HB 227: "An Act modifying the Department of Natural Resources' power to control and manage certain land within the Hatcher Pass Public Use Area and making that land available for selection by the Matanuska-Susitna Borough."
00HOUSE BILL NO. 227 01 "An Act modifying the Department of Natural Resources' power to control and 02 manage certain land within the Hatcher Pass Public Use Area and making that 03 land available for selection by the Matanuska-Susitna Borough." 04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 05 * Section 1. AS 41.23.130 is amended to read: 06 Sec. 41.23.130. Hatcher Pass Public Use Area. The vacant and 07 unappropriated state-owned land and water and the state land and water acquired in the 08 future that lie within the boundaries described in this section are designated as the 09 Hatcher Pass Public Use Area, are reserved for all uses compatible with their primary 10 function as public use land, and are assigned to the department for control and 11 management: 12 Township 19 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian 13 Section 1: NW1/4NW1/4, NW1/4NE1/4NW1/4, W1/2SW1/4NW1/4, 14 NE1/4SW1/4NW1/4
01 Section 2: NE1/4, SE1/4NW1/4, SE1/4NE1/4NW1/4, 02 SE1/4SW1/4NW1/4, SW1/4 exclusive of S1/2SW1/4SW1/4 , 03 NW1/4SE1/4, SW1/4SE1/4, NW1/4SE1/4SE1/4, 04 W1/2NE1/4SE1/4, NE1/4NE1/4SE1/4 05 [SECTION 10: E1/2E1/2] 06 Section 11: W1/2, NW1/4NE1/4 , exclusive of Tract A 07 Section 14: W1/2 , exclusive of Tract A 08 [SECTION 15: E1/2E1/2] 09 [SECTION 22: E1/2E1/2] 10 Section 23: W1/2 11 Section 26: W1/2SW1/4, SW1/4NW1/4 12 [SECTION 27: E1/2E1/2] 13 Township 20 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian 14 Section 25: S1/2S1/2SE1/4 15 Section 35: SE1/4, SE1/4SE1/4NE1/4 16 Section 36: NE1/4, SW1/4, E1/2NW1/4, SW1/4NW1/4, 17 SE1/4NW1/4NW1/4, NW1/4SE1/4, NW1/4NE1/4SE1/4, 18 NW1/4SW1/4SE1/4 19 Township 20 North, Range 2 East, Seward Meridian 20 Section 9: E1/2SE1/4, E1/2SW1/4SE1/4, SE1/4SE1/4NE1/4 21 Section 10: W1/2SW1/4, E1/2NW1/4, SW1/4NW1/4, 22 E1/2NW1/4NW1/4, W1/2NE1/4SW1/4, NW1/4NE1/4, 23 NW1/4SW1/4NE1/4 24 Section 15: W1/2W1/2NW1/4 25 Section 16: SE1/4, E1/2NE1/4, E1/2W1/2NE1/4 26 Section 21: E1/2SW1/4, E1/2SW1/4SW1/4, SW1/4SW1/4SW1/4, 27 SE1/4NW1/4SW1/4, NW1/4SE1/4, W1/2SW1/4SE1/4, 28 NE1/4SW1/4SE1/4, W1/2NE1/4, W1/2NE1/4NE1/4, 29 NW1/4SE1/4NE1/4, SE1/4NW1/4, E1/2NE1/4NW1/4, 30 SW1/4NE1/4NW1/4 31 Section 28: NW1/4, W1/2NW1/4NE1/4, NW1/4SW1/4,
01 NW1/4SW1/4SW1/4, NW1/4NE1/4SW1/4 02 Section 29: E1/2SE1/4, SE1/4NE1/4, SW1/4SE1/4, S1/2 NW1/4SE1/4, NE1/4NW1/4SE1/4, S1/2SW1/4, 03 S1/2NE1/4SW1/4 04 Section 30: S1/2S1/2S1/2, S1/2SE1/4 05 Section 31: NW1/4, N1/2NE1/4, N1/2S1/2NE1/4 06 Section 32: N1/2NW1/4, N1/2SW1/4NW1/4, NW1/4NW1/4NE1/4. 07 * Sec. 2. AVAILABILITY OF HATCHER PASS PUBLIC USE AREA LAND FOR 08 GENERAL GRANT LAND ENTITLEMENT OF THE MATANUSKA-SUSITNA 09 BOROUGH. Notwithstanding the reservation of land, designation of the reserved land as the 10 Hatcher Pass Public Use Area, and assignment of control and management of the land to the 11 Department of Natural Resources made by AS 41.23.130, and notwithstanding selection 12 procedures applicable to municipal general grant land entitlements under AS 29.65.010 - 13 29.65.140, the following land within Township 19 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian, that 14 is part of the Hatcher Pass Public Use Area is available for selection and conveyance to the 15 Matanuska-Susitna Borough to fulfill the borough's general grant land entitlement under 16 AS 29.65.010 - 29.65.140: 17 Section 2: S1/2SW1/4SW1/4 18 Section 10: E1/2E1/2 19 Section 11: Tract A 20 Section 14: Tract A 21 Section 15: E1/2E1/2 22 Section 22: E1/2E1/2 23 Section 27: E1/2E1/2. 24 * Sec. 3. Section 1 of this Act takes effect on the date of conveyance by the Department 25 of Natural Resources to the Matanuska-Susitna Borough of all land described in sec. 2 of this 26 Act. The commissioner of natural resources shall promptly notify the revisor of statutes of 27 the conveyance made by the Department of Natural Resources to the Matanuska-Susitna 28 Borough of land described in sec. 2 of this Act.