00                             SENATE BILL NO. 143                                                                         
01 "An Act relating to the Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land                                       
02 Surveyors and to the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic                                                    
03 Development."                                                                                                           
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1. AS 08.48.055(a) is amended to read:                                                                   
06            (a)  The department, in consultation with the board, shall employ two persons                            
07       [AN INDIVIDUAL] who are [IS] not members [A MEMBER] of the board. One                                 
08       shall [TO] serve as the executive secretary of the board. The other shall serve as                        
09       investigator for the board. The executive secretary is the principal executive officer                        
10       of the board and is in the partially exempt service under AS 39.25.120.                                           
11    * Sec. 2. AS 08.48.055 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                              
12            (c)  The investigator employed under (a) of this section                                                     
13                 (1)  shall conduct investigations into alleged violations of this chapter                               
14       and into alleged violations of regulations and orders of the board;                                               
01                 (2)  shall, at the request of the board, conduct investigations based on                                
02       complaints filed with the department or with the board; and                                                       
03                 (3)  is directly responsible and accountable to the board, except that                                  
04       only the department has authority to terminate the investigator's employment, and the                             
05       department shall provide day-to-day and administrative supervision of the                                         
06       investigator.