00                             HOUSE BILL NO. 91                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to deduction of labor or employee organization dues or service fees                                    
02 from the pay of certain public employees; and providing for an effective date."                                         
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 23.40.075 is amended to read:                                                                      
05            Sec. 23.40.075. Items not subject to bargaining. The parties may not                                       
06       negotiate terms contrary to the                                                                                 
07                 (1)  reemployment rights for injured state employees under                                              
08       AS 39.25.158;                                                                                                     
09                 (2)  reemployment rights of the organized militia under AS 26.05.075;                                   
10                 (3)  authority of the Department of Health under AS 47.27.035 to                                        
11       assign Alaska temporary assistance program participants to a work activity considered                             
12       appropriate by the Department of Health;                                                                          
13                 (4)  authority for agencies to create temporary positions under                                         
14       AS 47.27.055(c); [OR]                                                                                             

01                 (5)  provisions contained in a contract under AS 14.40.210(a)(4); or                                
02                 (6)  expiration of a payroll deduction under AS 23.40.220.                                          
03    * Sec. 2. AS 23.40.220 is amended to read:                                                                         
04 Sec. 23.40.220. Labor or employee organization dues and employee                                                      
05 benefits, deduction and authorization. Upon written authorization of a public                                         
06 employee within a bargaining unit, the public employer shall deduct from the payroll                                    
07 of the public employee the monthly amount of dues, fees, and other employee benefits                                    
08 as certified by the secretary of the exclusive bargaining representative and shall                                      
09 deliver it to the chief fiscal officer of the exclusive bargaining representative.                                      
10       Beginning July 1, 2024, an authorization under this section expires annually on                               
11       July 1 unless reauthorized in writing by the public employee within 60 days                                   
12       before it expires.                                                                                            
13    * Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
14 read:                                                                                                                   
15       APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to an authorization under AS 23.40.220 made                                       
16 after the effective date of this Act.                                                                                   
17    * Sec. 4. This Act takes effect July 1, 2023.