00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 304                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the membership of the Alaska Fire Standards Council."                                               
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 18.70.330(b) is amended to read:                                                                   
04            (b)  The council consists of the following persons:                                                          
05                 (1)  three [TWO] chief administrative officers or fire chiefs of local                              
06       government, including at least one member of the Alaska Fire Chiefs Association                               
07       nominated under (c) of this section; only one person appointed under this paragraph                           
08       may be from a local government where the fire department consists entirely of paid                                
09       employees;                                                                                                        
10                 (2)  the state fire marshal or a designee of the state fire marshal;                                    
11                 (3)  four representatives of firefighters, including at least one member                            
12       of [FIREFIGHTER ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER FROM] the Alaska State                                                 
13       Firefighters Association nominated under (c) of this section and at least one                                 
14       member of the Alaska Professional Fire Fighters Association nominated under                                   
15       (c) of this section; a person appointed under this paragraph may not, while serving on                        

01       the council, be a fire chief;                                                                                     
02                 (4)  two volunteer firefighters, one from a community with a population                                 
03       of 2,500 or less and one from a community with a population greater than 2,500; and                               
04                 (5)  two members of the public at large with at least one member from a                                 
05       community with a population of 2,500 or less.                                                                     
06    * Sec. 2. AS 18.70.330 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                              
07            (c)  The governor shall appoint members of each association named in (b) of                                  
08       this section from a list of at least three nominees submitted by each association. The                            
09       governor may reject a list submitted under this subsection and request that another list                          
10       be submitted.                                                                                                     
11    * Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
12 read:                                                                                                                   
13       TRANSITION. The requirements in AS 18.70.330(b)(1) and (3), added by sec. 1 of                                    
14 this Act, for members of the Alaska Fire Standards Council apply to appointments made on or                             
15 after the effective date of this Act.