00HOUSE BILL NO. 456                                                                                                      
01 "An Act relating to the Board of Storage Tank Assistance; and providing for an                                          
02 effective date."                                                                                                        
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 44.66.010(a)(18) is amended to read:                                                                
05   (18)  Board of Storage Tank Assistance (AS 46.03.360) - June 30, 2000                                              
06 [1996];                                                                                                                 
07    * Sec. 2.  AS 46.03.360(a) is amended to read:                                                                       
08  (a) There is established the Board of Storage Tank Assistance. For                                                    
09 administrative purposes, the board is located in the department.  The board consists of                                 
10 the commissioners of environmental conservation and transportation and public                                           
11 facilities, or their designees, and the following persons who shall be appointed by the                                 
12 governor to serve at the pleasure of the governor for staggered four-year terms:                                        
13   (1)  an engineer registered under AS 08.48 who is knowledgeable about                                                
14 installing, upgrading, repairing, or closing underground petroleum storage tank                                         

01 systems;                                                                                                                
02   (2)  a general contractor registered under AS 08.18 who is                                                           
03 knowledgeable about installing, upgrading, repairing, or closing underground petroleum                                  
04 storage tank systems;                                                                                                   
05   (3)  two persons who own or operate an underground petroleum storage                                                 
06 tank system, at least one of whom does not own or operate more than 10 underground                                      
07 petroleum storage tanks; [AND]                                                                                          
08   (4)  a member of the insurance industry; and                                                                        
09   (5)  a person who is a member of the general public who does not                                                     
10 have a financial interest in replacing, upgrading, closing, testing, or cleaning up                                     
11 releases from the type of underground storage tank that is governed by                                                  
12 AS 46.03.360 - 46.03.450.                                                                                              
13    * Sec. 3.  This Act takes effect July 1, 1996.