CSHB 391(CRA): "An Act relating to succession to assets and liabilities of dissolved municipalities, and to the administration and disposal of certain land of dissolved municipalities."
00CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 391(CRA) 01 "An Act relating to succession to assets and liabilities of dissolved municipalities, 02 and to the administration and disposal of certain land of dissolved municipalities." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 29.06.520 is amended to read: 05 Sec. 29.06.520. SUCCESSION. (a) When a municipality dissolves, the 06 Local Boundary Commission shall, after consulting with the Department of 07 Natural Resources and except as provided in AS 38.05.825(d) and AS 44.47.150(f), 08 arrange for the assumption of the liabilities and assets of the dissolved 09 municipality by one or more successors. Assets or liabilities may not be 10 transferred to a successor except upon terms approved in writing by the 11 Department of Law. A successor to assets or liabilities of a dissolved municipality 12 may only be 13 (1) a municipality; 14 (2) a council formed under 25 U.S.C. 473a;
01 (3) a council that provides services under federal law to residents 02 of the area of the dissolved municipality; 03 (4) a nonprofit corporation that is qualified for an entitlement 04 under AS 29.60.140; or 05 (5) subject to (b) of this section, the state. 06 (b) In arranging for the assumption of assets and liabilities of a dissolved 07 municipality by one or more successors, the Local Boundary Commission shall 08 give preference to entities listed in (a)(1) - (4) of this section. If the Local 09 Boundary Commission determines that it is not practicable for an entity listed in 10 (a)(1) - (4) of this section to be the successor to an asset or liability of a dissolved 11 municipality, the state may succeed to that asset or liability. 12 (c) If the state or a [A] municipality succeeds [SUCCEEDING] to assets or 13 liabilities of a dissolved municipality, the state or successor municipality succeeds 14 to all rights, powers, and duties [, ASSETS, AND LIABILITIES] of the dissolved 15 municipality necessary for the management of the assets or liabilities. The [. 16 OTHERWISE, THE STATE SUCCEEDS TO THOSE RIGHTS, POWERS, DUTIES, 17 ASSETS, AND LIABILITIES. IF THE STATE SUCCEEDS TO A DISSOLVED 18 MUNICIPALITY, THE] state may enter into a contract for the performance of duties 19 or powers in the area of the dissolved municipality. 20 (d) Transfer of assets or liabilities of a dissolved municipality to an 21 organization under (a)(2) or (3) of this section or [HOWEVER,] a contract with an 22 organization for the performance of duties or powers entered into by the state under 23 (c) of this section does not constitute recognition by the state of any governmental 24 powers of that successor or organization. 25 * Sec. 2. AS 44.47.150(a) is amended to read: 26 (a) The commissioner 27 (1) shall accept, administer, and dispose of land conveyed to the state 28 in trust by village corporations under 43 U.S.C. 1613(c)(3) (Sec. 14(c)(3) of the Alaska 29 Native Claims Settlement Act) for the purposes specified in that section; 30 (2) may, with the concurrence of an appropriate village entity 31 recognized by the commissioner under (b) of this section or, in the absence of an
01 appropriate village entity, under procedures prescribed by regulations of the 02 commissioner, accept, administer, and dispose of land conveyed in trust by a state or 03 federal agency; 04 (3) may, with the concurrence of the Local Boundary Commission, 05 accept, administer, and dispose of land conveyed to the state under AS 29.06.520 06 as a result of the dissolution of a municipality [AND BY THE DISSOLUTION OF 07 A MUNICIPALITY UNDER AS 29.06.450 - 29.06.530]. 08 * Sec. 3. AS 44.47.150(b) is amended to read: 09 (b) Transfer of land acquired under (a)(1) or (2) of this section by sale, lease, 10 right-of-way, easement, or permit, including transfer of surface resources, may be made 11 by the commissioner only after approval of an appropriate village entity such as the 12 traditional council, a village meeting, or a village referendum. This approval shall be by 13 resolution filed with the department. 14 * Sec. 4. AS 44.47.150(c) is amended to read: 15 (c) Within one complete state fiscal year after the incorporation of a municipality 16 in the village or of a municipality that [WHICH] includes all or part of the village, land 17 acquired under (a)(1) or (2) of this section shall be conveyed without cost to the 18 municipality, and the municipality succeeds [SHALL SUCCEED] to all the entrusted 19 interest in the land. Within one complete state fiscal year after incorporation of a 20 municipality that includes all or part of the area of a dissolved municipality, land 21 or an interest in land acquired under (a)(3) of this section and retained by the state 22 shall be conveyed without cost to the newly incorporated municipality.