00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 125                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to membership of the Board of Fisheries."                                                              
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 16.05.221(a) is amended to read:                                                                 
04 (a)  For purposes of the conservation and development of the fishery resources                                          
05 of the state, there is created the Board of Fisheries composed of seven members                                         
06 appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by a majority of the members of                                      
07 the legislature in joint session. [THE GOVERNOR SHALL APPOINT EACH                                                      
08 MEMBER ON THE BASIS OF INTEREST IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS, GOOD                                                                 
09 JUDGMENT, KNOWLEDGE, AND ABILITY IN THE FIELD OF ACTION OF                                                              
10 THE BOARD, AND WITH A VIEW TO PROVIDING DIVERSITY OF INTEREST                                                           
11 AND POINTS OF VIEW IN THE MEMBERSHIP.] The appointed members shall be                                                   
12 residents of the state and shall be appointed without regard to political affiliation or                                
13 geographical location of residence. The commissioner is not a member of the Board of                                    
14 Fisheries, but shall be ex officio secretary. The governor shall appoint the members                                
15       as follows:                                                                                                   

01                 (1)  two members who represent commercial fishing;                                                  
02                 (2)  two members who represent sport fishing;                                                       
03                 (3)  two members who represent subsistence fishing, from a list of                                  
04       four names submitted by the Alaska Federation of Natives; however, the                                        
05       governor may reject the list and request that another list be submitted;                                      
06 (4)  one member who represents the scientific community, from a                                                     
07 list of three names submitted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric                                               
08 Administration; however, the governor may reject the list and request that                                          
09       another list be submitted.                                                                                    
10    * Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
11 read:                                                                                                                   
12 TRANSITION. A person who is a member of the Board of Fisheries on the day before                                        
13 the effective date of this Act continues to serve until the expiration of the member's term. An                         
14 appointment for a vacancy that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act shall be in                            
15 accordance with AS 16.05.221(a), as amended by sec. 1 of this Act.