SB 121: "An Act relating to the compensation of members of the Alaska State Defense Force and certain state employees; and providing for an effective date."
00 SENATE BILL NO. 121 01 "An Act relating to the compensation of members of the Alaska State Defense Force and 02 certain state employees; and providing for an effective date." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 26.05.260(i) is amended to read: 05 (i) When active state service is authorized by the governor or by the adjutant 06 general as the governor's designee, members of the Alaska State Defense Force are 07 entitled to receive, for each day of active service under AS 26.05.070, pay and 08 allowances as provided in this subsection. Pay is equal to that provided under 09 AS 39.27.011(a) [AS 39.27.011 (a) - (f)] and 39.27.020 for equivalent assignments of 10 state officials or employees, including adjustments under AS 39.27.025, if applicable. 11 Allowances shall be paid to the same extent, in the same manner, and under the same 12 conditions as provided for state officials and employees under AS 39.20.110 - 13 39.20.170. However, pay or allowances are not authorized for training or community 14 service activities of members of the Alaska State Defense Force.
01 * Sec. 2. AS 39.27.011(a) is repealed and reenacted to read: 02 (a) The following monthly basic salary schedule is approved as the pay plan 03 for classified and partially exempt employees in the executive branch of the state 04 government who are not members of a collective bargaining unit established under the 05 authority of AS 23.40.070 - 23.40.260 (Public Employment Relations Act) and for 06 employees of the legislature under AS 24: 07 Range Step Step Step Step Step Step 08 No. A B C D E F 09 5 2,227 2,289 2,353 2,421 2,493 2,558 10 6 2,353 2,421 2,493 2,558 2,632 2,711 11 7 2,493 2,558 2,632 2,711 2,793 2,883 12 8 2,632 2,711 2,793 2,883 2,965 3,056 13 9 2,793 2,883 2,965 3,056 3,153 3,243 14 10 2,965 3,056 3,153 3,243 3,343 3,440 15 11 3,153 3,243 3,343 3,440 3,557 3,669 16 12 3,343 3,440 3,557 3,669 3,795 3,924 17 13 3,557 3,669 3,795 3,924 4,060 4,205 18 14 3,795 3,924 4,060 4,205 4,352 4,517 19 15 4,060 4,205 4,352 4,517 4,662 4,837 20 16 4,352 4,517 4,662 4,837 5,011 5,188 21 17 4,662 4,837 5,011 5,188 5,367 5,550 22 18 5,011 5,188 5,367 5,550 5,722 5,939 23 19 5,367 5,550 5,722 5,939 6,125 6,349 24 20 5,722 5,939 6,125 6,349 6,541 6,782 25 21 6,125 6,349 6,541 6,782 6,990 7,244 26 22 6,541 6,782 6,990 7,244 7,479 7,747 27 23 6,990 7,244 7,479 7,747 8,005 8,305 28 24 7,479 7,747 8,005 8,305 8,581 8,871 29 25 8,005 8,305 8,581 8,871 9,192 9,535 30 26 8,305 8,581 8,871 9,192 9,535 9,877 31 27 8,581 8,871 9,192 9,535 9,877 10,249
01 28 8,871 9,192 9,535 9,877 10,249 10,605 02 29 9,192 9,535 9,877 10,249 10,605 10,980 03 30 9,535 9,877 10,249 10,605 10,980 11,366 04 * Sec. 3. AS 39.27.011(h) is amended to read: 05 (h) Merit-based pay increases [PAY INCREMENTS], computed at the rate 06 of 3.25 percent of the employee's base salary, shall be provided after an employee has 07 remained in [THE FINAL] step F within a given range for two years, and every two 08 years thereafter, if, at the time the employee becomes eligible for the increase 09 [INCREMENT], the employee's current annual rating by the employee's supervisors is 10 designated as "good" or higher. 11 * Sec. 4. AS 39.27.011(i) is amended to read: 12 (i) Merit-based pay increases [PAY INCREMENTS] provided for in (h) and 13 (l) of this section are approved under AS 39.25.150(2) as an amendment to the pay 14 plan for employees of the state. 15 * Sec. 5. AS 39.27.011(j) is amended to read: 16 (j) Subsections (h), (i), (l), and (m) [(h) AND (i)] of this section apply to 17 employees of the legislature only if the committee responsible for adopting 18 employment policies concerning the employee adopts a written policy that (h), (i), (l), 19 and (m) [(h) AND (i)] of this section apply. Subsections (h), (i), (l), and (m) [(h) 20 AND (i)] of this section apply to the employees of the office of the ombudsman only if 21 the ombudsman adopts a policy that (h), (i), (l), and (m) [(h) AND (i)] of this section 22 apply. Subsections (h), (i), (l), and (m) [(h) AND (i)] of this section apply to the 23 employees of the office of victims' rights only if the victims' advocate adopts a policy 24 that (h), (i), (l), and (m) [(h) AND (i)] of this section apply. 25 * Sec. 6. AS 39.27.011(k) is amended to read: 26 (k) Notwithstanding (a) - (j), (l), and (m) of this section, the governor or a 27 designee of the governor may, on a case-by-case basis, authorize for a partially exempt 28 employee in the executive branch a higher pay than Step F. The authorization must be 29 based on a determination that the action serves a critical governmental interest of the 30 state, the employee possesses exceptional qualifications, recruitment difficulties exist, 31 or the action is necessary due to competitive salaries in the relevant labor market. A
01 determination made under this subsection must be in writing. 02 * Sec. 7. AS 39.27.011 is amended by adding new subsections to read: 03 (l) Merit-based pay increases of one step on the salary schedule under (a) of 04 this section shall be provided each time an employee has remained for two years in a 05 single step that is one or more steps below step F within a given range if, at the time 06 the employee becomes eligible for the increase, the employee's current annual rating 07 by the employee's supervisors is designated as "good" or higher. 08 (m) Notwithstanding a current annual rating of "good" or higher, an employee 09 who has remained in a step within a given range for less than two years may not 10 receive an increase under (h) or (l) of this section. 11 * Sec. 8. AS 39.27.011(e) and 39.27.011(f) are repealed. 12 * Sec. 9. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).