00HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 259(RLS)                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the membership of a metropolitan highway planning                                                   
02 organization."                                                                                                          
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  AS 19.20 is amended by adding new sections to read:                                                  
05 Article 2.  Metropolitan Highway Planning Organizations.                                                              
06  Sec. 19.20.200.  Metropolitan highway planning organizations.  A                                                    
07 metropolitan highway planning organization designated, redesignated, or organized                                       
08 under 23 U.S.C. 134 for a metropolitan area with a population greater than 200,000                                      
09 persons shall consist of nine members.  Six members of the organization shall be                                        
10 designated by the municipalities that are located partially or wholly within the                                        
11 metropolitan area.  Of the members designated by the municipalities, three members                                      
12 shall be jointly appointed by the mayors of municipalities that are located partially or                                
13 wholly within the metropolitan area and three members shall be jointly appointed by                                     
14 the assemblies and councils of municipalities that are located partially or wholly within                               

01 the metropolitan area.  The remaining three members of the organization shall be                                        
02 designated as follows:                                                                                                  
03   (1)  one member of the senate whose district is located wholly within                                                
04 the metropolitan area and who is selected by a majority of the members of the senate                                    
05 whose districts are located wholly within the metropolitan area; a person who is                                        
06 selected to serve as a member of a metropolitan planning organization under this                                        
07 paragraph may not receive compensation for service on the metropolitan planning                                         
08 organization;                                                                                                           
09   (2)  one member of the house of representatives whose district is located                                            
10 wholly within the metropolitan area and who is selected by a majority of the members                                    
11 of the house of representatives whose districts are located wholly within the                                           
12 metropolitan area; a person who is selected to serve as a member of a metropolitan                                      
13 planning organization under this paragraph may not receive compensation for service                                     
14 on the metropolitan planning organization; and                                                                          
15   (3)  one member appointed by the governor.