ADD FACULTY MEMBER UNIV BOARD OF REGENTS, the official text

00Enrolled HB 10
01Relating to the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska; and providing for an effective 
02 date. 
03 _______________ 
04 * Section 1. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section 
05 to read: 
06 SHORT TITLE. This Act may be known as the University of Alaska Faculty 
07 Representation Act. 
08 * Sec. 2. AS 14.40.120 is amended to read: 
09 Sec. 14.40.120. University governed by Board of Regents. The University of 
10 Alaska shall be governed by a Board of Regents consisting of 12 [11] regents. 
11 * Sec. 3. AS 14.40.120, as amended by sec. 2 of this Act, is amended to read: 
12 Sec. 14.40.120. University governed by Board of Regents. The University of 
13 Alaska shall be governed by a Board of Regents consisting of 11 [12] regents. 
14 * Sec. 4. AS 14.40.130 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

01(f) In addition to satisfying the requirements in (a) of this section, at least one 
02 of the 12 regents must be a current full-time faculty member who is employed at and 
03 has acquired tenure at the University of Alaska Anchorage, the University of Alaska 
04 Fairbanks, or the University of Alaska Southeast based on the guidelines of that 
05 campus. A person appointed as a regent under this subsection forfeits the office if the 
06 person is no longer a full-time, tenured faculty member. The governor shall appoint a 
07 successor from the list of faculty member nominees submitted under AS 14.40.150(c) 
08 within 60 days after a forfeiture or vacancy in the office, subject to confirmation by 
09 the legislature under AS 14.40.150(a). 
10 * Sec. 5. AS 14.40.140 is amended to read: 
11 Sec. 14.40.140. Term of office. Except for a student regent as specified in 
12 AS 14.40.150(b) and a faculty member regent as specified in AS 14.40.150(c), the 
13 term of office of a regent is eight years. The term of office begins on the first Monday 
14 in February of the year in which the appointment is made. Each regent serves until a 
15 successor is appointed and qualifies. 
16 * Sec. 6. AS 14.40.140, as amended by sec. 5 of this Act, is amended to read: 
17 Sec. 14.40.140. Term of office. Except for a student regent as specified in 
18 AS 14.40.150(b) [AND A FACULTY MEMBER REGENT AS SPECIFIED IN 
19 AS 14.40.150(c)], the term of office of a regent is eight years. The term of office 
20 begins on the first Monday in February of the year in which the appointment is made. 
21 Each regent serves until a successor is appointed and qualifies. 
22 * Sec. 7. AS 14.40.150 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 
23 (c) At least one member of the Board of Regents must be a faculty member. 
24 The faculty member shall be appointed from a list of nominees submitted to the 
25 governor. The governor shall make the appointment from the list within 60 days after 
26 the list is submitted. The list must consist of the names of two faculty members 
27 selected by each of the three faculty senates of the University of Alaska, for a total of 
28 six nominees, after an election is held by each faculty senate. Elections shall be 
29 conducted under rules established by the Office of the Governor. The term of office of 
30 a regent appointed under this subsection is two years. The term of office begins June 1 
31 of the year in which the appointment is made. An appointment of a successor made

01 under AS 14.40.130(f) shall be for the unexpired term of the original appointee. 
02 * Sec. 8. AS 14.40.200 is amended to read: 
03 Sec. 14.40.200. Quorum. Corporate business may not be transacted at any 
04 meeting of the Board of Regents unless at least seven [SIX] regents are present, the 
05 majority of the whole board to approve the same. 
06 * Sec. 9. AS 14.40.200, as amended by sec. 8 of this Act, is amended to read: 
07 Sec. 14.40.200. Quorum. Corporate business may not be transacted at any 
08 meeting of the Board of Regents unless at least six [SEVEN] regents are present, the 
09 majority of the whole board to approve the same. 
10 * Sec. 10. AS 14.40.130(f) and 14.40.150(c) are repealed. 
11 * Sec. 11. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 
12 read: 
13 TRANSITION: INITIAL APPOINTMENT. The University of Alaska shall hold 
14 elections for nominees and submit the list of nominees to the governor as required by 
15 AS 14.40.150(c), added by sec. 7 of this Act, on or before February 1, 2027. 
16 * Sec. 12. Sections 3, 6, 9, and 10 of this Act take effect February 1, 2033.