00                      CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 93(L&C)                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to limitations on actions to quiet title to, eject a person from, or recover                           
02 real property or the possession of it; relating to adverse possession; and providing for an                             
03 effective date."                                                                                                        
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1.  AS 09.10.030 is amended to read:                                                                     
06            Sec. 09.10.030.  Actions to recover real property [IN 10 YEARS].  (a)                                    
07       Except as provided in (b) of this section, a [A] person may not bring an action for                           
08       the recovery of real property [,] or for the recovery of the possession of it unless the                          
09       action is commenced within 10 years.                                                                              
10            (b)  An action may be brought at any time by a person whose ownership                                    
11       interest in real property is recorded under AS 40.17 to                                                       
12                 (1)  quiet title to that real property; or                                                          
13                 (2)  eject a person from that real property.                                                        
14            (c)  An action may not be maintained under this section [FOR THE                                     

01       RECOVERY] unless it appears that the plaintiff, an ancestor, a predecessor, or the                                
02       grantor of the plaintiff was seized or possessed of the premises in question at some                          
03       time [WITHIN 10 YEARS] before the commencement of the action.                                                 
04    * Sec. 2.  AS 09.45.052 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             
05            (c)  Notwithstanding AS 09.10.030, the uninterrupted adverse notorious                                       
06       possession by the state or a political subdivision of the state of a public transportation                        
07       or public access right-of-way for a period of 10 or more years is conclusively                                    
08       presumed to give title to the right-of-way to the state or the political subdivision, as                          
09       appropriate, except as against the United States.                                                                 
10    * Sec. 3.  The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                         
11 read:                                                                                                                   
12       APPLICABILITY.  AS 09.10.030, as amended in sec. 1 of this Act, applies to actions                                
13 that have not been barred before the effective date of this Act by AS 09.10.030 as it read                              
14 before the effective date of this Act.                                                                                  
15    * Sec. 4.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).