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SB 131                                                                                            
The Finance Committee considered SENATE BILL NO. 131 "An Act                                        
amending the Alaska Wage and Hour Act as it relates to the                                          
employment of a person acting in a supervisory capacity; providing                                  
definitions for persons employed in administrative, executive, and                                  
professional capacities, for persons working in the capacity of an                                  
outside salesman, and for persons working in the capacity of a                                      
salesman employed on a straight commission basis" and recommended                                   
it be replaced with                                                                                 
                                                                                                    
          CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 131(FIN) "An Act                                                   
          amending the Alaska Wage and Hour Act as it relates                                       
          to the employment of a person acting in a supervisory                                     
          capacity or in an administrative, executive, or                                           
          professional capacity; relating to definitions under                                      
          the Alaska Wage and Hour Act and providing                                                
          definitions for persons employed in administrative,                                       
          executive, and professional capacities, for persons                                       
          working in the capacity of an outside salesman, for                                       
          persons working in the capacity of a salesman                                             
          employed on a straight commission basis, and for                                          
          persons that perform computer-related occupations;                                        

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          directing retrospective application of the provisions                                     
          of this Act to work performed before the effective                                        
          date of this Act for purposes of claims filed on or                                       
          after the effective date of this Act, and disallowing                                     
          retrospective application for purposes of claims for                                      
          that work that are filed before the effective date of                                     
          this Act; and providing for an effective date."                                           
                                                                                                    
Signing do pass: Senators Green, Wilken, Cochairs; Senators Dyson,                                  
Stedman. Signing no recommendation: Senator Olson.                                                  
                                                                                                    
The following previously published fiscal information applies:                                      
 Fiscal Note No. 1, zero, Department of Labor and Workforce                                         
       Development                                                                                  
                                                                                                    
The bill was referred to the Rules Committee.