00HOUSE BILL NO. 131 am S                                                                                               
01 "An Act relating to public rights-of-way and easements for surface transportation                                       
02 across the Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge."                                                                          
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  AS 16.20.031(c) is amended to read:                                                                  
05  (c)  A public right-of-way for surface transportation and a utility corridor are                                      
06 created across state-owned land and water within the Anchorage Coastal Wildlife                                         
07 Refuge between the Anchorage mainland and Fire Island.  The management plan                                             
08 prepared under (b) of this section shall identify the actual location on the land and                                   
09 water of the right-of-way and of the utility corridor between the Anchorage mainland                                    
10 and Fire Island.   Except for the public right-of-way and utility corridor created in                                  
11 this subsection and identified in the management plan, for a realignment of the                                         
12 right-of-way for the new Seward Highway, or for a realignment of the right-of-                                          
13 way for the Alaska Railroad, a public right-of-way or other easement for surface                                        
14 transportation may not be created across the refuge without the prior approval of the                                   

01 legislature by law.