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State of Alaska
                                                           Fiscal Note
                                                                                             Bill Version:                     CSSB 76(L&C)
 2020 Legislative Session
                                                                                             Fiscal Note Number:               2
                                                                                             (S) Publish Date:                 2/12/2020
 Identifier:        SB076-JUD-ACS-01-29-20                                    Department:        Judiciary
 Title:             REPEAL WORKERS' COMP APPEALS                              Appropriation: Alaska Court System
                    COMMISSION                                                Allocation:        Trial Courts
 Sponsor:           WIELECHOWSKI                                              OMB Component Number:                768
 Requester: Senate Labor & Commerce
 Expenditures/Revenues
 Note: Amounts do not include inflation unless otherwise noted below.                                                                (Thousands of Dollars)
                                                 Included in
                                    FY2021       Governor's
                                Appropriation      FY2021                                           Out-Year Cost Estimates
                                  Requested       Request
 OPERATING EXPENDITURES               FY 2021        FY 2021       FY 2022                     FY 2023            FY 2024            FY 2025        FY 2026
 Personal Services
 Travel
 Services
 Commodities
 Capital Outlay
 Grants & Benefits
 Miscellaneous
 Total Operating                            0.0           0.0          0.0                           0.0                 0.0              0.0              0.0
 Fund Source (Operating Only)
 None
 Total                                           0.0             0.0                 0.0             0.0                 0.0              0.0              0.0
 Positions
 Full-time
 Part-time
 Temporary
 Change in Revenues
 None
 Total                                           0.0             0.0                 0.0             0.0                 0.0              0.0              0.0
 Estimated SUPPLEMENTAL (FY2020) cost:                                  0.0                (separate supplemental appropriation required)
 Estimated CAPITAL (FY2021) cost:                                       0.0                (separate capital appropriation required)
 Does the bill create or modify a new fund or account?       No
 (Supplemental/Capital/New Fund - discuss reasons and fund source(s) in analysis section)
 ASSOCIATED REGULATIONS
 Does the bill direct, or will the bill result in, regulation changes adopted by your agency?                No
 If yes, by what date are the regulations to be adopted, amended or repealed?
 Why this fiscal note differs from previous version/comments:
 Not applicable - initial version.
 Prepared By:             Nancy Meade, General Counsel                                                             Phone:          (907)463-4736
 Division:                Alaska Court System                                                                      Date:           01/29/2020 11:00 PM
 Approved By:             Nancy Meade for Stacey Marz, Administrative Director                                     Date:           01/29/20
 Agency:                  Alaska Court System
Printed 2/11/2020                                                      Page 1 of 2                                                          Control Code: SsbhG
                                                                                                          CSSB 76(L&C) - Fiscal Note 2
                                                 FISCAL NOTE ANALYSIS
STATE OF ALASKA                                                                   BILL NO. SB 76
2020 LEGISLATIVE SESSION
Analysis
   Senate Bill 76 would eliminate the Alaska Workers' Compensation Appeals Commission currently housed within the
   Department of Labor, and transfer jurisdiction over appeals pending in that Commission and all future appeals from the
   decisions of the Workers' Compensation Board to the superior court.
   According to a Legislative Research Services Report, an average of 32 appeals per year were handled by the Commission
   over a recent 12-year period. The court system therefore anticipates that, under this bill, the superior court would be
   handling an additional 32 administrative appeals from the Board each year, on average. These additional cases would be
   presided over by a superior court judge; we anticipate that the impact of these new cases would be spread across
   jurisdictions and could be handled by our superior court judges without additional resources.
   The court system does not anticipate that this bill would change the caseload of the Supreme Court, which already
   currently handles appeals from the Commission. Its jurisdiction would not be altered under this bill; the appeals would
   simply come from the superior court instead of from the Commission.
   The court system anticipates that it will be able to absorb the increased caseload into its operations without a fiscal
   impact, and therefore submits this zero fiscal note. If this bill becomes law, the court system will monitor the actual
   number of these appeals that are filed, to determine whether the impacts exceed current expectations.
(Revised 10/22/19 OMB/LFD)                                                                                          Page 2 of 2
SB076-JUD-ACS-01-29-20                                         Page 2 of 2                                               Control Code: SsbhG
Statutes affected: 
SB0076A, AM SB 76, introduced 03/06/2019: 23.30.005, 23.30.107, 40.25.100, 40.25.295, 23.30.095, 23.30.110, 23.30.108, 23.30.130, 44.62.540, 44.62.560, 44.62.570, 23.30.155, 23.30.126, 23.30.008, 39.50.200, 23.30.007, 23.30.009, 23.30.125, 23.30.127, 23.30.128, 23.30.129, 23.30.395, 39.25.110, 44.64.020, 22.10.020
SB0076B, AM CSSB 76(L&C), introduced 02/12/2020: 23.30.005, 23.30.107, 40.25.100, 40.25.295, 23.30.095, 23.30.110, 23.30.108, 23.30.130, 44.62.540, 44.62.560, 44.62.570, 23.30.155, 23.30.126, 23.30.008, 39.50.200, 23.30.007, 23.30.009, 23.30.125, 23.30.127, 23.30.128, 23.30.129, 23.30.395, 39.25.110, 44.64.020, 22.10.020