00                     CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 143(CRA)                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to the terms of office of municipal school board members; relating to                                  
02 the size of the city council in second class cities; and providing for an effective date."                              
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 14.12.050 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                           
05            (d)  The governing body of a municipality may by ordinance alter the terms of                                
06       office provided for in this section.                                                                              
07    * Sec. 2. AS 29.20.130 is amended to read:                                                                         
08            Sec. 29.20.130. City council composition. Each first class city has a council                              
09       of six members elected by the voters at large. Each second class city with a                                  
10 population greater than 1,000 has a council of seven members elected by the voters                                  
11 at large. Each second class city with a population of 1,000 or less has a council                                   
12 size, established by ordinance, of not fewer than three members and not more                                        
13 than seven members, elected by the voters at large. The council of a first or second                                
14 class city may by ordinance provide for election of members other than on an at-large                                   

01       basis for all members.                                                                                            
02    * Sec. 3. AS 29.20.300(a) is amended to read:                                                                      
03 (a)  Each municipal school district has a school board. Except as provided in                                           
04 (b) or (c) of this section, members of a school board are elected at the regular election                           
05 for three-year terms and until their successors take office. Members are elected at                                     
06 large unless a different method of election has been approved by the voters in a regular                                
07       election.                                                                                                         
08    * Sec. 4. AS 29.20.300 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                              
09            (c)  The governing body of a municipality may by ordinance approved by the                                   
10       voters alter the terms of office provided for in (a) of this section.                                             
11    * Sec. 5. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).