00 HOUSE BILL NO. 153 01 "An Act expanding the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge." 02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 03  * Section 1. AS 16.20.032(a) is amended to read: 04 (a) The following state-owned land and water is established as the Palmer Hay 05 Flats State Game Refuge: 06 (1) Township 16 North, Range 1 West, Seward Meridian 07 Sections 1 - 12 08 Section 13: N 1/2 09 Sections 14 - 18; 10 (2) Township 17 North, Range 1 West, Seward Meridian 11 Section 25 12 Section 26: S 1/2, S 1/2 N 1/2, N 1/2 NE 1/4, NE 1/4 NW 1/4 13 Section 27: S 1/2, SE 1/4 NE 1/4 14 Section 31: Lot 4, SE 1/4, E 1/2 SW 1/4, SE 1/4 NE 1/4, S 1/2 15 SW 1/4 NE 1/4 01 Section 32: S 1/2, S 1/2 NE 1/4, NE 1/4 NE 1/4, SE 1/4 NW 1/4 02 Sections 33 - 36; 03 (3) Township 17 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian 04 Section 19: Lots 3 and 4, E 1/2 SW 1/4, S 1/2 SE 1/4 05 Section 21: N 1/2 SE 1/4, S 1/2 S 1/2 06 Section 22: 07 excluding NW 1/4 NW 1/4 08 excluding N 1/2 NE 1/4 NW 1/4 09 excluding NW 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 10 Section 25: Lots 1 - 6, NW 1/4, N 1/2 NE 1/4, N 1/2 SW 1/4, 11 SW 1/4 SW 1/4 12 Section 26: SE 1/4 NE 1/4, S 1/2 13 Section 27: Lot 1, N 1/2, N 1/2 S 1/2, SE 1/4 SW 1/4, S 1/2 SE 14 1/4 15 Section 28 16 Section 29: All, excluding S 1/2 SW 1/4 [: LOTS 1 - 2, N 1/2 17 SE 1/4, SW 1/4 SE 1/4, S 1/2 SW 1/4] 18 Section 30: Lots 1 - 4, E 1/2, E 1/2 W 1/2 19 Section 31: Lots 1 - 10, NE 1/4 NW 1/4, SW 1/4 NE 1/4, N 1/2 20 NE 1/4 21 Section 32: Lots 3 - 7, NE 1/4, SW 1/4 SW 1/4, NE 1/4 SE 1/4 22 Section 33: Lots 5 - 9, S 1/2 SE 1/4, SW 1/4 NW 1/4, including 23 all state tide and submerged land 24 Section 34: Lots 1 - 3, E 1/2 NW 1/4, SW 1/4, E 1/2 25 Section 35: Lots 1 - 5, NW 1/4, N 1/2 SW 1/4, SW 1/4 SW 1/4, 26 N 1/2 NE 1/4, SW 1/4 NE 1/4, NW 1/4 SE 1/4 27 Section 36: Lots 1 - 10, SE 1/4 SW 1/4, S 1/2 SE 1/4, NE 1/4 28 SE 1/4; 29 (4) Township 17 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian  30 Sections 19 - 21: Tracts B and D, according to Plat No. 2012- 31 110, Palmer Recording District;  01 (5) Township 17 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian  02 U.S. Survey No. 1169: Lots 1 and 2, Block 31, U.S. Survey  03 No. 1169 within Section 26;  04 (6) Township 16 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian 05 Sections 4 - 9 06 Section 17: N 1/2 07 Section 18: N 1/2 [ALL STATE TIDE AND SUBMERGED 08 LAND]; 09 (7) [(5)] Township 16 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian 10 Section 2: That portion lying westerly of Lot 7 and Parcel F  11 of U.S. Survey No. 9032  12 Section 3: That portion lying westerly of Lot 7, Lot 8, and  13 Parcel F of U.S. Survey No. 9032  14 Section 10: That portion lying westerly of Lot 4, Lot 5, and  15 Parcel C of U.S. Survey No. 9032  16 Section 15: That portion northerly of the left bank of the  17 Knik River and lying westerly of Lot 3, Lot 4, and Parcel  18 A of U.S. Survey No. 9032  19 Section 16: That portion northerly of the left bank of the  20 Knik River;  21 (8) Township 16 North, Range 2 West, Seward Meridian  22 Section 1: Lots 4, 5, and 7, SE 1/4 SW 1/4, E 1/2 E 1/2, SW  23 1/4 SE 1/4  24 Section 2: Lot 5  25 Section 11: Lots 1 and 3 - 6, N 1/2 NE 1/4  26 Section 12: Lots 1 - 4, N 1/2 NW 1/4, NE 1/4 NE 1/4  27 [PORTION LYING WEST OF THE ALASKA RAILROAD 28 SECTION 3: LOT 1, EXCLUDING PORTIONS LYING EAST 29 OF THE ALASKA RAILROAD CENTERLINE, LOTS 2, 3, 30 4, 5, 6, NW 1/4, NW 1/4, NE 1/4 31 SECTION 10: LOTS 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, AND PORTIONS LYING 01 WEST OF THE ALASKA RAILROAD 02 SECTION 15: ALL STATE LAND LYING NORTH OF THE 03 SOUTH BANK OF THE KNIK RIVER AND WEST OF 04 THE ALASKA RAILROAD 05 SECTION 16: ALL STATE LAND LYING NORTH OF THE 06 SOUTH BANK OF THE KNIK RIVER]. 07  * Sec. 2. AS 16.20.032(e) is amended to read: 08 (e) Notwithstanding the provisions of (a) of this section, the land described in 09 this subsection is excluded from the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge established 10 under (a) of this section for the establishment of a transportation and utility corridor. 11 Land within the transportation and utility corridor that is determined by the 12 commissioner of transportation and public facilities to be unnecessary for future 13 transportation or utility corridors becomes a part of the Palmer Hay Flats State Game 14 Refuge. The commissioner of transportation and public facilities is directed to provide 15 access to the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge during future development of state 16 highways in the area. The land that is excluded from the Palmer Hay Flats State Game 17 Refuge under this subsection is described as 18 Township 17 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian 19 Section 22: SE 1/4 NW 1/4, W 1/2 NE 1/4, SE 1/4 NE 1/4, S 1/2 NE 20 1/4 NE 1/4, NW 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4, NE 1/4 SW 1/4, W 1/2 SE 1/4 21 Sections 27 and 34: a corridor 300 feet on each [EITHER] side of the 22 existing highway centerline.