00SENATE BILL NO. 98                                                                                                      
01 "An Act relating to the conveyance of certain isolated tracts of state land to                                          
02 boroughs and unified municipalities; and providing for an effective date."                                              
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 29.65 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                   
05  Sec. 29.65.085.  Conveyance of isolated tracts.  (a)  Consistent with the best                                        
06 interest of the state, it is the policy of the state to provide boroughs and unified                                    
07 municipalities title to isolated tracts of vacant, unappropriated, unreserved land within                               
08 their boundaries.                                                                                                       
09  (b)  The director may convey isolated tracts of vacant, unappropriated,                                               
10 unreserved land within the boundaries of a borough or unified municipality to the                                       
11 municipality upon application for the tract by the municipality.  The director shall give                               
12 special consideration to conveyance of a tract of land that is contiguous or in proximity                               
13 to other municipal land.  The director may approve an application for conveyance of                                     
14 an isolated tract of land only if the director finds that the conveyance will be in the                                 

01 best interest of the state because it will satisfy one or more of the following criteria:                               
02   (1)  the conveyance will consolidate land ownership patterns;                                                        
03   (2)  the conveyance will result in more cost-effective and efficient land                                            
04 management;                                                                                                             
05   (3)  the conveyance will achieve the land use planning objectives of the                                             
06 state and the municipality in which the tract is located.                                                               
07  (c)  Tracts of land conveyed under this subsection may not be considered in                                           
08 fulfilling the general grant land entitlement of a borough or unified municipality under                                
09 AS 29.65.010.                                                                                                           
10    * Sec. 2.  This Act takes effect July 1, 1997.