00                             HOUSE BILL NO. 194                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the membership of the Board of Governors of the Alaska Bar."                                        
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 08.08.040(a) is amended to read:                                                                   
04            (a)  There is created a Board of Governors of the Alaska Bar [TO BE                                          
05       ELECTED UNDER BYLAWS AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE                                                               
06       BOARD].                                                                                                           
07    * Sec. 2. AS 08.08.050(a) is repealed and reenacted to read:                                                       
08            (a)  The board consists of 12 members appointed by the governor and subject                                  
09       to confirmation by a majority of the members of the legislature in joint session.                                 
10       Members of the board shall be appointed as follows:                                                               
11                 (1)  two members of the Alaska Bar residing in the first judicial district;                             
12                 (2)  four members of the Alaska Bar residing in the third judicial                                      
13       district;                                                                                                         
14                 (3)  two members of the Alaska Bar residing in the combined area of                                     
15       the second and fourth judicial districts;                                                                         
01                 (4)  one member of the Alaska Bar at large residing in the state; and                                   
02                 (5)  three public members.                                                                              
03    * Sec. 3. AS 08.08.050(b) is amended to read:                                                                      
04            (b)  Members of the Board of Governors shall hold office for three years and                                 
05       until their successors are [ELECTED OR] appointed and qualified.                                                  
06    * Sec. 4. AS 08.08.050(c) is amended to read:                                                                      
07            (c)  Four board members shall be selected on the following triennial rotation:                               
08                 (1)  in the first year, one member from the first judicial district, one                                
09       member from the combined area of the second and fourth judicial districts, one                                    
10       member from the third judicial district, and one public [APPOINTED] member;                                   
11 (2)  in the second year, one member at large, two members from the                                                      
12       third judicial district, and one public [APPOINTED] member; and                                               
13 (3)  in the third year, one member from the combined area of the                                                        
14 second and fourth judicial districts, one member from the third judicial district, one                                  
15       member from the first judicial district, and one public [APPOINTED] member.                                   
16    * Sec. 5. AS 08.08.070 is repealed and reenacted to read:                                                          
17 Sec. 08.08.070. Vacancies on the board. If a vacancy arises on the Board of                                           
18 Governors, the governor shall appoint a qualified person to serve the balance of the                                    
19 unexpired term. A person appointed to fill the balance of an unexpired term shall be                                    
20 subject to confirmation by a majority of the members of the legislature in joint session                                
21       and shall serve from the date of appointment until the expiration of the term.                                    
22    * Sec. 6. AS 08.08.040(b) is repealed.                                                                             
23    * Sec. 7. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
24 read:                                                                                                                   
25 TRANSITION. A person who is a member of the Board of Governors of the Alaska                                            
26 Bar on the day before the effective date of this Act continues to serve until the expiration of                         
27 the member's term. The governor shall make appointments for a vacancy that occurs on or                                 
28 after the effective date of this Act in accordance with AS 08.08.050(a), as repealed and                                
29 reenacted by sec. 2 of this Act.