00HOUSE BILL NO. 102                                                                                                      
01 "An Act relating to the Alaska Labor Relations Agency; and providing for an                                             
02 effective date."                                                                                                        
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 23.05.360(a) is amended to read:                                                                    
05  (a)  There is established within the Department of Labor the Alaska labor                                             
06 relations agency.  The agency is comprised of six [THREE] members appointed by the                                    
07 governor and confirmed by the legislature.  The term of office of a member is three                                     
08 years.  Members serve staggered terms in accordance with AS 39.05.055.  A vacancy                                       
09 in an unexpired term shall be filled by appointment by the governor for the remainder                                   
10 of the term.  The agency must include two members [A MEMBER] with a                                                   
11 background in management, two members [A MEMBER] with a background in labor,                                          
12 and two members [A MEMBER] from the general public.  All members must have                                            
13 relevant experience in labor relations matters.                                                                         
14    * Sec. 2.  AS 23.05.360(b) is amended to read:                                                                       

01  (b)  Not more than four [TWO] members of the agency may be members of                                               
02 the same political party.                                                                                               
03    * Sec. 3.  AS 23.05.360(d) is amended to read:                                                                       
04  (d)  Members of the agency receive [NO] compensation for their services in                                           
05 the amount of $100 per day for each day spent in actual meetings or authorized                                          
06 official business incidental to their duties and [, BUT] are entitled to per diem and                                  
07 travel expenses authorized for boards and commissions under AS 39.20.180.                                             
08    * Sec. 4.  AS 23.05.360 is amended by adding a new subsections to read:                                              
09  (e)  The governor shall designate a chair from the public members.  The chair                                         
10 holds office at the pleasure of the governor.                                                                           
11  (f)  For purposes of holding hearings, the members of the board sit in panels                                         
12 of three members.  The chair designates the panel that will consider a matter.  Each                                    
13 panel must include a representative of management, a representative of labor, and a                                     
14 representative from the general public.  A member of one panel may serve on the other                                   
15 panel when the chair considers it necessary for the prompt administration of                                            
16 AS 23.40.070 - 23.40.260 (Public Employment Relations Act) or AS 42.40 (Alaska                                          
17 Railroad Corporation Act).                                                                                              
18    * Sec. 5.  AS 23.05.370(b) is amended to read:                                                                       
19  (b)  Two members of a panel constitute a quorum for hearing cases.  Action                                         
20 taken by a quorum of a panel in a case is considered the action of the full board.                                      
21 Four members constitute a quorum for the transaction of business other than                                           
22 hearing cases [AND TWO AFFIRMATIVE VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR FINAL                                                        
23 ACTION ON MATTERS ACTED UPON BY THE AGENCY].                                                                            
24    * Sec. 6.  AS 23.05.370(a)(2) is repealed.                                                                           
25    * Sec. 7.  Notwithstanding the amendments made by this Act to AS 23.05.360 and                                       
26 23.05.370, until the governor has appointed, and the legislature confirmed, three additional                            
27 members to serve on the Alaska Labor Relations Agency, a quorum of the agency may be                                    
28 established as provided in AS 23.05.370(b) as it read before the amendment made by sec. 5                               
29 of this Act and the chair of the agency shall be the chair selected under former                                        
30 AS 23.05.370(a)(2).                                                                                                     
31    * Sec. 8.  This Act takes effect July 1, 1993.