00                            SENATE BILL NO. 261                                                                         
01 "An Act relating to the membership of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board; and                                         
02 providing for an effective date."                                                                                       
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 04.06.020 is amended to read:                                                                      
05            Sec. 04.06.020. Appointment and qualifications. (a) The board consists of                                
06       five members appointed by the governor and confirmed by a majority of the members                                 
07       of the legislature in joint session. A member of the board may not hold any other state                           
08       or federal office, either elective or appointive. Two members of the board shall be                               
09       persons actively engaged in the alcoholic beverage industry, except that no member                                
10       may hold a wholesale license or be an officer, agent, or employee of a wholesale                                  
11       alcoholic beverage enterprise. No three members of the board may be engaged in the                                
12       same business, occupation, or profession. Three [AT LEAST THREE] members of                                   
13       the board, at least one of whom shall reside in a rural area, shall represent the                             
14       general public. A board member representing the general public or an immediate                                    

01       family member of a board member representing the general public may not have any                                  
02       financial interest in the alcoholic beverage industry.                                                            
03            (b)  In this section,                                                                                    
04                 (1)  "immediate family member" means a spouse, child, or parent;                                
05                 (2)  "rural area" means a community with a population of 4,500 or                                   
06       less that is not connected by road or rail to Anchorage or Fairbanks.                                         
07    * Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
08 read:                                                                                                                   
09       TRANSITION. The requirement that at least one member of the Alcoholic Beverage                                    
10 Control Board be a resident of a rural area added in AS 04.06.020, as amended in sec. 1 of                              
11 this Act, first applies on the date the first term of office of a board member who represents the                       
12 general public expires, and applies thereafter.                                                                         
13    * Sec. 3. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).