00SENATE BILL NO. 259                                                                                                   
01 "An Act relating to the membership of and the state's participation in a                                                
02 metropolitan highway planning organization."                                                                            
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  AS 19.20 is amended by adding new sections to read:                                                  
05 Article 2.  Metropolitan Highway Planning Organizations.                                                              
06  Sec. 19.20.100.  Metropolitan highway planning organizations.  (a)  The                                             
07 state may not designate or redesignate under 23 U.S.C. 134 or otherwise participate                                     
08 in a metropolitan planning organization organized under 23 U.S.C. 134 unless the                                        
09 membership of the metropolitan planning organization includes, among other members,                                     
10 one member of each municipal governing body located partially or wholly within the                                      
11 metropolitan area who is selected by the member's respective municipal governing                                        
12 body.                                                                                                                   
13  (b)  In addition to the members of a metropolitan planning organization selected                                      
14 under (a) of this section, the following persons shall serve as nonvoting advisory                                      

01 members of the metropolitan planning organization:                                                                      
02   (1)  one member of the senate whose district is located partially or                                                 
03 wholly within the metropolitan area and who is selected by a majority of the members                                    
04 of the senate whose districts are located partially or wholly within the metropolitan                                   
05 area; and                                                                                                               
06   (2)  one member of the house of representatives whose district is located                                            
07 partially or wholly within the metropolitan area and who is selected by a majority of                                   
08 the members of the house of representatives whose districts are located partially or                                    
09 wholly within the metropolitan area.                                                                                    
10  Sec. 19.20.110.  Notice to legislature of transportation plan.  A metropolitan                                      
11 planning organization organized under 23 U.S.C. 134 that adopts a transportation plan                                   
12 shall provide notice of the adoption of the plan to each house of the legislature.