00SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 102(L&C)                                                                            
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 three [TWO] members of the agency may be members of                                              
02 the same political party.                                                                                               
03    * Sec. 3.  AS 23.05.360 is amended by adding a new subsections to read:                                              
04  (e)  The governor shall designate a chair from the public members.  The chair                                         
05 holds office at the pleasure of the governor.                                                                           
06  (f)  For purposes of holding hearings, the members of the board sit in panels                                         
07 of three members.  The chair designates the panel that will consider a matter.  Each                                    
08 panel must include a representative of management, a representative of labor, and a                                     
09 representative from the general public.  A member of one panel may serve on the other                                   
10 panel when the chair considers it necessary for the prompt administration of                                            
11 AS 23.40.070 - 23.40.260 (Public Employment Relations Act) or AS 42.40 (Alaska                                          
12 Railroad Corporation Act).                                                                                              
13    * Sec. 4.  AS 23.05.370(b) is amended to read:                                                                       
14  (b)  Two members of a panel constitute a quorum for hearing cases.  Action                                         
15 taken by a quorum of a panel in a case is considered the action of the full board.                                      
16 Four members constitute a quorum for the transaction of business other than                                           
17 hearing cases [AND TWO AFFIRMATIVE VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR FINAL                                                        
18 ACTION ON MATTERS ACTED UPON BY THE AGENCY].                                                                            
19    * Sec. 5.  AS 23.05.370(a)(2) is repealed.                                                                           
20    * Sec. 6.  Notwithstanding the amendments made by this Act to AS 23.05.360 and                                       
21 23.05.370, until the governor has appointed, and the legislature confirmed, three additional                            
22 members to serve on the Alaska Labor Relations Agency, a quorum of the agency may be                                    
23 established as provided in AS 23.05.370(b) as it read before the amendment made by sec. 4                               
24 of this Act and the chair of the agency shall be the chair selected under former                                        
25 AS 23.05.370(a)(2).                                                                                                     
26    * Sec. 7.  This Act takes effect July 1, 1993.