00                            SENATE BILL NO. 26                                                                          
01 "An Act conferring original jurisdiction on the Alaska Supreme Court for the purposes                                   
02 of providing judicial review of a final decision by the commissioner of natural resources                               
03 terminating an oil or gas unit or lease; amending Rules 202, 204, 601, and 602, Alaska                                  
04 Rules of Appellate Procedure; and providing for an effective date."                                                     
05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
06    * Section 1. AS 22.05.010 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                           
07            (f)  The supreme court has original and exclusive jurisdiction of any judicial                               
08       review of a final decision under AS 38.05.020, 38.05.145, or 38.05.180 by the                                     
09       commissioner of natural resources approving termination of an oil or gas unit                                     
10       established under AS 38.05.180 or an oil or gas lease. A person may not file an appeal                            
11       challenging the commissioner's decision described in this subsection unless the notice                            
12       of appeal is filed within 30 days after the date the decision is issued.                                          
13    * Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
14 read:                                                                                                                   

01       INDIRECT COURT RULE AMENDMENT. The provisions of sec. 1 of this Act have                                          
02 the effect of changing Rules 202, 204, 601, and 602, Alaska Rules of Appellate Procedure, by                            
03 providing for an original and exclusive appeal from a final decision by the commissioner of                             
04 natural resources to the Alaska Supreme Court, and by setting the time within which an                                  
05 appeal must be taken.                                                                                                   
06    * Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
07 read:                                                                                                                   
08       CONDITIONAL EFFECT. AS 22.05.010(f), enacted by sec. 1 of this Act, takes effect                                  
09 only if sec. 2 of this Act receives the two-thirds majority vote of each house required by art.                         
10 IV, sec. 15, Constitution of the State of Alaska.                                                                       
11    * Sec. 4. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).