00                           SENATE BILL NO. 88 am H                                                                       
01 "An Act relating to metropolitan planning organizations and to establishment of a                                       
02 metropolitan planning organization for the Anchorage metropolitan area; and                                             
03 providing for an effective date."                                                                                       
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1.  AS 19.20 is amended by adding new sections to read:                                                  
06                Article 2.  Metropolitan Planning Organizations.                                                       
07            Sec. 19.20.200.  Establishment of metropolitan planning organizations.  In                                 
08       order to coordinate transportation planning in urbanized areas and achieve the                                    
09       transportation planning goals of 23 U.S.C. 134 and 49 U.S.C. 5303 - 5306, a                                       
10       metropolitan planning organization shall be established for each metropolitan area of                             
11       the state when required for participation in a federal transportation program.  A                                 
12       metropolitan area is an urbanized area with a population of more than 50,000 persons.                             
13       Each metropolitan planning organization shall be established by act of the legislature.                           
14            Sec. 19.20.210.  Membership of certain metropolitan planning                                               
01       organizations.  A metropolitan planning organization established under AS 19.20.200                             
02       for a metropolitan area with a population greater than 200,000 persons shall consist of                           
03       seven voting members.  A quorum of the organization is a majority of the voting                                   
04       members of the organization.  Three voting members of the organization shall be                                   
05       designated by the municipalities that are located partially or wholly within the                                  
06       metropolitan area.  Two voting members shall be appointed by the governor.  Two                                   
07       voting members shall be designated as follows:                                                                    
08                 (1)  one member of the senate who is elected from a district, of which                                  
09       more than 50 percent is located within the metropolitan area and who is designated by                             
10       the president of the senate; a person who is designated to serve as a member of a                                 
11       metropolitan planning organization under this paragraph may not receive                                           
12       compensation for service on the metropolitan planning organization; and                                           
13                 (2)  one member of the house of representatives who is elected from a                                   
14       district, of which more than 50 percent is located within the metropolitan area and who                           
15       is designated by the speaker of the house of representatives; a person who is                                     
16       designated to serve as a member of a metropolitan planning organization under this                                
17       paragraph may not receive compensation for service on the metropolitan planning                                   
18       organization.                                                                                                     
19    * Sec. 2.  The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                         
20 read:                                                                                                                   
21       ESTABLISHMENT OF A METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION FOR                                                         
22 THE ANCHORAGE METROPOLITAN AREA.  (a)  The governor shall establish a                                                   
23 metropolitan planning organization for the Anchorage metropolitan area in conformance with                              
24 AS 19.20.200 and 19.20.210, added by sec. 1 of this Act, and with applicable federal law.                               
25       (b)  This provision constitutes legislative establishment of a metropolitan planning                              
26 organization for the Anchorage metropolitan area in accordance with AS 19.20.200, added by                              
27 sec. 1 of this Act.                                                                                                     
28       (c)  It is the intent of the legislature that the membership of the current metropolitan                          
29 planning organization for the Anchorage metropolitan area (known as AMATS) be                                           
30 restructured in accordance with this Act in a manner that does not constitute a redesignation                           
31 of the metropolitan planning organization under federal law.                                                            
01    * Sec. 3.  Section 1 of this Act takes effect July 1, 2002.