00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 148 am                                                                        
01 "An Act relating to the Alaska Coordinate System of 2022."                                                              
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 38.20.010 is amended to read:                                                                      
04 Sec. 38.20.010. Adoption. The systems of rectangular plane coordinates                                                
05 established by the National Geodetic Survey, National Ocean Service, National                                       
06 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for defining and stating the positions or                                    
07 locations of points on the surface of the earth in this state are adopted. The systems are                              
08 to be known as the "Alaska Coordinate System of 1927," [AND] the "Alaska                                            
09       Coordinate System of 1983," and the "Alaska Coordinate System of 2022."                                       
10    * Sec. 2. AS 38.20.020 is repealed and reenacted to read:                                                          
11 Sec. 38.20.020. Zones. The zone parameters of the Alaska Coordinate Systems                                           
12 are the zone parameters defined by the National Geodetic Survey maintained by the                                       
13 National Ocean Service of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as                                       
14       the National Geodetic Survey reads on the effective date of this Act.                                             
15    * Sec. 3. AS 38.20.030 is amended to read:                                                                         
01 Sec. 38.20.030. Designation of zones. In any land description in which a                                              
02 coordinate system is used a zone of the coordinate system is designated the "Alaska                                     
03 Coordinate System of 1927, Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .," [OR] the "Alaska                          
04 Coordinate System of 1983, Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .," or the "Alaska                            
05       Coordinate System of 2022, Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ."                                      
06    * Sec. 4. AS 38.20.040 is amended to read:                                                                         
07 Sec. 38.20.040. Use of coordinate system. The plane coordinates of a point on                                         
08 the earth's surface, to be used in expressing the position or location of the point in the                              
09 appropriate zone of this system, consist of two distances, expressed in U.S. Survey                                 
10 feet and decimals of a U.S. Survey foot when using the Alaska Coordinate System of                                  
11 1927 and expressed in meters and decimals of a meter when using the Alaska                                              
12 Coordinate System of 1983 and expressed in meters and decimals of a meter or                                        
13 International feet and decimals of an International foot when using the Alaska                                      
14 Coordinate System of 2022. One of these distances, known as the "x-coordinate,"                                     
15 gives the position in an east-and-west direction; the other known as the "y-coordinate"                                 
16 gives the position in a north-and-south direction. These coordinates shall be made to                                   
17 depend on [UPON] and conform to the coordinates of the National Spatial Reference                               
18 System [NORTH AMERICAN HORIZONTAL GEODETIC CONTROL                                                                  
19       NETWORK] as determined by the National Geodetic Survey, National Ocean Service.                                   
20    * Sec. 5. AS 38.20.060 is repealed and reenacted to read:                                                          
21 Sec. 38.20.060. Characteristics of zones. The characteristics of the zones of                                         
22 the Alaska Coordinate Systems are the characteristics defined by the National                                           
23 Geodetic Survey maintained by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric                                                      
24 Administration, as the National Geodetic Survey reads on the effective date of this                                     
25       Act.                                                                                                              
26    * Sec. 6. AS 38.20.090 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                              
27 (c) The use of the term "Alaska Coordinate System of 2022" on a map, report                                             
28 of survey, or other document is limited to coordinates based on the Alaska Coordinate                                   
29       System of 2022, as defined by this chapter.                                                                       
30    * Sec. 7. AS 38.20.100 is amended to read:                                                                         
31 Sec. 38.20.100. Use of public land survey descriptions. When coordinates                                              
01 based on the Alaska Coordinate System of 1927, [OR] the Alaska Coordinate System                                    
02 of 1983, or the Alaska Coordinate System of 2022 are used to describe a tract of                                    
03 land, which in the same document is also described by reference to a subdivision, line,                             
04 or corner of the United States public land surveys, the description by coordinates shall                                
05 be construed as supplemental to the basic description of the subdivision, line, or corner                               
06 contained in the official plats and field notes recorded, and, in the event of a conflict,                      
07 the description by reference to the subdivision, line, or corner of the United States                                   
08       public land surveys prevails over the description by coordinates.                                                 
09    * Sec. 8. AS 38.20.110 is amended to read:                                                                         
10 Sec. 38.20.110. Use of system not required. Nothing in this chapter requires a                                        
11 purchaser or mortgagee to rely on a description, any part of which depends exclusively                                  
12 on [UPON] the Alaska Coordinate System of 1927, [OR] the Alaska Coordinate                                      
13       System of 1983, or Alaska Coordinate System of 2022.