00                            SENATE BILL NO. 125                                                                         
01 "An Act adding legislative nonvoting members to the board of directors of the Alaska                                    
02 Gasline Development Corporation."                                                                                       
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 31.25.020(a) is amended to read:                                                                   
05            (a)  The corporation shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of                                 
06                 (1)  five public members; [AND]                                                                         
07                 (2)  two individuals designated by the governor that are each the head                                  
08       of a principal department of the state, except that the commissioner of natural                                   
09       resources and the commissioner of revenue may not be designated to serve on the                                   
10       board;                                                                                                        
11                 (3)  one nonvoting member who is a member of the house of                                           
12       representatives appointed annually by the speaker of the house and who serves at                              
13       the pleasure of the speaker of the house; and                                                                 
14                 (4)  one nonvoting member who is a member of the senate                                             

01       appointed by the president of the senate annually and who serves at the pleasure                              
02       of the president of the senate.                                                                               
03    * Sec. 2. AS 31.25.030(a) is amended to read:                                                                      
04            (a)  The board shall elect a chair, secretary, and treasurer from among its                                  
05       voting members [MEMBERSHIP] at each annual meeting. A majority of the voting                              
06       members constitutes a quorum for organizing the board, conducting its business, and                               
07       exercising the powers of the corporation. The board shall meet at the call of the chair.                          
08       The board shall meet at least once every three months.                                                            
09    * Sec. 3. AS 31.25.040(a) is amended to read:                                                                      
10            (a)  The voting members of the board shall manage the assets and business of                             
11       the corporation and may adopt, amend, and repeal bylaws and regulations governing                                 
12       the manner in which the business of the corporation is conducted and the manner in                                
13       which its powers are exercised. The voting members of the board shall delegate                                
14       supervision of the administration of the corporation to the executive director,                                   
15       appointed in accordance with AS 31.25.045.                                                                        
16    * Sec. 4. AS 31.25.040(b) is amended to read:                                                                      
17            (b)  The voting members of the board shall adopt and publish procedures to                               
18       govern the procurement by the corporation of supplies, services, professional services,                           
19       and construction. The procurement procedures must provide for an Alaska veterans'                                 
20       preference that is consistent with the Alaska veterans' preference in AS 36.30.175.                               
21    * Sec. 5. AS 31.25.040(d) is amended to read:                                                                      
22            (d)  The voting members of the board may appoint a program director for an                               
23       Alaska liquefied natural gas project. The voting members of the board may appoint a                           
24       separate program director for an in-state natural gas pipeline as described in the July 1,                        
25       2011, project plan prepared under former AS 38.34.040 and defined in AS 31.25.390.                                
26       A program director appointed under this section shall                                                             
27                 (1)  serve at the pleasure of the voting members of the board; and                                  
28                 (2)  report to the executive director of the corporation.                                               
29    * Sec. 6. AS 31.25.045 is amended to read:                                                                         
30            Sec. 31.25.045. Executive director. The corporation shall employ an                                        
31       executive director who may not be a member of the board. The executive director shall                             

01       be appointed by the voting members of the board and serves at the pleasure of the                             
02       voting members of the board.