1. (a) The initial step placement of a deputy head of a principal department shall be equal to a step in Range 28 of the salary schedule.
2. (b) If the employee was employed in the partially exempt or classified service before appointment as the deputy head of a principal department, and was receiving a salary higher than that established for the deputy head position, the employee shall be placed at a step or pay increment under AS 39.27.011 in Range 28 that constitutes a pay increase under 2 AAC 07.330.
3. (c) A deputy head of a principal department who is not eligible for pay increments under AS 39.27.011(h) or who is not covered by 2 AAC 07.330, must be appointed to a step in AS 39.27.011(a). However, if the employee was employed in the exempt service within the executive branch before appointment as a deputy head of a principal department and is receiving a salary higher than that established for the deputy head position, the employee shall be placed at range 28, step F and be paid at an exception rate of pay equal to the employee's former salary.

(Eff. 9/22/2004, Register 175; am 7/16/2008, Register 187; am 12/3/2008, Register 189)

Authority: AS 39.20.080, AS 39.25.140, AS 39.27.011, AS 39.25.070, AS 39.25.150