00HOUSE BILL NO. 259                                                                                                      
01 "An Act relating to general grant land entitlements for certain boroughs and                                            
02 unified municipalities; and providing for an effective date."                                                           
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 29.65.010(a) is amended to read:                                                                    
05  (a)  The general grant land entitlement of each of the municipalities in this                                         
06 subsection is the amount set out opposite each:                                                                         
07   (1)  Municipality of Anchorage  -  44,893 acres;                                                                     
08   (2)  City and Borough of Juneau  -  19,584 acres;                                                                    
09   (3)  City and Borough of Sitka  -  10,500 acres;                                                                     
10   (4)  Bristol Bay Borough  -  2,898 acres;                                                                            
11   (5)  Fairbanks North Star Borough  -  112,000 acres;                                                                 
12   (6)  Haines Borough  -  2,800 acres;                                                                                 
13   (7)  Kenai Peninsula Borough  -  155,780 acres;                                                                      
14   (8)  Ketchikan Gateway Borough  -  11,593 acres;                                                                     

01   (9)  Kodiak Island Borough  -  56,500 acres;                                                                         
02   (10)  Lake and Peninsula Borough - 187,000 acres;                                                                   
03   (11)  Matanuska-Susitna Borough  -  355,210 acres;                                                                  
04   (12) [(11)]  North Slope Borough  -  89,850 acres.                                                                 
05    * Sec. 2.  AS 29.65.040(c) is amended to read:                                                                       
06  (c)  Land may be selected or nominated for selection by a municipality to                                             
07 satisfy a general grant land entitlement under former AS 29.18.201 and 29.18.202 at                                     
08 any time before October 1, 1980.  Land may be selected or nominated for selection by                                    
09 a municipality to satisfy a general grant land entitlement under AS 29.65.010(a)(1) -                                  
10 (9), (11), or (12) [AS 29.65.010] at any time before October 1, 1990.  Land may be                                    
11 selected or nominated for selection by a municipality to satisfy a general grant                                        
12 land entitlement under AS 29.65.010(a)(10) at any time before October 1, 1996.                                         
13 However, if a municipal selection or nomination or a part of a municipal selection or                                   
14 nomination is rejected by the director, the municipality may, not later than 90 days                                    
15 after receipt of the rejection or final decision on an appeal filed under                                               
16 AS 29.65.050(d), select additional state land as necessary to satisfy its entitlement.                                  
17    * Sec. 3.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).