00                      CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 26(TRB)                                                                     
01 "An Act relating to the official languages of the State of Alaska; renaming the Alaska                                  
02 Native Language Preservation and Advisory Council as the Council for Alaska Native                                      
03 Languages; and relating to the Council for Alaska Native Languages."                                                    
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1. AS 44.12.310(a) is amended to read:                                                                   
06 (a)  The English, Inupiaq, Siberian Yupik, Central Alaskan Yup'ik, Cup'ig,                                          
07 Alutiiq, Unanga/Cx, Dena'ina, Deg Xinag, Holikachuk, Koyukon, Upper Kuskokwim,                                          
08 Gwich'in, [TANANA,] Upper Tanana, Sahcheeg xut'een xneege' (Middle Tanana),                                         
09 Benhti Kokhwt'ana Kenaga' (Lower Tanana), Tanacross, Hän, Ahtna, Wetal                                          
10       (Ts'etsa'ut), Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian languages are the official languages                        
11       of the State of Alaska.                                                                                         
12    * Sec. 2. AS 44.33.520(a) is amended to read:                                                                      
13            (a)  The Council for Alaska Native Languages [ALASKA NATIVE                                              
14       LANGUAGE PRESERVATION AND ADVISORY COUNCIL] is established in the                                                 

01 department for the purpose of recommending the establishment or reorganization of                                       
02 programs to support the preservation, restoration, and revitalization of Alaska Native                                  
03       languages.                                                                                                        
04    * Sec. 3. AS 44.33.520(c) is amended to read:                                                                      
05 (c)  The governor shall appoint to the council established in this section seven                                    
06 [FIVE] voting members who are professional language experts and who represent                                           
07 diverse regions of the state. In addition, one member of the senate appointed by the                                    
08 president of the senate and one member of the house of representatives appointed by                                     
09 the speaker of the house of representatives shall serve on the council as nonvoting                                     
10 members. In appointing the nonvoting members of the council, the president of the                                       
11 senate and the speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint a member of the                                    
12 bush caucus, if a bush caucus exists. In this subsection, "bush caucus" means a group                                   
13       of legislators that represents rural areas of the state.                                                          
14    * Sec. 4. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
15 read:                                                                                                                   
16       TRANSITION. As soon as practicable after the effective date of sec. 3 of this Act, the                            
17 governor shall appoint to the Council for Alaska Native Languages the two additional voting                             
18 members created by sec. 3 of this Act.