Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that increases the salaries of certain state employees.

Highlights:

• Establishes the monthly pay ranges for classified and partially exempt employees of state executive branch (Sec. 1, Pgs. 3 & 4).

• Authorizes the Governor to issue higher salaries for partially exempt employees of the executive branch based on case-by-case department needs, skills of the employee, and competitiveness in the labor market (Sec. 2, Pg. 4).

• Increases the listed pay ranges by 15% for employees of the Department of Law, the Public Defender Agency, the Office of Public Advocacy, the Division of Legal and Research Services within the Legislative Affairs Agency, the Chief Administrative Law Judge and administrative law judges in the Office of Administrative Hearings, and any non-union position in the executive branch that requires a practice of law to be employed (Sec. 3, Pg. 5).

• Specifies that the salary increases described in Section 1 apply to public officers (Sec. 5, Pg. 5).

• Specifies that such salary increases also apply to, and are increased by 10% for, permanent and temporary employees of the state Judicial branch (Sec. 6, Pgs. 5 & 6).

• Requires that certain employees of the University of Alaska receive specified salary increases (Sec. 7, Pg. 6).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that increases the salaries of certain state employees.

Highlights:

• Establishes the monthly pay ranges for classified and partially exempt employees of state executive branch (Sec. 1, Pgs. 3 & 4).

• Authorizes the Governor to issue higher salaries for partially exempt employees of the executive branch based on case-by-case department needs, skills of the employee, and competitiveness in the labor market (Sec. 2, Pg. 4).

• Increases the listed pay ranges by 15% for employees of the Department of Law, the Public Defender Agency, the Office of Public Advocacy, the Division of Legal and Research Services within the Legislative Affairs Agency, the Chief Administrative Law Judge and administrative law judges in the Office of Administrative Hearings, and any non-union position in the executive branch that requires a practice of law to be employed (Sec. 3, Pg. 5).

• Specifies that the salary increases described in Section 1 apply to public officers (Sec. 5, Pg. 5).

• Specifies that such salary increases also apply to, and are increased by 10% for, permanent and temporary employees of the state Judicial branch (Sec. 6, Pgs. 5 & 6).

• Requires that certain employees of the University of Alaska receive specified salary increases (Sec. 7, Pg. 6).

Full Bill Text