00                             HOUSE BILL NO. 30                                                                          
01 "An Act conferring original jurisdiction on the Alaska Supreme Court for the purpose                                    
02 of providing judicial review of a final decision by the commissioner of natural resources                               
03 terminating an oil and gas unit or lease in an oil and gas unit all or part of which lies                               
04 north of 68 degrees North latitude; amending Rules 202, 204, 601, and 602, Alaska Rules                                 
05 of Appellate Procedure; and providing for an effective date."                                                           
06 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
07    * Section 1. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section                          
08 to read:                                                                                                                
09       INTENT. It is the intent of this Act to confer original and exclusive jurisdiction on the                         
10 Alaska Supreme Court of any judicial review of a final decision as described in sec. 2 of this                          
11 Act in order to                                                                                                         
12            (1)  facilitate the prioritized and expedited review of those decisions by the                               
13 Alaska Supreme Court; and                                                                                               

01            (2)  further natural resource development in this state.                                                     
02    * Sec. 2. AS 22.05.010 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                              
03            (f)  The supreme court has original and exclusive jurisdiction of any judicial                               
04       review of a final decision under AS 38.05.020, 38.05.145, or 38.05.180 by the                                     
05       commissioner of natural resources approving termination of an oil and gas unit or                                 
06       lease in an oil and gas unit all or part of which lies north of 68 degrees North latitude.                        
07       A person may not file an appeal challenging the commissioner's decision described in                              
08       this subsection unless the notice of appeal is filed within 30 days after the date the                            
09       decision is issued. In this subsection, "oil and gas unit" means a unit described by the                          
10       Department of Natural Resources under AS 38.05.180 and the land within that unit.                                 
11    * Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
12 read:                                                                                                                   
13       INDIRECT COURT RULE AMENDMENT. The provisions of sec. 2 of this Act have                                          
14 the effect of changing Rules 202, 204, 601, and 602, Alaska Rules of Appellate Procedure, by                            
15 providing for an original and exclusive appeal from a final decision by the commissioner of                             
16 natural resources to the Alaska Supreme Court, and by setting the time within which an                                  
17 appeal must be taken.                                                                                                   
18    * Sec. 4. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
19 read:                                                                                                                   
20       RETROACTIVITY. Section 2 of this Act is retroactive to November 26, 2006.                                         
21    * Sec. 5. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
22 read:                                                                                                                   
23       CONDITIONAL EFFECT. AS 22.05.010(f), enacted by sec. 2 of this Act, takes effect                                  
24 only if sec. 3 of this Act receives the two-thirds majority vote of each house required by art.                         
25 IV, sec. 15, Constitution of the State of Alaska.                                                                       
26    * Sec. 6. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).