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: Wage & Hour Act: Exec/ Prof/ Admin/ Sales
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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.
Version : CS SB 131 (L&C)
Contact : : 465-4843
Last Action : » : 04-15-05
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04-07-05 : Clarifies the definitions of ''executive capacity,'' ''administrative capacity,'' and ''professional capacity,'' as defined in Administrative Code when determining overtime wages under the Wage and Hour Act. Replaces the ''long test,'' or ''80/20'' test with more understandable definitions. Clarifies ''exempt'' and ''non-exempt'' work when determining payment of overtime. Adds ''computer systems analyst, computer programmer, software engineer or other similarly skilled workers'' to the list of exemptions from the Wage & Hour Act.Provides a definition for ''outside salesman.''
: Motor Vehicle Dealer Sales
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An Act relating to a motor vehicle dealer's selling certain motor vehicles as new model motor vehicles or as new model motor vehicles having a manufacturer's warranty.
Version : CS SB 138 (L&C)
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Contact : : 465-4843
Last Action : » : 04-22-05
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04-21-05 : Amends an existing state law (AS 08.66.015) by deleting the phrase ''current model'' and adds a definition for ''new vehicle'' that is generally consistent with the Alaska Department of Law definition. In 2004, the Alaska Legislature passed HB 272 which amended the Auto Dealers Act. That law sought to protect consumers from autos marketed as new when in fact they had been previously sold or had the odometers switched out which voided the manufacturers warranty. The Department of Law concluded that law would be more effective if modications are made to the law.
: Regional School Board Land Ownership
Signed into Law! Chapter 35 SLA 05
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An Act relating to ownership of land by regional school boards; and providing for an effective date.
Version : CS SB 142 (L&C)
Contact : : 465-4843
Last Action : Signed into Law : 06-02-05
Current Status : Chapter 35 SLA 05 : 06-02-05
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05-08-05 : Unanimously passed House 5/8. Excludes airport properties from AS 14.08.151(b), which directs the state to convey title to land and buildings used in relation to regional educational attendance area schools when requested to do so by the regional school board.
: State Procurement Electronic Tools
Passed Senate!
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An Act relating to a procurement and electronic commerce tools program for state departments and instrumentalities of the state.
Version : CS SB 160 (FIN) Am(EFD FLD)
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Contact : : 465-4843
Last Action : Passed Senate » House : 05-03-06
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05-04-06 : Notice of reconsideration given. Allows state departments and instrumentalities to contract with a private party to provide procurement services and to provide for the delivery and use of electronic commerce tools.
: Property/ Casualty Insurance Regulation
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An Act relating to insurance rate-making and form filing.
Contact : : 465-4843
Last Action : » : 04-20-05
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04-19-05 : Streamlines and modernizes the regulatory process of insurance filings and rate approvals in Alaska.
: Dispensing Opticians & Board
Passed Senate!
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An Act relating to dispensing opticians, to dispensing optician apprentices, to the Board of Dispensing Opticians, and to the practice of dispensing opticianry; and providing for an effective date.
Version : CS SB 175 (FIN)
Contact : : 465-4843
Last Action : Passed Senate » House : 05-02-05
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05-02-05 : Unanimously passed Senate 5/2. Sunsets the Board of Dispensing Opticians (BDO) and transfers authority for regulating opticians to the Division of Occupational Licensing in the Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development. Continues licensing for dispensing opticians. Increases from 2 to 4 the number of apprenctices that can work under one licensed optician, optometrist, or medical doctor. Simplifies the process for opticians from other states to be licensed in Alaska. Transfers administration of the optician's apprenticeship program from the state to the Department of Labor. USDOL administers a number of apprenticeship programs.
: Postsecondary Student Meningitis Immunization
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An Act relating to immunization for meningitis of postsecondary students residing on campus and directing the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs to seek additional funding to support tuition waivers and assistance.
Version : SB 251 Am H
Contact : : 465-4843
Last Action : Senate Concur » Failed : 05-10-06
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05-10-06 : Senate failed to concur with House amendments 8-12. Exempts postsecondary educational institutions from the requirement to distribute information regarding meningitis to students who do not intend to reside in campus housing.
: Insurance
Signed into Law! Chapter 80 SLA 06
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An Act relating to the payment of insurer examination expenses, to the regulation of managed care insurance plans, to actuarial opinions and supporting documentation for an insurer, to insurance firms, managing general agents, and third-party administrators, to eligibility of surplus lines insurers, to prompt payment of health care insurance claims, to required notice by an insurer, to individual deferred annuities, to mental health benefits under a health care insurance plan, to the definitions of 'title insurance limited producer' and of other terms used in the title regulating the practice of the business of insurance, and to small employer health insurance; repealing the Small Employer Health Reinsurance Association; making conforming amendments; establishing a fund for the payment of Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance premiums and providing for the payment of Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance premiums; and providing for an effective date.
Version : CS SB 289 (FIN) Am H
Contact : : 465-4843
Last Action : Signed into Law : 06-19-06
Current Status : Chapter 80 SLA 06 : 06-19-06
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05-09-06 : Senate concurred with House amendments 19-1. Modifies Title 21 by making several technical changes designed to improve state statutes so they conform with federal law and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners standards and guidelines. Helps protect consumers purchasing life, annuity and health insurance.
: Unemployment Insurance
Signed into Law! Chapter 27 SLA 06
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An Act requiring an employing unit with a change in ownership, management, or control or similar change to notify the Department of Labor and Workforce Development of the change; relating to the unemployment contribution rate of an employing unit; defining 'business' for purposes of statutes setting unemployment contribution rates; establishing the crime of obtaining an unemployment rate by deception; and providing for an effective date.
Contact : : 465-4843
Last Action : Signed into Law : 05-18-06
Current Status : Chapter 27 SLA 06 : 05-18-06
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04-26-06 : Passed House 37-0. Enacts measures to prevent the practice of State Unemployment Tax avoidance schemes. Requires employers to notify the Department of Labor and Workforce Development of a business change or acquisition. Implements standards addressing transfers of experience and assignment of rates. Establishes the crime of obtaining an unemployment contribution rate by deception, and sets penalties.
: Landlord Remedies; Late Fee
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An Act relating to a fee provided for in the rental agreement for late payment of rent under the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act.
Version : CS SB 307 (JUD)
Contact : : 465-4843
Last Action : Senate Floor » : 04-29-06
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04-29-06 : Allows landlords to include late fees and rent due on the same 10-day ''notice to quit'' for non-payment of rent under AS 34.03 and permits a single court hearing on both breaches of contract. (Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act).
: Athletic Commission; Boxing & Wrestling
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An Act relating to the athletic commission and the commissioner of athletics; and relating to boxing, sparring, and wrestling contests, matches, and exhibitions.
Contact : : 465-4843
Current Status : : 03-24-06
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: Concert Or Athletic Event Promoters
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An Act relating to the promotion of live public events for which tickets are sold in advance.
Version : CS SB 312 (L&C)
Contact : : 465-4843
Last Action : » : 04-13-06
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04-11-06 : Extends statutes relating to the promotion of concerts to include all covered events. Requires the owner or manager of the site where a covered event occurs to verify that the promoter either has a valid promoter's certificate of registration, or is exempt.
: Suspend Uniform Rules For HB 35
Passed Legislature! Legis Resolve 15
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Suspending Rules 24(c), 35, 41(b), and 42(e), Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature, concerning House Bill No. 35, extending the termination date of the State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors.
Current Status : Legis Resolve 15 : 05-27-05
: Suspend Uniform Rules For HB 122
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Suspending Rules 24(c), 35, 41(b), and 42(e), Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature, concerning House Bill No. 122, relating to payment of premiums for Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance on behalf of members of the Alaska National Guard deployed to a combat zone and to certain other monetary relief for those members.
Current Status : Held Over : 05-01-06
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