00                             SENATE BILL NO. 63                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the Local Boundary Commission; and providing for an effective                                       
02 date."                                                                                                                  
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 44.33.810 is amended to read:                                                                    
05 Sec. 44.33.810. Local Boundary Commission. There is in the Department of                                              
06 Commerce, Community, and Economic Development a Local Boundary Commission.                                              
07 The Local Boundary Commission consists of six [FIVE] members appointed by the                                       
08 governor for overlapping six-year [FIVE-YEAR] terms. One member shall be                                            
09 appointed from each of the four judicial districts described in AS 22.10.010, one                                   
10 member shall be appointed from the unorganized borough, and one member shall                                        
11 be appointed from the state at large. The members from each judicial district must                                  
12 maintain a principal place of abode and be registered to vote in a precinct in that                                 
13 district. The member from the unorganized borough must maintain a principal                                         
14 place of abode and be registered to vote in a precinct in the unorganized                                           
01       borough. The commission shall select a chair from among its members [THE                                      
02       MEMBER APPOINTED FROM THE STATE AT LARGE IS THE CHAIR OF THE                                                      
03       COMMISSION].                                                                                                      
04    * Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
05 read:                                                                                                                   
06 TRANSITION. A member appointed to the Local Boundary Commission after the                                               
07 effective date of this Act serves a six-year term as provided in AS 44.33.810, as amended by                            
08 sec. 1 of this Act. This Act does not affect the term of a member appointed to the Local                                
09 Boundary Commission before the effective date of this Act.                                                              
10    * Sec. 3. This Act takes effect January 31, 2026.