00HOUSE BILL NO. 187                                                                                                      
01 "An Act relating to deregulation of public utilities furnishing collection and                                          
02 disposal service of waste material."                                                                                    
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 38.05.810(f) is amended to read:                                                                    
05  (f)  The commissioner shall lease state land for telephone or electric                                                
06 transmission and distribution lines for less than the appraised value of the land if the                                
07 lessee is a nonprofit cooperative association organized under AS 10.25.  The                                            
08 commissioner may lease state land that is not located within the boundary of a                                          
09 municipality for the disposal of garbage, refuse, trash, or other waste material for less                               
10 than the appraised value of the land if the lessee is approved by the commissioner                                     
11 and collects and disposes [A LICENSED PUBLIC UTILITY AUTHORIZED TO                                                     
12 COLLECT AND DISPOSE] of garbage, refuse, trash, or other waste material outside                                         
13 the boundaries of a municipality. Before determining the annual rental, the                                             
14 commissioner shall consider the nature of the public service rendered by the nonprofit                                  

01 cooperative association or approved lessee [LICENSED PUBLIC UTILITY] and the                                          
02 terms of the grant under which the land was acquired by the state.  A nonprofit                                         
03 cooperative association may not construct improvements other than transmission or                                       
04 distribution lines and substations on land leased under this subsection.  An approved                                  
05 lessee [A LICENSED PUBLIC UTILITY] may not construct permanent improvements                                            
06 on land leased under this subsection that are not related to the purpose of the lease.                                  
07    * Sec. 2.  AS 29.35.050(b), 29.35.050(c); AS 42.05.711(i), 42.05.711(m), and                                         
08 42.05.990(4)(F) are repealed.