00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 146                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to an extension for review and approval of revisions to the Alaska                                     
02 coastal management program; providing for an effective date by amending the effective                                   
03 date of sec. 45, ch. 24, SLA 2003; and providing for an effective date."                                                
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1.  The uncodified law of the State of Alaska enacted in sec. 46(c), ch. 24, SLA                         
06 2003, is amended to read:                                                                                               
07            (c)  Notwithstanding any contrary provision of ch. 24, SLA 2003 [THIS ACT],                              
08       the repeal of the Alaska Coastal Policy Council enacted by sec. 44, ch. 24, SLA 2003                          
09       [OF THIS ACT], and the repeal of the Alaska Coastal Policy Council's duties in                                    
10       AS 46.40.040, as amended by sec. 10, ch. 24, SLA 2003 [OF THIS ACT], a district                               
11       coastal management program, including its enforceable policies, approved by the                                   
12       former Alaska Coastal Policy Council remains in effect for purposes of AS 46.39 and                               
13       AS 46.40 until the revised district coastal management plan is approved by [JULY                              
14       1, 2006, UNLESS] the Department of Natural Resources [DISAPPROVES OR                                              

01       MODIFIES ALL OR PART OF THE PROGRAM BEFORE JULY 1, 2006].                                                         
02    * Sec. 2.  The uncodified law of the State of Alaska enacted in sec. 47(a), ch. 24, SLA 2003,                      
03 is amended to read:                                                                                                     
04            (a)  Within 18 months [ONE YEAR] after review and approval of the state's                            
05       revised coastal management program by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric                                    
06       Administration, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, United                                       
07       States Department of Commerce, under 16 U.S.C. 1455 and 1457 (Coastal Zone                                    
08       Management Act of 1972) [THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF REGULATIONS                                                    
09       ADOPTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES                                                                    
10       IMPLEMENTING CHANGES TO AS 46.40.010 - 46.40.090, ENACTED BY SECS.                                                
11       8 - 15 AND 44 OF THIS ACT, OR BY JULY 1, 2005, WHICHEVER IS LATER],                                               
12       coastal resource districts shall review their existing district coastal management                                
13       program and submit to the Department of Natural Resources for review and approval a                               
14       revised district coastal management plan meeting the requirements of AS 46.40 [, AS                               
15       AMENDED BY THIS ACT,] and the implementing regulations.                                                           
16    * Sec. 3.  The uncodified law of the State of Alaska enacted in sec. 49, ch. 24, SLA 2003, is                      
17 repealed and reenacted to read:                                                                                         
18            Sec. 49.  Section 45, ch. 24, SLA 2003, takes effect on the date that the                                    
19       commissioner of natural resources certifies to the lieutenant governor that the National                          
20       Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource                                      
21       Management, United States Department of Commerce, under 16 U.S.C. 1455(e), has                                    
22       approved the revised coastal management program.                                                                  
23    * Sec. 4.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).