00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 257                                                                          
01 "An Act requiring the Department of Natural Resources to make Cook Inlet seismic                                        
02 survey data available to certain persons; and providing for an effective date."                                         
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 41.08.020(b) is amended to read:                                                                   
05            (b)  In addition to the requirements of (a) of this section, the division of                             
06       geological and geophysical surveys shall [:]                                                                      
07                 (1)  collect, record, evaluate, and distribute data on the quantity,                                    
08       quality, and location of underground, surface, and coastal water of the state;                                    
09                 (2)  publish or have published data on the water of the state;                                          
10                 (3)  require the [FILING WITH IT OF THE] results and findings of                                        
11       surveys of water quality, quantity, and location to be filed with the division;                               
12 (4)  require [OF] water well contractors to file with the division [,                                               
13 THE FILING WITH IT OF] basic water and aquifer data normally obtained, including                                        
14 [BUT NOT LIMITED TO] well location, estimated elevation, well driller's logs,                                           

01       pumping tests and flow measurements, and water quality determinations;                                            
02 (5)  accept and spend funds for the purposes of this section,                                                           
03 AS 41.08.017, and 41.08.035 and enter into agreements with individuals, public or                                       
04 private agencies, communities, private industry, state agencies, and agencies of the                                    
05       federal government;                                                                                               
06                 (6)  collect, evaluate, and distribute geologic data on seismic events and                              
07       engineering geology of the state;                                                                                 
08                 (7)  identify potential seismic hazards that might affect development in                                
09       the state;                                                                                                        
10 (8)  inform public officials and industry about potential seismic hazards                                               
11       that might affect development in the state; and                                                               
12 (9)  make available to a qualified person without charge seismic                                                    
13 survey and other geophysical data in possession of the department that relates to                                   
14       land inside the Cook Inlet sedimentary basin, unless the data is                                              
15 (A)  required to be kept confidential under AS 31.05.035(c)                                                         
16            or AS 43.55.025(f); or                                                                                   
17 (B)  well data from a well on private land that the owner of                                                        
18 the oil or gas resource has not provided permission to release to the                                               
19            public.                                                                                                  
20    * Sec. 2. AS 41.08.020 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                              
21 (c)  In this section, "qualified person" means an accredited domestic research                                          
22 institution, a person actively exploring for, developing, or producing oil, gas, or                                     
23 minerals in the state, or another person to whom the provision of seismic survey and                                    
24 other geophysical data would serve the best interests of the state as determined by the                                 
25       department.                                                                                                       
26    * Sec. 3. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).