00 SENATE BILL NO. 203                                                                                                   
01 "An Act relating to metropolitan planning organizations and to designation of a                                         
02 metropolitan planning organization for the Anchorage metropolitan area; and                                             
03 providing for an effective date."                                                                                       
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
05    * Section 1.  AS 19.20 is amended by adding new sections to read:                                                  
06 Article 2.  Metropolitan Planning Organizations.                                                                      
07  Sec. 19.20.200.  Designation of metropolitan planning organizations.   In                                           
08 order to coordinate transportation planning in urbanized areas and achieve the                                          
09 transportation planning goals of 23 U.S.C. 134 and 49 U.S.C. 5303 - 5306, a                                             
10 metropolitan planning organization shall be designated for each metropolitan area of                                    
11 the state when required for participation in a federal transportation program.  A                                       
12 metropolitan area is an urbanized area with a population of more than 50,000 persons.                                   
13 Each metropolitan planning organization shall be designated by act of the legislature.                                  
14  Sec. 19.20.210.  Membership of certain metropolitan planning                                                         
01 organizations.  A metropolitan planning organization designated under AS 19.20.200                                     
02 for a metropolitan area with a population greater than 200,000 persons shall consist of                                 
03 five voting and two nonvoting members.  A quorum of the organization is a majority                                      
04 of the voting members of the organization.  Three voting members of the organization                                    
05 shall be designated by the municipalities that are located partially or wholly within the                               
06 metropolitan area, and two voting members shall be appointed by the governor.  The                                      
07 two nonvoting members shall be designated as follows:                                                                   
08   (1)  one member of the senate whose district is located wholly within                                                
09 the metropolitan area and who is selected by a majority of the members of the senate                                    
10 whose districts are located partially or wholly within the metropolitan area; a person                                  
11 who is selected to serve as a member of a metropolitan planning organization under                                      
12 this paragraph may not receive compensation for service on the metropolitan planning                                    
13 organization; and                                                                                                       
14   (2)  one member of the house of representatives whose district is located                                            
15 wholly within the metropolitan area and who is selected by a majority of the members                                    
16 of the house of representatives whose districts are located partially or wholly within                                  
17 the metropolitan area; a person who is selected to serve as a member of a metropolitan                                  
18 planning organization under this paragraph may not receive compensation for service                                     
19 on the metropolitan planning organization.                                                                              
20  Sec. 19.20.220.  Duties.  Each metropolitan planning organization shall submit                                      
21 its current transportation improvement plan prepared under 23 C.F.R. 450.324 or                                         
22 current update of the transportation improvement plan to the legislature by January 15                                  
23 of each year.                                                                                                           
24    * Sec. 2.  The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section                            
25 to read:                                                                                                                
26  DESIGNATION OF A METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION FOR THE                                                            
27 ANCHORAGE METROPOLITAN AREA.  (a)  The governor shall establish a metropolitan                                          
28 planning organization for the Anchorage metropolitan area in conformance with AS 19.20.200                              
29 and 19.20.210, added by sec. 1 of this Act, and with applicable federal law.                                            
30  (b)  This provision constitutes legislative designation of a metropolitan planning                                     
31 organization for the Anchorage metropolitan area in accordance with AS 19.20.200, added by                              
01 sec. 1 of this Act.                                                                                                     
02    * Sec. 3.  Section 1 of this Act takes effect July 1, 2001.