00 HOUSE BILL NO. 273 01 "An Act relating to general grant land entitlements for the City and Borough of 02 Wrangell; and providing for an effective date." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04  * Section 1. AS 29.65.010(a) is amended to read: 05 (a) The general grant land entitlement of each of the municipalities in this 06 subsection is the amount set out opposite each: 07 (1) Municipality of Anchorage - 44,893 acres; 08 (2) City and Borough of Juneau - 19,584 acres; 09 (3) City and Borough of Sitka - 10,500 acres; 10 (4) Bristol Bay Borough - 2,898 acres; 11 (5) Fairbanks North Star Borough - 112,000 acres; 12 (6) Haines Borough - 2,800 acres; 13 (7) Kenai Peninsula Borough - 155,780 acres; 14 (8) Ketchikan Gateway Borough - 11,593 acres; 01 (9) Kodiak Island Borough - 56,500 acres; 02 (10) Lake and Peninsula Borough - 125,000 acres; 03 (11) Matanuska-Susitna Borough - 355,210 acres; 04 (12) North Slope Borough - 89,850 acres; 05 (13) City and Borough of Yakutat - 21,500 acres; 06 (14) City and Borough of Wrangell - 18,675 acres. 07  * Sec. 2. AS 29.65.040(c) is amended to read: 08 (c) Land may be selected or nominated for selection by a municipality to 09 satisfy a general grant land entitlement under former AS 29.18.201 and 29.18.202 at 10 any time before October 1, 1980. Land may be selected or nominated for selection by 11 a municipality to satisfy a general grant land entitlement under AS 29.65.010(a)(1) - 12 (9), (11), or (12) at any time before October 1, 1990. Land may be selected or 13 nominated for selection by a municipality to satisfy a general grant land entitlement 14 under AS 29.65.010(a)(10) at any time before October 1, 1996. Land may be selected 15 or nominated for selection by a municipality to satisfy a general grant land entitlement 16 under AS 29.65.010(a)(13) at any time before October 1, 1999. Land may be selected  17 or nominated for selection by a municipality to satisfy a general grant land  18 entitlement under AS 29.65.010(a)(14) at any time before October 1, 2011. 19 However, if a municipal selection or nomination or a part of a municipal selection or 20 nomination is rejected by the director, the municipality may, not later than 90 days 21 after receipt of the rejection or final decision on an appeal filed under 22 AS 29.65.050(d), select additional state land as necessary to satisfy its entitlement. 23  * Sec. 3. AS 29.65.050(c) is amended to read: 24 (c) The director shall approve or disapprove each selection for patent within 25 nine months of its selection by a municipality. Before a decision is issued, the 26 Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development shall review the 27 selection and recommend approval or disapproval of it. The director may disapprove a 28 selection only upon a finding that the public interest in retaining state ownership of the 29 land outweighs the municipality's interest in obtaining the land. If the director 30 determines that the public interest in land selected in satisfaction of an entitlement 31 under AS 29.65.010(a)(13) or (14) can be adequately protected by issuing a patent that 01 is subject to stipulations, conditions, or covenants, and if the municipality agrees to 02 accept the land subject to those stipulations, conditions, or covenants, the director may 03 approve a selection that would otherwise be disapproved and may issue the patent with 04 the stipulations, conditions, or covenants agreed to by the municipality. A patent shall 05 be issued to the municipality for land selected in satisfaction of a general grant land 06 entitlement vested under AS 29.65.010 - 29.65.030 within three months after approval 07 by the director of a plat of survey. 08  * Sec. 4. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).