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HB 135: "An Act relating to municipal fees for certain police protection services."

00 HOUSE BILL NO. 135 01 "An Act relating to municipal fees for certain police protection services." 02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 03 * Section 1. AS 29.10.200 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read: 04 (60) AS 29.35.125 (fees for police protection services). 05 * Sec. 2. AS 29.35 is amended by adding a new section to read: 06 Sec. 29.35.125. Fees for police protection services. (a) A municipality may 07 by ordinance impose a fee on the owner of residential real property if a member of the 08 municipal police department goes to the property an excessive number of times during 09 a calendar year in response to a call for assistance, a complaint, an emergency, or a 10 potential emergency. The number of responses considered to be excessive and the 11 amount of the fee shall be set out in the ordinance that establishes the fee. 12 (b) A fee imposed under this section is a lien on the property to which the 13 municipal police have been called an excessive number of times. The lien is prior and 14 paramount to all liens except municipal tax liens and special assessment liens. They 15 may be enforced as provided in AS 29.45.320 - 29.45.470 for enforcement of property

01 tax liens. 02 (c) This section applies to home rule and general law municipalities.