00                            SENATE BILL NO. 220                                                                         
01 "An Act relating to the lease, sale, or other disposal of state land to a federally                                     
02 recognized tribe in the state for less than the appraised value."                                                       
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 38.05.810(a) is amended to read:                                                                  
05            (a) Except as otherwise provided in AS 38.05.183(h), the (1) lease, sale, or                                 
06       other disposal of state land or resources may be made to a state or federal agency,                           
07       [OR] political subdivision, or federally recognized tribe in the state, (2) lease, sale,                      
08       or disposal of coal deposits suitable for mining may be made to a utility owned and                               
09       operated by a government agency or nonprofit cooperative association organized to                                 
10       participate under the Federal Rural Electrification Act for the purpose of generating                             
11       electric power and energy or the production of process steam, or both, (3) sale or other                          
12       disposal of state land may be made to a tax-exempt, nonprofit corporation, association,                           
13       club, or society organized and operated for the management of a cemetery or a solid                               
14       waste or other public facility, or (4) sale or other disposal of land within a state                              

01       subdivision may be made to that subdivision's nonprofit, tax-exempt homeowners'                                   
02       association, for less than the appraised value as determined by the director and                                  
03       approved by the commissioner to be fair and proper and in the best interests of the                               
04       public, with due consideration given to the nature of the public services or function                             
05       rendered by the applicant, and of the terms of the grant under which the land was                                 
06       acquired by the state. The commissioner shall ensure, by regulation, deed restriction,                            
07       covenant, or otherwise, that disposals of land under this subsection serve a public                               
08       purpose and are in the public interest. In this subsection, "federally recognized                             
09       tribe" has the meaning given in AS 23.20.520.