00               HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 139(L&C)                                                             
01 "An Act relating to termination and oversight of boards, commissions, and agency                                        
02 programs; extending the termination date of the Board of Marital and Family Therapy;                                    
03 and providing for an effective date."                                                                                   
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1.  AS 08.03.010(c)(11) is amended to read:                                                              
06                 (11)  Board of Marital and Family Therapy (AS 08.63.010) - June 30,                                     
07       2010 [2005];                                                                                                  
08    * Sec. 2.  AS 08.03.020(c) is amended to read:                                                                     
09            (c)  A board scheduled for termination under this chapter may be continued or                                
10       reestablished by the legislature for a period not to exceed eight [FOUR] years unless                         
11       the board is continued or reestablished for a longer period under AS 08.03.010.                                   
12    * Sec. 3.  AS 44.66.010(c) is amended to read:                                                                     
13            (c)  A commission scheduled for termination under this chapter may be                                        
14       continued or reestablished by the legislature for a period not to exceed eight [FOUR]                         

01       years.                                                                                                            
02    * Sec. 4.  AS 44.66.050(c) is amended to read:                                                                     
03            (c)  A determination as to whether a board or commission or agency program                                   
04       has demonstrated a public need for its continued existence must take into                                         
05       consideration the following factors:                                                                              
06                 (1)  the extent to which the board, commission, or program has                                          
07       operated in the public interest;                                                                                  
08                 (2)  the extent to which the operation of the board, commission, or                                     
09       agency program has been impeded or enhanced by existing statutes, procedures, and                                 
10       practices that it has adopted, and any other matter, including budgetary, resource, and                           
11       personnel matters;                                                                                                
12                 (3)  the extent to which the board, commission, or agency has                                           
13       recommended statutory changes that are generally of benefit to the public interest;                               
14                 (4)  the extent to which the board, commission, or agency has                                           
15       encouraged interested persons to report to it concerning the effect of its regulations                            
16       and decisions on the effectiveness of service, economy of service, and availability of                            
17       service that it has provided;                                                                                     
18                 (5)  the extent to which the board, commission, or agency has                                           
19       encouraged public participation in the making of its regulations and decisions;                                   
20                 (6)  the efficiency with which public inquiries or complaints regarding                                 
21       the activities of the board, commission, or agency filed with it, with the department to                          
22       which a board or commission is administratively assigned, or with the office of                                   
23       victims' rights or the office of the ombudsman have been processed and resolved;                                  
24                 (7)  the extent to which a board or commission that regulates entry into                                
25       an occupation or profession has presented qualified applicants to serve the public;                               
26                 (8)  the extent to which state personnel practices, including affirmative                               
27       action requirements, have been complied with by the board, commission, or agency to                               
28       its own activities and the area of activity or interest; [AND]                                                    
29                 (9)  the extent to which statutory, regulatory, budgeting, or other                                     
30       changes are necessary to enable the agency, board, or commission to better serve the                              
31       interests of the public and to comply with the factors enumerated in this subsection;                         

01                 (10)  the extent to which the board, commission, or agency has                                      
02       effectively attained its objectives and purposes and the efficiency with which the                            
03       board, commission, or agency has operated; and                                                                
04                 (11)  the extent to which the board, commission, or agency                                          
05       duplicates the activities of another governmental agency or the private sector.                               
06    * Sec. 5.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).