00CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 135(FIN)                                                                                       
01 "An Act relating to the membership and duties of a metropolitan highway                                                 
02 planning 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)  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 seven voting members.  The commissioner of environmental                                       
10 conservation or the commissioner's designee shall be a nonvoting member of the                                          
11 organization.  Four voting members of the organization shall be designated by the                                       
12 municipalities that are located partially or wholly within the metropolitan area and                                    
13 three voting members shall be designated as follows:                                                                    
14   (1)  one member of the senate whose district is located partially or                                                 

01 wholly within the metropolitan area and who is selected by a majority of the members                                    
02 of the senate whose districts are located partially or wholly within the metropolitan                                   
03 area; a person who is selected to serve as a member of a metropolitan highway                                           
04 planning organization under this paragraph may not receive compensation for service                                     
05 on the metropolitan highway planning organization;                                                                      
06   (2)  one member of the house of representatives whose district is located                                            
07 partially or wholly within the metropolitan area and who is selected by a majority of                                   
08 the members of the house of representatives whose districts are located partially or                                    
09 wholly within the metropolitan area; a person who is selected to serve as a member                                      
10 of a metropolitan highway planning organization under this paragraph may not receive                                    
11 compensation for service on the metropolitan highway planning organization; and                                         
12   (3)  one member appointed by the governor.                                                                           
13  (b)  Each metropolitan highway planning organization shall submit its current                                         
14 transportation improvement plan prepared under 23 C.F.R. 450.324 or current update                                      
15 of the transportation improvement plan to the legislature by January 15 of each year.