00 HOUSE BILL NO. 238
01 "An Act merging the Department of Environmental Conservation and the Department
02 of Natural Resources and naming the resulting entity the Department of Natural
03 Resources and Conservation; and providing for an effective date."
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
05 * Section 1. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section
06 to read:
07 LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS. The legislature finds that
08 (1) in the current period of shrinking state revenue, it is imperative that state
09 government be operated efficiently;
10 (2) substantial administrative savings can be realized by combining units of
11 state government; and
12 (3) the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of
13 Environmental Conservation can be effectively combined into a single department that will
14 result in a substantial, ongoing reduction in state expenditures.
01 * Sec. 2. AS 44.17.005 is amended to read:
02 Sec. 44.17.005. Offices and departments. There are in the state government
03 the following principal offices and departments:
04 (1) Office of the Governor
05 (2) Department of Administration
06 (3) Department of Law
07 (4) Department of Revenue
08 (5) Department of Education and Early Development
09 (6) Department of Health and Social Services
10 (7) Department of Labor and Workforce Development
11 (8) Department of Community and Economic Development
12 (9) Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs
13 (10) Department of Natural Resources and Conservation
14 (11) Department of Fish and Game
15 (12) Department of Public Safety
16 (13) [REPEALED
17 (14) REPEALED
18 (15)] Department of Transportation and Public Facilities
19 (14) [(16) DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
20 CONSERVATION
21 (17) REPEALED
22 (18)] Department of Corrections.
23 * Sec. 3. AS 44.37 is amended by adding a new section to read:
24 Sec. 44.37.005. Department of Natural Resources and Conservation.
25 Notwithstanding other provisions of law, the Department of Environmental
26 Conservation and the Department of Natural Resources are merged and the functions
27 and duties of both departments shall be performed by a single department to be named
28 the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation.
29 * Sec. 4. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).