Alaska 32nd Legislature (2021-2022) Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 4 D · 3 R · 1 I cosponsors

HB 63 — An Act relating to the duties of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities; renaming the Alaska Marine Transportation Advisory Board the Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board; relating to the membership and duties of the Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board; and relating to the comprehensive, intermodal, long-range transportation plan for the state.

Last action — (H) MEMBERS: SHIRLEY MARQUARDT, WANETTA AYERS

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    Passed House
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 18, 2021. Enacted.

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 14 sponsors

    1 primary, 13 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 3 parties (4 D · 3 R · 1 I) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 4 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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173 added · 103 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendments to Bill HB 63 include renaming the Alaska Marine Transportation Advisory Board to the Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board and updating its duties. This change reflects a focus on improving the operational aspects of Alaska's marine highway system. Additionally, the requirement to update the comprehensive long-range transportation plan has been changed from every five years to every three years, which could lead to more timely improvements and adaptations to the state's transportation needs. These updates are important as they aim to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of transportation services in Alaska.

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32-LS0286\I HOUSE BILL NO.
LAWS OF ALASKA Source Chapter No.
63 IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION BY REPRESENTATIVES STUTES, Kreiss-Tomkins, Hannan, Fields, Ortiz, Drummond, Kaufman, Schrage, Story, Josephson, Tarr, Spohnholz, Wool, Vance Introduced:
SCS CSHB 63(TRA) _______ AN ACT Relating to the duties of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities;
2/18/21 Referred:
Transportation, State Affairs A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED "An Act relating to the duties of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities;
and providing for an effective date." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
and relating to the comprehensive, intermodal, long-range transportation plan for the state.
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_______________ BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
THE ACT FOLLOWS ON PAGE 1 Enrolled HB 63 AN ACT Relating to the duties of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities;
renaming the Alaska Marine Transportation Advisory Board the Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board;
relating to the membership and duties of the Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board;
and relating to the comprehensive, intermodal, long-range transportation plan for the state.
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AS 19.05.030 is amended to read:
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19.05.030.
Duties of department.
The department has the following duties:
(1) direct approved highway planning and construction and maintenance, protection, and control of highways;
(2) employ assistants and employees;
(3) certify and approve vouchers;
-1- Enrolled HB 63 (4) provide a program of highway research;
(5) prepare a budget;
(6) review the annual highway program;
(7) develop and implement an avalanche control plan to protect persons who use public highways;
(8) review and respond to recommendations regarding the statewide transportation improvement program that are made by the Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board established under AS 19.65.110;
(9) report, in a manner that is easily available to the public and the media, including on the department's Internet website, on the progress of the Alaska marine highway system in meeting the performance goals established by the Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board under AS 19.65.011.
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Comprehensive long-range plan.
Short-term and comprehensive [COMPREHENSIVE] long-range plans [PLAN].
The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, in consultation with the Alaska Marine Highway Operations [TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY] Board, shall prepare a comprehensive long-range plan for the development and improvement of the Alaska marine highway system and shall, in consultation with the Alaska Marine Highway Operations [TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY] Board, revise and update the plan at least every three [FIVE] years.
The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, in consultation with the Alaska Marine Highway Operations [TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY] Board, shall prepare a short-term plan and a comprehensive long- range plan for the development and improvement of the Alaska marine highway system and shall, in consultation with the Alaska Marine Highway Operations [TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY] Board, revise and update the short-term plan annually and the comprehensive long-range plan at least every five years.
The department shall submit the comprehensive long- range plan and revisions and updates of the plan to the legislature.
The short-term plan must describe the means by which effective and efficient progress toward priorities and goals defined in the comprehensive long-range plan will be attained, must include recommendations for the state operating and capital budgets, and must include a description of skill or competency gaps in the membership of the Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board.
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The comprehensive long-range plan must include priorities and goals for the Alaska marine highway system and a proposed strategic maintenance and vessel replacement plan and may recommend performance measures, including output, efficiency, and effectiveness measures.
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The department shall submit both the short- term and the comprehensive long-range plans [PLAN] and revisions and updates of Enrolled HB 63 -2- the plans [PLAN] to the legislature and the governor and make the plans available to the public.
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(a) The board is composed of the following nine members, each of whom must be a resident of the state:
(a) The board is composed of the deputy commissioner of transportation and public facilities assigned to the Alaska marine highway system and the following eight public members, each of whom must be a resident of the state:
(1) the head of the division of marine transportation;
(1) one representative, who may be retired, of a recognized union that represents employees of the Alaska marine highway system, appointed by the governor;
(2) one representative, who may be retired, of a recognized union that represents employees of the Alaska marine highway system, appointed by the governor;
(2) one representative of an Alaska Native organization or tribe who is from a community served by the Alaska marine highway system, appointed by the governor;
(3) three public members who have experience in marine business and procurement practices, marine personnel management, commercial service options, ship maintenance, construction, and repair, fleet strategy, reliability, and regulatory compliance, or risk management, appointed by the governor;
(3) six public members (A) who collectively have experience in enterprise, architecture, business operations, financial management, risk management, logistics, supply chain management, engineering, project management and controls, marine operations, strategy, regulatory compliance, ship maintenance, construction, and repair, quality management, continuous improvement, sales, marketing, communications, customer interface, or experience management;
(4) two members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and who serve at the pleasure of the speaker of the house of representatives;
(B) two of whom are appointed by the governor, two of whom are appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and who serve at the pleasure of the speaker of the house of representatives, and two of whom are appointed by the president of the senate and who serve at the pleasure of the president of the senate.
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(5) two members appointed by the president of the senate and who serve at the pleasure of the president of the senate.
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(c) The members of the board, except for the head of the division of marine transportation, shall serve staggered three-year terms.
(c) The members of the board, except for the deputy commissioner of -3- Enrolled HB 63 transportation and public facilities, shall serve staggered six-year [THREE-YEAR] terms.
If a vacancy arises on the board, the governor, the president of the senate, or the speaker of the house, as applicable, shall, within 30 days after the vacancy arises, appoint a person to serve the balance of the unexpired term.
If a vacancy arises on the board, the governor, the president of the senate, or the speaker of the house of representatives, as applicable, shall, within 30 days after the vacancy arises, appoint a person to serve the balance of the unexpired term.
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(d) A [BOARD MEMBERS SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE HB 63 -2- HB0063a New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 32-LS0286\I GOVERNOR.
(d) A [BOARD MEMBERS SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE GOVERNOR.
IN ADDITION, A] majority of the membership of the board may remove a member, except for the head of the division of marine transportation, if that member misses more than two meetings in a calendar year and has not been previously excused.
IN ADDITION, A] majority of the membership of the board may remove a member, except for the deputy commissioner of transportation and public facilities, if that member misses more than two meetings in a calendar year and has not been previously excused.
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AS 19.65.180 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
AS 19.65.180(d) is amended to read:
(d) The board may receive information from the department as the board considers necessary to carry out its duties, and the department shall provide information requested by the board in a timely and responsive manner.
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AS 19.65.180 is amended by adding new subsections to read:
(f) If the board determines that the Alaska marine highway system has deviated from a plan, policy, or procedure described in the short-term plan or comprehensive long-range plan prepared under AS 19.65.011, the board may prepare a report recommending corrective action.
The board shall submit an electronic report prepared under this subsection to the legislature and the governor and shall make the report available to the public.
(g) The board may establish a task force that includes members who are not members of the board and that is tasked with investigating matters relevant to the Enrolled HB 63 -4- Alaska marine highway system and reporting to the board.
Members of a task force established under this subsection are not entitled to receive a salary, per diem, or travel expenses.
(h) The board shall annually submit recommendations to the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities regarding the preparation of the statewide transportation improvement program.
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AS 44.42.050(a) is amended to read:
(a) The commissioner shall develop a comprehensive, intermodal, long-range transportation plan for the state.
The commissioner shall incorporate the comprehensive long-range plan prepared under AS 19.65.011 into the plan developed under this section.
The plan may be developed in multiple documents that address logical components, including geographic areas, modes of transportation, transportation corridors, systems, and other distinct subjects relevant to transportation planning.
The components of the plan shall be revised as the commissioner determines appropriate.
In developing and revising the state plan, the commissioner shall conform to the requirements for the eligibility and use of federal and other funds, as applicable.
Upon approval of each component of the plan by the commissioner, the commissioner shall transmit notice of the approval of that component to the governor and to the legislature.
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(a) The terms of members who fill seats on the Alaska Marine Transportation Advisory Board under AS 19.65.120(a) as it read on the day before the effective date of this Act, expire on the effective date of this Act.
(a) The terms of members who fill seats on the Alaska Marine Transportation Advisory Board under AS 19.65.120(a), as it read on the day before the effective date of this Act, expire on the effective date of this Act.
4 of this Act, and AS 39.05.055, the seats on the Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board established by AS 19.65.120(a), as repealed and reenacted by sec.
5 of this Act, and AS 39.05.055, the seats on the Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board established by -5- Enrolled HB 63 AS 19.65.120(a), as repealed and reenacted by sec.
3 of this Act, shall be filled as follows:
4 of this Act, shall be filled as follows:
(1) the three public members appointed by the governor shall serve one-year terms;
(1) the two public members appointed by the governor shall serve two-year terms;
(2) the members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives shall serve two-year terms;
(2) the representative of an Alaska Native organization or tribe appointed by the governor shall serve a two-year term;
(3) the union representative appointed by the governor and the members appointed by the president of the senate shall serve three-year terms.
(3) the members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives shall serve four-year terms;
(c) The head of the division of marine transportation begins membership on the HB0063a -3- HB 63 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 32-LS0286\I Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board on the effective date of this Act.
(4) the union representative appointed by the governor and the members appointed by the president of the senate shall serve six-year terms.
(d) Nothing in this section prevents the appointment of a person whose term expires under (a) of this section to the Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board, provided that the person meets the qualifications in AS 19.65.120(a), as repealed and reenacted by sec.
(c) The deputy commissioner of transportation and public facilities assigned to the Alaska marine highway system begins membership on the Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board on the effective date of this Act.
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(d) Nothing in this section prevents the appointment of a person whose term expires under (a) of this section to the Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board if the person meets the qualifications in AS 19.65.120(a), as repealed and reenacted by sec.
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This Act takes effect January 1, 2022.
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Action History

  1. (H) MEMBERS: SHIRLEY MARQUARDT, WANETTA AYERS

  2. (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 10/11/21

  3. (H) Signed into law 7/13 CHAPTER 20 SLA 21

  4. (H) 4:46 P.M. 7/2/21 Transmitted to Governor

  5. (H) MANIFEST ERROR(S)

  6. (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y39 E1

  7. (H) CONCUR TAKEN UP UC

  8. (H) CONCUR READ AND HELD

  9. (S) VERSION: SCS CSHB 63(TRA)

  10. (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED

  11. (S) PASSED ON RECONSIDERATION Y20 N-

  12. (S) RECON TAKEN UP SAME DAY UC

  13. (S) HUGHES NOTICE OF RECONSIDERATION

  14. (S) PASSED Y20 N-

  15. (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): REINBOLD, STEVENS, BISHOP, HOLLAND, STEDMAN, MICCICHE

  16. (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SCS CSHB 63(TRA)

  17. (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC

  18. (S) TRA SCS ADOPTED UC

  19. (S) READ THE SECOND TIME

  20. (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/18/2021

  21. (S) FN1: ZERO(DOT)

  22. (S) DP: MYERS, KIEHL, MICCICHE

  23. (S) TRA RPT SCS 3DP SAME TITLE

  24. (S) Minutes (STRA)

  25. (S) Moved SCS CSHB 63(TRA) Out of Committee

  26. (S) TRANSPORTATION at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)

  27. (S) Minutes (STRA)

  28. (S) Heard & Held

  29. (S) TRANSPORTATION at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)

  30. (S) -- Invited & Public Testimony -- -- MEETING CANCELED --

  31. (S) TRANSPORTATION at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)

  32. (S) TRA

  33. (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS

  34. (H) VERSION: CSHB 63(STA)

  35. (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S)

  36. (H) COSPONSOR(S): STORY, JOSEPHSON, TARR, SPOHNHOLZ, WOOL, VANCE

  37. (H) PASSED Y37 E3

  38. (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 63(STA)

  39. (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC

  40. (H) STA CS ADOPTED UC

  41. (H) READ THE SECOND TIME

  42. (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/5/2021

  43. (H) COSPONSOR(S): SCHRAGE

  44. (H) COSPONSOR(S): KAUFMAN

  45. (H) FN1: ZERO(DOT)

  46. (H) DP: CLAMAN, STORY, KAUFMAN, VANCE, TARR, KREISS-TOMKINS

  47. (H) STA RPT CS(STA) NEW TITLE 6DP

  48. (H) Minutes (HSTA)

  49. (H) Moved CSHB 63(STA) Out of Committee

  50. (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120

  51. (H) Minutes (HSTA)

  52. (H) Heard & Held

  53. (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120

  54. (H) Minutes (HSTA)

  55. (H) Heard & Held

  56. (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120

  57. (H) Minutes (HSTA)

  58. (H) Heard & Held

  59. (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120

  60. (H) FN1: ZERO(DOT)

  61. (H) NR: MCCABE, CRONK

  62. (H) DP: DRUMMOND, HANNAN, SPOHNHOLZ, HOPKINS

  63. (H) TRA RPT CS(TRA) NEW TITLE 4DP 2NR

  64. (H) COSPONSOR(S): DRUMMOND

  65. (H) Minutes (HTRA)

  66. (H) Moved CSHB 63(TRA) Out of Committee -- Please Note Time Change --

  67. (H) TRANSPORTATION at 01:30 PM BARNES 124

  68. (H) Minutes (HTRA)

  69. (H) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --

  70. (H) TRANSPORTATION at 01:30 PM BARNES 124

  71. (H) TRA, STA

  72. (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS

  73. (H) Prefile released 1/15/21

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Who sponsors HB 63?
HB 63 is sponsored by Louise Stutes (R), Kreiss-Tomkins, Sara Hannan (D), Zack Fields (D), Ortiz, Drummond, James Kaufman (R), Calvin Schrage (N), Andi Story (D), Andy Josephson (D), Tarr, Spohnholz, Wool, and Sarah Vance (R).
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 18, 2021. Enacted.
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