Section 2 AAC 07.316 - Salary for deputy heads of a principal department(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.(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.(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 189Even though the adoption of 2 AAC 07.316 was effective 9/22/2004, it was not published until Register 175, Oct., 2005.
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