00SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 133(CRA) am S                                                                     
01 "An Act relating to municipal service areas and providing for voter approval of                                         
02 the formation, alteration, or abolishment of certain service areas."                                                    
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  AS 29.10.200 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                           
05   (60)  AS 29.35.450 (voter approval of alteration or abolishment of                                                   
06 service areas).                                                                                                         
07    * Sec. 2.  AS 29.35.450(a) is amended to read:                                                                     
08  (a)  A service area to provide special services in a borough  or unified                                             
09 municipality  may be established, operated, altered, or abolished by ordinance , subject                              
10 to (c) of this section.  Special services include services not provided by the unified                                  
11 municipality or a higher or different level of services .  Special services include                                    
12 services not provided  by a borough  on an areawide or nonareawide basis in the                                       
13 borough [,] or a higher or different level of  services  [SERVICE] than that provided                                 
14 on an areawide or nonareawide basis.   A  [THE] borough may include a city in a                                       

01 service area if                                                                                                         
02   (1)  the city agrees by ordinance; or                                                                                
03   (2)  approval is granted by a majority of voters residing in the city, and                                           
04 by a majority of voters residing inside the boundaries of the proposed service area but                                 
05 outside of the city.                                                                                                    
06    * Sec. 3.  AS 29.35.450 is amended by adding new subsections to read:                                              
07  (c)  If voters reside within a service area that provides road or fire protection                                     
08 services, abolishment of the service area is subject to approval by the majority of the                                 
09 voters residing in the service area who vote on the question.  A service area that                                      
10 provides road or fire protection services in which voters reside may not be abolished                                   
11 and replaced by a larger service area unless that proposal is approved, separately, by                                  
12 a majority of the voters who vote on the question residing in the existing service area                                 
13 and by a majority of the voters who vote on the question residing in the area proposed                                  
14 to be included within the new service area but outside of the existing service area.  A                                 
15 service area that provides road or fire protection services in which voters reside may                                  
16 not be altered or combined with another service area unless that proposal is approved,                                  
17 separately, by a majority of the voters who vote on the question and who reside in                                      
18 each of the service areas or in the area outside of service areas that is affected by the                               
19 proposal.  This subsection does not apply to a proposed change to a service area that                                   
20 provides fire protection services that would result in increasing the number of parcels                                 
21 of land in the service area or successor service area if the increase is no more than six                               
22 percent.                                                                                                                
23  (d)  This section applies to a home rule or general law municipality, except that                                     
24 (c) of this section does not apply to a second class borough with a population that is                                  
25 over 50,000 and under 80,000.                                                                                           
26    * Sec. 4.  AS 29.35.470 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             
27  (b)  The assembly may by ordinance establish, alter, and abolish differential tax                                     
28 zones within a service area to provide and levy property taxes for a different level of                                 
29 services than that provided generally in the service area.