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HB 10                                                                                                                         
The following was read the second time:                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
     HOUSE BILL NO. 10                                                                                                          
     "An Act relating to the Board of Regents of the University of                                                              
     Alaska."                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
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 STA RPT 3DP 3NR 223                                                                                                            
 FN1: (UA) 223                                                                                                                  
 FIN RPT 6DP 2DNP 3NR 663                                                                                                       
 FN1: (UA) 663                                                                                                                  

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Amendment No. 1 was offered  by Representative Stutes:                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
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"* Sec. 3. AS 14.40.120, as amended by sec. 2 of this Act, is                                                                 
amended to read:                                                                                                                
         Sec. 14.40.120. University governed by Board of Regents.                                                             
     The University of Alaska shall be governed by a Board of Regents                                                           
     consisting of 11 [12] regents."                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
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"* Sec. 6. AS 14.40.140, as amended by sec. 5 of this Act, is                                                                 
amended to read:                                                                                                                
         Sec. 14.40.140. Term of office. Except for a student regent as                                                       
     specified in AS 14.40.150(b) [AND A FACULTY MEMBER                                                                         
     REGENT AS SPECIFIED IN AS 14.40.150(c)], the term of office                                                                
     of a regent is eight years. The term of office begins on the first                                                         
     Monday in February of the year in which the appointment is                                                                 
     made. Each regent serves until a successor is appointed and                                                                
     qualifies."                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
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"* Sec. 9. AS 14.40.200, as amended by sec. 8 of this Act, is                                                                 
amended to read:                                                                                                                
         Sec. 14.40.200. Quorum. Corporate business may not be                                                                
     transacted at any meeting of the Board of Regents unless at least                                                          
     six [SEVEN] regents are present, the majority of the whole board                                                       
     to approve the same.                                                                                                       
   * Sec. 10. AS 14.40.130(f) and 14.40.150(c) are repealed."                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Renumber the following bill section accordingly.                                                                                

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"* Sec. 12. Sections 3, 6, 9, and 10 of this Act take effect February 1,                                                      
2032."                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Representative Stutes moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                    
Amendment No. 1 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Representative Johnson objected.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 1 be adopted?"  The roll                                                              
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
HB 10                                                                                                                           
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 1                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  34   NAYS:  6   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Burke, Bynum, Carrick, Costello, Dibert, Edgmon, Eischeid,                                                               
Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Hall, Hannan, Himschoot, Holland,                                                                 
Jimmie, Josephson, Kopp, Mears, Mina, Moore, Nelson, Prax,                                                                      
Rauscher, Saddler, Schrage, Schwanke, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Tilton,                                                             
Tomaszewski, Underwood, Vance                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Allard, Coulombe, Elam, Johnson, McCabe, Ruffridge                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 1 was adopted and the new title follows:                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
     HOUSE BILL NO. 10 am(efd add)                                                                                              
     "An Act relating to the Board of Regents of the University of                                                              
     Alaska; and providing for an effective date."                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Representative Kopp moved and asked unanimous consent that HB 10                                                                
am(efd add) be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading, and                                                             
placed on final passage.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
There was objection.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
HB 10 am(efd add) will advance to third reading on the May 7                                                                    
calendar.