Title 39 — Public Officers and Employees
20 chapters · 458 sections in this title.
AS 39.20.010 Annual salary of governor.
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(a) The annual salary of the governor shall be in accordance with AS 39.23. (b) [Repealed, § 7 ch 53 SLA 2005.] (c) [Repealed, § 7 ch 53 SLA 2005.]
AS 39.20.020 Date of entitlement of governor's salary.
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The governor is entitled to receive the salary established for the office effective from the date on which the oath of office is taken by the governor.
AS 39.20.030 Annual salary of lieutenant governor.
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(a) The annual salary of the lieutenant governor shall be in accordance with AS 39.23. (b) [Repealed, § 7 ch 53 SLA 2005.] (c) [Repealed, § 7 ch 53 SLA 2005.]
AS 39.20.040 Date of entitlement of lieutenant governor's salary.
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The lieutenant governor is entitled to receive the salary established for the office effective from the date on which the oath of office is taken by the lieutenant governor.
AS 39.20.050 Exclusive compensation.
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The compensation fixed by law for the governor and lieutenant governor is in full for all services rendered by each of them in any official capacity or employment whatsoever during their respective terms of office, and shall be paid throughout their respective terms of office unl…
AS 39.20.060 Exclusion of governor and lieutenant governor from personnel laws.
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Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the governor and lieutenant governor are not considered employees of the state for the purpose of state personnel laws relating to hours of employment, annual leave, sick leave, overtime, compensatory time, and travel allowances. T…
AS 39.20.070 Subsequent legislation relating to AS 39.20.050 and 39.20.060.
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AS 39.20.050 and 39.20.060 are not superseded or modified by any subsequent legislation except to the extent that the legislation does so expressly.
AS 39.20.080 Salary of executive department head and deputy.
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(a) The monthly salary of the head of each principal executive department of the state shall be in accordance with AS 39.23. (b) The monthly salary of a deputy head of a principal executive department of the state is equal to a step in Range 28 of the salary schedule in AS 39.27.…
AS 39.20.090 Salaries and expenses.
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The salaries and expenses of officers, boards, commissions, and bureaus established by the laws of the state shall be paid from appropriations made for that purpose, as other expenses of the state are paid.
AS 39.20.100 Fees, mileage or compensation. [Repealed, § 75 ch 59 SLA 1982.]
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Article 2. Travel Regulations.
AS 39.20.110 Per diem allowance.
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Officials and employees of the state agencies, while traveling on official business and away from their designated post of duty, shall be allowed, instead of their actual expenses for subsistence and all fees or tips, a per diem allowance to be prescribed by the commissioner of a…
AS 39.20.120 Allowable expenses.
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Except as provided in AS 39.20.110 — 39.20.170, only actual and necessary traveling expenses shall be allowed to an official or employee.
AS 39.20.130 Mileage allowance.
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Officials and employees of state agencies shall, under regulations adopted by the commissioner of administration, and whenever the mode of transportation is authorized or approved as more advantageous to the state, be paid an amount, instead of actual expenses of transportation, …
AS 39.20.140 Travel costs and travel outside the state.
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(a) The Department of Administration may not pay an official or employee for per diem or transportation costs unless the travel is clearly necessary to benefit the state. (b) The Department of Administration may not reimburse an official or employee or pay for more than the lowes…
AS 39.20.150 Advances and recovery.
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(a) An agency may advance, through proper disbursing methods, to a person entitled to per diem or mileage allowance under AS 39.20.110 — 39.20.170 the sums considered advisable considering the character and probable duration of the travel to be performed. (b) Sums advanced and no…
AS 39.20.160 Regulations.
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The fixing and payment under AS 39.20.110 — 39.20.170 of travel and per diem allowances and of advances and recovery and reimbursement of travel expenses shall be in accordance with regulations adopted by the commissioner of administration. The regulations shall be uniform for al…
AS 39.20.170 Construction of AS 39.20.110 — 39.20.170.
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AS 39.20.110 — 39.20.170 may not be construed to modify or repeal a law providing for the travel expenses of the governor, or members of the legislature, or members of boards or commissions of the state government.
AS 39.20.180 Transportation and per diem expenses for members of boards, commissions, etc.
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Except as otherwise provided by law, the provisions in this section relating to per diem and transportation govern exclusively with respect to a member of a state board, commission, committee, judicial council, or other similar body of persons of the state organized or establishe…
AS 39.20.185 Per diem prohibited in community of residence.
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A state official or employee who is a member of the judicial council or a state official or employee appointed by the governor to a state board, commission, or committee established under the authority of law is not entitled to per diem when the meeting or other business takes pl…
AS 39.20.190 Definitions.
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Article 3. Leaves of Absence. In AS 39.20.110 — 39.20.190, (1) “employee” or “state employee” means a person employed by a state agency; (2) “official” or “state official” means the appointive head of a state agency; (3) “official travel” means travel inside or outside the state …
AS 39.20.200 Computation of personal leave.
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(a) Officers and employees of the state who are first employed before July 1, 2013, in a position for which leave may accrue are entitled to personal leave with pay that accrues as follows: (1) two days for each full monthly pay period in the case of officers and employees with l…
AS 39.20.210 Determining years of service.
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In determining years of service for the purpose of computing personal leave, all service with the Territory and State of Alaska is included. A change in the rate of accrual of personal leave by an officer or employee takes effect upon the beginning of the monthly pay period follo…
AS 39.20.220 Requirement that employment be continuous.
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Notwithstanding AS 39.20.200, an officer or employee is entitled to personal leave only after having been employed currently for a continuous period of 30 days under one or more appointments without break in service. When an officer or employee completes a period of continuous em…
AS 39.20.225 Use of personal leave.
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(a) An officer or employee may take personal leave at any time business permits upon permission by the head of the department or agency for which the officer or employee works. (b) An officer or employee may take personal leave for medical reasons, regardless of whether business …
AS 39.20.230 When annual leave may be taken. [Repealed, § 15 ch 136 SLA 1978. For current law see AS 39.20.225.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 39.20.240 Accumulation of personal leave.
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(a) Except as provided in AS 39.20.225(c) and this section, personal leave that is not taken by an officer or employee during a 12-month period accumulates for use in succeeding 12-month periods. (b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, an officer or employee may not accumulate m…
AS 39.20.245 Donation of leave.
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(a) An officer or employee may donate one or more days of personal leave a year to the memorial education revolving loan fund, or to an education loan account in the fund, under AS 14.43.250 — 14.43.325. The commissioner of administration shall pay to the account of the memorial …
AS 39.20.250 Terminal leave.
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(a) Terminal leave for unused personal leave shall be allowed upon separation from service. The payment equals the cash value of the officer's or employee's personal leave balance at the time of separation from state service. (b) [Repealed, § 20 ch 4 FSSLA 1996.] (c) The payment …
AS 39.20.255 Conversion of accrued annual leave to personal leave.
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An officer or employee who has accrued annual leave shall have that annual leave transferred to the officer's or employee's personal leave account.
AS 39.20.256 Transfer of accrued medical leave.
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(a) An officer or employee who has accrued medical leave shall have 40 percent of that medical leave transferred to the officer's or employee's personal leave account and 60 percent of that medical leave transferred to a medical leave bank. Banked medical leave may be taken only …
AS 39.20.260 Medical leave. [Repealed, § 15 ch 136 SLA 1978. For current law see AS 39.20.225(b).]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 39.20.270 Court leave.
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Notwithstanding AS 39.20.310(6), court leave shall be granted to an employee who is classified as full time, whether permanent, nonpermanent, or temporary. An officer or employee called to serve as a juror or subpoenaed as a witness is entitled to administrative leave with pay, b…
AS 39.20.275 Leave for organ or bone marrow donation.
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(a) Notwithstanding AS 39.20.310(1) — (3) and (6) — (8), paid administrative leave of not more than 80 hours and not less than 40 hours, unless the employee requests fewer hours, shall be granted under this section to an employee who requests leave to make a personal organ or bon…
AS 39.20.280 Maternity leave. [Repealed, § 2 ch 67 SLA 1974. For current law see AS 39.20.225(b)(4).]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 39.20.290 Definition of days of leave.
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The days of leave provided for in AS 39.20.200 — 39.20.330 mean days upon which an officer or employee would otherwise work and receive pay, and are exclusive of holidays.
AS 39.20.295 Special regulations on leave period.
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In accord with the procedures established in AS 39.20.320, the Department of Administration shall adopt regulations defining and establishing a uniform beginning and a uniform concluding date for the 12-month periods applicable to leave use and accumulation by officers and employ…
AS 39.20.300 Personal and banked medical leave transfers with officer or employee.
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When an officer or employee terminates employment with one department, office, institution, or agency of the state government and is employed by another department, office, institution, or agency of the state government without break in service, accumulated personal leave and ban…
AS 39.20.305 Family and health leave.
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(a) An officer or employee of the state who is otherwise qualified to take leave of absence may take family leave because of a serious health condition for a total of 18 workweeks during any 24-month period. An otherwise qualified officer or employee may take family leave because…
AS 39.20.310 Exceptions.
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Except as provided in AS 39.20.275, AS 39.20.200 — 39.20.330 do not apply to (1) members of the state legislature, the governor, the lieutenant governor, and justices and judges of the supreme and superior courts and of the court of appeals, but nothing in AS 39.20.200 — 39.20.33…
AS 39.20.320 Adoption of regulations.
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The director of the division of personnel in the Department of Administration shall prepare and submit regulations necessary to carry out the intent of AS 39.20.200 — 39.20.330. These regulations must include provisions for crediting and, if necessary, converting accrued leave wh…
AS 39.20.330 Departments to keep leave records.
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Each department, office, institution, or agency of the state government shall keep for its files a complete leave record, covering each of its officers and employees, on forms prepared and supplied by the Department of Administration. These records are subject to annual audit and…
AS 39.20.340 Leave of absence for reserve or auxiliary members of armed forces.
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(a) An employee of the state, or a political subdivision, with the approval of the city council or borough assembly, who is a member of a reserve or auxiliary component of the United States Armed Forces is entitled to a leave of absence without loss of pay, time or efficiency rat…
AS 39.20.345 Continuation of pay and benefits for certain members of the reserve and auxiliary units of the armed forces.
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(a) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, the governor, through the issuance of an administrative order, may authorize state employees who are members of a reserve or auxiliary component of the armed forces of the United States, including the organized militia of Alaska,…
AS 39.20.350 Restoration of reserve members to former positions.
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Article 4. Payments Due to Deceased State Employees. A member of a reserve component of the United States Armed Forces employed by the state, a political subdivision, or a municipal corporation with the approval of the city council, who is ordered to duty by proper authority, sha…
AS 39.20.360 Order of payment.
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All unpaid compensation due to a deceased employee of the state at the time of death shall be paid to the person or persons surviving at the date of death, in the following order of precedence, and the payment is a bar to recovery by any other person of amounts so paid: (1) to th…
AS 39.20.370 Inapplicability of provisions to certain benefits, funds, or interest.
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AS 39.20.360 — 39.20.400 do not apply to any benefit, refund, or interest payable under the Public Employees' Retirement System applicable to the decedent's service or to an amount the disposition of which is otherwise expressly prescribed by state law.
AS 39.20.380 Change or revocation of designation.
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The employee may change or revoke a designation made under AS 39.20.360 — 39.20.400 at any time without notice to the beneficiary by written notice filed with the Department of Administration.
AS 39.20.390 Employees to be informed.
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Each department shall inform its employees of the provisions of AS 39.20.360 — 39.20.400.
AS 39.20.400 Definitions.
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Article 5. Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Family Leave for Public Employees. In AS 39.20.360 — 39.20.400, (1) “employee” means a person entitled to receive unpaid compensation from the state; (2) “unpaid compensation” means the pay, salary, or allowances, or other compensation due on…
AS 39.20.500 Employment benefits and privileges for health and family care.
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(a) An employer shall grant an employee whose health is affected by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition the same employment benefits and privileges that the employer grants to other employees with similar ability to work who are not so affected, including allowi…