00                SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 421(RES)                                                             
01 "An Act relating to requiring the Department of Natural Resources to develop and                                        
02 maintain a standardized procedure for processing applications and issuing permits,                                      
03 authorizations, and certifications under the Alaska Water Use Act and to make a record                                  
04 of those items and amendments and orders affecting them available on the Internet."                                     
05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
06    * Section 1.  AS 46.15.020(b)(2) is amended to read:                                                               
07                 (2)  develop and maintain a standardized procedure for processing                                   
08       applications and the issuance of authorizations, permits, and certifications under                            
09       this chapter; shall keep a public record of all applications for permits and certificates                     
10       and other documents filed in the commissioner's office; [AND] shall record all permits                            
11       and certificates and amendments and orders affecting them and shall index them in                                 
12       accordance with the source of the water and the name of the applicant or appropriator;                            
13       shall ensure that all permits for water withdrawal are invalid unless the applicant                           
01       complies with applicable requirements of AS 16.05.870; and shall make the                                     
02       record of applications, including temporary water use applications under                                      
03       AS 46.15.155 that have been accepted as complete, authorizations, permits,                                    
04       certificates, amendments, and orders affecting them available to the public on the                            
05       Internet;