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| 2 | 2 | | SB0144A -1- SB 144 |
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| 5 | 5 | | 34-LS0485\A |
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| 11 | 11 | | SENATE BILL NO. 144 |
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| 13 | 13 | | IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA |
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| 15 | 15 | | THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION |
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| 17 | 17 | | BY SENATOR YUNDT |
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| 19 | 19 | | Introduced: 3/26/25 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Referred: Labor and Commerce, Finance |
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| 23 | 23 | | A BILL |
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| 25 | 25 | | FOR AN ACT ENTITLED |
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| 27 | 27 | | "An Act relating to occupational disability benefits for peace officers and firefighters; 1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | and providing for an effective date." 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | * Section 1. AS 39.35.410(d) is amended to read: 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (d) The monthly amount of an occupational disability benefit is 40 percent of 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | the disabled employee's gross monthly compensation at the time of termination due to 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | disability. For each month of eligibility after the first 12 months, the monthly |
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| 35 | 35 | | benefit amount payable to an employee who is a peace officer or firefighter at the 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | time of termination is increased to 75 percent of the employee's gross monthly 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | compensation at the time of termination. 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | * Sec. 2. AS 39.35.890(d) is amended to read: 11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (d) The monthly amount of an occupational disability benefit is 40 percent of 12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | the disabled employee's gross monthly compensation at the time of termination due to 13 |
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| 41 | 41 | | disability. For each month of eligibility after the first 12 months, the monthly 14 34-LS0485\A |
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| 42 | 42 | | SB 144 -2- SB0144A |
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| 45 | 45 | | benefit amount payable to an employee who is a peace officer or firefighter at the 1 |
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| 46 | 46 | | time of termination is increased to 75 percent of the employee's gross monthly 2 |
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| 47 | 47 | | compensation at the time of termination. Notwithstanding AS 39.35.790(b), at the 3 |
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| 48 | 48 | | time a member is appointed to disability, the member becomes fully vested in the 4 |
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| 49 | 49 | | employer contributions made under AS 39.35.750(a). A disabled member is fully 5 |
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| 50 | 50 | | vested in the contributions to the member's individual account made under this 6 |
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| 51 | 51 | | subsection. An employee is not entitled to elect distributions from the employee's 7 |
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| 52 | 52 | | individual contribution account under AS 39.35.810 while the employee is receiving 8 |
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| 53 | 53 | | disability benefits under this section. While an employee is receiving disability 9 |
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| 54 | 54 | | benefits, based on the disabled employee's gross monthly compensation at the time of 10 |
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| 55 | 55 | | termination due to disability, the employer shall make contributions 11 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (1) to the employee's individual account under AS 39.35.730 on behalf 12 |
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| 57 | 57 | | of the employee, without deduction from the employee's disability payments; and 13 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (2) on behalf of the employee under AS 39.35.750. 14 |
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| 59 | 59 | | * Sec. 3. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c). 15 |
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