00                SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 421(FIN)                                                             
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 require that temporary water use authorizations are valid only to the extent                            
01       that the water withdrawal and use complies with applicable requirements of                                    
02       AS 16.05.870; and shall make the record of applications, including temporary                                  
03       water use applications under AS 46.15.155 that have been accepted as complete,                                
04       authorizations, permits, certificates, amendments, and orders affecting them                                  
05       available to the public on the Internet;