00CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 141(FSH)                                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the appointment of members of the Board of Fisheries."                                              
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 16.05.221(c) is amended to read:                                                                    
04  (c)  Members of the [BOARD OF FISHERIES OR] Board of Game serve                                                       
05 staggered terms of three years and until a successor is appointed.  An appointment to                                   
06 fill a vacancy in the membership of the [BOARD OF FISHERIES OR] Board of Game                                           
07 shall be made in the same manner as the original appointment and for the balance of                                     
08 the unexpired term.                                                                                                     
09    * Sec. 2.  AS 16.05.221 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                               
10  (d)  Members of the Board of Fisheries serve staggered terms of three years                                           
11 and until a successor is appointed and the successor's term begins.  The terms of                                       
12 members of the board begin on July 1.  Notwithstanding AS 39.05.080(1), by April 1                                      
13 of the calendar year in which the term expires, the governor shall appoint a person to                                  
14 fill a vacancy on the board due to expiration of the term of a member of the board and                                  

01 submit the name of the person to the legislature for confirmation.  If a vacancy arises                                 
02 on the board other than by the expiration of a term, the governor shall, within 30 days                                 
03 after the vacancy arises, appoint a person to serve the balance of the unexpired term                                   
04 and submit the name of the person to the legislature for confirmation.  A person                                        
05 appointed to fill the balance of an unexpired term shall serve on the board from the                                    
06 date of appointment until the earlier of the expiration of the term or the failure of the                               
07 legislature to confirm the person under AS 39.05.080.                                                                   
08    * Sec. 3.  TRANSITION.  Notwithstanding AS 16.05.221(d), added by sec. 2 of this Act,                                
09 the                                                                                                                     
10   (1)  expiration date of the terms of the persons serving on the Board of                                              
11 Fisheries on January 1, 1995, is January 31 of the calendar year in which the term expires;                             
12   (2)  terms of persons appointed to the Board of Fisheries after January 1, 1995,                                      
13 other than the terms of persons appointed to serve the balance of an unexpired term, begin                              
14 upon the expiration of the predecessor's term and expire three calendar years later on June 30.