 (1) $8 for breakfast, $8 for lunch, and $12 for dinner;                                                 

01                 (2)  for lodging, the maximum lodging per diem rate published by the                                    
02       federal government.                                                                                               
03    * Sec. 3. AS 24.10.130 is amended by adding new subsections to read:                                               
04            (d)  A legislator or staff member of a legislator may not receive per diem while                             
05       attending a conference held by an entity not headquartered in the state.                                          
06            (e)  A legislator or staff member of a legislator is not entitled to per diem for                            
07       meals in excess of $8 for breakfast, $8 for lunch, and $12 for dinner or for lodging                              
08       costing more than $150 a night. If the maximum lodging per diem rate published by                                 
09       the federal government for the locality of the stay exceeds $150, the annual allowance                            
10       of the legislator may be used to reimburse the legislator or staff member of the                                  
11       legislator in the amount that the actual cost of the lodging exceeds $150, except that                            
12       the sum of per diem and reimbursement from the annual allowance may not exceed                                    
13       the maximum lodging per diem rate published by the federal government for the                                     
14       locality.                                                                                                         
15            (f)  Per diem paid under this section to a legislator or staff member of a                                   
16       legislator must be supported by a receipt. Per diem may not be paid to a legislator or                            
17       staff member of a legislator for an amount in excess of the amount supported by a                                 
18       receipt.                                                                                                          
19            (g)  During a special session of the legislature, a legislator or staff member of a                          
20       legislator may not receive per diem for any night in which the legislator or staff                                
21       member resides in the legislator's or staff member's community of residence.