04/19/1995 01:38 PM Senate CRA

     CSHB 80(CRA) DNR APPROVAL OF PLATS IN UNORG BOROUGH                     
                                                                               
 SENATOR TORGERSON brought CSHB 80(CRA) (DNR APPROVAL OF PLATS IN              
 UNORG BOROUGH) before the committee as the next order of business.            
                                                                               
 WALT WILCOX, staff to Representative Jeannette James, explained               
 that currently there is no legal authority to review plats in the             
 unorganized boroughs for compliance with state law.  This means               
 there is no agency review of access to each lot, which results in             
 landlocked lots being created.                                                
                                                                               
 Currently, "paper plats" are allowed to be recorded without being             
 surveyed, and HB 80 corrects this situation by requiring the                  
 Department of Natural Resources to review plats for compliance with           
 state law.                                                                    
                                                                               
 Also, there are several definitions of "street" and "subdivisions"            
 in various statutes and HB 80 defines them as requested by the                
 Department of Natural Resources.                                              
                                                                               
 Mr. Wilcox directed attention to a proposed amendment requested by            
 the Department of Natural Resources.                                          
                                                                               
 Number 103                                                                    
                                                                               
 PATRICK KALEN, testifying from Fairbanks, said his concern in the             
 past has been with the definition of "subdivision" and he concurs             
 with the suggested change made by DNR to its definition.                      
 Number 128                                                                    
                                                                               
 RON SWANSON, Director, Division of Land, Department of Natural                
 Resources, speaking to the proposed amendment, said some of the               
 things in the amendment relate to the definition of "subdivision."            
 He has discussed the amendment with the Department of                         
 Transportation, Department of Community & Regional Affairs, as well           
 as the survey community, specifically Mr. Kalen, and they all agree           
 with the changes made in the amendment.                                       
                                                                               
 Number 149                                                                    
                                                                               
 SENATOR KELLY moved the adoption of the following amendment to CSHB
(CRA):                                                                      
                                                                               
 Amendment No. 1                                                             
                                                                               
 Page 7, lines 17 - 18:  Delete ",except for land owned by                     
 corporations organized under P.L. 91 - 203,"                                  
                                                                               
 Page 7, lines 18 - 19:  Delete "or common carrier access" and                 
 insert "access, excluding common carrier and public utility access"           
                                                                               
 Page 7, line 22:  Delete "corporations organized under P.L. 92 -              
 203" and insert "plats created by or on behalf of the United States           
 Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management,"                       
                                                                               
 Page 7, line 23:  Following "dedications" through line 27 delete              
 all material except the semicolon.                                            
                                                                               
 Hearing no objection to the motion, SENATOR TORGERSON stated the              
 amendment was adopted and would be incorporated into a C&RA SCS.              
                                                                               
 There being no further testimony on the legislation, SENATOR                  
 TORGERSON asked for the will of the committee.                                
                                                                               
 Number 155                                                                    
                                                                               
 SENATOR KELLY moved that SCS CSHB 80(CRA) and the accompanying                
 fiscal notes be passed out of committee with individual                       
 recommendations.  Hearing no objection, it was so ordered.