00                             SENATE BILL NO. 334                                                                         
01 "An Act authorizing conveyance by the Department of Natural Resources of cultural                                       
02 education youth encampments."                                                                                           
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 or                             
07       political subdivision, (2) lease, sale, or disposal of coal deposits suitable for mining                          
08       may be made to a utility owned and operated by a government agency or nonprofit                                   
09       cooperative association organized to participate under the Federal Rural Electrification                          
10       Act for the purpose of generating electric power and energy or the production of                                  
11       process steam, or both, (3) sale or other disposal of state land may be made to a tax-                            
12       exempt, nonprofit corporation, association, club, or society organized and operated for                           
13       the management of a cemetery, cultural education youth encampment, 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.  For the purposes of this subsection, "cultural                       
09       education youth encampment" means a site at which a nonprofit organization                                    
10       provides organized, supervised cultural education experiences and opportunities                               
11       in outdoor living in a traditional cultural setting and personal and social                                   
12       development for children and young adults, that includes facilities for overnight                             
13       camping, and that is used during any three months of a year.