00                            SENATE BILL NO. 99                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the composition of the Alaska Police Standards Council; and                                         
02 providing for an effective date."                                                                                       
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 18.65.150 is amended to read:                                                                      
05            Sec. 18.65.150. Composition of council. The council consists of the following                              
06       persons:                                                                                                          
07                 (1)  three [FOUR] chief administrative officers or chiefs of police of                              
08       local governments;                                                                                                
09                 (2)  the commissioner of public safety or a designee of the                                             
10       commissioner;                                                                                                     
11                 (3)  the commissioner of corrections or a designee of the commissioner;                                 
12                 (4)  one correctional administrative officer who is employed at the level                               
13       of a deputy director or higher; [AND]                                                                             
14                 (5)  three police officers, each of whom has been certified for five                                

01       years or more by the council under this chapter; and                                                          
02                 (6)  two [FOUR] members of the public at large with at least one                                
03       [TWO] from a community [THE COMMUNITIES] of 2,500 population or less.                                         
04    * Sec. 2. AS 18.65.160 is amended by adding new subsections to read:                                               
05            (b)  When making appointments of police officer members of the council                                       
06       under (a) of this section, the governor may consider police officers who have been                                
07       nominated by labor organizations that represent public safety employees. Each                                     
08       organization may nominate not more than 10 police officers.                                                       
09            (c)  In this section, "labor organization" means a labor organization as defined                             
10       under AS 23.40.030 that is registered with the Department of Labor and Workforce                                  
11       Development.                                                                                                      
12    * Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
13 read:                                                                                                                   
14       TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS. The terms of the members of the Alaska Police                                            
15 Standards Council who are serving on the effective date of this Act are not affected by this                            
16 Act and expire as provided before the enactment of this Act. The first vacancy created by the                           
17 resignation, removal, or conclusion of a term of a chief administrative officer or chief of                             
18 police of a local government shall be filled by a police officer appointed under                                        
19 AS 18.65.150(a)(5), as amended by sec. 2 of this Act, and the first two vacancies created by                            
20 the resignation, removal, or conclusion of a term of a public member shall be filled by a                               
21 police officer appointed under AS 18.65.150(a)(5), as amended by sec. 2 of this Act. If these                           
22 vacancies occur concurrently or within a period of less than three years, the police officer                            
23 members appointed under sec. 2 of this Act may be appointed to terms of less than four years,                           
24 so that the police officer members serve staggered terms.                                                               
25    * Sec. 4. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).