00 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 439(L&C)                                                                                          
01 "An Act establishing the Alaska Surface Coal Mining Advisory Commission as                                              
02 a temporary commission."                                                                                                
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  ALASKA SURFACE COAL MINING ADVISORY COMMISSION.  (a)  The                                              
05 Alaska Surface Coal Mining Advisory Commission is established in the Department of Natural                              
06 Resources.                                                                                                              
07  (b)  The commission is composed of nine members.  The commission shall be composed                                     
08 of individuals not employed by government at any level who have experience in the various                               
09 aspects of the surface coal mining industry in the state and experience working with the                                
10 representatives of agencies having responsibility for surface coal mining enforcement and                               
11 restoration activities.  Three members of the commission shall be appointed by the governor,                            
12 three by the speaker of the house of representatives, and three by the president of the senate.                         
13 Each member serves at the pleasure of the person making the appointment.                                                
14  (c)  The commission shall make recommendations to the governor and to the legislature                                  
01 on ways to amend AS 27.21 to conform to amendments in applicable federal law, changing                                  
02 conditions in the coal industry in the state, and changing appropriate technologies.                                    
03  (d)  The commission shall                                                                                              
04   (1)  report its recommendations each year to the governor during the first 10 days                                    
05 of the regular session of the legislature; and                                                                          
06   (2)  notify the legislature that the report prepared and submitted under (1) of this                                  
07 subsection is available.                                                                                                
08    * Sec. 2.  Section 1 of this Act is repealed July 1, 1998.