Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 39.27.030

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060

Subject to appropriation, the director of the division of personnel shall conduct a survey, at least every five years, to review the geographic pay differentials under Alaska Stat. § 39.27.020. The survey may address factors the director determines are relevant to review state salary schedules, entitlements for beneficiaries of state programs, and payments for state service providers. The survey must reflect the cost of living for duty stations in the state or outside of the state by using the cost of living in Anchorage, Alaska, as a base.