00SENATE BILL NO. 6                                                                                                     
01 "An Act relating to the disposal of state land."                                                                        
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
03    * Section 1.  AS 38.05.057(f) is amended to read:                                                                  
04  (f)  If only one application for a parcel is received, the commissioner shall offer                                   
05 the parcel to the applicant who applied for the parcel if the applicant is qualified to                                 
06 participate in the lottery.  If more than one application is received for a parcel, the                                 
07 commissioner shall select the applicant who is entitled to receive a conveyance of the                                  
08 land by lottery.  If the commissioner does not receive an application for a parcel of                                   
09 state land or if a purchaser fails to sign or defaults on  a [LEASE AGREEMENT OR]                                    
10 contract of sale, the parcel may  [SHALL] be offered to the first eligible person to                                 
11 apply for the parcel.  If the director considers that a change in value may have                                      
12 occurred since the parcel's last appraisal, the commissioner may require the                                            
13 applicant to post a deposit under AS 38.05.860 to pay for an updated appraisal                                          
14 under AS 38.05.840, or the applicant may provide the appraisal at the applicant's                                       

01 expense following instructions provided by the department  [PARCEL WAS                                                 
02 DESIGNATED AS A HOMESITE AND OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC UNDER                                                                
03 FORMER AS 38.05.047(f), THE PARCEL SHALL BE DISPOSED OF UNDER THE                                                       
04 TERMS REQUIRED BY AS 38.08].                                                                                            
05    * Sec. 2.  AS 38.05.060 is amended to read:                                                                        
06  Sec. 38.05.060.  Rejection of bids; over-the-counter sales .  Before the signing                                   
07 of the formal conveyance by the director, the commissioner may reject all bids when                                     
08 the best interests of the state justify this action.  Land offered at public sale but not                               
09 sold, or for which a purchaser fails to sign or defaults on a contract of sale,  may                                 
10 be made available at private sale for not less than its appraised value.  If the director                             
11 considers that a change in value may have occurred since the parcel's last                                              
12 appraisal, the commissioner may require the applicant to post a deposit under                                           
13 AS 38.05.860 to pay for an updated appraisal under AS 38.05.840 or to provide                                           
14 the appraisal at the applicant's expense following instructions provided by the                                         
15 department.                                                                                                            
16    * Sec. 3.  AS 38.05 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                    
17  Sec. 38.05.064.  Appraisal and survey costs.  The commissioner may require                                          
18 a purchaser of land, whether the purchase is by auction, lottery, or other means, to                                    
19   (1)  provide at the purchaser's expense                                                                              
20   (A)  an appraisal of the land completed in the manner directed                                                      
21 by the commissioner;                                                                                                    
22   (B)  a survey of the land completed in the manner directed by                                                       
23 the commissioner;                                                                                                       
24   (2)  reimburse the state for the cost of                                                                             
25   (A)  an appraisal of the land completed by the state;                                                               
26   (B)  a survey of the land completed by the state.