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CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 205(L&C)
IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION
BY THE SENATE LABOR AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE
Offered: 3/10/26
Referred: Finance
Sponsor(s): SENATORS GIESSEL, Gray-Jackson
A BILL
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED
"An Act relating to occupational disability benefits for court services officers, peace 1
officers, and firefighters; and providing for an effective date." 2
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 3
* Section 1. AS 39.35.410(d) is amended to read: 4
(d) The monthly amount of an occupational disability benefit is 40 percent of 5
the disabled employee's gross monthly compensation at the time of termination due to 6
disability. For each month of eligibility after the first 12 months, the monthly 7
benefit amount payable to an employee who is a court services officer, a peace 8
officer, or a firefighter at the time of termination is increased to 75 percent of the 9
employee's gross monthly compensation at the time of termination. In this 10
subsection, "court services officer" means an officer assigned to a court by the 11
commissioner of public safety to serve warrants and court orders, provide court 12
security and judicial protection, and transport prisoners. 13
* Sec. 2. AS 39.35.890(d) is amended to read: 14
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(d) The monthly amount of an occupational disability benefit is 40 percent of 1
the disabled employee's gross monthly compensation at the time of termination due to 2
disability. For each month of eligibility after the first 12 months, the monthly 3
benefit amount payable to an employee who is a court services officer, a peace 4
officer, or a firefighter at the time of termination is increased to 75 percent of the 5
employee's gross monthly compensation at the time of termination. 6
Notwithstanding AS 39.35.790(b), at the time a member is appointed to disability, the 7
member becomes fully vested in the employer contributions made under 8
AS 39.35.750(a). A disabled member is fully vested in the contributions to the 9
member's individual account made under this subsection. An employee is not entitled 10
to elect distributions from the employee's individual contribution account under 11
AS 39.35.810 while the employee is receiving disability benefits under this section. 12
While an employee is receiving disability benefits, based on the disabled employee's 13
gross monthly compensation at the time of termination due to disability, the employer 14
shall make contributions both [(1)] to the employee's individual account under 15
AS 39.35.730 on behalf of the employee, without deduction from the employee's 16
disability payments, [;] and [(2)] on behalf of the employee under AS 39.35.750. In 17
this subsection, "court services officer" means an officer assigned to a court by 18
the commissioner of public safety to serve warrants and court orders, provide 19
court security and judicial protection, and transport prisoners. 20
* Sec. 3. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c). 21