00CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 135(FIN)(title am)                                                                             
01 "An Act relating to metropolitan planning organizations."                                                               
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
03    * Section 1.  AS 19.20 is amended by adding new sections to read:                                                  
04 Article 2.  Metropolitan Highway Planning Organizations.                                                              
05  Sec. 19.20.200.  Metropolitan highway planning organizations.  (a)  A                                               
06 metropolitan highway planning organization designated, redesignated, or organized                                       
07 under 23 U.S.C. 134 for a metropolitan area with a population greater than 200,000                                      
08 persons shall consist of seven voting members.  The commissioner of environmental                                       
09 conservation or the commissioner's designee shall be a nonvoting member of the                                          
10 organization.  Four voting members of the organization shall be designated by the                                       
11 municipalities that are located partially or wholly within the metropolitan area and                                    
12 three voting members shall be designated as follows:                                                                    
13   (1)  one member of the senate whose district is located partially or                                                 
14 wholly within the metropolitan area and who is selected by a majority of the members                                    

01 of the senate whose districts are located partially or wholly within the metropolitan                                   
02 area; a person who is selected to serve as a member of a metropolitan highway                                           
03 planning organization under this paragraph may not receive compensation for service                                     
04 on the metropolitan highway planning organization;                                                                      
05   (2)  one member of the house of representatives whose district is located                                            
06 partially or wholly within the metropolitan area and who is selected by a majority of                                   
07 the members of the house of representatives whose districts are located partially or                                    
08 wholly within the metropolitan area; a person who is selected to serve as a member                                      
09 of a metropolitan highway planning organization under this paragraph may not receive                                    
10 compensation for service on the metropolitan highway planning organization; and                                         
11   (3)  one member appointed by the governor.                                                                           
12  (b)  Each metropolitan highway planning organization shall submit its current                                         
13 transportation improvement plan prepared under 23 C.F.R. 450.324 or current update                                      
14 of the transportation improvement plan to the legislature by January 15 of each year.