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155SCS INCSHB THE155(FIN) LEGISLATURE_______ OFAN THEACT STATEEstablishing OFthe ALASKAAlaska THIRTY-THIRDMilitary LEGISLATUREAffairs -Commission; SECOND SESSION BY REPRESENTATIVES STAPP, Tomaszewski, Coulombe, Galvin, Groh, Saddler, Cronk, Wright, McCabe, Josephson, Dibert, Rauscher Introduced:
4/10/23relating Referred:to the duties and powers of the Alaska Military Affairs Commission;
Houserelating Specialto Committee on Military and Veterans' Affairs, Finance A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED "An Act establishing the AlaskaJoint MilitaryArmed AffairsServices Commission;Committee;
and relating to thejudge dutiesadvocates; and powers of the Alaska Military Affairs Commission." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
*relating Sectionto 1.military facility zones;
relating to the appointment of an assistant adjutant general;
and providing for an effective date.
_______________ BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
THE ACT FOLLOWS ON PAGE 1 Enrolled HB 155 AN ACT Establishing the Alaska Military Affairs Commission;
relating to the duties and powers of the Alaska Military Affairs Commission;
relating to the Joint Armed Services Committee;
relating to judge advocates;
relating to military facility zones;
relating to the appointment of an assistant adjutant general;
and providing for an effective date.
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The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to read:
LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
It is the intent of the legislature that the mayors and public members appointed to the Alaska Military Affairs Commission be geographically distributed to represent as many different communities across the state as possible.
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AS 24.20.650(b) is amended to read:
(b) The committee is composed of (1) five members of the senate, at least one of whom is a member of the minority, appointed by the president of the senate;
-1- Enrolled HB 155 (2) five members of the house of representatives, at least one of whom is a member of the minority, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives;
(3) a state resident, other than a member of the state legislature, who is appointed jointly by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives after considering the recommendations of the Alaska chapters of each of the following organizations:
(A) the Association of the United States Army;
(B) the Air and Space Forces [FORCE] Association;
(C) the Navy League of the United States;
(D) the Marine Corps Association;
(4) a state resident, other than a member of the state legislature, who is appointed jointly by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives after considering the recommendation of the Seventeenth Coast Guard District Auxiliary;
(5) a state resident, other than a member of the state legislature, who is appointed jointly by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives after considering the recommendation of the mayor of the Municipality of Anchorage;
(6) a state resident, other than a member of the state legislature, who is appointed jointly by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives after considering the recommendation of the mayor of the Fairbanks North Star Borough;
(7) a state resident, other than a member of the state legislature, who is appointed jointly by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives after considering the recommendation of the adjutant general of the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs;
and (8) a state resident, other than a member of the state legislature, who is appointed jointly by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives after considering the joint recommendations of the Alaska Federation of Natives and the Alaska Municipal League.
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3.
AS 26.05.180(a) is amended to read:
Enrolled HB 155 -2- (a) The headquarters of the Alaska National Guard is composed of an Army National Guard component, an Air National Guard component and a Naval Militia component.
The Army National Guard component and the Air National Guard component shall each be commanded by an assistant adjutant general appointed by the adjutant general with the concurrence of the governor.
The adjutant general may, when appointing an assistant adjutant general, give preference to a person who has served at least five years in the Alaska Army National Guard or the Alaska Air National Guard.
An assistant adjutant general shall, while holding office, have the grade of brigadier general or a lower grade that the adjutant general may prescribe.
On initial appointment, an assistant adjutant general must hold a federally recognized [FEDERALLY-RECOGNIZED] field-grade commission [WITH AT LEAST FIVE YEARS SERVICE IN THE ALASKA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OR IN THE ALASKA AIR NATIONAL GUARD].
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AS 26.05.385(d) is amended to read:
(d) A person may not serve as a judge advocate under the code of military justice unless the person is a commissioned officer of the organized militia of a state or of an active or reserve component of the armed forces or another uniformed service of the United States, is a member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a state, and is currently (1) certified or designated as a judge advocate in the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the United States Army, Air Force, Space Force, Navy, or Marine Corps or designated as a law specialist as an officer of the United States Coast Guard, or a reserve component of one of them;
or (2) certified as a nonfederally recognized judge advocate, under the code of military justice, by the senior judge advocate of the commander of the force in the component of the militia of the state of which the accused is a member, as competent to perform the military justice duties required by the code of military justice;
if a judge advocate is not available, the certification may be made by the senior judge advocate of the commander of another force in the militia of the state, as the convening authority directs.
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5.
AS 26.30.900(3) is amended to read:
-3- Enrolled HB 155 (3) "facility" means a facility of (A) an Alaska military or civilian agency serving a subdivision of the Alaska National Guard, the United States Army, the United States Navy, the United States Marine Corps, the United States Air Force, the United States Space Force, or the United States Coast Guard, including reserve units of those entities;
(B) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration;
or (C) a public corporation within the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs;
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(3) the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic HB0155a -1- HB 155 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 33-LS0701\S development or the commissioner's designee;
(4) three members who are mayors, or their designees, from municipalities with military installations withinof the municipalarmed boundaries,forces nominatedof bythe anUnited organizationStates thatwithin representsthe municipal governmentsboundaries, in the state and appointed by the governor;
if,the withingovernor 60shall daysappoint aftermembers a seat under this paragraph becomesso vacant, an organization that represents(A) municipal governments in the stateinstallations, failscollectively, torepresent nominatedifferent onebranches orof morethe personsarmed toforces fillof the seat,United theStates; governor may appoint any qualified person;
an organization that represents municipal governments in the state shall nominate, and the(B) governoreach shallmember appoint,represents membersa underdifferent thisgeographic paragraphregion, soto that, collectively, the militaryextent installationspossible; represent different branches of the armed services;
(5) two public members with extensive military experience or expertise, each representing a different branch of the armed services,forces of the United Enrolled HB 155 -4- States, appointed by the governor;
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(c) The Office of the Governor shall provide administrative support to the commission.
(2) provide recommendations to expand and grow the current presence of the armed forces in the state, including new bases, expanded missions, and HB 155 -2- HB0155a New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 33-LS0701\S increased training;
(5) assist and advise communities and the state in the design and execution of programs that enhance communities' relationships with installations of the community'sarmed relationshipforces withof militarythe installationsUnited States and defense-related businesses;businesses, including in the areas of public school education, in-state higher education and training, cultural and recreational community assets, and housing and energy afforlity;
-5- Enrolled HB 155 (6) advocate for the state in matters related to military expansion decision making by emphasizing the state's strategic location on the globe and existing infrastructure and work to build community support in the state for the armed services;forces of the United States;
and (D) consider all current and anticipated base realignment and closure criteria affecting bases in the state.state;
(8) report to the Joint Armed Services Committee and any special committee of the legislature relating to military and veterans' affairs, if one exists at the time the report is due, issues on the commission's activities over the previous calendar year;
the commission shall provide the report in an electronic format and deliver the report by January 31 each year;
(9) seek the opinions of each member of the Alaska delegation in Congress on the assistance, advice, advocacy, counsel, plans, and recommendations provided under this section.
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3.8.
16 of this Act, and AS 39.05.055, the seats on the Alaska Military Affairs Commission established in AS 44.19.851, added by sec.
16 of this Act, shall be initially filled as follows:
Enrolled HB 155 -6- (1) the members appointed under AS 44.19.854(4) shall serve one-year terms;
HB0155a -3- HB 155 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 33-LS0701\S (2) the members appointed under AS 44.19.854(5) shall serve two-year terms;
(b) Members appointed underto AS 44.19.854(1) - (3) begin membership on the Alaska Military Affairs Commission onunder theAS effective44.19.854(1) date- of(3), thisadded Act.by sec.
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Sections 2 - 5 of this Act take effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).
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