CSSB 133(FIN): "An Act creating and providing for the Regulatory Commission of Alaska and transferring to it certain powers and duties of the Alaska Public Utilities Commission; transferring regulation of pipelines to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission; repealing the Alaska Public Utilities Commission; relating to the powers of the chair of the Regulatory Commission of Alaska; relating to regulatory cost charges for public utilities; relating to the appellate procedures of the Regulatory Commission of Alaska; and providing for an effective date."
00CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 133(FIN) 01 "An Act creating and providing for the Regulatory Commission of Alaska and 02 transferring to it certain powers and duties of the Alaska Public Utilities 03 Commission; transferring regulation of pipelines to the Alaska Oil and Gas 04 Conservation Commission; repealing the Alaska Public Utilities Commission; 05 relating to the powers of the chair of the Regulatory Commission of Alaska; 06 relating to regulatory cost charges for public utilities; relating to the appellate 07 procedures of the Regulatory Commission of Alaska; and providing for an 08 effective date." 09 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 10 * Section 1. AS 42 is amended by adding a new chapter to read: 11 Chapter 04. Regulatory Commission of Alaska. 12 Article 1. Commission and Staff. 13 Sec. 42.04.010. Regulatory Commission of Alaska created. (a) There is 14 created as an independent agency of the state the Regulatory Commission of Alaska.
01 (b) The commission may nominate one of its members to serve as chair. The 02 governor shall designate the chair of the commission, either by selecting the member 03 nominated by the commission or another member. The term as chair is four years. 04 The chair may not be appointed to successive terms as chair. 05 Sec. 42.04.020. Commissioners. (a) The commission consists of five 06 commissioners appointed by the governor and confirmed by the legislature in joint 07 session. 08 (b) The term of office of each member is six years. A commissioner, upon 09 the expiration of a term, shall continue to hold office until a successor is appointed and 10 qualified. 11 (c) A vacancy arising in the office of a commissioner shall be filled by 12 appointment by the governor and confirmed by the legislature in joint session, and, 13 except as provided in AS 39.05.080(4), an appointee selected to fill a vacancy shall 14 hold office for the balance of the full term for which the predecessor on the 15 commission was appointed. 16 (d) A vacancy in the commission does not impair the authority of a quorum 17 of commissioners to exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of the 18 commission. 19 (e) The governor may remove a commissioner from office for cause, including 20 incompetence, neglect of duty, or misconduct in office or because the member, while 21 serving on the commission, is convicted of a misdemeanor for violating a statute or 22 regulation related to public utilities or is convicted of a felony. A commissioner, to 23 be removed for cause, shall be given a copy of the charges and afforded an opportunity 24 to be publicly heard in person or by counsel in the commissioner's own defense upon 25 not less than 10 days' notice. If a commissioner is removed for cause, the governor 26 shall file with the lieutenant governor a complete statement of all charges made against 27 the commissioner and the governor's finding based on the charges, together with a 28 complete record of the proceedings. 29 (f) Members of the commission are in the exempt service and are entitled to 30 a monthly salary equal to Step C, Range 26, of the salary schedule in AS 39.27.011(a) 31 for Juneau, Alaska. The chair of the commission is entitled to a monthly salary equal
01 to Step C, Range 27, of the salary schedule in AS 39.27.011(a) for Juneau, Alaska. 02 (g) Each commissioner, before entering upon the duties of office, shall take 03 and subscribe to the oath prescribed for principal officers of the state. 04 Sec. 42.04.030. Principal office; seal. (a) The commission shall establish a 05 principal office and branch offices necessary to discharge its business efficiently. For 06 the convenience of the public or of parties to a proceeding, the commission may hold 07 meetings, hearings, or other proceedings at other locations. 08 (b) The commission shall have an official seal. 09 Sec. 42.04.040. Legal counsel. (a) The Department of Law shall provide full- 10 time legal counsel to the commission. 11 (b) The commission may contract for the services of specialized legal counsel 12 or legal consultants. 13 Sec. 42.04.050. Employment of commission personnel. (a) The chair of the 14 commission is responsible for directing the administrative functions of the commission 15 and carrying out the policies as set by the commission. The commission chair may 16 employ engineers, hearing officers, experts, clerks, accountants, and other agents and 17 assistants considered necessary. Employees of the commission who are not in the 18 exempt service under AS 39.25.110, other than legal counsel, are in the classified 19 service under AS 39.25.100. 20 (b) The chair of the commission may enter into a contract for no more than 21 $5,000 to engage the services of a consultant or expert the chair considers necessary. 22 The commission may contract for and engage the services of consultants and experts 23 the commission considers necessary. 24 Sec. 42.04.060. Restrictions on members and employees. (a) A member of 25 the commission or an employee of the commission may not have an official connection 26 with, hold stock or securities in, or have a pecuniary interest in a public utility within 27 the state. Membership in a cooperative association is not a "pecuniary interest" within 28 the meaning of this section; however, a member or employee of the commission may 29 not be an officer, board member, or employee of a cooperative association. A member 30 or employee may not act upon a matter in which a relationship of the member or 31 employee with any person creates a conflict of interest.
01 (b) A member or employee of the commission may not, after leaving the 02 position as a member or employee of the commission, act as agent for or on behalf of 03 a public utility in any matter before the commission that was before the commission 04 during the employee's employment or the member's term of office. A violation of this 05 subsection is a class A misdemeanor. 06 (c) Members and employees of the commission, except clerical and secretarial 07 staff, are subject to AS 39.50. Members and employees of the commission are subject 08 to AS 39.52. 09 (d) A member of the commission is disqualified from voting upon any matter 10 before the commission in which the member has a conflict of interest. 11 Sec. 42.04.070. Powers and duties of commission chair. (a) The chair of 12 the commission shall 13 (1) employ the commission staff; 14 (2) establish and implement a time management system for the 15 commission; 16 (3) assign the work of the commission to members and staff of the 17 commission so that matters before the commission are resolved as expeditiously and 18 competently as possible; when assigning a matter, the chair shall also set a date by 19 which time the matter should be completed. 20 (b) The chair of the commission may appoint a hearing officer to hear a matter 21 that has come before the commission; a member of the commission may serve as 22 hearing officer. 23 (c) When the chair of the commission believes that it is in the public interest 24 for the commission to participate as a party in an adjudicatory matter, the chair shall 25 direct the public advocacy section to do so. 26 Sec. 42.04.080. Decision-making procedures. (a) Except as provided in 27 AS 42.05.171, when a matter comes for decision before the commission under 28 AS 42.05, the chair shall appoint a hearing panel composed of three or more members 29 to hear and decide the case. The panel shall exercise the powers of the commission 30 with respect to the matter. 31 (b) A decision of a hearing panel under AS 42.05 may be appealed to the
01 commission if there is an allegation in the appeal that action or a decision taken by the 02 commission is contrary to commission precedent and is not based on an intervening 03 change in law. The commission may grant or deny the application to appeal. If a 04 decision of a hearing panel is not subject to appeal to the commission or if the 05 commission denies an application to appeal, the decision of the hearing panel is a final 06 decision for purposes of appeal to the courts. 07 (c) The commission shall adopt regulations by December 31, 1999, that 08 establish standards of timeliness for the types of cases that come before the 09 commission. The commission shall establish standards based in part on degrees of 10 complexity of the cases. 11 Article 2. Communications Carriers Section. 12 Sec. 42.04.100. Communications carriers section. There is established 13 within the commission a communications carriers section that shall develop, 14 recommend, and administer policies and programs with respect to the regulation of 15 rates, services, accounting, and facilities of communications common carriers within 16 the state involving the use of wire, cable, radio, and space satellites. 17 Article 3. Public Advocacy Section. 18 Sec. 42.04.150. Public advocacy section. There is established within the 19 commission a public advocacy section. The section shall participate as a party in 20 adjudicatory matters that come before the commission to represent the public interest 21 when it is in the public interest to do so. The public advocacy section shall operate 22 separately from the rest of the commission. 23 * Sec. 2. AS 29.35.137(6) is amended to read: 24 (6) "local exchange telephone company" means a telephone utility 25 certificated under AS 42.05 [BY THE ALASKA PUBLIC UTILITIES 26 COMMISSION] to provide local exchange service; 27 * Sec. 3. AS 37.05.146(b) is amended to read: 28 (b) The program receipts listed in this subsection are accounted for separately, 29 and appropriations from these program receipts are not made from the unrestricted 30 general fund: 31 (1) federal receipts;
01 (2) University of Alaska receipts (AS 14.40.491); 02 (3) designated program receipts; in this paragraph , "designated program 03 receipts" means money received by the state from a source other than the state or 04 federal government that is restricted to a specific use by the terms of a gift, grant, 05 bequest, or contract; 06 (4) receipts of the following: 07 (A) highway working capital fund (AS 44.68.210); 08 (B) correctional industries fund (AS 33.32.020); 09 (C) loan funds; 10 (D) international airport revenue fund (AS 37.15.430); 11 (E) corporate receipts earned or managed by a public 12 corporation of the state; 13 (F) fish and game fund (AS 16.05.100); 14 (G) school fund (AS 43.50.140); 15 (H) training and building fund (AS 23.20.130); 16 (I) retirement funds (AS 14.25, AS 22.25, AS 26.05.222, 17 AS 39.35, and former AS 39.37); 18 (J) permanent fund (art. IX, sec. 15, Alaska Constitution); 19 (K) public school trust fund (AS 37.14.110); 20 (L) second injury fund (AS 23.30.040); 21 (M) fishermen's fund (AS 23.35.060); 22 (N) FICA administration fund (AS 39.30.050); 23 (O) receipts of the employee benefits program established under 24 AS 39.30.150 - 39.30.180; 25 (P) receipts of the deferred compensation program established 26 under AS 39.45; 27 (Q) clean air protection fund (AS 46.14.260); 28 (R) receipts of the group insurance programs established under 29 AS 39.30.090; 30 (S) mental health trust fund (AS 37.14.031); 31 (T) Alaska children's trust (AS 37.14.200);
01 (U) commercial fisheries test fishing operations 02 (AS 16.05.050(15)); 03 (V) Regulatory Commission of Alaska [PUBLIC UTILITIES 04 COMMISSION] under AS 42.05 [AND AS 42.06]; 05 (W) Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission under 06 AS 42.06; 07 (5) receipts of or from the trust established by AS 37.14.400 - 08 37.14.450, except reimbursements described in AS 37.14.410. 09 * Sec. 4. AS 39.50.200(b)(24) is amended to read: 10 (24) Regulatory Commission of Alaska (AS 42.04.010) [PUBLIC 11 UTILITIES COMMISSION (AS 42.05.010)]; 12 * Sec. 5. AS 42.05.151(b) is amended to read: 13 (b) The commission shall adopt regulations governing practice and procedure, 14 consistent with due process of law, including the conduct of formal and informal 15 investigations, pre-hearing conferences, hearings, and proceedings, and the handling 16 of procedural motions by a single commissioner. The regulations must provide for 17 the hearing of a matter by a hearing panel and appeal of the matter in 18 accordance with AS 42.04.080. Technical rules of evidence need not apply to 19 investigations, pre-hearing conferences, hearings, and proceedings before the 20 commission. The commission shall provide for representation by out-of-state attorneys 21 substantially in accordance with Rule 81, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure. 22 * Sec. 6. AS 42.05.171 is amended to read: 23 Sec. 42.05.171. Formal hearings. A formal hearing that the commission has 24 power to hold may be held by or before a hearing panel appointed under 25 AS 42.04.080 [THREE OR MORE COMMISSIONERS], a hearing officer, or an 26 administrative law judge designated for the purpose by the chair of the commission. 27 In appropriate cases, a formal hearing may be held before an arbitrator 28 designated for the purpose by the commission. The testimony and evidence in a 29 formal hearing may be taken by the panel [COMMISSIONERS], by the hearing 30 officer, by the arbitrator, or by the administrative law judge to whom the hearing has 31 been assigned. A commissioner who has not heard or read the testimony, including
01 the argument, may not participate in making a decision of the commission. In 02 determining the place of a hearing , the commission shall give preference to holding 03 the hearing at a place most convenient for those interested in the subject of the 04 hearing. 05 * Sec. 7. AS 42.05.254(a) is amended to read: 06 (a) A regulated public utility operating in the state shall pay to the commission 07 an annual regulatory cost charge in an amount not to exceed the maximum 08 percentage of adjusted gross revenue that applies to the utility sector of which the 09 utility is a part. The percentage may not exceed .8 percent of the total adjusted 10 gross revenue of all regulated public utilities [DERIVED FROM OPERATIONS IN 11 THE STATE, AS MODIFIED UNDER (c) OF THIS SECTION IF APPROPRIATE]. 12 An exempt utility shall pay the actual cost of services provided to it by the 13 commission. 14 * Sec. 8. AS 42.05.254(b) is amended to read: 15 (b) The commission shall by regulation establish a method to determine 16 annually the amount of the regulatory cost charge for a public utility. If the amount 17 the commission expects to collect under (a) of this section [AND UNDER 18 AS 42.06.286(a)] exceeds the authorized budget of the commission, the commission 19 shall, by order, reduce the percentages determined under (i) [SET OUT IN (a)] of 20 this section so that the total amount of the fees collected approximately equals the 21 authorized budget of the commission for the fiscal year. 22 * Sec. 9. AS 42.05.254(h) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read: 23 (5) "adjusted gross revenue" means the gross revenue of a utility as 24 modified under (c) of this section, if appropriate. 25 * Sec. 10. AS 42.05.254 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 26 (i) The commission shall by regulation establish a method to determine 27 annually the maximum percentage of adjusted gross revenue that will apply to each 28 regulated public utility sector. The method established shall allocate the commission's 29 costs, other than the cost of services provided to exempt utilities, among the regulated 30 public utility sectors based on the relative amount of the commission's annual costs 31 that is attributable to regulating each sector.
01 * Sec. 11. AS 42.05.990(2) is amended to read: 02 (2) "commission" means the Regulatory Commission of Alaska 03 [PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION]; 04 * Sec. 12. AS 42.05.990(4) is amended to read: 05 (4) "public utility" or "utility" includes every corporation whether 06 public, cooperative, or otherwise, company, individual, or association of individuals, 07 their lessees, trustees, or receivers appointed by a court, that owns, operates, manages, 08 or controls any plant, pipeline, or system for 09 (A) furnishing, by generation, transmission, or distribution, 10 electrical service to the public for compensation; 11 (B) furnishing telecommunications service to the public for 12 compensation; 13 (C) furnishing water, steam, or sewer service to the public for 14 compensation; 15 (D) furnishing by transmission or distribution of natural or 16 manufactured gas to the public for compensation to the extent the 17 transmission and distribution are not regulated by the Alaska Oil and Gas 18 Conservation Commission under AS 42.06 ; 19 (E) furnishing for distribution or by distribution petroleum or 20 petroleum products to the public for compensation when the consumer has no 21 alternative in the choice of supplier of a comparable product and service at an 22 equal or lesser price and to the extent the distribution is not regulated by 23 the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission under AS 42.06 ; 24 (F) furnishing collection and disposal service of garbage, refuse, 25 trash, or other waste material to the public for compensation; 26 * Sec. 13. AS 42.05.995 is amended to read: 27 Sec. 42.05.995. Short title. This chapter may be cited as the Alaska Public 28 Utilities Regulatory [COMMISSION] Act. 29 * Sec. 14. AS 42.06.286(b) is amended to read: 30 (b) The commission shall by regulation establish a method to determine 31 annually the amount of the regulatory cost charge. If the amount the commission
01 expects to collect under (a) of this section [AND UNDER AS 42.05.254(a)] exceeds 02 the authorized budget of the commission that is related to the implementation of this 03 chapter, including an appropriate share of the commission's administrative 04 expenses , the commission shall, by order, reduce the percentage set out in (a) of this 05 section so that the total amount of the fees collected approximately equals the 06 authorized budget of the commission for the fiscal year. 07 * Sec. 15. AS 42.06.445(e) is amended to read: 08 (e) A commissioner [, AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,] may certify as 09 to all official records of the commission under this section and may certify as to all 10 official acts of the commission under this chapter. 11 * Sec. 16. AS 42.06.630(2) is amended to read: 12 (2) "commission" means the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation 13 [PUBLIC UTILITIES] Commission (AS 31.05.005) ; 14 * Sec. 17. AS 42.45.020(b) is amended to read: 15 (b) Subject to AS 42.45.060, the department may make loans from the rural 16 electrification revolving loan fund to electric utilities certified under AS 42.05 [BY 17 THE ALASKA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION]. A loan from the fund may be 18 made only for the purpose of extending new electric service into an area of the state 19 that an electric utility may serve under a certificate of public convenience and 20 necessity issued under AS 42.05 [BY THE ALASKA PUBLIC UTILITIES 21 COMMISSION]. A loan may be made from the fund to an electric utility if the utility 22 invests the money necessary to provide one pole, one span of line, one transformer, 23 and one service drop for each consumer for whom immediate service would be 24 provided by the extension of electric service. However, a loan may not be made from 25 the fund unless 26 (1) the loan is recommended by a loan advisory committee appointed 27 under AS 42.45.030; and 28 (2) the extension of electric service would provide immediate service 29 to at least three consumers. 30 * Sec. 18. AS 44.66.010(a)(4) is amended to read: 31 (4) Regulatory Commission of Alaska (AS 42.04.010) [PUBLIC
01 UTILITIES COMMISSION (AS 42.05.010)] -- June 30, 2004 [1999]; 02 * Sec. 19. AS 44.83.425(3) is amended to read: 03 (3) "qualified utility" means an electric utility or an electric operating 04 entity established as an instrumentality of two or more electric utilities certified under 05 AS 42.05 [BY THE ALASKA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION] to serve all or 06 part of a market area that is served or will be served by the power project, that the 07 authority determines is capable of operating and maintaining the power project. 08 * Sec. 20. AS 46.04.020(i) is amended to read: 09 (i) The superior court and, with respect to intrastate voyages, either the 10 Regulatory Commission of Alaska [PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION,] under 11 AS 42.05.361 - 42.05.431 or the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission 12 under AS 42.06, as appropriate , have concurrent jurisdiction to review and enjoin 13 a charge, contract term, or financial responsibility requirement described under (h) of 14 this section at the request of a vessel owner, operator, or charterer. Except as provided 15 in this subsection, nothing in this section affects the jurisdiction of the Regulatory 16 Commission of Alaska or the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission 17 [PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION]. 18 * Sec. 21. REPEAL OF STATUTES. AS 39.25.120(c)(6); AS 42.05.010, 42.05.020, 19 42.05.030, 42.05.035, 42.05.040, 42.05.050, 42.05.071, 42.05.081, 42.05.091, 42.05.101, 20 42.05.111, 42.05.121, 42.05.123, and 42.05.131 are repealed. 21 * Sec. 22. REPORT CONCERNING RESTRUCTURING OF THE ALASKA OIL AND 22 GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION AND THE REGULATORY COMMISSION OF 23 ALASKA. The Legislative Budget and Audit Committee shall prepare a report containing 24 recommendations for restructuring the Regulatory Commission of Alaska and the Alaska Oil 25 and Gas Conservation Commission into a single commission. The governor shall appoint one 26 member from the Regulatory Commission of Alaska and one member from the Alaska Oil and 27 Gas Conservation Commission to work with the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee on 28 the report. The report shall be delivered to the governor and the legislature by the first day 29 of the second session of the Twenty-First Alaska State Legislature. 30 * Sec. 23. MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM. The Regulatory Commission of 31 Alaska shall develop its management information system and make the system accessible to
01 the general public through the Internet for the purpose of tracking, scheduling, and managing 02 all dockets within the commission. 03 * Sec. 24. LOCATION OF THE ALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION 04 COMMISSION. (a) The principal office of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation 05 Commission shall move to the same location as the principal office of the Regulatory 06 Commission of Alaska as soon as feasible, but in any case, no later than July 1, 2000. 07 (b) As soon as the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission moves to the same 08 location as the Regulatory Commission of Alaska, the two commissions shall share record 09 keeping facilities and clerical staff. 10 * Sec. 25. REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA EMPLOYMENT OF HEARING 11 OFFICER. (a) To the extent that sufficient funds are appropriated for the purpose, during 12 the state fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, the Regulatory Commission of Alaska shall employ, 13 in addition to the hearing officers that the former Alaska Public Utilities Commission was 14 authorized to employ on June 30, 1999, an additional hearing officer. 15 (b) The Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission may use the services of the 16 additional hearing officer employed under (a) of this section to assist with pipeline regulation 17 matters under AS 42.06. 18 * Sec. 26. INITIAL TERMS OF MEMBERS OF THE REGULATORY COMMISSION 19 OF ALASKA. Notwithstanding AS 39.05.055, the terms of the initially appointed members 20 of the Regulatory Commission of Alaska shall be set by the governor as follows: 21 (1) one member shall serve a five-year term; 22 (2) one member shall serve a four-year term; 23 (3) one member shall serve a three-year term; 24 (4) one member shall serve a two-year term; and 25 (5) one member shall serve a one-year term. 26 * Sec. 27. TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS. (a) Litigation, hearings, investigations, and 27 other proceedings pending under a law repealed or amended by this Act, or in connection with 28 functions transferred from the Alaska Public Utilities Commission to the Regulatory 29 Commission of Alaska by this Act, continue in effect and may be completed notwithstanding 30 a transfer or repeal provided for in this Act. 31 (b) Litigation, hearings, investigations, and other proceedings pending under a law
01 repealed or amended by this Act, or in connection with functions transferred from the Alaska 02 Public Utilities Commission to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission by this Act, 03 continue in effect and may be completed notwithstanding a transfer or repeal provided for in 04 this Act. 05 (c) Regulations in effect on June 30, 1999, that were adopted to implement a function 06 that is transferred by this Act remain in effect and shall be enforced by the Alaska Oil and 07 Gas Conservation Commission or the Regulatory Commission of Alaska, as appropriate, until 08 amended by the appropriate commission. 09 (d) Wherever in Alaska Statutes affected by this Act there is a reference to regulations 10 adopted under a section of law and there are no regulations adopted under that section because 11 previous regulations adopted under another section are being enforced under (c) of this 12 section, the reference shall be construed to refer to the previously adopted regulations until 13 they are amended by the new agency. 14 (e) Contracts, rights, liabilities, and obligations created by or under a law repealed or 15 amended by this Act, and in effect on June 30, 1999, remain in effect notwithstanding this 16 Act's taking effect. 17 (f) Records, equipment, appropriations, and other property of the Alaska Public 18 Utilities Commission relating to regulation of public utilities under AS 42.05 shall be 19 transferred to the Regulatory Commission of Alaska to implement the provisions of this Act. 20 (g) Records, equipment, appropriations, and other property of the Alaska Public 21 Utilities Commission relating to regulation of pipelines under AS 42.06 shall be transferred 22 to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to implement the provisions of this Act. 23 The Alaska Public Utilities Commission shall also transfer at least two employees of the 24 Alaska Public Utilities Commission who are employed in the tariff section to the Alaska Oil 25 and Gas Conservation Commission. 26 * Sec. 28. FIVE-YEAR SUNSET. The amendment to AS 44.66.010(a)(4), made by 27 sec. 18 of this Act, is made notwithstanding AS 44.66.010(c). 28 * Sec. 29. REVISOR INSTRUCTIONS. (a) In the following statutes, the revisor of 29 statutes is instructed to change "Alaska Public Utilities Commission" to "Regulatory 30 Commission of Alaska": 31 (1) AS 29.35.131(c);
01 (2) AS 29.35.137(5); 02 (3) AS 42.05.141(a); 03 (4) AS 42.05.325(c); 04 (5) AS 42.05.381(f) in both places; 05 (6) AS 42.05.712(c); 06 (7) AS 42.05.712(d); 07 (8) AS 42.45.010(e); 08 (9) AS 42.45.110(a); 09 (10) AS 42.45.170(a); 10 (11) AS 42.45.170(e); 11 (12) AS 44.83.090(b) in both places; 12 (13) AS 45.50.473(a); 13 (14) AS 45.50.473(b); 14 (15) AS 45.50.475(b); 15 (16) AS 45.50.475(c); and 16 (17) AS 45.63.080(12). 17 (b) In the following statutes, the revisor of statutes is instructed to change "Alaska 18 Public Utilities Commission" to "former Alaska Public Utilities Commission or the Regulatory 19 Commission of Alaska": 20 (1) AS 09.65.085(a); 21 (2) AS 10.25.020(6); and 22 (3) AS 18.57.020(c). 23 (c) In the following statutes, the revisor of statutes is instructed to change "by the 24 Alaska Public Utilities Commission" to "by the former Alaska Public Utilities Commission 25 or by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska": 26 (1) AS 29.35.050(b) in both places; 27 (2) AS 29.35.050(c); 28 (3) AS 29.35.060(a); 29 (4) AS 29.35.060(b); and 30 (5) AS 42.45.200(e). 31 (d) In the following statutes, the revisor of statutes is instructed to change "Alaska
01 Public Utilities Commission" to the "Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission": 02 (1) AS 38.35.120(a) in three places; 03 (2) AS 38.35.230(2); 04 (3) AS 43.55.150(b); and 05 (4) AS 43.56.210(7). 06 * Sec. 30. This Act takes effect July 1, 1999.