CSSB 140(RES): "An Act relating to the powers and duties of the Department of Natural Resources, modifying that department's power to control and manage land within the Hatcher Pass Public Use Area, and authorizing municipal selection of that land, and relating to the Alaska coastal management program; and providing for an effective date."
00CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 140(RES) 01 "An Act relating to the powers and duties of the Department of Natural 02 Resources, modifying that department's power to control and manage land within 03 the Hatcher Pass Public Use Area, and authorizing municipal selection of that 04 land, and relating to the Alaska coastal management program; and providing for 05 an effective date." 06 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 07 * Section 1. AS 39.50.200(b)(38) is amended to read: 08 (38) Alaska Coastal Policy Council members and their alternates 09 (AS 44.37.060) [(AS 44.19.155)]; 10 * Sec. 2. AS 41.21.492(b) is amended to read: 11 (b) Nothing in AS 41.21.491 - 41.21.495 affects the responsibilities of 12 (1) the Department of Fish and Game, the Board of Fisheries, or the 13 Board of Game under AS 16 and AS 41.99.010; 14 (2) the Department of Environmental Conservation under AS 46.03; or
01 (3) state agencies and municipalities under AS 44.37.080(2) 02 [AS 44.19.145(a)(11)] and AS 46.40.100. 03 * Sec. 3. AS 41.21.504(b) is amended to read: 04 (b) Nothing in AS 41.21.500 - 41.21.514 affects the applicability of 05 (1) AS 41.99.010 and AS 16 regarding the responsibilities of the 06 Department of Fish and Game or the Board of Fisheries or the Board of Game; 07 (2) AS 46.03 regarding the responsibilities of the Department of 08 Environmental Conservation; or 09 (3) AS 44.37.080(2) [AS 44.19.145(a)(11)] and AS 46.40.100 regarding 10 the responsibilities of state agencies and municipalities. 11 * Sec. 4. AS 41.23.130 is amended to read: 12 Sec. 41.23.130. Hatcher Pass Public Use Area. The vacant and 13 unappropriated state-owned land and water and the state land and water acquired in the 14 future that lie within the boundaries described in this section are designated as the 15 Hatcher Pass Public Use Area, are reserved for all uses compatible with their primary 16 function as public use land, and are assigned to the department for control and 17 management: 18 Township 19 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian 19 Section 1: NW1/4NW1/4, NW1/4NE1/4NW1/4, W1/2SW1/4NW1/4, 20 NE1/4SW1/4NW1/4 21 Section 2: NE1/4, SE1/4NW1/4, SE1/4NE1/4NW1/4, 22 SE1/4SW1/4NW1/4, SW1/4 exclusive of S1/2SW1/4SW1/4 , 23 NW1/4SE1/4, SW1/4SE1/4, NW1/4SE1/4SE1/4, 24 W1/2NE1/4SE1/4, NE1/4NE1/4SE1/4 25 [SECTION 10: E1/2E1/2] 26 Section 11: W1/2, NW1/4NE1/4 , exclusive of Tract A 27 Section 14: W1/2 , exclusive of Tract A 28 [SECTION 15: E1/2E1/2] 29 [SECTION 22: E1/2E1/2] 30 Section 23: W1/2 31 Section 26: W1/2SW1/4, SW1/4NW1/4
01 [SECTION 27: E1/2E1/2] 02 Township 20 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian 03 Section 25: S1/2S1/2SE1/4 04 Section 35: SE1/4, SE1/4SE1/4NE1/4 05 Section 36: NE1/4, SW1/4, E1/2NW1/4, SW1/4NW1/4, 06 SE1/4NW1/4NW1/4, NW1/4SE1/4, NW1/4NE1/4SE1/4, 07 NW1/4SW1/4SE1/4 08 Township 20 North, Range 2 East, Seward Meridian 09 Section 9: E1/2SE1/4, E1/2SW1/4SE1/4, SE1/4SE1/4NE1/4 10 Section 10: W1/2SW1/4, E1/2NW1/4, SW1/4NW1/4, 11 E1/2NW1/4NW1/4, W1/2NE1/4SW1/4, NW1/4NE1/4, 12 NW1/4SW1/4NE1/4 13 Section 15: W1/2W1/2NW1/4 14 Section 16: SE1/4, E1/2NE1/4, E1/2W1/2NE1/4 15 Section 21: E1/2SW1/4, E1/2SW1/4SW1/4, SW1/4SW1/4SW1/4, 16 SE1/4NW1/4SW1/4, NW1/4SE1/4, W1/2SW1/4SE1/4, 17 NE1/4SW1/4SE1/4, W1/2NE1/4, W1/2NE1/4NE1/4, 18 NW1/4SE1/4NE1/4, SE1/4NW1/4, E1/2NE1/4NW1/4, 19 SW1/4NE1/4NW1/4 20 Section 28: NW1/4, W1/2NW1/4NE1/4, NW1/4SW1/4, 21 NW1/4SW1/4SW1/4, NW1/4NE1/4SW1/4 22 Section 29: E1/2SE1/4, SE1/4NE1/4, SW1/4SE1/4, S1/2 NW1/4SE1/4, NE1/4NW1/4SE1/4, S1/2SW1/4, 23 S1/2NE1/4SW1/4 24 Section 30: S1/2S1/2S1/2, S1/2SE1/4 25 Section 31: NW1/4, N1/2NE1/4, N1/2S1/2NE1/4 26 Section 32: N1/2NW1/4, N1/2SW1/4NW1/4, NW1/4NW1/4NE1/4. 27 * Sec. 5. AS 41.23.420(d) is amended to read: 28 (d) The provisions of AS 41.23.400 - 41.23.510 do not affect the authority of 29 (1) the Department of Fish and Game, the Board of Fisheries, the 30 Board of Game, or the Department of Commerce and Economic Development under 31 AS 08.54, AS 16, or AS 41.99.010;
01 (2) the Department of Environmental Conservation under AS 46.03; or 02 (3) state agencies and municipalities under AS 44.37.080(2) 03 [AS 44.19.145(a)(11)] and AS 46.40.100. 04 * Sec. 6. AS 44.37 is amended by adding new sections to read: 05 Sec. 44.37.060. Alaska Coastal Policy Council. (a) There is created in the 06 Department of Natural Resources the Alaska Coastal Policy Council. The council 07 consists of the following: 08 (1) nine public members appointed by the governor from a list 09 composed of at least three names from each region nominated by the municipalities 10 of each region; the nominees shall be the mayor or member of the assembly or council 11 of a municipality; one public member shall be appointed from each of the following 12 general regions: 13 (A) northwest Alaska, including, generally, the area of the North 14 Slope Borough and the Northwest Arctic Borough; 15 (B) Bering Strait, including, generally, the area of the Bering 16 Strait regional educational attendance area; 17 (C) southwest Alaska, including, generally, the area within the 18 Lower Yukon, Lower Kuskokwim, and Southwest regional educational 19 attendance areas and the Bristol Bay and Lake and Peninsula Boroughs; 20 (D) Kodiak-Aleutians, including the area of the Kodiak Island 21 and Aleutians East Boroughs and the Aleutian, Adak, and Pribilof regional 22 educational attendance areas; 23 (E) Upper Cook Inlet, including the Municipality of Anchorage 24 and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough; 25 (F) Lower Cook Inlet, including, generally, the area within the 26 Kenai Peninsula Borough; 27 (G) Prince William Sound, including, generally, the area east 28 of the Kenai Peninsula Borough to 141 West longitude; 29 (H) northern Southeast Alaska, including the area southeast of 30 141 West longitude and north of 57 North latitude, including the entirety of the 31 City and Borough of Sitka; and
01 (I) southern Southeast Alaska, including that portion of 02 southeastern Alaska not contained within the area described in (H) of this 03 paragraph; 04 (2) each of the following: 05 (A) the director of the office of management and budget; 06 (B) the commissioner of commerce and economic development; 07 (C) the commissioner of community and regional affairs; 08 (D) the commissioner of environmental conservation; 09 (E) the commissioner of fish and game; 10 (F) the commissioner of natural resources; and 11 (G) the commissioner of transportation and public facilities. 12 (b) Each public member appointed by the governor under (a)(1) of this section 13 serves a term of two years and until a successor is appointed and qualified. A public 14 member may be reappointed. 15 (c) The council shall designate co-chairs, one of whom shall be selected from 16 among the public members appointed under (a)(1) of this section and one of whom 17 shall be selected from among the members designated in (a)(2) of this section. 18 (d) Each member of the council shall select one person to serve as a 19 permanent alternate at meetings of the council. If a member of the council is unable 20 to attend, the member shall advise the alternate, who may attend and act in the place 21 of the member. The alternate for a public member appointed under (a)(1) of this 22 section shall, at the time of the alternate's designation and throughout the period of 23 service as a permanent alternate, be the mayor or member of the assembly or council 24 of a municipality within the region from which the permanent member is appointed. 25 The alternate for the director of the office of management and budget, serving under 26 (a)(2)(A) of this section, shall be the director's designee within that office. The 27 alternate for a designated member serving under (a)(2)(B) - (G) of this section shall 28 be a deputy commissioner of the department or the director of a division in the 29 department. The names of alternates shall be filed with the council. 30 (e) Four public members and three designated members of the council 31 constitute a quorum, but one or more of the members designated by the council may
01 hold hearings. All decisions of the council shall be by a majority vote of the members 02 present and voting. 03 (f) Members of the council or their alternates are entitled to per diem and 04 travel expenses authorized by law for members of boards and commissions. 05 (g) If an incumbent public member ceases to meet the qualifications prescribed 06 in (a)(1) of this section for nomination to the council or if a vacancy exists among the 07 public members for any other reason except for a vacancy due to the expiration of the 08 term of a public member, the governor shall, within 30 days of the establishment of 09 the vacancy by lack of qualification or other reason, make an appointment, to be 10 immediately effective, for the unexpired portion of the term. An appointment by the 11 governor made under this subsection to fill an unexpired term of a public member shall 12 comply with the requirements of (a)(1) of this section; however, the governor may 13 appoint from qualified persons without soliciting from municipalities nominations of 14 persons to fill the unexpired portion of the term. 15 Sec. 44.37.065. Powers of the council. The council may 16 (1) apply for and accept grants, contributions, and appropriations, 17 including application for and acceptance of federal funds that may become available 18 for coastal planning and management; 19 (2) contract for necessary services; 20 (3) consult and cooperate with 21 (A) persons, organizations, and groups, public or private, 22 interested in, affected by, or concerned with coastal area planning and 23 management; 24 (B) agents and officials of the coastal resource districts of the 25 state, and federal and state agencies concerned with or having jurisdiction over 26 coastal planning and management; 27 (4) take any reasonable action necessary to carry out the provisions of 28 AS 44.37.060 - 44.37.080. 29 Sec. 44.37.070. Duties of the council. In conformity with 16 U.S.C. 1451- 30 1464 (Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972), as amended, the council shall 31 (1) through the public hearing process and the recording of the minutes
01 of the hearings, develop guidelines and standards for the preparation of, and approve, 02 in accordance with AS 46.40, the Alaska coastal management program; 03 (2) establish continuing coordination among state agencies to facilitate 04 the development and implementation of the Alaska coastal management program; in 05 carrying out its duties under this paragraph, the council shall initiate an interagency 06 program of comprehensive coastal resource planning for each geographic region 07 described in AS 44.37.060(a)(1); 08 (3) assure continued provision of data and information to coastal 09 resource districts to carry out their planning and management functions under the 10 program. 11 Sec. 44.37.075. Council staff. The council shall use the staff of the office of 12 coastal management within the Department of Natural Resources in discharging its 13 powers and duties. The coordinator of the office of coastal management, under the 14 direction of the council co-chair who is selected from among the members designated 15 in AS 44.37.060(a)(2), may contract with or employ personnel or consultants the 16 coordinator considers necessary to carry out the powers and duties of the council. 17 Sec. 44.37.080. Comprehensive plan and consistency determinations. The 18 Department of Natural Resources shall 19 (1) prepare and maintain a state comprehensive development plan; and 20 (2) render, on behalf of the state, all federal consistency determinations 21 and certifications authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1456 (sec. 307, Coastal Zone Management 22 Act of 1972), and each conclusive state consistency determination when a project 23 requires a permit, lease, or authorization from two or more state resource agencies. 24 Sec. 44.37.085. Planning assistance for development and maintenance of 25 district coastal management programs. The Department of Natural Resources shall 26 conduct a program of research, training, and technical assistance to coastal resource 27 districts necessary for the development and implementation of district coastal 28 management programs under AS 46.40. The technical assistance must include the 29 direct granting to the coastal resource districts of a portion of any funds received by 30 the state from the federal coastal zone management program, in amounts to be 31 individually determined for each coastal resource district by the commissioner of
01 natural resources. State agencies shall assist the department in carrying out the 02 purposes of this section. 03 * Sec. 7. AS 44.62.800(1) is amended to read: 04 (1) "agency" means a department, an institution, or a division or other 05 administrative unit of the executive branch of state government authorized or required 06 by law to make regulations, except that "agency" does not include 07 (A) a board; a commission; a council, except the Alaska Coastal 08 Policy Council established in AS 44.37.060 [AS 44.19.155]; an authority; or 09 a public corporation of the executive branch of state government authorized or 10 required by law to make regulations; or 11 (B) the Department of Corrections; 12 * Sec. 8. AS 44.62.800(2) is amended to read: 13 (2) "agency head" means 14 (A) the commissioner or other head of an agency who has the 15 authority to adopt regulations for the agency; or 16 (B) for the Alaska Coastal Policy Council established in 17 AS 44.37.060 [AS 44.19.155], the co-chair of the council designated under 18 AS 44.37.060(a) [AS 44.19.155(c)] from the members listed in 19 AS 44.37.060(a)(2) [AS 44.19.155(a)(2)]; 20 * Sec. 9. AS 46.40.010(a) is amended to read: 21 (a) The Alaska Coastal Policy Council established in AS 44.37.060 22 [AS 44.19.155] shall approve, in accordance with this chapter, the Alaska coastal 23 management program. 24 * Sec. 10. AS 46.40.094(c)(1) is amended to read: 25 (1) "agency responsible for the consistency determination" means 26 (A) the Department of Natural Resources [OFFICE OF 27 MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET], for a consistency determination required 28 to be made under AS 44.37.080(2) [AS 44.19.145(a)(11)]; and 29 (B) the commissioner of the resource agency that coordinates 30 a consistency review for a proposed use or activity, or for a proposed phase of 31 a use or activity, when required by this chapter for which a permit, lease, or
01 authorization is required to be approved or issued only by that resource agency; 02 * Sec. 11. AS 46.40.096(b) is amended to read: 03 (b) If a consistency review is not subject to AS 44.37.080(2) 04 [AS 44.19.145(a)(11)] because the project for which a consistency review is made 05 requires a permit, lease, or authorization from only one state agency, that state agency 06 shall coordinate the consistency review of the project. The state agency shall 07 coordinate the consistency review according to the requirements of the regulations 08 adopted by the council under this section. 09 * Sec. 12. AS 46.40.096(f) is amended to read: 10 (f) For a consistency review subject to AS 44.37.080(2) [AS 44.19.145(a)(11)], 11 the council may, by regulation, limit consideration of a petition under (e) of this 12 section seeking review of a proposed consistency determination to the extent necessary 13 to meet the deadlines set by federal law for timely submission of a federal consistency 14 determination as allowed by 16 U.S.C. 1456. 15 * Sec. 13. AS 46.40.096(g)(2) is amended to read: 16 (2) "reviewing entity" means the 17 (A) Department of Natural Resources [OFFICE], for a 18 consistency review subject to AS 44.37.080(2) [AS 44.19.145(a)(11)]; 19 (B) state agency identified in (b) of this section, for a 20 consistency review not subject to AS 44.37.080(2) [AS 44.19.145(a)(11)]. 21 * Sec. 14. AS 46.40.100(b) is amended to read: 22 (b) A party that is authorized under AS 46.40.096(e)(1) or (g) of this section 23 may file a petition showing that a district coastal management program is not being 24 implemented, enforced, or complied with. On receipt of a petition, the council, after 25 giving public notice in the manner required by (f) of this section, shall convene a 26 hearing to consider the matter. A hearing called under this subsection shall be held 27 in accordance with regulations adopted by the council. After hearing, 28 (1) if the petition was filed under AS 46.40.096(e) and the council finds 29 that 30 (A) the Department of Natural Resources [OFFICE] or the 31 state agency responsible for coordinating the consistency review has not fairly
01 considered the petitioner's comments in the development of a proposed 02 consistency determination, the council shall remand the proposed consistency 03 determination to the Department of Natural Resources [OFFICE], or to the 04 state agency responsible for coordinating the consistency review, for 05 preparation of a revised proposed consistency determination that gives fair 06 consideration to the petitioner's comments; 07 (B) a remand of the consistency determination is not required 08 under (A) of this paragraph, the council shall dismiss the petition; 09 (2) if the petition was not filed under AS 46.40.096(e), the council may 10 order that the coastal resource district or a state agency take any action the council 11 considers necessary to implement, enforce, or comply with the district coastal 12 management program. 13 * Sec. 15. AS 46.40.120(b) is amended to read: 14 (b) The commissioner of natural resources [COMMUNITY AND 15 REGIONAL AFFAIRS] may, after public hearings held in the area affected, 16 consolidate two or more regional educational attendance areas as a single coastal 17 resource service area 18 (1) if a substantial portion of the coastal area contains land and water 19 area owned by the federal government over which it exercises exclusive jurisdiction 20 or land held in trust by the federal government for Alaska Natives over which the state 21 would not exercise control as to use; or 22 (2) if, after giving due consideration to the standards applicable to 23 incorporation of borough governments and the likelihood that a borough will be 24 incorporated within the area, the commissioner determines that the functions to be 25 performed under this chapter could be undertaken more efficiently through the 26 combination of two or more regional educational attendance areas as a single coastal 27 resource service area. 28 * Sec. 16. AS 46.40.120(d) is amended to read: 29 (d) For purposes of coastal zone management only, the commissioner of 30 natural resources [COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS] may, after public 31 hearings held in the regional educational attendance area affected, divide an existing
01 regional educational attendance area into no more than three coastal resource service 02 areas according to geographic, cultural, economic, environmental, or other features 03 relevant to coastal management planning. However , 04 (1) each coastal resource service area formed by dividing an existing 05 regional educational attendance area must contain at least one first class city or home 06 rule city; 07 (2) a city within a coastal resource service area formed by dividing an 08 existing regional educational attendance area may not elect to exclude itself from the 09 coastal resource service area; and 10 (3) a coastal resource service area formed before June 1, 1980, may not 11 be divided for coastal management planning purposes. 12 * Sec. 17. AS 46.40.140(c) is amended to read: 13 (c) The commissioner of natural resources [COMMUNITY AND 14 REGIONAL AFFAIRS], after consultation with residents of a coastal resource service 15 area, may divide a service area into sections only for the purpose of nominating and 16 electing board members. Division of a service area into sections for the purpose of 17 nomination and election shall be in accordance with the provisions of AS 14.08.051(a). 18 Division may be proposed in the petition submitted under AS 46.40.130(a)(1), in the 19 resolution submitted under AS 46.40.130(a)(2), at the direction of the council under 20 AS 46.40.130(a)(3), or may be proposed at any time by the members of the coastal 21 resource service area board. If proposed by the board, the division of the service area 22 into sections is subject to approval of a majority of the qualified voters voting on the 23 question in the coastal resource service area at the next regular election or at a special 24 election called for that purpose and, if approved, takes effect at the next regular 25 election of members of the coastal resource service area board. 26 * Sec. 18. AS 46.40.170(a) is amended to read: 27 (a) If residents of a coastal resource service area reject organization of the 28 service area at an election called for the purpose and the council finds, after public 29 hearing, that major economic development activity has occurred or will occur within 30 the service area, the council may direct the department [DEPARTMENT OF 31 COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS] to prepare and recommend for
01 consideration by the council and for submission to the legislature a district coastal 02 management program for the service area. 03 * Sec. 19. AS 46.40.170(b) is amended to read: 04 (b) At the request of the council, the department [DEPARTMENT OF 05 COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS] shall complete the district coastal 06 management program in accordance with this chapter and the guidelines and standards 07 adopted by the council for a coastal resource service area that [WHICH] has been 08 organized but [WHICH] has failed to make substantial progress in the preparation of 09 an approvable district coastal management program within 18 months of certification 10 of the results of an organization election or [WHICH] has not submitted for approval 11 to the council a program within 30 months of certification of the results of its 12 organization election. Preparation of the program shall be conducted in consultation 13 with the coastal resource service area and shall, to the maximum extent consistent with 14 this chapter, reflect the expressed concerns of the residents of the service area. 15 * Sec. 20. AS 46.40.180(a) is amended to read: 16 (a) Before adoption by a coastal resource service area board, or by the 17 department [DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS] under 18 AS 46.40.170, a district coastal management program shall be submitted for review to 19 each city or village within the coastal resource service area. The council of a city or 20 traditional village council shall consider the program submitted for review. Within 60 21 days of submission, the council of a city or traditional village council shall either 22 approve the program or enter objections to all or any portion of the program. 23 * Sec. 21. AS 46.40.180(d) is amended to read: 24 (d) For purposes of this section, "village" means an unincorporated community 25 where at least 25 persons reside as a social unit [AS DETERMINED BY THE 26 DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS]. 27 * Sec. 22. AS 46.40.190(a) is amended to read: 28 (a) A city within the coastal area that [WHICH] is not part of a coastal 29 resource service area shall be included for purposes of this chapter within an adjacent 30 coastal resource service area unless its governing body, by resolution adopted by a 31 majority of its membership, chooses to exclude the city from an adjacent coastal
01 resource service area and a copy of the resolution is filed with the commissioner of 02 natural resources [COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS]. 03 * Sec. 23. AS 46.40.210(5) is amended to read: 04 (5) "department" means the Department of Natural Resources 05 [COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS]; 06 * Sec. 24. AS 44.19.145(a)(2), 44.19.145(a)(11), 44.19.155, 44.19.160, 44.19.161, 07 44.19.162; AS 44.47.095; and AS 46.40.210(6) are repealed. 08 * Sec. 25. AVAILABILITY OF HATCHER PASS PUBLIC USE AREA LAND FOR 09 GENERAL GRANT LAND ENTITLEMENT OF THE MATANUSKA-SUSITNA 10 BOROUGH. Notwithstanding the reservation of land, designation of the reserved land as the 11 Hatcher Pass Public Use Area, and assignment of control and management of the land to the 12 Department of Natural Resources made by AS 41.23.130, and notwithstanding selection 13 procedures applicable to municipal general grant land entitlements under AS 29.65.010 - 14 29.65.140, the following land within Township 19 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian, that 15 is part of the Hatcher Pass Public Use Area is available for selection and conveyance to the 16 Matanuska-Susitna Borough to fulfill the borough's general grant land entitlement under 17 AS 29.65.010 - 29.65.140: 18 Section 2: S1/2SW1/4SW1/4 19 Section 10: E1/2E1/2 20 Section 11: Tract A 21 Section 14: Tract A 22 Section 15: E1/2E1/2 23 Section 22: E1/2E1/2 24 Section 27: E1/2E1/2. 25 * Sec. 26. TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS. (a) This Act does not terminate the existing 26 Alaska Coastal Policy Council or affect the terms of its current members; this Act moves the 27 existing Alaska Coastal Policy Council from the Office of the Governor to the Department of 28 Natural Resources. 29 (b) Litigation, hearings, investigations, and other proceedings pending under a law 30 amended or repealed by this Act, or in connection with functions transferred by this Act, 31 continue in effect and may be continued and completed notwithstanding a transfer or
01 amendment or repeal provided for in this Act. Certificates, orders, guidelines, approvals, and 02 regulations issued or adopted under authority of a law amended or repealed by this Act remain 03 in effect for the term issued, or until revoked, vacated, or otherwise modified under the 04 provisions of this Act. Contracts, rights, liabilities, and obligations created by or under a law 05 amended or repealed by this Act, and in effect on the effective date of this bill section, remain 06 in effect notwithstanding this Act's taking effect. Records, equipment, appropriations, and 07 other property of agencies of the state whose functions are transferred under this Act shall be 08 transferred to implement the provisions of this Act. 09 * Sec. 27. Sections 1 - 3 and 5 - 28 of this Act take effect June 15, 1999. 10 * Sec. 28. Section 4 of this Act takes effect on the date of conveyance by the Department 11 of Natural Resources to the Matanuska-Susitna Borough of all land described in sec. 25 of this 12 Act. The commissioner of natural resources shall promptly notify the revisor of statutes of 13 the conveyance made by the Department of Natural Resources to the Matanuska-Susitna 14 Borough of land described in sec. 25 of this Act.