HB 241: "An Act relating to allowable absences from the state for individuals serving in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps and the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps for purposes of permanent fund dividend eligibility; and providing for an effective date."
00 HOUSE BILL NO. 241 01 "An Act relating to allowable absences from the state for individuals serving in the 02 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps and 03 the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps for purposes of permanent 04 fund dividend eligibility; and providing for an effective date." 05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 06 * Section 1. AS 43.23.008(a) is amended to read: 07 (a) Subject to (b) and (d) of this section, an otherwise eligible individual who 08 is absent from the state during the qualifying year remains eligible for a current year 09 permanent fund dividend if the individual was absent 10 (1) receiving secondary or postsecondary education on a full-time 11 basis; 12 (2) receiving vocational, professional, or other specific education on a 13 full-time basis for which, as determined by the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary 14 Education, a comparable program is not reasonably available in the state;
01 (3) serving on active duty as a member of the armed forces of the 02 United States or accompanying, as that individual's spouse, minor dependent, or 03 disabled dependent, an individual who is 04 (A) serving on active duty as a member of the armed forces of 05 the United States; and 06 (B) eligible for a current year dividend; 07 (4) serving under foreign or coastal articles of employment aboard an 08 oceangoing vessel of the United States merchant marine; 09 (5) receiving continuous medical treatment recommended by a 10 licensed physician or convalescing as recommended by the physician who treated the 11 illness if the treatment or convalescence is not based on a need for climatic change; 12 (6) providing care for a parent, spouse, sibling, child, or stepchild with 13 a critical life-threatening illness whose treatment plan, as recommended by the 14 attending physician, requires travel outside the state for treatment at a medical 15 specialty complex; 16 (7) providing care for the individual's terminally ill family member; 17 (8) settling the estate of the individual's deceased parent, spouse, 18 sibling, child, or stepchild, provided the absence does not exceed 220 cumulative days; 19 (9) serving as a member of the United States Congress; 20 (10) serving on the staff of a member from this state of the United 21 States Congress; 22 (11) serving as an employee of the state in a field office or other 23 location; 24 (12) accompanying a minor who is absent under (5) of this subsection; 25 (13) accompanying another eligible resident who is absent for a reason 26 permitted under (1), (2), (5) - (12), or (16) - (18) [(16), OR (17)] of this subsection as 27 the spouse, minor dependent, or disabled dependent of the eligible resident; 28 (14) serving as a volunteer in the federal peace corps program; 29 (15) because of training or competing as a member of the United States 30 Olympic Team or a United States national team for an Olympic sport; 31 (16) participating for educational purposes in a student fellowship
01 sponsored by the United States Department of Education or by the United States 02 Department of State; 03 (17) serving in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 04 Administration Commissioned Officer Corps or the United States Public Health 05 Service Commissioned Corps; 06 (18) for any reason consistent with the individual's intent to remain a 07 state resident, provided the absence or cumulative absences do not exceed 08 (A) 180 days in addition to any absence or cumulative absences 09 claimed under (3) or (17) of this subsection if the individual is not claiming an 10 absence under (1), (2), or (4) - (16) of this subsection; 11 (B) 120 days in addition to any absence or cumulative absences 12 claimed under (1) - (3) or (17) of this subsection if the individual is not 13 claiming an absence under (4) - (16) of this subsection but is claiming an 14 absence under (1) or (2) of this subsection; or 15 (C) 45 days in addition to any absence or cumulative absences 16 claimed under (1) - (17) [(1) - (16)] of this subsection if the individual is 17 claiming an absence under (4) - (16) of this subsection. 18 * Sec. 2. AS 43.23.008(b) is amended to read: 19 (b) An individual may not claim an allowable absence under (a)(1) - (17) 20 [(a)(1) - (16)] of this section unless the individual was a resident of the state for at 21 least six consecutive months immediately before leaving the state. 22 * Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 23 read: 24 APPLICABILITY. AS 43.23.008(a) and (b), as amended by secs. 1 and 2 of this Act, 25 apply to qualification for a 2021 permanent fund dividend and thereafter. 26 * Sec. 4. This Act takes effect January 1, 2021.