CSSB 281(RES): "An Act relating to general grant land entitlements for the City and Borough of Yakutat; and providing for an effective date."
00CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 281(RES) 01 "An Act relating to general grant land entitlements for the City and Borough of 02 Yakutat; 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 - 8,552 acres . 06 * Sec. 2. AS 29.65.040(c) is amended to read: 07 (c) Land may be selected or nominated for selection by a municipality to 08 satisfy a general grant land entitlement under former AS 29.18.201 and 29.18.202 at 09 any time before October 1, 1980. Land may be selected or nominated for selection by 10 a municipality to satisfy a general grant land entitlement under AS 29.65.010(a)(1) - 11 (9), (11), or (12) at any time before October 1, 1990. Land may be selected or 12 nominated for selection by a municipality to satisfy a general grant land entitlement 13 under AS 29.65.010(a)(10) at any time before October 1, 1996. Land may be 14 selected or nominated for selection by a municipality to satisfy a general grant 15 land entitlement under AS 29.65.010(a)(13) at any time before October 1, 1999. 16 However, if a municipal selection or nomination or a part of a municipal selection or 17 nomination is rejected by the director, the municipality may, not later than 90 days 18 after receipt of the rejection or final decision on an appeal filed under 19 AS 29.65.050(d), select additional state land as necessary to satisfy its entitlement. 20 * Sec. 3. AS 29.65.050(c) is amended to read: 21 (c) The director shall approve or disapprove each selection for patent within 22 nine months of its selection by a municipality. Before a decision is issued , the 23 Department of Community and Regional Affairs shall review the selection and 24 recommend approval or disapproval of it. The director may disapprove a selection 25 only upon a finding that the public interest in retaining state ownership of the land 26 outweighs the municipality's interest in obtaining the land. If the director determines 27 that the public interest in land selected in satisfaction of an entitlement under 28 AS 29.65.010(a)(13) can be adequately protected by issuing a patent that is subject 29 to stipulations, conditions, or covenants, and if the municipality agrees to accept 30 the land subject to those stipulations, conditions, or covenants, the director may 31 approve a selection that would otherwise be disapproved and may issue the patent
01 with the stipulations, conditions, or covenants agreed to by the municipality. A 02 patent shall be issued to the municipality for land selected in satisfaction of a general 03 grant land entitlement vested under AS 29.65.010 - 29.65.030 within three months after 04 approval by the director of a plat of survey. 05 * Sec. 4. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).