00                             SENATE BILL NO. 66                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the membership of the legislative council; and relating to the                                      
02 membership of the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee."                                                              
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 24.20.020 is amended to read:                                                                      
05 Sec. 24.20.020. Membership. The legislative council is composed of the                                                
06 president of the senate and six other senators appointed by the president, and the                                      
07 speaker of the house of representatives and six other representatives appointed by the                                  
08 speaker. The membership from each house shall include at least one member from the                                  
09 minority [EACH OF THE TWO MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES]. The appointing                                                  
10       authority in each house shall make and announce the appointment or reappointment of                               
11       members of the council within 15 days after the convening of the first regular session                            
12       of each legislature.                                                                                            
13    * Sec. 2. AS 24.20.161 is amended to read:                                                                         
14            Sec. 24.20.161. Membership. The Legislative Budget and Audit Committee is                                  
01 composed of 10 members: the chairs [CHAIRMEN] of the senate and house finance                                       
02 committees, [;] one member selected from each of the senate and house finance                                       
03 committees and appointed by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house,                                   
04 respectively, [;] and three members appointed from each house by the respective                                     
05 presiding officer. The chair [CHAIRMAN] of the finance committee may choose not                                     
06 to serve on the committee. If this occurs, the presiding officer of the appropriate house                               
07 shall appoint a replacement from the finance committee. The membership from each                                        
08 house shall include at least one member from the minority [EACH OF THE TWO                                          
09 MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES]. The committee shall select its own chair                                                  
10       [CHAIRMAN].                                                                                                     
11    * Sec. 3. AS 24.20 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                   
12                       Article 4. General Provisions.                                                                  
13            Sec. 24.20.700. Definition. In this chapter, "minority" means a group of                                   
14       members who have organized and elected a minority leader and who constitute at least                              
15       25 percent of the total house membership.