00HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 135(TRA) am H(fld H)                                                              
01 "An Act relating to metropolitan planning organizations."                                                               
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
03    * Section 1.  AS 19.20 is amended by adding new sections to read:                                                  
04 Article 2.  Metropolitan Highway Planning Organizations.                                                              
05  Sec. 19.20.200.  Metropolitan highway planning organizations.  (a)  A                                               
06 metropolitan highway planning organization designated, redesignated, or organized                                       
07 under 23 U.S.C. 134 for a metropolitan area with a population greater than 200,000                                      
08 persons shall consist of seven members. A quorum of the organization is a majority                                      
09 of the voting members of the organization. Three voting members of the organization                                     
10 shall be designated by the municipalities that are located partially or wholly within the                               
11 metropolitan area, one voting member shall be the commissioner of environmental                                         
12 conservation or the commissioner's designee, and one voting member shall be                                             
13 appointed by the governor.  Two nonvoting 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; and                                                                  
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.                                             
12  (b)  Each metropolitan highway planning organization shall submit its current                                         
13 transportation improvement plan prepared under 23 C.F.R. 450.324 or current update                                      
14 of the transportation improvement plan to the legislature by January 15 of each year.