00                           HOUSE BILL NO. 309 am                                                                        
01 "An Act relating to the procedure for confirmation of the governor's appointments;                                      
02 relating to the board of the Mental Health Trust Authority; and providing for an                                        
03 effective date."                                                                                                        
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section                          
06 to read:                                                                                                                
07       TIME FOR CONFIRMING GOVERNOR APPOINTMENTS. (a) Notwithstanding                                                    
08 AS 39.05.080, for appointments presented by the governor during the Second Regular Session                              
09 of the Thirty-First Alaska State Legislature,                                                                           
10            (1)  the legislature shall, in joint session assembled, act on the appointments at                           
11 any time by confirming or declining to confirm the appointments by a majority vote of all of                            
12 the members on the appointments presented; and                                                                          
13            (2)  if the legislature does not act to confirm or decline to confirm an                                     
14 appointment, the failure of the legislature to act to confirm or decline to confirm an                                  

01 appointment presented is not tantamount to a declination of confirmation on the day the                                 
02 Second Regular Session of the Thirty-First Alaska State Legislature adjourns.                                           
03 (b)  After the legislature meets in joint session assembled to act on the appointments                                  
04 presented by the governor during, and after adjournment of, the Second Regular Session of                               
05 the Thirty-First Alaska State Legislature, the failure of the legislature to act to confirm or                          
06 decline to confirm an appointment presented will be tantamount to a declination of                                      
07 confirmation on the day the joint session adjourns.                                                                     
08 (c)  Notwithstanding AS 47.30.021(a), a member of the board of the Alaska Mental                                        
09 Health Trust Authority whose term expires March 1, 2020, may not continue to serve until a                              
10 successor is confirmed. A person appointed to the board of the Alaska Mental Health Trust                               
11 Authority and presented to the legislature by the governor during the Second Regular Session                            
12 of the Thirty-First Alaska State Legislature shall serve as successor to a member whose                                 
13 appointment expired on March 1, 2020, and exercise the functions, have the powers, and be                               
14 charged with the duties prescribed by law for the appointment pending confirmation or                                   
15 declination under (a) or (b) of this section.                                                                           
16    * Sec. 2. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).