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                                         SENATE BILL NO. 109
                            IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
                            THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION
     BY SENATOR OLSON
     Introduced: 3/19/21
     Referred: State Affairs, Finance
                                                 A BILL
                                        FOR AN ACT ENTITLED
 1   "An Act renaming the Alaska Native Language Preservation and Advisory Council as
 2   the Council for Alaska Native Languages; and relating to the Council for Alaska Native
 3   Languages."
 4   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
 5     * Section 1. AS 44.33.520(a) is amended to read:
 6                    (a)     The Council for Alaska Native Languages [ALASKA NATIVE
 7           LANGUAGE PRESERVATION AND ADVISORY COUNCIL] is established in the
 8           department for the purpose of recommending the establishment or reorganization of
 9           programs to support the preservation, restoration, and revitalization of Alaska Native
10           languages.
11     * Sec. 2. AS 44.33.520(c) is amended to read:
12                    (c) The governor shall appoint to the council established in this section seven
13           [FIVE] voting members who are professional language experts and who represent
14           diverse regions of the state. In addition, one member of the senate appointed by the
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 1            president of the senate and one member of the house of representatives appointed by
 2            the speaker of the house of representatives shall serve on the council as nonvoting
 3            members. In appointing the nonvoting members of the council, the president of the
 4            senate and the speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint a member of the
 5            bush caucus, if a bush caucus exists. In this subsection, "bush caucus" means a group
 6            of legislators that represents rural areas of the state.
 7    * Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to
 8   read:
 9            TRANSITION. As soon as practicable after the effective date of sec. 2 of this Act, the
10   governor shall appoint to the Council for Alaska Native Languages the two additional voting
11   members created by sec. 2 of this Act.
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Statutes affected: 
SB0109A, AM SB 109, introduced 03/19/2021: 44.33.520