00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 158                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the Joint Armed Services Committee; relating to judge advocates;                                    
02 relating to military facility zones; and providing for an effective date."                                              
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 24.20.650(b) is amended to read:                                                                   
05            (b)  The committee is composed of                                                                            
06                 (1)  five members of the senate, at least one of whom is a member of                                    
07       the minority, appointed by the president of the senate;                                                           
08                 (2)  five members of the house of representatives, at least one of whom                                 
09       is a member of the minority, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives;                            
10 (3)  a state resident, other than a member of the state legislature, who is                                             
11 appointed jointly by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of                                        
12 representatives after considering the recommendations of the Alaska chapters of each                                    
13       of the following organizations:                                                                                   
14                      (A)  the Association of the United States Army;                                                    

01                      (B)  the Air and Space Forces [FORCE] Association;                                             
02                      (C)  the Navy League of the United States;                                                         
03                      (D)  the Marine Corps Association;                                                                 
04 (4)  a state resident, other than a member of the state legislature, who is                                             
05 appointed jointly by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of                                        
06 representatives after considering the recommendation of the Seventeenth Coast Guard                                     
07       District Auxiliary;                                                                                               
08                 (5)  a state resident, other than a member of the state legislature, who is                             
09       appointed jointly by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of                                  
10 representatives after considering the recommendation of the mayor of the Municipality                                   
11       of Anchorage;                                                                                                     
12 (6)  a state resident, other than a member of the state legislature, who is                                             
13 appointed jointly by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of                                        
14 representatives after considering the recommendation of the mayor of the Fairbanks                                      
15       North Star Borough;                                                                                               
16 (7)  a state resident, other than a member of the state legislature, who is                                             
17 appointed jointly by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of                                        
18 representatives after considering the recommendation of the adjutant general of the                                     
19       Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs; and                                                                 
20 (8)  a state resident, other than a member of the state legislature, who is                                             
21 appointed jointly by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of                                        
22 representatives after considering the joint recommendations of the Alaska Federation                                    
23       of Natives and the Alaska Municipal League.                                                                       
24    * Sec. 2. AS 26.05.385(d) is amended to read:                                                                      
25 (d)  A person may not serve as a judge advocate under the code of military                                              
26 justice unless the person is a commissioned officer of the organized militia of a state                                 
27 or of an active or reserve component of the armed forces or another uniformed service                                   
28 of the United States, is a member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a                                 
29       state, and is currently                                                                                           
30 (1)  certified or designated as a judge advocate in the Judge Advocate                                                  
31 General's Corps of the United States Army, Air Force, Space Force, Navy, or Marine                                  

01 Corps or designated as a law specialist as an officer of the United States Coast Guard,                                 
02       or a reserve component of one of them; or                                                                         
03 (2)  certified as a nonfederally recognized judge advocate, under the                                                   
04 code of military justice, by the senior judge advocate of the commander of the force in                                 
05 the component of the militia of the state of which the accused is a member, as                                          
06 competent to perform the military justice duties required by the code of military                                       
07 justice; if a judge advocate is not available, the certification may be made by the                                     
08 senior judge advocate of the commander of another force in the militia of the state, as                                 
09       the convening authority directs.                                                                                  
10    * Sec. 3. AS 26.30.900(3) is amended to read:                                                                      
11                 (3)  "facility" means a facility of                                                                     
12 (A)  an Alaska military or civilian agency serving a subdivision                                                        
13 of the Alaska National Guard, the United States Army, the United States Navy,                                           
14 the United States Marine Corps, the United States Air Force, the United                                             
15 States Space Force, or the United States Coast Guard, including reserve units                                       
16            of those entities;                                                                                           
17                      (B)  the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; or                                         
18                      (C)  a public corporation within the Department of Military and                                    
19            Veterans' Affairs;                                                                                           
20    * Sec. 4. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).