AS 44.19.854: Commission membership.

The commission is composed of nine members, as follows:

(1) the lieutenant governor, who shall serve as chair of the commission;

(2) the adjutant general of the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs or the adjutant general's designee;

(3) the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development or the commissioner's designee;

(4) three members who are mayors, or their designees, from municipalities with installations of the armed forces of the United States within the municipal boundaries, appointed by the governor; the governor shall appoint members under this paragraph so that

(A) the installations, collectively, represent different branches of the armed forces of the United States; and

(B) each member represents a different geographic region, to the extent possible;

(5) two public members with extensive military experience or expertise, each representing a different branch of the armed forces of the United States, appointed by the governor;

(6) one public member with statewide business or economic development experience, appointed by the governor.