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State of Alaska
                                                            Fiscal Note
                                                                                              Bill Version:                     CSHB 9(EDC)
 2023 Legislative Session
                                                                                              Fiscal Note Number:               1
                                                                                              (H) Publish Date:                 3/22/2023
 Identifier:        HB9-UA-SS-2-17-2023                                        Department:        University of Alaska
 Title:             ADD FACULTY MEMBER UNIV BOARD OF                           Appropriation: University of Alaska
                    REGENTS                                                    Allocation:        Systemwide Services
 Sponsor:           CARRICK                                                    OMB Component Number:                730
 Requester: (H) Education Committee
 Expenditures/Revenues
 Note: Amounts do not include inflation unless otherwise noted below.                                                                 (Thousands of Dollars)
                                                 Included in
                                    FY2024       Governor's
                                Appropriation      FY2024                                            Out-Year Cost Estimates
                                  Requested       Request
 OPERATING EXPENDITURES               FY 2024        FY 2024       FY 2025                      FY 2026            FY 2027            FY 2028        FY 2029
 Personal Services
 Travel                                     4.5                        4.5                            4.5                 4.5              4.5             4.5
 Services
 Commodities
 Capital Outlay
 Grants & Benefits
 Miscellaneous
 Total Operating                            4.5           0.0          4.5                            4.5                 4.5              4.5             4.5
 Fund Source (Operating Only)
 1004 Gen Fund (UGF)                              4.5                                 4.5             4.5                 4.5              4.5             4.5
 Total                                            4.5             0.0                 4.5             4.5                 4.5              4.5             4.5
 Positions
 Full-time
 Part-time
 Temporary
 Change in Revenues
 None
 Total                                            0.0             0.0                 0.0             0.0                 0.0              0.0             0.0
 Estimated SUPPLEMENTAL (FY2023) cost:                                   0.0                (separate supplemental appropriation required)
 Estimated CAPITAL (FY2024) cost:                                        0.0                (separate capital appropriation required)
 Does the bill create or modify a new fund or account?       No
 (Supplemental/Capital/New Fund - discuss reasons and fund source(s) in analysis section)
 ASSOCIATED REGULATIONS
 Does the bill direct, or will the bill result in, regulation changes adopted by your agency?                 No
 If yes, by what date are the regulations to be adopted, amended or repealed?
 Why this fiscal note differs from previous version/comments:
 Initial version
 Prepared By:              Sarah Belmont                                                                            Phone:          (907)450-8182
 Division:                 UA System Office of Strategy, Planning and Budget                                        Date:           02/17/2023
 Approved By:              Michelle Rizk                                                                            Date:           02/17/23
 Agency:                   University of Alaska
Printed 3/21/2023                                                       Page 1 of 2                                                          Control Code: BPDGy
                                                                                                            CSHB 9(EDC) - Fiscal Note 1
                                                  FISCAL NOTE ANALYSIS
STATE OF ALASKA                                                                   BILL NO. HB9
2023 LEGISLATIVE SESSION
Analysis
   Currently, the University of Alaska (UA) Board of Regents is an 11‐member board, appointed by the Governor and
   confirmed by the Alaska Legislature. Members serve 8‐year terms, with the exception of the student regent who serves a
   2‐year term.
   This legislation expands the Board of Regents (BOR) to 12 members by adding one full‐time faculty member. The Faculty
   Senate from each of UA’s three accredited universities would elect two faculty members and be responsible for
   forwarding the results to the Board of Regents. The Board of Regents’ Office will be responsible for delivering the names
   of the candidates to the Office of the Governor for the Governor’s consideration. The Governor would select one regent
   from the list of six names forwarded by the universities. The faculty regent must be confirmed by the legislature and
   would serve a two‐year term.
   The legislation requires the faculty regent to be employed by, and have received tenure from one of the three universities
   within the UA System. Currently, regents are not university employees. This fiscal analysis assumes the faculty regent will
   serve voluntarily and will be unpaid, as is the case with existing regents.
   UA estimates that adding a faculty member to the BOR will add an incremental travel cost of $4,500 annually. The UA
   Board of Regents resumed in‐person meetings in June 2022. In FY19, the current 11‐member board incurred total travel‐
   related expenses of $49,000 to participate in five in‐person regular meetings and six special or emergency meetings.
   Adding an additional member would therefore be expected to increase annual travel costs by approximately $4,500.
   If the legislative intent is to hold the faculty regent harmless for work missed as a result of their BOR duties, UA may incur
   additional costs associated with paying other faculty to cover those teaching duties.
(Revised 08/26/2022 OMB/LFD)                                                                                         Page 2 of 2
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Statutes affected: 
HB0009A, AM HB 9, introduced 01/09/2023: 14.40.120, 14.40.130, 14.40.150, 14.40.140, 14.40.200
HB0009B, AM CSHB 9(EDC), introduced 03/22/2023: 14.40.120, 14.40.130, 14.40.150, 14.40.140, 14.40.200