00                              HOUSE BILL NO. 58                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to election of a permanent presiding officer."                                                         
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 24.05 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                  
04 Sec. 24.05.165. Election of a permanent presiding officer. (a) If a house of                                          
05 the legislature has not elected a permanent presiding officer within 14 calendar days                                   
06 after the convening of the first regular session of a legislature, the members of the                                   
07 political party that has a majority of the members elected to that house shall elect a                                  
08       permanent presiding officer.                                                                                      
09            (b)  Election of a permanent presiding officer requires a majority vote of the                               
10       members of the political party granted the authority to elect the permanent presiding                             
11       officer under (a) of this section.                                                                                
12            (c)  If no political party has a majority of the membership in a house of the                                
13       legislature, election of a permanent presiding officer requires a majority vote of the                            
14       full membership of the house.