00HOUSE BILL NO. 165                                                                                                      
01 "An Act relating to membership on the Board of Fisheries."                                                              
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 16.05.221(a) is repealed and reenacted to read:                                                     
04  (a)  For purposes of the conservation and development of the fishery resources                                        
05 of the state, there is created the Board of Fisheries composed of seven members                                         
06 appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by a majority of the members of                                      
07 the legislature in joint session.  The governor shall appoint each member on the basis                                  
08 of interest in public affairs, good judgment, knowledge, and ability in the field of                                    
09 action of the board, and with a view to providing diversity of interest and points of                                   
10 view in the membership.  The appointed members shall be residents of the state and                                      
11 shall be appointed without regard to political affiliation.  The commissioner is not a                                  
12 member of the Board of Fisheries, but shall be ex officio secretary.  The members of                                    
13 the board shall include                                                                                                 
14   (1)  at least one person, but not more than two persons, who reside in                                               

01 each of the following general regions of the state: southeast, southcentral, western,                                   
02 interior, and Arctic; and                                                                                               
03   (2)  at least                                                                                                        
04   (A)  one person, but not more than two persons, from each of                                                        
05 the following groups: commercial fishermen, subsistence fishermen, personal                                             
06 use fishermen, and sport fishermen; a person may not be appointed as a                                                  
07 member of more than one group of fishermen; if a person is qualified to be                                              
08 appointed from more than one group of fishermen, the governor shall designate                                           
09 the group from which the person is appointed;  and                                                                      
10   (B)  one person, but not more than three persons, who are public                                                    
11 members who do not have a vested economic interest in the utilization of the                                            
12 fishery resources of the state.