CSHB 72(HES): "An Act relating to the qualifications and appointment of members of the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska; and providing for an effective date."
00 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 72(HES) 01 "An Act relating to the qualifications and appointment of members of the Board of 02 Regents of the University of Alaska; and providing for an effective date." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section 05 to read: 06 INTENT. It is the intent of this Act 07 (1) to add one nonvoting student advisory member to the existing Board of 08 Regents of the University of Alaska; and 09 (2) that, by creating a cycle of the new member's first acting for one year as a 10 nonvoting student member of the board and then acting as a voting member, the student body 11 and the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska will obtain better qualified student 12 regents and avoid vacancies in the student membership on the board. 13 * Sec. 2. AS 14.40.120 is amended to read: 14 Sec. 14.40.120. University governed by Board of Regents. The University
01 of Alaska shall be governed by a Board of Regents consisting of 11 voting regents 02 and one nonvoting advisory student regent. 03 * Sec. 3. AS 14.40.130(a) is amended to read: 04 (a) Each regent shall be a citizen of the United States and a resident of the 05 state. At least one regent shall have received an undergraduate or graduate 06 degree from the University of Alaska. 07 * Sec. 4. AS 14.40.130(b) is amended to read: 08 (b) In addition to satisfying the requirements of (a) of this section, a [THE] 09 regent appointed under AS 14.40.150(b) must 10 (1) be enrolled as a full-time student at the University of Alaska at the 11 time of appointment; 12 (2) remain a full-time student while serving. 13 * Sec. 5. AS 14.40.130(c) is amended to read: 14 (c) Failure of a [THE] regent appointed under AS 14.40.150(b) to remain 15 enrolled as a full-time student at the University of Alaska during the term for which 16 the regent was appointed results in forfeiture of that office. 17 * Sec. 6. AS 14.40.150(b) is amended to read: 18 (b) The governor shall appoint two students from two different campuses 19 of the University of Alaska to staggered terms as members of the Board of 20 Regents. The student who has the longer service as a student regent shall be a 21 voting member of the board, and the second student regent shall be a nonvoting 22 student member. A student serving as a nonvoting student regent may vote in 23 committees of the Board of Regents [AT LEAST ONE MEMBER OF THE BOARD 24 OF REGENTS MUST BE A STUDENT]. Each [THE] student shall be appointed 25 from a list of nominees submitted to the governor. The governor shall make the 26 appointment from the list within 60 days after it is submitted. The list must [SHALL] 27 consist of the names of two students from each campus of the University of Alaska 28 after an election is held at each campus. Elections shall be conducted under rules 29 established by the Office of the Governor. The term of office of a [THE] regent 30 appointed from the general student body, University of Alaska, is for two years. Each 31 [THE] term of office begins June 1 of the year in which the appointment is made. An
01 appointment made under AS 14.40.130(d) shall be for the unexpired term of the 02 original appointee. The voting or nonvoting status of a person appointed under 03 AS 14.40.130(d) is determined by the relative periods of service of the two student 04 regents, not by the status of the original appointee. The term "campus" used in this 05 subsection means a portion of the University of Alaska designated as a "campus" by 06 the Board of Regents. 07 * Sec. 7. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 08 read: 09 TRANSITION. (a) Notwithstanding AS 14.40.130(a) and 14.40.150(b), as amended 10 by this Act, persons holding positions on the Board of Regents on the effective date of this 11 Act may serve the remainder of their terms; except for an appointment of the second student 12 regent as required by AS 14.40.150(b), as amended in sec. 6 of this Act, a person who meets 13 the qualifications of AS 14.40.130(a) or 14.40.150(b), as amended by this Act, shall be 14 appointed when a vacancy occurs on the Board of Regents. 15 (b) Notwithstanding that AS 14.40.150(b) provides for two-year terms for student 16 members of the Board of Regents, the initial term of one of the student members appointed 17 after the effective date of this Act shall be one year if the one-year term is necessary to 18 implement staggering of the two student members' terms. 19 * Sec. 8. This Act takes effect June 1, 2004.