HCS CSSB 133(FIN): "An Act creating and relating to the Regulatory Commission of Alaska and transferring to it certain powers and duties of the Alaska Public Utilities 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 and pipelines; relating to the appellate procedures of the Regulatory Commission of Alaska; relating to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission; and providing for an effective date."
00HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 133(FIN) 01 "An Act creating and relating to the Regulatory Commission of Alaska and 02 transferring to it certain powers and duties of the Alaska Public Utilities 03 Commission; repealing the Alaska Public Utilities Commission; relating to the 04 powers of the chair of the Regulatory Commission of Alaska; relating to 05 regulatory cost charges for public utilities and pipelines; relating to the appellate 06 procedures of the Regulatory Commission of Alaska; relating to the Alaska Oil 07 and Gas Conservation Commission; and providing for an effective date." 08 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 09 * Section 1. AS 42 is amended by adding a new chapter to read: 10 Chapter 04. Regulatory Commission of Alaska. 11 Article 1. Commission and Staff. 12 Sec. 42.04.010. Regulatory Commission of Alaska created. (a) There is 13 created within the Department of Commerce and Economic Development as an 14 independent agency of the state the Regulatory Commission of Alaska.
01 (b) When a vacancy occurs in the office of chair, the commission may 02 nominate one of its members to serve as chair. When a vacancy occurs in the office 03 of chair, the governor shall designate the chair of the commission, either by selecting 04 the member nominated by the commission or another member. The term as chair is 05 four years. The chair may not be appointed to successive terms as chair. 06 Sec. 42.04.020. Commissioners. (a) The commission consists of five 07 commissioners appointed by the governor and confirmed by the legislature in joint 08 session. To qualify for appointment as a commissioner, a person must be a member 09 in good standing of the Alaska Bar Association or have a degree from an accredited 10 college or university with a major in engineering, finance, economics, accounting, 11 business administration, or public administration. Actual experience for a period of 12 five years in the practice of law or in the field of engineering, finance, economics, 13 accounting, business administration, or public administration is equivalent to a degree. 14 (b) The term of office of each member is six years. A commissioner, upon 15 the expiration of a term, shall continue to hold office until a successor is appointed and 16 qualified. 17 (c) A vacancy arising in the office of a commissioner shall be filled by 18 appointment by the governor and confirmed by the legislature in joint session, and, 19 except as provided in AS 39.05.080(4), an appointee selected to fill a vacancy shall 20 hold office for the balance of the full term for which the predecessor on the 21 commission was appointed. 22 (d) A vacancy in the commission does not impair the authority of a quorum 23 of commissioners to exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of the 24 commission. 25 (e) The governor may remove a commissioner from office for cause, including 26 incompetence, neglect of duty, inability to serve, or misconduct in office or because 27 the member, while serving on the commission, is convicted of a misdemeanor for 28 violating a statute or regulation related to public utilities or is convicted of a felony. 29 A commissioner, to be removed for cause, shall be given a copy of the charges and 30 afforded an opportunity to be publicly heard in person or by counsel in the 31 commissioner's own defense upon not less than 10 days' notice. If a commissioner
01 is removed for cause, the governor shall file with the lieutenant governor a complete 02 statement of all charges made against the commissioner and the governor's finding 03 based on the charges, together with a complete record of the proceedings. 04 (f) Members of the commission are in the exempt service and are entitled to 05 a monthly salary equal to Step C, Range 26, of the salary schedule in AS 39.27.011(a) 06 for Juneau, Alaska. The chair of the commission is entitled to a monthly salary equal 07 to Step C, Range 27, of the salary schedule in AS 39.27.011(a) for Juneau, Alaska. 08 (g) Each commissioner, before entering upon the duties of office, shall take 09 and subscribe to the oath prescribed for principal officers of the state. 10 Sec. 42.04.030. Principal office; seal. (a) The commission shall establish a 11 principal office and branch offices necessary to discharge its business efficiently. For 12 the convenience of the public or of parties to a proceeding, the commission may hold 13 meetings, hearings, or other proceedings at other locations. 14 (b) The commission shall have an official seal. 15 Sec. 42.04.040. Legal counsel. (a) The Department of Law shall provide full- 16 time legal counsel to the commission. 17 (b) The commission may, subject to the approval of the attorney general, 18 contract for the services of specialized legal counsel or legal consultants. 19 Sec. 42.04.050. Employment of commission personnel. (a) The chair of the 20 commission is responsible for directing the administrative functions of the commission 21 and carrying out the policies as set by the commission. The commission chair may 22 employ engineers, hearing officers, administrative law judges, experts, clerks, 23 accountants, and other agents and assistants considered necessary. Employees of the 24 commission who are not in the exempt service under AS 39.25.110 or the partially 25 exempt service under AS 39.25.120, are in the classified service under AS 39.25.100. 26 (b) The chair of the commission may enter into a contract for no more than 27 $5,000 to engage the services of a consultant or expert the chair considers necessary. 28 The commission may contract for and engage the services of consultants and experts 29 the commission considers necessary. 30 (c) At the request of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and 31 to the extent workload permits, the Regulatory Commission of Alaska shall make
01 available to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission the services of a 02 hearing officer. 03 Sec. 42.04.060. Restrictions on members and employees. (a) A member of 04 the commission or an employee of the commission may not have an official connection 05 with, hold stock or securities in, or have a pecuniary interest in a public utility or 06 pipeline carrier within the state. Membership in a cooperative association is not a 07 "pecuniary interest" within the meaning of this section; however, a member or 08 employee of the commission may not be an officer, board member, or employee of a 09 cooperative association. A member or employee may not act upon a matter in which 10 a relationship of the member or employee with any person creates a conflict of 11 interest. 12 (b) A member or employee of the commission may not, after leaving the 13 position as a member or employee of the commission, act as agent for or on behalf of 14 a public utility in any matter before the commission that was before the commission 15 during the employee's employment or the member's term of office. A violation of this 16 subsection is a class A misdemeanor. 17 (c) Members and employees of the commission, except clerical and secretarial 18 staff, are subject to AS 39.50. Members and employees of the commission are subject 19 to AS 39.52. 20 (d) A member of the commission is disqualified from voting upon any matter 21 before the commission in which the member has a conflict of interest. 22 Sec. 42.04.070. Powers and duties of commission chair. (a) The chair of 23 the commission shall 24 (1) employ the commission staff; 25 (2) establish and implement a time management system for the 26 commission; 27 (3) assign the work of the commission to members and staff of the 28 commission so that matters before the commission are resolved as expeditiously and 29 competently as possible; when assigning a matter, the chair shall also set a date by 30 which time the matter should be completed. 31 (b) The chair of the commission may appoint a hearing officer or an
01 administrative law judge to hear a matter that has come before the commission; a 02 member of the commission may serve as hearing officer or, if qualified, as an 03 administrative law judge. 04 (c) The chair of the commission shall direct the public advocacy section to 05 participate as a party in a matter when the commission believes that it is in the public 06 interest to do so. 07 Sec. 42.04.080. Decision-making procedures. (a) Except as provided in 08 AS 42.05.171 or AS 42.06.140, when a matter comes for decision before the 09 commission under AS 42.05 or AS 42.06, the chair shall appoint a hearing panel 10 composed of three or more members to hear, or if a hearing is not required, to 11 otherwise consider, and decide the case. The panel shall exercise the powers of the 12 commission with respect to the matter. 13 (b) The commission shall adopt regulations by December 31, 1999, that 14 establish standards of timeliness for the types of cases that come before the 15 commission. The commission shall establish standards based in part on degrees of 16 complexity of the cases. 17 Article 2. Communications Carriers Section. 18 Sec. 42.04.100. Communications carriers section. There is established 19 within the commission a communications carriers section that shall develop, 20 recommend, and administer policies and programs with respect to the regulation of 21 rates, services, accounting, and facilities of communications common carriers within 22 the state involving the use of wire, cable, radio, and space satellites. 23 Article 3. Public Advocacy Section. 24 Sec. 42.04.150. Public advocacy section. There is established within the 25 commission a public advocacy section. The section shall participate as a party in 26 matters that come before the commission when directed to do so in accordance with 27 AS 42.04.070(c). The public advocacy section shall operate separately from the rest 28 of the commission. 29 * Sec. 2. AS 29.35.137(6) is amended to read: 30 (6) "local exchange telephone company" means a telephone utility 31 certificated under AS 42.05 [BY THE ALASKA PUBLIC UTILITIES
01 COMMISSION] to provide local exchange service; 02 * Sec. 3. AS 37.05.146(b) is amended to read: 03 (b) The program receipts listed in this subsection are accounted for separately, 04 and appropriations from these program receipts are not made from the unrestricted 05 general fund: 06 (1) federal receipts; 07 (2) University of Alaska receipts (AS 14.40.491); 08 (3) designated program receipts; in this paragraph , "designated program 09 receipts" means money received by the state from a source other than the state or 10 federal government that is restricted to a specific use by the terms of a gift, grant, 11 bequest, or contract; 12 (4) receipts of the following: 13 (A) highway working capital fund (AS 44.68.210); 14 (B) correctional industries fund (AS 33.32.020); 15 (C) loan funds; 16 (D) international airport revenue fund (AS 37.15.430); 17 (E) corporate receipts earned or managed by a public 18 corporation of the state; 19 (F) fish and game fund (AS 16.05.100); 20 (G) school fund (AS 43.50.140); 21 (H) training and building fund (AS 23.20.130); 22 (I) retirement funds (AS 14.25, AS 22.25, AS 26.05.222, 23 AS 39.35, and former AS 39.37); 24 (J) permanent fund (art. IX, sec. 15, Alaska Constitution); 25 (K) public school trust fund (AS 37.14.110); 26 (L) second injury fund (AS 23.30.040); 27 (M) fishermen's fund (AS 23.35.060); 28 (N) FICA administration fund (AS 39.30.050); 29 (O) receipts of the employee benefits program established under 30 AS 39.30.150 - 39.30.180; 31 (P) receipts of the deferred compensation program established
01 under AS 39.45; 02 (Q) clean air protection fund (AS 46.14.260); 03 (R) receipts of the group insurance programs established under 04 AS 39.30.090; 05 (S) mental health trust fund (AS 37.14.031); 06 (T) Alaska children's trust (AS 37.14.200); 07 (U) commercial fisheries test fishing operations 08 (AS 16.05.050(15)); 09 (V) Regulatory Commission of Alaska [PUBLIC UTILITIES 10 COMMISSION] under AS 42.05 and AS 42.06; 11 (5) receipts of or from the trust established by AS 37.14.400 - 12 37.14.450, except reimbursements described in AS 37.14.410. 13 * Sec. 4. AS 39.25.120(c) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read: 14 (25) hearing officers and administrative law judges of the Regulatory 15 Commission of Alaska. 16 * Sec. 5. AS 39.50.200(b)(24) is amended to read: 17 (24) Regulatory Commission of Alaska (AS 42.04.010) [PUBLIC 18 UTILITIES COMMISSION (AS 42.05.010)]; 19 * Sec. 6. AS 42.05.151(b) is amended to read: 20 (b) The commission shall adopt regulations governing practice and procedure, 21 consistent with due process of law, including the conduct of formal and informal 22 investigations, pre-hearing conferences, hearings, and proceedings, and the handling 23 of procedural motions by a single commissioner. The regulations must provide for 24 the hearing or, when a hearing is not required, other consideration of a matter 25 in accordance with AS 42.04.080. Technical rules of evidence need not apply to 26 investigations, pre-hearing conferences, hearings, and proceedings before the 27 commission. The commission shall provide for representation by out-of-state attorneys 28 substantially in accordance with Rule 81, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure. 29 * Sec. 7. AS 42.05.171 is amended to read: 30 Sec. 42.05.171. Formal hearings. A formal hearing that the commission has 31 power to hold may be held by or before a hearing panel appointed under
01 AS 42.04.080 [THREE OR MORE COMMISSIONERS], a hearing officer, or an 02 administrative law judge designated for the purpose by the chair of the commission. 03 In appropriate cases, a formal hearing may be held before an arbitrator 04 designated for the purpose by the commission. The testimony and evidence in a 05 formal hearing may be taken by the panel [COMMISSIONERS], by the hearing 06 officer, by the arbitrator, or by the administrative law judge to whom the hearing has 07 been assigned. A decision of a hearing officer, an arbitrator, or an administrative 08 law judge is not final until approved by the commission. A commissioner who has 09 not heard or read the testimony, including the argument, may not participate in making 10 a decision of a hearing panel. A party may file a petition for reconsideration of, 11 or an administrative appeal of, a decision by a hearing officer, an arbitrator, or 12 an administrative law judge that has been approved by the commission , or a 13 decision of a hearing panel. The full commission shall act on the petition for 14 reconsideration or the appeal . In determining the place of a hearing , the commission 15 shall give preference to holding the hearing at a place most convenient for those 16 interested in the subject of the hearing. 17 * Sec. 8. AS 42.05.254(a) is amended to read: 18 (a) A regulated public utility operating in the state shall pay to the commission 19 an annual regulatory cost charge in an amount not to exceed the maximum 20 percentage of adjusted gross revenue that applies to the utility sector of which the 21 utility is a part. The regulatory cost charges that the commission expects to 22 collect from all regulated utilities may not exceed .8 percent of the total adjusted 23 gross revenue of all regulated public utilities derived from operations in the state [, 24 AS MODIFIED UNDER (c) OF THIS SECTION IF APPROPRIATE]. An exempt 25 utility shall pay the actual cost of services provided to it by the commission. 26 * Sec. 9. AS 42.05.254(b) is amended to read: 27 (b) The commission shall by regulation establish a method to determine 28 annually the amount of the regulatory cost charge for a public utility. If the amount 29 the commission expects to collect under (a) of this section and under AS 42.06.286(a) 30 exceeds the authorized budget of the commission, the commission shall, by order, 31 reduce the percentages determined under (i) [SET OUT IN (a)] of this section so that
01 the total amount of the fees collected approximately equals the authorized budget of 02 the commission for the fiscal year. 03 * Sec. 10. AS 42.05.254(h) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read: 04 (5) "adjusted gross revenue" means the gross revenue of a utility as 05 modified under (c) of this section, if appropriate. 06 * Sec. 11. AS 42.05.254 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 07 (i) The commission shall by regulation establish a method to determine 08 annually the maximum percentage of adjusted gross revenue that will apply to each 09 regulated public utility sector and the maximum percentage of gross revenue that will 10 apply to the regulated pipeline carrier sector. The method established shall allocate 11 the commission's costs, other than the cost of services provided to exempt utilities, 12 among the regulated public utility sectors and the regulated pipeline carrier sector 13 based on the relative amount of the commission's annual costs that is attributable to 14 regulating each sector. 15 * Sec. 12. AS 42.05.990(2) is amended to read: 16 (2) "commission" means the Regulatory Commission of Alaska 17 [PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION]; 18 * Sec. 13. AS 42.05.995 is amended to read: 19 Sec. 42.05.995. Short title. This chapter may be cited as the Alaska Public 20 Utilities Regulatory [COMMISSION] Act. 21 * Sec. 14. AS 42.06.286(b) is amended to read: 22 (b) The commission shall by regulation establish a method to determine 23 annually the amount of the regulatory cost charge. If the amount the commission 24 expects to collect under (a) of this section and under AS 42.05.254(a) exceeds the 25 authorized budget of the commission, the commission shall, by order, reduce the 26 percentage determined under (f) [SET OUT IN (a)] of this section so that the total 27 amount of the fees collected approximately equals the authorized budget of the 28 commission for the fiscal year. 29 * Sec. 15. AS 42.06.286 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 30 (f) The commission shall by regulation establish a method to determine 31 annually the maximum percentage of gross revenue that will apply to each regulated
01 public utility sector and the maximum percentage of gross revenue that will apply to 02 the regulated pipeline carrier sector in accordance with AS 42.05.254(i). 03 * Sec. 16. AS 42.06 is amended by adding a new section to read: 04 Sec. 42.06.055. Commission decision-making procedures. The commission 05 shall comply with AS 42.04.080 for matters that come before the commission for 06 decision. 07 * Sec. 17. AS 42.06.305 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 08 (b) The commission's decision under this section shall be based on the best 09 interest of the public. 10 * Sec. 18. AS 42.06.445(e) is amended to read: 11 (e) A commissioner [, AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,] may certify as 12 to all official records of the commission under this section and may certify as to all 13 official acts of the commission under this chapter. 14 * Sec. 19. AS 42.06.630(2) is amended to read: 15 (2) "commission" means the Regulatory Commission of Alaska 16 [PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION] (AS 42.04.010) ; 17 * Sec. 20. AS 42.45.020(b) is amended to read: 18 (b) Subject to AS 42.45.060, the department may make loans from the rural 19 electrification revolving loan fund to electric utilities certified under AS 42.05 [BY 20 THE ALASKA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION]. A loan from the fund may be 21 made only for the purpose of extending new electric service into an area of the state 22 that an electric utility may serve under a certificate of public convenience and 23 necessity issued under AS 42.05 [BY THE ALASKA PUBLIC UTILITIES 24 COMMISSION]. A loan may be made from the fund to an electric utility if the utility 25 invests the money necessary to provide one pole, one span of line, one transformer, 26 and one service drop for each consumer for whom immediate service would be 27 provided by the extension of electric service. However, a loan may not be made from 28 the fund unless 29 (1) the loan is recommended by a loan advisory committee appointed 30 under AS 42.45.030; and 31 (2) the extension of electric service would provide immediate service
01 to at least three consumers. 02 * Sec. 21. AS 44.66.010(a)(4) is amended to read: 03 (4) Regulatory Commission of Alaska (AS 42.04.010) [PUBLIC 04 UTILITIES COMMISSION (AS 42.05.010)] -- June 30, 2002 [1999]; 05 * Sec. 22. AS 44.83.425(3) is amended to read: 06 (3) "qualified utility" means an electric utility or an electric operating 07 entity established as an instrumentality of two or more electric utilities certified under 08 AS 42.05 [BY THE ALASKA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION] to serve all or 09 part of a market area that is served or will be served by the power project, that the 10 authority determines is capable of operating and maintaining the power project. 11 * Sec. 23. AS 46.04.020(i) is amended to read: 12 (i) The superior court and, with respect to intrastate voyages, the Regulatory 13 Commission of Alaska [PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION,] under AS 42.05.361 - 14 42.05.431, have concurrent jurisdiction to review and enjoin a charge, contract term, 15 or financial responsibility requirement described under (h) of this section at the request 16 of a vessel owner, operator, or charterer. Except as provided in this subsection, 17 nothing in this section affects the jurisdiction of the Regulatory Commission of 18 Alaska [PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION]. 19 * Sec. 24. REPEAL OF STATUTES. AS 39.25.120(c)(6); AS 42.05.010, 42.05.020, 20 42.05.030, 42.05.035, 42.05.040, 42.05.050, 42.05.071, 42.05.081, 42.05.091, 42.05.101, 21 42.05.111, 42.05.121, 42.05.123, and 42.05.131 are repealed. 22 * Sec. 25. REPORT CONCERNING RESTRUCTURING OF THE ALASKA OIL AND 23 GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION AND THE REGULATORY COMMISSION OF 24 ALASKA. The Legislative Budget and Audit Committee shall prepare a report considering 25 the functions of the Regulatory Commission of Alaska and the Alaska Oil and Gas 26 Conservation Commission. The report must address whether it is in the best interest of the 27 state to merge the Regulatory Commission of Alaska and the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation 28 Commission into a single commission and whether it is in the state's best interest to 29 restructure the functions of the two commissions. The report shall be delivered to the 30 governor and the legislature by the first day of the second session of the Twenty-First Alaska 31 State Legislature.
01 * Sec. 26. MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM. The Regulatory Commission of 02 Alaska shall develop its management information system and make the system accessible to 03 the general public through the Internet for the purpose of tracking, scheduling, and managing 04 all dockets within the commission. 05 * Sec. 27. LOCATION OF THE ALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION 06 COMMISSION. (a) The principal office of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation 07 Commission shall move to the same location as the principal office of the Regulatory 08 Commission of Alaska as soon as feasible, but in any case, no later than July 1, 2000. 09 (b) As soon as the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission moves to the same 10 location as the Regulatory Commission of Alaska, the two commissions shall share record 11 keeping facilities and clerical staff. 12 * Sec. 28. TERMS AND INITIAL APPOINTMENTS. (a) Notwithstanding AS 42.05.030, 13 the terms of members of the Alaska Public Utilities Commission expire at the close of 14 business on June 30, 1999. 15 (b) The governor shall expeditiously make initial appointments to the Regulatory 16 Commission of Alaska, created by sec. 1 of this Act. Appointments made under this 17 subsection may not take effect before July 1, 1999. 18 (c) Notwithstanding AS 39.05.055, the terms of the initially appointed members of the 19 Regulatory Commission of Alaska shall be set by the governor as follows: 20 (1) one member shall serve a five-year term; 21 (2) one member shall serve a four-year term; 22 (3) one member shall serve a three-year term; 23 (4) one member shall serve a two-year term; and 24 (5) one member shall serve a one-year term. 25 * Sec. 29. TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS. (a) Litigation, hearings, investigations, and 26 other proceedings pending under a law repealed or amended by this Act, or in connection with 27 functions transferred from the Alaska Public Utilities Commission to the Regulatory 28 Commission of Alaska by this Act, continue in effect and may be completed notwithstanding 29 a transfer or repeal provided for in this Act. 30 (b) Regulations in effect on June 30, 1999, that were adopted to implement a function 31 that is transferred by this Act remain in effect and shall be enforced by the Regulatory
01 Commission of Alaska until amended. 02 (c) Wherever in Alaska Statutes affected by this Act there is a reference to regulations 03 adopted under a section of law and there are no regulations adopted under that section because 04 previous regulations adopted under another section are being enforced under (b) of this 05 section, the reference shall be construed to refer to the previously adopted regulations until 06 they are amended by the new agency. 07 (d) Except as provided in sec. 28(a) of this Act, contracts, rights, liabilities, and 08 obligations created by or under a law repealed or amended by this Act, and in effect on 09 June 30, 1999, remain in effect notwithstanding this Act's taking effect. 10 (e) Records, equipment, appropriations, and other property of the Alaska Public 11 Utilities Commission shall be transferred to the Regulatory Commission of Alaska to 12 implement the provisions of this Act. 13 (f) Notwithstanding the amendments to AS 42.05.254 made by secs. 8 - 11 of this Act 14 and to AS 42.06.286 made by secs. 14 and 15 of this Act, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 15 2001, the Regulatory Commission of Alaska shall, by order, establish and use a model for the 16 assessment of regulatory cost charges for that year, based on estimates for figures for which 17 it does not have actual data. 18 * Sec. 30. REVISOR INSTRUCTIONS. (a) In the following statutes, the revisor of 19 statutes is instructed to change "Alaska Public Utilities Commission" to "Regulatory 20 Commission of Alaska": 21 (1) AS 29.35.131(c); 22 (2) AS 29.35.137(5); 23 (3) AS 38.35.120(a) in three places; 24 (4) AS 38.35.230(2); 25 (5) AS 42.05.141(a); 26 (6) AS 42.05.325(c); 27 (7) AS 42.05.381(f) in both places; 28 (8) AS 42.05.712(c); 29 (9) AS 42.05.712(d); 30 (10) AS 42.45.010(e); 31 (11) AS 42.45.110(a);
01 (12) AS 42.45.170(a); 02 (13) AS 42.45.170(e); 03 (14) AS 43.55.150(b); 04 (15) AS 43.56.210(7); 05 (16) AS 44.83.090(b) in both places; 06 (17) AS 45.50.473(a); 07 (18) AS 45.50.473(b); 08 (19) AS 45.50.475(b); 09 (20) AS 45.50.475(c); and 10 (21) AS 45.63.080(12). 11 (b) In the following statutes, the revisor of statutes is instructed to change "Alaska 12 Public Utilities Commission" to "former Alaska Public Utilities Commission or the Regulatory 13 Commission of Alaska": 14 (1) AS 09.65.085(a); 15 (2) AS 10.25.020(6); and 16 (3) AS 18.57.020(c). 17 (c) In the following statutes, the revisor of statutes is instructed to change "by the 18 Alaska Public Utilities Commission" to "by the former Alaska Public Utilities Commission 19 or by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska": 20 (1) AS 29.35.050(b) in both places; 21 (2) AS 29.35.050(c); 22 (3) AS 29.35.060(a); 23 (4) AS 29.35.060(b); and 24 (5) AS 42.45.200(e). 25 * Sec. 31. (a) Section 28 of this Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c). 26 (b) Sections 8 - 11, 14, and 15 of this Act take effect July 1, 2000. 27 (c) Except as provided in (a) and (b) of this section, this Act takes effect July 1, 1999.