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AK Stat § 39.25.900 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 39. Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 25. State Personnel Act|Article 8. General Provisions.|Sec. 39.25.900. Penalties.

(a) A person who wilfully violates a provision of this chapter or of the personnel rules adopted under this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) A state employee who is convicted of a misdemeanor under this chapter or the personnel rules adopted under this chapter immediately forfeits the employee's office or position.
AK Stat § 39.25.910 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 39. Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 25. State Personnel Act|Article 8. General Provisions.|Sec. 39.25.910. Conflict with federal requirements.

If any part of this chapter conflicts with federal requirements that are a condition precedent to the allocation of federal funds to the state, the conflicting part of this chapter is inoperative solely to the extent of the conflict and with respect to the agency directly affected, and does not affect the operation of the remainder of this chapter in its application.
AK Stat § 39.25.990 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 39. Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 25. State Personnel Act|Article 8. General Provisions.|Sec. 39.25.990. Definitions.

In this chapter, (1) “fraud” means for a person to knowingly (A) create or confirm another's false impression which the person does not believe to be true, including false impressions as to law or value and false impressions as to intention or other state of mind; (B) fail to correct another's false impression which the person previously has created or confirmed; (C) prevent another from acquiring pertinent information; (2) “knowingly” means for a person to be aware with respect to conduct or to a circumstance described by a provision of law that the person's conduct is of that nature or that the circumstance exists; when knowledge of the existence of a particular fact is required, that knowledge is established if a person is aware of a substantial probability of its existence, unless the person actually believes it does not exist; (3) “precinct” means the territory within which resident voters may cast votes at one polling place; (4) “state employee” means a person employed by the state who is paid a wage or salary, but does not include a person hired by the state to work as an independent contractor or a person who is in the custody of the state.
AK Stat § 39.25.995 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 39. Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 25. State Personnel Act|Article 8. General Provisions.|Sec. 39.25.995. Short title.

This chapter may be cited as the State Personnel Act.
AK Stat § 39.30.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 39. Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 30. Insurance and Supplemental Employee Benefits|Article 1. Old Age and Survivors Insurance.|Sec. 39.30.010. Federal territorial agreement.

(a) The director of finance, with the approval of the governor, may on behalf of the territory enter into an agreement with the Federal Security Administrator, consistent with AS 39.30.010 - 39.30.080, for the purpose of extending the benefits of the federal old age and survivors insurance system to employees of the territory or a political subdivision with respect to services specified in the agreement that constitute employment. (b) The agreement may contain provisions relating to coverage, benefits, contributions, effective date, modification and termination of the agreement, administration, and other appropriate provisions that the parties agree upon, but, except as may be otherwise required under the Social Security Act as to the services to be covered, the agreement shall provide in effect that (1) benefits will be provided for employees whose services are covered by the agreement, and their dependents and survivors, on the same basis as though the services constituted employment within the meaning of 42 U.S.C. 401 - 433 (Title II, Social Security Act); (2) the territory will pay to the secretary of the treasury, as may be prescribed under 42 U.S.C. 301 - 1397f (Social Security Act), contributions with respect to wages equal to the sum of the taxes that would be imposed by 26 U.S.C. 3101 and 3111 (Federal Insurance Contributions Act) if the services covered by the agreement constituted employment within the meaning of that act; (3) the agreement shall be effective with respect to services in employment covered by the agreement performed from the date specified in it or, as to services to which the agreement is extended by a modification to it, from the date specified in the modification; (4) all services that constitute employment and are performed in the employ of the territory by employees of the territory shall be covered by the agreement; and (5) all services which (A) constitute employment, (B) are performed in the employ of a political subdivision of the territory, and (C) are covered by a plan which conforms to the agreement and is approved as set out in AS 39.30.030 shall be covered by the agreement.
AK Stat § 39.30.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 39. Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 30. Insurance and Supplemental Employee Benefits|Article 1. Old Age and Survivors Insurance.|Sec. 39.30.020. Contributions by employees.

(a) An employee whose services are covered by an agreement under AS 39.30.010 shall pay for the period of coverage, into the state treasury, contributions equal to the amount of tax that would be imposed by 26 U.S.C. 3101 (Federal Insurance Contributions Act) if the services constituted employment within the meaning of that Act. (b) The contribution shall be collected by deducting the amount of the contribution from wages. Failure to make deduction does not relieve the employee from liability for the contribution. (c) If more or less than the correct amount of the contribution is paid or deducted, an adjustment or, if adjustment is impracticable, a refund shall be made without interest, in the manner prescribed by the department.
AK Stat § 39.30.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 39. Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 30. Insurance and Supplemental Employee Benefits|Article 1. Old Age and Survivors Insurance.|Sec. 39.30.040. Deposits and withdrawals.

(a) Unless otherwise provided by law, there shall be deposited in the state treasury in trust all contributions collected under AS 39.30.010 - 39.30.080. (b) The department has power, authority, and jurisdiction over this trust and may perform all acts whether or not specifically designated that are necessary to the administration of this trust. (c) This trust shall be used and administered exclusively for the purpose of AS 39.30.010 - 39.30.080. Withdrawals may be made only for (1) payment of amounts required to be paid to the secretary of the treasury by an agreement entered into under AS 39.30.010; (2) payment of the refunds provided for in AS 39.30.020(c); and (3) refunds of overpayments, not otherwise adjustable, made by a political subdivision or instrumentality.
AK Stat § 39.30.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 39. Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 30. Insurance and Supplemental Employee Benefits|Article 1. Old Age and Survivors Insurance.|Sec. 39.30.050. Administrative costs.

The department shall collect from each participating political subdivision its respective pro rata share of the expenses incurred in the administration of AS 39.30.010 - 39.30.080. The amounts collected from participating political subdivisions, together with money appropriated by the state for covering the state's share of administrative costs, shall be deposited in an FICA administration fund and are not allocable to any other purpose. Expenditures from the FICA administration fund shall be included in the governor's budget for each fiscal year and are subject to appropriation by the legislature. At the time of preparation of the governor's annual budget the department shall review the FICA administration fund and adjust the rate of assessment on political subdivisions so as to prevent the accumulation of more money than is needed to administer AS 39.30.010 - 39.30.080.
AK Stat § 39.30.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 39. Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 30. Insurance and Supplemental Employee Benefits|Article 1. Old Age and Survivors Insurance.|Sec. 39.30.060. Regulations.

The department shall adopt and publish the regulations not inconsistent with AS 39.30.010 - 39.30.080 that it finds necessary or appropriate to the efficient administration of its functions under AS 39.30.010 - 39.30.080.
AK Stat § 39.30.080 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 39. Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 30. Insurance and Supplemental Employee Benefits|Article 1. Old Age and Survivors Insurance.|Sec. 39.30.080. Definitions.

In AS 39.30.010 - 39.30.080, (1) “department” means the Department of Administration; (2) “employee” includes an officer of a political subdivision of the state; (3) “employment” means any service performed by an employee of a political subdivision of the state, except (A) service that in the absence of an agreement entered into under AS 39.30.010 - 39.30.080 would constitute “employment” as defined in the Social Security Act; or (B) service that under the Social Security Act may not be included in an agreement between the state and the Federal Security Administrator entered into under AS 39.30.010 - 39.30.080; (4) “Federal Insurance Contributions Act” means subchapter A of chapter 9 of the Federal Internal Revenue Code as amended; (5) “Federal Security Administrator” includes an individual to whom the Federal Security Administrator has delegated any functions under the Social Security Act with respect to coverage under that act of employees of states and territories and their political subdivisions; (6) “political subdivision” includes an instrumentality of the state or of a political subdivision, or of the state and a political subdivision, but only if the instrumentality is a juristic entity legally separate and distinct from the state or the political subdivision and only if its employees are not, by virtue of their relation to the juristic entity, employees of the state or the political subdivision; (7) “Social Security Act” means the Act of Congress approved August 14, 1935, chapter 531, 49 Stat. 620, cited as the “Social Security Act,” including regulations and requirements issued under it, and its amendments; (8) “wages” means remuneration for employment, including the cash value of remuneration paid in any medium other than cash, except that “wages” does not include that part of remuneration that, even if it were for “employment” within the meaning of the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, would not constitute “wages” within the meaning of that Act.
AK Stat § 39.30.091 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 39. Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 30. Insurance and Supplemental Employee Benefits|Article 2. Group Life and Health Insurance.|Sec. 39.30.091. Authorization for self-insurance and excess loss insurance.

Notwithstanding AS 21.86.310 or AS 39.30.090, the Department of Administration may provide, by means of self-insurance, one or more of the benefits listed in AS 39.30.090(a)(1) for state employees eligible for the benefits by law or under a collective bargaining agreement and for persons receiving benefits under AS 14.25, AS 22.25, AS 39.35, or former AS 39.37, and their dependents. The department shall procure any necessary excess loss insurance under AS 39.30.090.
AK Stat § 39.30.097 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 39. Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 30. Insurance and Supplemental Employee Benefits|Article 2. Group Life and Health Insurance.|Sec. 39.30.097. Alaska retiree health care trusts.

(a) The commissioner of administration is authorized to prefund medical benefits provided by AS 14.25.168, AS 22.25.090, and AS 39.35.535 by establishing an irrevocable trust that is exempt from federal income tax under 26 U.S.C. 115 and subject to the applicable financial reporting, disclosure, and actuarial requirements of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board. (b) The commissioner of administration is authorized to prefund medical benefits provided by AS 14.25.480, AS 39.30.300, and AS 39.35.880 by establishing an irrevocable trust that is exempt from federal income tax under 26 U.S.C. 115 and subject to the applicable financial reporting, disclosure, and actuarial requirements of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board. (c) The plans and assets of the Alaska retiree health care trusts shall be under the governance and investment authority of the Alaska Retirement Management Board, which shall serve as trustee of the trust as provided in AS 37.10.210. The commissioner of administration or the commissioner's designee shall serve as administrator of the Alaska retiree health care trusts. (d) All employer contributions, appropriations, earnings, and reserves for the payment of retiree medical obligations shall be credited to the retiree health care trusts. The prefunded amounts shall be available without fiscal year limitations for retiree medical benefits and administration costs. The amounts remaining in the trusts, if any, after retiree medical benefits and administration costs have been paid in any year shall be retained in the trusts for future payments until the satisfaction of all employer liabilities under the trusts for retiree medical benefits. All prefunded amounts shall be used solely for the payment of retiree medical benefits and administration costs and for no other purpose. (e) The assets of the Alaska retiree health care trusts may be pooled, for investment purposes, with assets of the retirement systems, so long as such assets are accounted for separately.
AK Stat § 39.30.098 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 39. Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 30. Insurance and Supplemental Employee Benefits|Article 2. Group Life and Health Insurance.|Sec. 39.30.098. Regulations.

The commissioner of administration may adopt regulations to implement AS 39.30.090 - 39.30.097. Regulations adopted by the commissioner under this section relate to the internal management of state agencies, and their adoption is not subject to AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act).
AK Stat § 39.30.130 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 39. Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 30. Insurance and Supplemental Employee Benefits|Article 3. Special Hazard Insurance.|Sec. 39.30.130. Special hazard insurance.

Upon the request of any state department, the Department of Administration may procure insurance, in addition to workers' compensation insurance, for employees of the department against accidental death or dismemberment occasioned by special hazards in connection with their employment.
AK Stat § 39.30.150 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 39. Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 30. Insurance and Supplemental Employee Benefits|Article 4. Supplemental Employee Benefits on Withdrawal from Social Security.|Sec. 39.30.150. Contributions.

(a) In place of contributions to the federal social security system that would have been required on behalf of an employee had the participating employer belonged to the social security system, the participating employer shall contribute an amount equal to 6.13 percent of the wages of the employee up to the taxable wage base then in effect in the social security system. This contribution shall be paid into an individual employee annuity account in the Department of Administration under the terms of the State of Alaska Supplemental Annuity Plan. The department shall pay 6.13 percent of the wages of the employee up to the taxable wage base then in effect in the social security system into the individual employee annuity account established under this subsection. This wage reduction shall be treated as an employer contribution under 26 U.S.C. 414(h)(2). All costs of establishing and administering the programs established under AS 39.30.150 - 39.30.180 shall be paid from the contributions made to the individual employee annuity accounts under this section. (b) Employees of the division of marine transportation included in AS 39.35.095 - 39.35.680 through the process of collective bargaining under AS 39.35.680(22)(D) may, under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement, utilize contributions made under (a) of this section on their behalf to offset the costs of inclusion in the public employees' retirement system; however, (1) the state is placed under no obligation to continue making contributions under this section if the state resumes participation in the federal social security system; (2) the bargaining agreement must provide a mechanism for satisfying any residual liabilities that might exist if the state resumes participation in the federal social security system; and (3) funds contributed under (a) of this section on behalf of employees who are not covered by maritime union contracts may not be obligated or expended to pay any costs associated with the inclusion of marine transportation employees in AS 39.35.095 - 39.35.680. (c) An employee may voluntarily elect additional wage reductions to be paid into special individual employee benefit accounts in the Department of Administration. Money in these accounts may only be used to purchase benefits selected by the employee under the supplemental benefits plan established by the administrator.
AK Stat § 39.30.151 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 39. Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 30. Insurance and Supplemental Employee Benefits|Article 4. Supplemental Employee Benefits on Withdrawal from Social Security.|Sec. 39.30.151. Administrator.

The commissioner of administration or the commissioner's designee is the administrator of the system.
AK Stat § 39.30.153 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 39. Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 30. Insurance and Supplemental Employee Benefits|Article 4. Supplemental Employee Benefits on Withdrawal from Social Security.|Sec. 39.30.153. Repayment of contributions.

Upon termination of employment the amount held on behalf of a terminating employee in the employee's individual employee annuity account shall be paid to the employee under the terms of the State of Alaska Supplemental Annuity Plan.
AK Stat § 39.30.154 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 39. Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 30. Insurance and Supplemental Employee Benefits|Article 4. Supplemental Employee Benefits on Withdrawal from Social Security.|Sec. 39.30.154. Powers and duties of the administrator.

The administrator has the same powers and duties with regard to the plan as those set out in AS 14.25.003 and 14.25.004.
AK Stat § 39.30.155 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 39. Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 30. Insurance and Supplemental Employee Benefits|Article 4. Supplemental Employee Benefits on Withdrawal from Social Security.|Sec. 39.30.155. Management and investment of fund.

The Alaska Retirement Management Board is the fiduciary of the fund and has the same powers and duties under this section in regard to the fund as are provided under AS 37.10.220.
AK Stat § 39.30.160 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 39. Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 30. Insurance and Supplemental Employee Benefits|Article 4. Supplemental Employee Benefits on Withdrawal from Social Security.|Sec. 39.30.160. Benefits.

(a) The Department of Administration shall, in accordance with policies prescribed by regulations adopted by the commissioner, provide to employees for whom special individual employee benefit accounts are established under AS 39.30.150(c) the following benefit options: (1) supplemental health benefits; (2) supplemental death benefits; (3) supplemental disability benefits; and (4) supplemental dependent care benefits. (b) An employee may select the types and amounts of supplemental benefits to be purchased with the money deposited in the employee's special individual employee benefit accounts under AS 39.30.150. The selection for employees described in AS 39.30.150(a) must be from the benefit options listed in (a) of this section. (c) [Repealed, § 9 ch 55 SLA 1988.] (d) [Repealed, § 40 ch 146 SLA 1980.] (e) Regulations adopted by the commissioner implementing AS 39.30.150 and this section are not subject to AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act).
AK Stat § 39.30.162 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 39. Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 30. Insurance and Supplemental Employee Benefits|Article 4. Supplemental Employee Benefits on Withdrawal from Social Security.|Sec. 39.30.162. Safeguard of money.

(a) Except as provided in the State of Alaska Supplemental Annuity Plan, amounts held on behalf of, or payable to, an employee or other person who is or who might become eligible for benefits under the plan are not subject to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, or charge of any kind, either voluntary or involuntary, before being received by the person entitled to the amount under the terms of the plan. An attempt to anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber, charge, or otherwise dispose of a right to amounts held under the plan is void. (b) Except as provided in AS 09.38.065, amounts held on behalf of, or payable to, an employee or other person who is or who might become eligible for benefits under the plan are exempt from garnishment, execution, or levy.
AK Stat § 39.30.165 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 39. Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 30. Insurance and Supplemental Employee Benefits|Article 4. Supplemental Employee Benefits on Withdrawal from Social Security.|Sec. 39.30.165. Appeals.

A final decision made under AS 39.30.150 - 39.30.180 is subject to appeal under AS 44.64.
AK Stat § 39.30.170 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 39. Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 30. Insurance and Supplemental Employee Benefits|Article 4. Supplemental Employee Benefits on Withdrawal from Social Security.|Sec. 39.30.170. Participation in program.

(a) An employer may become a participating employer in the employee benefits program under AS 39.30.150 - 39.30.180, if (1) the employer participates as an employer in the public employees' retirement system under AS 39.35; and (2) the employer (A) is eligible for membership in but has never elected to become a member of the federal social security system; or (B) withdraws from membership in the federal social security system. (b) In order to become a participating employer, the employer shall file a request with the commissioner. The request may be made only after adoption of a resolution by the legislative body of a municipality, if the employer is a municipality, or by the board of directors, if the employer is a public organization, and after approval of the resolution by the official required by law to approve the resolution. A certified copy of the resolution shall be filed with the commissioner. (c) The commissioner shall approve the request if the commissioner finds that the employer has never participated in the federal social security system or has withdrawn from participation in the federal social security system. (d) The employer may begin participation as a participating employer covered by AS 39.30.150 - 39.30.180 on the date designated by the commissioner.