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| 2 | 2 | | HB0010a -1- HB 10 |
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| 11 | 11 | | HOUSE BILL NO. 10 |
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| 13 | 13 | | IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA |
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| 15 | 15 | | THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION |
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| 17 | 17 | | BY REPRESENTATIVE CARRICK |
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| 19 | 19 | | Introduced: 1/10/25 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Referred: Prefiled |
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| 23 | 23 | | A BILL |
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| 25 | 25 | | FOR AN ACT ENTITLED |
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| 27 | 27 | | "An Act relating to the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska." 1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | * Section 1. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | to read: 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | SHORT TITLE. This Act may be known as the University of Alaska Faculty 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Representation Act. 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | * Sec. 2. AS 14.40.120 is amended to read: 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Sec. 14.40.120. University governed by Board of Regents. The University of 8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Alaska shall be governed by a Board of Regents consisting of 12 [11] regents. |
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| 37 | 37 | | * Sec. 3. AS 14.40.130 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (f) In addition to satisfying the requirements in (a) of this section, at least one 11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | of the 12 regents must be a current full-time faculty member who is employed at and 12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | has acquired tenure at the University of Alaska Anchorage, the University of Alaska 13 |
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| 41 | 41 | | Fairbanks, or the University of Alaska Southeast based on the guidelines of that 14 |
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| 42 | 42 | | campus. A person appointed as a regent under this subsection forfeits the office if the 15 34-LS0171\N |
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| 46 | 46 | | person is no longer a full-time, tenured faculty member. The governor shall appoint a 1 |
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| 47 | 47 | | successor from the list of faculty member nominees submitted under AS 14.40.150(c) 2 |
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| 48 | 48 | | within 60 days after a forfeiture or vacancy in the office, subject to confirmation by 3 |
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| 49 | 49 | | the legislature under AS 14.40.150(a). 4 |
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| 50 | 50 | | * Sec. 4. AS 14.40.140 is amended to read: 5 |
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| 51 | 51 | | Sec. 14.40.140. Term of office. Except for a student regent as specified in 6 |
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| 52 | 52 | | AS 14.40.150(b) and a faculty member regent as specified in AS 14.40.150(c), the 7 |
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| 53 | 53 | | term of office of a regent is eight years. The term of office begins on the first Monday 8 |
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| 54 | 54 | | in February of the year in which the appointment is made. Each regent serves until a 9 |
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| 55 | 55 | | successor is appointed and qualifies. 10 |
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| 56 | 56 | | * Sec. 5. AS 14.40.150 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 11 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (c) At least one member of the Board of Regents must be a faculty member. 12 |
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| 58 | 58 | | The faculty member shall be appointed from a list of nominees submitted to the 13 |
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| 59 | 59 | | governor. The governor shall make the appointment from the list within 60 days after 14 |
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| 60 | 60 | | the list is submitted. The list must consist of the names of two faculty members 15 |
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| 61 | 61 | | selected by each of the three faculty senates of the University of Alaska, for a total of 16 |
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| 62 | 62 | | six nominees, after an election is held by each faculty senate. Elections shall be 17 |
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| 63 | 63 | | conducted under rules established by the Office of the Governor. The term of office of 18 |
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| 64 | 64 | | a regent appointed under this subsection is two years. The term of office begins June 1 19 |
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| 65 | 65 | | of the year in which the appointment is made. An appointment of a successor made 20 |
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| 66 | 66 | | under AS 14.40.130(f) shall be for the unexpired term of the original appointee. 21 |
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| 67 | 67 | | * Sec. 6. AS 14.40.200 is amended to read: 22 |
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| 68 | 68 | | Sec. 14.40.200. Quorum. Corporate business may not be transacted at any 23 |
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| 69 | 69 | | meeting of the Board of Regents unless at least seven [SIX] regents are present, the 24 |
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| 70 | 70 | | majority of the whole board to approve the same. 25 |
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| 71 | 71 | | * Sec. 7. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 26 |
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| 72 | 72 | | read: 27 |
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| 73 | 73 | | TRANSITION: INITIAL APPOINTMENT. The University of Alaska shall hold 28 |
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| 74 | 74 | | elections for nominees and submit the list of nominees to the governor as required by 29 |
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| 75 | 75 | | AS 14.40.150(c), added by sec. 4 of this Act, on or before February 1, 2026. 30 |
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