00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 283                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to limitations on coal leases."                                                                        
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 38.05.140(a) is amended to read:                                                                  
04            (a)  A person may not take or hold coal leases or permits during the life of coal                            
05       leases on state land exceeding an aggregate of 92,160 [46,080] acres, except that a                           
06       person may apply for coal leases or permits for acreage in addition to 92,160 [46,080]                        
07       acres, not exceeding a total of 5,120 additional acres of state land.  The additional area                        
08       applied for shall be in multiples of 40 acres and the application shall contain a                                 
09       statement that the granting of a lease for additional land is necessary for the person to                         
10       carry on business economically and is in the public interest.  On the filing of the                               
11       application, except as provided by AS 38.05.177(a)(2)(C), the coal deposits in the land                           
12       covered by the application shall be temporarily set aside and withdrawn from all other                            
13       forms of disposal provided under AS 38.05.135 - 38.05.181.