00CS FOR SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 12(FIN) am                                                               
01 "An Act relating to a utility corridor and railroad right-of-way between the                                            
02 Alaska Railroad and the Alaska-Canada border."                                                                          
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  AS 19.05.122(a) is amended to read:                                                                  
05  (a)  Subject to legislative appropriation,  [NOT LATER THAN APRIL 1,                                                
06 1982, THE INTERIOR DIVISION OF] the department shall delineate a proposed                                               
07 utility corridor , including a railroad right-of-way, between the right-of-way  [FOR                                  
08 THE EXTENSION] of the Alaska Railroad  and  [TO] the Canadian border.  The                                            
09 proposed utility corridor shall include a complete legal description of the proposed                                    
10 railroad right-of-way.                                                                                                  
11    * Sec. 2.  AS 19.05.122(b) is amended to read:                                                                     
12  (b)  Within 90 days after receiving a report transmitting the work [OF THE                                            
13 INTERIOR DIVISION] of the department under (a) of this section, the commissioner                                        
14 shall, in conformity with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act), if necessary, adopt                                  

01 a regulation approving, modifying, or rejecting the proposed utility corridor and                                       
02 railroad right-of-way.                                                                                                  
03    * Sec. 3.  AS 19.05.122(c) is amended to read:                                                                     
04  (c)  If the commissioner approves or modifies the proposed utility corridor and                                       
05 railroad right-of-way,                                                                                                  
06   (1)  the Department of Natural Resources shall promptly                                                              
07    (A)   classify, or reclassify, and reserve any state land within the                                             
08 utility corridor for use as a utility corridor and railroad right-of-way; and                                           
09    (B)  delineate the route of the utility corridor and railroad                                                     
10 right-of-way in any system of land records maintained by the Department                                                 
11 of Natural Resources under AS 38.05.035; and                                                                           
12   (2)  the department shall                                                                                            
13   (A)  exercise its authority under AS 19.05.040 to acquire rights-                                                   
14 of-way across land within the utility corridor which is subject to the state's power of                                 
15 condemnation;                                                                                                           
16   (B)  work with federal officials to secure reclassification and                                                     
17 withdrawal of federal land in the utility corridor for reservations and rights-of-                                      
18 way across the federal land for use as a utility corridor and railroad right-of-                                        
19 way; and                                                                                                                
20   (C)  prepare a report evaluating the impact of construction of an                                                   
21 extension of the Alaska Railroad across federal land within the railroad right-                                         
22 of-way; the statement shall satisfy the requirements for an "environmental impact statement"                            
23 under 42 U.S.C. 4332.                                                                                                   
24    * Sec. 4.  AS 19.05.122 is amended by adding new subsections to read:                                              
25  (e)  In performing the work required by (a) of this section, the railroad                                             
26 alignment and identification of a railroad right-of-way of not less than 500 feet,                                      
27 together with adjacent sites that can be developed for necessary construction materials,                                
28 shall guide the identification and delineation of the corridor.                                                         
29  (f)  To complete the work required by this section, the commissioner may                                              
30 accept and, subject to legislative appropriation, expend any legal gifts and grants                                     
31 relating to the work and may enter into agreements relating to the work with the                                        

01 federal government, an agency or instrumentality of the state, a municipality, or a                                     
02 private organization.