00SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 141(RES)                                                                            
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 The terms of members of the board begin on July 1.   Notwithstanding                                                    
12 AS 39.05.080(1), by April 1 of the calendar year in which the term expires, the                                         
13 governor shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy that will arise on the board due to                                 
14 expiration of the term of a member of the board and submit the name of the person                                       

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