00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 163                                                                          
01 "An Act clarifying the purpose of the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority; and                                     
02 relating to definitions of certain terms in AS 41.41."                                                                  
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 41.41.010(a) is amended to read:                                                                  
05            (a)  There is established the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority, the                                  
06       purpose of which is to provide one or more of the following services and functions in                             
07       order to bring natural gas from the North Slope or other regions within the state to                          
08       market, including                                                                                                 
09                 (1)  the acquisition and conditioning of [NORTH SLOPE] natural gas;                                     
10                 (2)  the design and construction of the pipeline system;                                                
11                 (3)  the operation and maintenance of the pipeline system;                                              
12                 (4)  the design, construction, operation, of other facilities necessary for                             
13       delivering the gas to market, including markets within the state [AND TO                                      
14       SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA]; and                                                                                         

01                 (5)  the acquisition of natural gas market share sufficient to ensure the                               
02       long-term feasibility of the pipeline system project.                                                             
03    * Sec. 2. AS 41.41.010(d) is amended to read:                                                                      
04            (d)  The acquisition of natural gas from the North Slope and other regions                               
05       within the state and its delivery to markets within the state for use by markets                          
06       within the state or to tidewater for shipment to market by the authority are [IS AN]                      
07       essential government functions [FUNCTION] of the state.                                                       
08    * Sec. 3. AS 41.41.990(3) is amended to read:                                                                      
09                 (3)  "project" means the gas transmission pipeline, together with all                                   
10       related property and facilities, to extend from [THE PRUDHOE BAY AREA ON] the                                     
11       North Slope of Alaska or other regions within the state to markets within the state                           
12       or [EITHER] to tidewater at a point on Prince William Sound [AND THE SPUR                                     
13       LINE FROM GLENNALLEN TO THE SOUTHCENTRAL GAS DISTRIBUTION                                                         
14       GRID] or to tidewater at a point on Cook Inlet, and includes planning, design, and                                
15       construction of the pipeline and facilities as described in AS 41.41.010(a)(1) - (5).                             
16    * Sec. 4.  AS 41.41.990 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                              
17                 (4)  "North Slope" means that part of the state that lies north of 68                                   
18       degrees North latitude and includes the Brooks Range foothills.