(a) The adjutant general is charged with all disbursements of pay and allowances for service of the troops.
(b) Members of the Alaska National Guard and Alaska Naval Militia are entitled to receive, for each day of active service under AS 26.05.070 , pay equal to 200 percent of the minimum daily basic pay provided by federal laws and regulations for members of equivalent grades of the United States armed forces, except that the adjutant general and the commissioner of natural resources may agree that specified classifications of Alaska National Guard personnel called to active state service to fight wildland fire shall be paid at rates established for emergency firefighting personnel in accordance with AS 41.15.030. For fiscal years beginning after June 30, 2000, the minimum payment of $105 shall be increased one percent for each percent increase in the consumer price index for Anchorage, Alaska, as determined by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, not to exceed an annual increase of four percent. The increase, if any, takes effect not more than 30 days after the release of the consumer price index. The consumer price index that is published immediately after July 1, 1999, is the reference base index.
(c) [Repealed, Sec. 8 ch 56 SLA 1981].
(d) A member of the organized militia who, while performing duties under AS 26.05.070 , including transit to and from the member's home of record, suffers an injury or disability in the line of duty is entitled to all compensation and benefits available under AS 23.30 (Alaska Workers' Compensation Act). For a member of the Alaska State Defense Force, compensation and benefits under this subsection are provided as though the member were a state employee. A member of the organized militia who has not been ordered into active state service by the governor under AS 26.05.070 is not entitled to compensation and benefits under AS 23.30 (Alaska Workers' Compensation Act).
(e) If a member of the organized militia dies as a result of an injury or disability suffered in the line of duty while performing duties under AS 26.05.070 , including transit to and from the member's home of record, death benefits shall be paid to the persons in the amounts specified in AS 23.30.215 . For a member of the Alaska State Defense Force, the death benefits under this subsection are provided as though the member were a state employee. A person is not entitled to death benefits as specified in AS 23.30.215 for a member of the organized militia who dies as a result of an injury or disability suffered in the line of duty but who had not been ordered into active state service by the governor under AS 26.05.070 .
(f) [Repealed, Sec. 8 ch 56 SLA 1981].
(g) [Repealed, Sec. 8 ch 56 SLA 1981].
(h) For purposes of computation of benefits under AS 23.30, the earnings of a member of the
(1) Alaska National Guard or Alaska Naval Militia are presumed to be no less than 200 percent of the minimum daily basic pay authorized for a member of the regular armed forces of the United States in the same grade or rank as the Alaska National Guard or Alaska Naval Militia member at the time of the injury or death;
(2) Alaska State Defense Force are presumed to be equal to the pay and allowances authorized by (j) of this section for the duties being performed by the member while on active state service at the time of the injury or death; if the member of the Alaska State Defense Force did not receive pay or allowances authorized under (j) of this section, the earnings of the member are presumed to be no less than 200 percent of the minimum daily basic pay authorized for a member of the regular armed forces of the United States in the same grade or rank as the Alaska State Defense Force member at the time of the injury or death.
(i) When active state service is authorized by the governor or by the adjutant general as the governor's designee, members of the Alaska State Defense Force are entitled to receive, for each day of active service under AS 26.05.070 , pay and allowances as provided in this subsection. Pay is equal to that provided under AS 39.27.011 (a) - (f) and 39.27.020 for equivalent assignments of state officials or employees, including adjustments under AS 39.27.025 , if applicable. Allowances shall be paid to the same extent, in the same manner, and under the same conditions as provided for state officials and employees under AS 39.20.110 - 39.20.170. However, pay or allowances are not authorized for training or community service activities of members of the Alaska State Defense Force.
(j) Members of the Alaska State Defense Force are entitled to pay and other benefits only as provided in this section. Members of the Alaska State Defense Force are not state employees. However, compensation and benefits under AS 23.30 provided for in (d), (e), and (h) of this section for members of the Alaska State Defense Force are provided as though the member were a state employee. Nothing in this section entitles a member of the Alaska State Defense Force to retirement benefits.
(k) In this section,
(1) "member" means an active commissioned or warrant officer or enlisted man or woman in the Alaska National Guard or Alaska Naval Militia, or a volunteer serving in the active service of the Alaska State Defense Force;
(2) "wildland fire" includes the uncontrolled burning of grass, brush, timber, and other natural vegetative material.
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