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Enrolled HB 304: Modifying the boundary of Chugach State Park; directing the sale of land to the Eagle River Lions Club; and providing for an effective date.

00Enrolled HB 304 01 Modifying the boundary of Chugach State Park; directing the sale of land to the Eagle River 02 Lions Club; and providing for an effective date. 03 _______________ 04 * Section 1. AS 41.21.121 is amended to read: 05 Sec. 41.21.121. Chugach State Park established. The presently state-owned 06 land and water, and all that acquired in the future by the state, lying within the parcels 07 described in this section are designated as the Chugach State Park. The park is 08 established to protect and supply a satisfactory water supply for the use of the people, 09 to provide recreational opportunities for the people by providing areas for specified 10 uses and constructing the necessary facilities in those areas, to protect areas of unique 11 and exceptional scenic value, to provide areas for the public display of local wildlife, 12 and to protect the existing wilderness characteristics of the easterly interior area. The 13 eastern area of the park shall be operated as a wilderness area, the central area as a 14 scenic area, and the periphery areas as recreational areas. The land and water

01 designated as the Chugach State Park and reserved from all uses incompatible with its 02 primary function as a state park is that within the following described parcels 03 excluding valid entries: 04 (1) Township 11 North, Range 3 West, Seward Meridian 05 Section 10: Lots 19 [19 - 22], 24, 25, 28, 29, 33, 34, 37; and 06 SE1/4, and E1/2 SW1/4 07 Section 14: SW1/4 08 Sections 15, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26 09 [SECTION 24: S1/2 AND NE1/4]; 10 (2) Township 10 North, Range 2 West, Seward Meridian 11 Sections 1 - 4; 12 (3) Township 11 North, Range 2 West, Seward Meridian 13 Sections 1 - 3 (protracted) 14 Sections 4 and 5 15 [SECTION 4: LOTS 1 - 4, AND S1/2N1/2, SE1/4, NW1/4 16 SW1/4, NE1/4 SW1/4, AND SE1/4 SW1/4 17 SECTION 5: LOTS 1, 2, 4, AND S1/2 NE1/4, SW1/4 NW1/4, 18 W1/2 SW1/4 AND SE1/4 SW1/4] 19 Section 7: E1/2 NE1/4 and SE1/4 20 Sections 8 and 9 21 [SECTION 8: S1/2, NW1/4, AND N1/2 NE1/4 22 SECTION 9: N1/2 N1/2, SW1/4, AND S1/2 SE1/4] 23 Section 10 - 17 (protracted) 24 Section 18: Lot 4; and NE1/4, SE1/4, and E1/2 SW1/4 25 Section 19 (protracted), except Lot 1 USS 4909. 26 [SECTION 20, EXCEPT LOT 2 USS 4909.] 27 Sections 20 - 26 (protracted) 28 Sections 27 - 28 [21 - 26 29 SECTION 27: E1/2, NW1/4, AND SE1/4 SW1/4 30 SECTION 28: NE1/4 NE1/4, NW1/4, AND E1/2 SW1/4] 31 Sections 29 - 32 (protracted)

01 Section 33 (protracted), except USS 2891 [AND USS 3384] 02 Sections 34 - 36 (protracted); 03 (4) Township 12 North, Range 2 West, Seward Meridian 04 Section 3: W1/2, SE1/4, and SW1/4 NE1/4 05 Sections 4, 5, and 7 - 10 06 Section 11: SW1/4, W1/2 NW1/4, SE1/4 NW1/4, and SW1/4 07 SE1/4 08 Section 13: SW1/4 NW1/4, SW1/4, and SW1/4 SE1/4 09 Sections 14 - 29 10 Section 31: S1/2 SE1/4 and SE1/4 NE1/4 11 Sections 32 - 36; 12 (5) Township 14 North, Range 2 West, Seward Meridian 13 Section 11: Lots 74 and 75 14 Section 13, except NE1/4 NE1/4 15 Section 14: Lots 1 - 3, 13 - 16, 31, 32; and E1/2 [NE1/4] NE1/4 16 NE1/4, [SE1/4 NE1/4 NE1/4,] and SW1/4 NE1/4 NE1/4 17 Section 24: N1/2 N1/2; 18 (6) Township 10 North, Range 1 West, Seward Meridian 19 Sections 1 - 4 (protracted) 20 Section 5 (protracted), except USS 1868, USS 3215, and 21 Indian Valley Subdivision 22 Section 6 (protracted), except Lots 2, 3, and 4, USS 1868, 23 [AND] USS 3200, and USS 3200B 24 Section 8 (protracted) 25 Section 9, except USS 3680, Lots 2 - 8, USS 3201, [USS 3382, 26 AND] USS 1069, and Bird Creek East Subdivision, as 27 shown on Plat 94-147, Anchorage Recording District, 28 December 16, 1994 29 Section 10, except USS 3201, USS 3202, USS 3680, Lots 7 - 30 19, and USS 3382 31 Sections 11 - 14 and 23 - 25 (protracted)

01 [USS 3680: LOT 1]; 02 (7) Township 11 North, Range 1 West, Seward Meridian 03 Sections 1 - 30 04 Section 31, except USS 3200, USS 1868 and First Addition 05 Indian Valley Subdivision 06 Sections 32 - 36; 07 (8) Township 12 North, Range 1 West, Seward Meridian, except lands 08 withdrawn for military purposes [COVERED BY PLO 2029]; 09 (9) Township 13 North, Range 1 West, Seward Meridian; 10 (10) Township 14 North, Range 1 West, Seward Meridian 11 Sections 1 - 4 (protracted) 12 Section 5: Lots 1 - 4; and S1/2 NE1/4, SE1/4 NW1/4, N1/2 13 SW1/4 NW1/4, SE1/4 SW1/4 NW1/4, E1/2 SW1/4 SW1/4 14 NW1/4, SE1/4 SW1/4, E1/2 SE1/4, S1/2 SW1/4 SE1/4, and 15 N1/2 NW1/4 SE1/4 16 Section 6: Lot 1 [LOTS 1 - 3] 17 Section 9: E1/2 18 Sections 10 - 13 (protracted) 19 Section 14 N1/2 (protracted), E1/2 SE1/4, and N1/2 SW1/4 20 Section 15: NE1/4, N1/2 NW1/4, SE1/4 NW1/4, and SW1/4 21 SW1/4 22 Section 16: SW1/4, S1/2 SE1/4, and NW1/4 SE1/4 23 Section 17: S1/2 24 Section 18: S1/2 25 Section 19: N1/2 N1/2 26 Section 20: N1/2 and SW1/4 27 Section 21: E1/2 SW1/4, SW1/4 SW1/4, SW1/4 SE1/4, Tracts 28 B, C1, and C2, Eagle River Greenbelt Subdivision, as 29 shown on Plat 88-34, Anchorage Recording District, 30 June 24, 1988, Tract D, Eagle Valley Subdivision, as shown 31 on Plat 87-36, Anchorage Recording District, May 4, 1987,

01 and Lot 4A, Block 10, Riverview Estates Subdivision, as 02 shown on Plat 90-45, Anchorage Recording District, 03 July 9, 1990 [, EXCEPT NW1/4 SW1/4] 04 Section 22, except E1/2 NE1/4 05 Section 23: SW1/4 NW1/4, SW1/4, SW1/4 SE1/4, [SW1/4 06 NE1/4 SE1/4,] and S1/2 SE1/4 SE1/4 07 Section 24: N1/2, NE1/4 SW1/4, E1/2 NW1/4 SW1/4, NW1/4 08 NW1/4 SW1/4, E1/2 SE1/4, NW1/4 SE1/4, and Tract B, 09 Eagle River Greenbelt, Plat 88-34, Anchorage Recording 10 District [W1/2 SW1/4 SW1/4 SW1/4, SE1/4 SW1/4 SW1/4 11 SW1/4, AND W1/2 NW1/4 SW1/4] 12 Section 25: Tract B, Eagle River Greenbelt, Plat 88-34, 13 Anchorage Recording District [S1/2 EXCEPT N1/2 NE1/4 14 NE1/4 SE1/4; AND SW1/4 SW1/4 NE1/4, SW1/4 SE1/4 15 SW1/4 NE1/4, SW1/4 NW1/4 SW1/4 NE1/4, S1/2 NW1/4, 16 NW1/4 NW1/4, SW1/4 NE1/4 NW1/4, S1/2 SE1/4 NE1/4 17 NW1/4, AND SW1/4 NW1/4 NE1/4 NW1/4] 18 Sections 26 - 36; 19 (11) Township 15 North, Range 1 West, Seward Meridian 20 Section 1 21 Section 2: SE1/4 22 Section 11: E1/2, N1/2 SW1/4, E1/2 NW1/4, and SW1/4 23 NW1/4 24 Sections 12 and 13 25 Section 14: S1/2, NE1/4, E1/2 NW1/4, and SW1/4 NW1/4 26 Section 15: SE1/4 and S1/2 NE1/4 27 Sections 21 - 28 28 Section 29: E1/2, E1/2 SW1/4, and SW1/4 SW1/4 29 Section 31: E1/2 and E1/2 SW1/4 30 Section 32: N1/2, E1/2 SE1/4, and S1/2 SW1/4 31 Sections 33 - 36;

01 (12) Township 16 North, Range 1 West, Seward Meridian 02 Section 25: NE1/4SE1/4SE1/4 and N1/2SE1/4SE1/4SE1/4; and 03 Tract B, Thunderbird Heights Subdivision, as shown on Plat 04 77-226, Anchorage Recording District, October 10, 1977; 05 (13) Township 10 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian; 06 (14) Township 11 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian; 07 (15) Township 12 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian; 08 (16) Township 13 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian; 09 (17) Township 14 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian 10 Sections 1 - 29 (protracted) 11 Section 30: Lots 2 - 6 [2, 4]; and NE1/4, N1/2 NW1/4 [N1/2], 12 N1/2 SE1/4, N1/2 SE1/4 SE1/4, N1/2 NE1/4 SW1/4, and 13 Tract B, Eagle River Greenbelt Subdivision, as shown on 14 Plat 88-34, Anchorage Recording District, June 24, 1988 15 [SW1/4 SW1/4 SW1/4 SE1/4, S1/2 SE1/4 SW1/4, S1/2 16 NW1/4 SE1/4 SW1/4, AND NW1/4 NW1/4 SE1/4 SW1/4] 17 Section 31: Tract B, Eagle River Greenbelt Subdivision, as 18 shown on Plat 88-34, Anchorage Recording District, 19 June 24, 1988 [LOTS 1, 2, 3, 5; AND E1/2 W1/2, SE1/4, 20 S1/2 NE1/4, S1/2 NW1/4 NE1/4, NW1/4 NW1/4, NE1/4, 21 W1/2 NE1/4 NW1/4 NE1/4, SE1/4 NE1/4 NW1/4 NE1/4, 22 SW1/4 NE1/4 NE1/4, AND SW1/4 SE1/4 NE1/4 NE1/4] 23 Section 32: N1/2 NE1/4, W1/2 SE1/4 NE1/4, NE1/4 SE1/4 24 NE1/4, and Tract B, Eagle River Greenbelt Subdivision, as 25 shown on Plat 88-34, Anchorage Recording District, 26 June 24, 1988 [NE1/2 SE1/4 NE1/4, SW1/4 SW1/4, S1/2 27 SE1/4 SW1/4, S1/2 NE1/4 SE1/4 SW1/4, W1/2 NW1/4 SE1/4 28 SW1/4, SE1/4 NW1/4 SE1/4 SW1/4, SW1/4 SW1/4 SE1/4, 29 SW1/4 SE1/4 SW1/4 SE1/4, W1/2 SW1/4 NW1/4 SE1/4 30 SE1/4, S1/2 NW1/4 SW1/4, NW1/4 NW1/4 SW1/4, W1/2 31 NE1/4 NW1/4 SW1/4, SE1/4 NE1/4 NW1/4 SW1/4, SW1/4

01 SW1/4 NW1/4, SW1/4 NW1/4 SW1/4 NW1/4, AND W1/2 02 SE1/4 SW1/4 NW1/4] 03 Section 33: N1/2 NE1/4, NE1/4 NW1/4, and N1/2 NW1/4 04 NW1/4 05 Sections 34 - 36; 06 (18) Township 15 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian; 07 (19) Township 16 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian 08 Sections 26 - 29 and 31 - 36 09 Section 30: SW1/4 SW1/4; 10 (20) Township 10 North, Range 2 East, Seward Meridian 11 Sections 4 - 6, except Chugach National Forest and Tract A of 12 ASLS 81-149 13 Section 7, except Tract A of ASLS 81-149 14 Section 8: W1/2 [,] W1/2, except Tract A of ASLS 81-149 15 [NE1/4, NE1/4 NE1/4, AND N1/2 SE1/4 NE1/4, EXCEPT 16 USS 3045 17 SECTION 9: N1/2] 18 Section 18: N1/2 and SW1/4, except USS 3043, [AND] USS 19 3042, and Tract A of ASLS 81-149; 20 (21) Township 11 North, Range 2 East, Seward Meridian 21 Sections 1 - 7, 18, 19, 30, and 31, except Chugach National 22 Forest; 23 (22) Township 12 North, Range 2 East, Seward Meridian; 24 (23) Township 13 North, Range 2 East, Seward Meridian; 25 (24) Township 14 North, Range 2 East, Seward Meridian; 26 (25) Township 15 North, Range 2 East, Seward Meridian 27 Sections 1 - 4, 6, 7, and 10 - 36 28 Section 9: E1/2; 29 (26) Township 16 North, Range 2 East, Seward Meridian 30 Section 1: S1/2 that portion south of Knik River Road, 31 except USS 2491, USS 3257 [USS 3527], USS 3914, USS

01 4789, and USS 3289 02 Section 2 [USS 3282 SECTIONS 2 AND 9 - 11]: that portion 03 south of the Old Glenn Highway, except USS 2491 04 Section 9: that portion south of the Old Glenn Highway, 05 except USS 2942, USS 3070, USS 3076, USS 3077, USS 06 3160, USS 3236, USS 3237, USS 3239, USS 3240, USS 3363, 07 USS 3561, USS 3568, and USS 5554 08 Sections 10 and 11: that portion south of the Glenn Highway 09 except USS 3236, USS 3238, USS 3363, and USS 5554 10 Sections 12 - 15 11 Section 16: excluding USS 3239 and USS 3561 [12 - 16] 12 Section 17: that portion of the E1/2 south of the Glenn Highway 13 Section 19: S1/2 14 Section 20: NE1/4 15 Sections 21 - 28 16 Sections 30 and 31 17 Sections 33 - 36; 18 (27) Township 11 North, Range 3 East, except Chugach National 19 Forest; 20 (28) Township 12 North, Range 3 East, Seward Meridian; 21 (29) Township 13 North, Range 3 East, Seward Meridian; 22 (30) Township 14 North, Range 3 East, Seward Meridian; 23 (31) Township 15 North, Range 3 East, Seward Meridian; 24 (32) Township 16 North, Range 3 East, Seward Meridian 25 Section 7 26 Section 8, excluding N1/2 NE1/4 27 Sections 17 - 21 28 Sections 27 - 35. 29 * Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 30 read: 31 TRANSFER OF REAL PROPERTY TO THE EAGLE RIVER LIONS CLUB OF

01 EAGLE RIVER, INC. (a) The Department of Natural Resources shall convey to the Eagle 02 River Lions Club of Eagle River, Inc., the surface estate of the real property used as the Lions 03 Club Park, in Eagle River, Alaska, located at Eagle River Road and Eagle River Loop Road, 04 within the Seward Meridian, Township 14 North, Range 2 West, Section 13, subject to the 05 requirement that the property be used as a public park; the commissioner of natural resources 06 shall retain a reversionary interest in the property requiring that the property be conveyed 07 back to the Department of Natural Resources if the property is not used as a public park. 08 (b) Before conveying property as described in this section, the Department of Natural 09 Resources shall grant necessary easements, including utility easements, to the Department of 10 Transportation and Public Facilities for Eagle River Road and Eagle River Loop Road. 11 (c) In consideration for the conveyance under (a) of this section, the Department of 12 Natural Resources may accept cash equivalent to, but not more than, $50,000. 13 (d) The Department of Natural Resources may take actions necessary to convey the 14 real property described in this section to the Eagle River Lions Club of Eagle River, Inc., 15 including platting, replatting, surveying, subdividing, and other actions. 16 * Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 17 read: 18 APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF CONVERSION REQUEST. The 19 commissioner of natural resources shall apply to the United States Department of the Interior, 20 National Park Service, in writing and in the manner provided by 36 C.F.R. 59.3(b), for 21 approval in 22 (1) converting certain real property acquired or developed with assistance 23 from 54 U.S.C. 200301 - 200310 (Land and Water Conservation Fund), subject to this Act; 24 and 25 (2) adding additional state land to Chugach State Park, established under sec. 26 1 of this Act. 27 * Sec. 4. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 28 read: 29 CONDITIONAL EFFECT; NOTIFICATION TO REVISOR OF STATUTES. (a) 30 Sections 1 and 2 of this Act take effect only if the United States Department of the Interior, 31 National Park Service, approves the conversion of real property effected by removing Lions

01 Club Park, as described in sec. 2 of this Act, from Chugach State Park and adding state land 02 under sec. 1 of this Act to Chugach State Park before January 1, 2030. 03 (b) If the conversion of the real property subject to this Act is approved by the United 04 States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, before January 1, 2030, the 05 commissioner of natural resources shall notify the revisor of statutes in writing not later than 06 20 days after receiving notice of the approval. 07 * Sec. 5. If, under sec. 4 of this Act, secs. 1 and 2 of this Act take effect, they take effect 08 January 1 of the calendar year following the date the commissioner of natural resources 09 notifies the revisor of statutes under sec. 4 of this Act. 10 * Sec. 6. Sections 3 and 4 of this Act take effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).