00                      CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 67(CRA)                                                                     
01 "An Act relating to an optional exemption from municipal property taxes on certain                                      
02 residences of law enforcement officers."                                                                                
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 29.45.050 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                          
05            (s)  A municipality may by ordinance designate an area within its boundaries                                 
06       that is an eligible area and exempt from taxation an amount not to exceed $150,000 of                             
07       the assessed value of an entire parcel of real property within the area if the property is                        
08       primarily residential, owned, in whole or part, by a law enforcement officer, and                                 
09       occupied, in whole or part, as the primary permanent place of abode by the law                                    
10       enforcement officer.  If two or more individuals are eligible for an exemption for the                            
11       same property under this subsection, not more than two exemptions may be granted.                                 
12       A municipality that adopts an ordinance under this subsection may not request state                               
13       funds to cover any loss of revenue to the municipality caused by the ordinance.  The                              
14       ordinance must contain a definition of "law enforcement officer" that includes only                               

01       some or all positions identified in the definition of "peace officer" set out in                                  
02       AS 01.10.060 or in the definition of "police officer" set out in AS 18.65.290. The                                
03       ordinance must also define "eligible area" to mean an area                                                        
04                 (1)  that meets the eligibility requirements under a federal program of                                 
05       special assistance for urban development, neighborhood revitalization, or law                                     
06       enforcement, without regard to whether an application for the federal assistance on                               
07       behalf of the area has been made or whether the area has actually received or is                                  
08       receiving the federal assistance;                                                                                 
09                 (2)  with a statistically higher occurrence of crime than the municipality                              
10       as a whole; or                                                                                                    
11                 (3)  that meets the requirements of (1) and (2) of this subsection.