Sec. 29.65.090. Authorization for land exchanges.
The director and a municipality are authorized to exchange land or interests in land when it is in the public interest. Land or interests in land exchanged under this section must be of approximately equal value, including the nonmonetary value of public benefits. Exchange procedures shall comply with applicable law and municipal ordinances. The notice […]
Sec. 29.65.100. Public purpose and expansion needs.
(a) Consistent with the best interests of the state, if a municipality does not contain and cannot reasonably acquire sufficient nonfederal land within its boundaries to meet its legitimate needs for public or private settlement or development, it is the policy of the state to select federal land reasonably necessary to meet the needs of […]
Sec. 29.65.120. Regulations.
The commissioner of natural resources may, after consultation with the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, adopt regulations in accordance with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
Sec. 29.65.122. Prohibited acquisitions.
A municipality may not acquire subsurface rights to land of the federal government by trading land received as a general grant land entitlement. A municipality may not acquire any interest in land within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by trading land with the federal government for land received as a general grant land entitlement.
Sec. 29.65.129. Policy.
Consistent with the best interest of the state, it is the policy of the state to provide a newly formed municipality with a general grant land entitlement that is no less than 10 percent of vacant, unappropriated, unreserved land located within its boundaries. It is the policy of the state to provide for expeditious transfer […]
Sec. 29.60.855. Basic community assistance payments.
(a) The basic amount used for determining the basic community assistance payment for a fiscal year is $300,000. However, if the amount available for payments for that fiscal year under AS 29.60.850(c) is less than the amount necessary to make the payments under (b) of this section, the department shall reduce the basic amount pro […]
Sec. 29.60.860. Per capita payment increases.
(a) Subject to (b) of this section, if the amount available for distribution under AS 29.60.850(c) exceeds the amount needed to fully fund all the basic community assistance payments, the balance shall be distributed on a per capita basis to municipalities, to reserves, and to communities in the unorganized borough. (b) The per capita amount […]
Sec. 29.60.865. Eligibility requirements for reserves and communities.
(a) The department, with advice from the Department of Law, shall determine whether there is in each community or reserve an incorporated nonprofit entity or a Native village council that will agree to receive and spend the community assistance payment. If there is more than one qualified entity in a reserve or community in the […]
Sec. 29.60.879. Definitions.
In AS 29.60.850 – 29.60.879, (1) “community” means a place in the unorganized borough, in a borough, or in a unified municipality that is not incorporated as a municipality, that is not a reserve, and in which 25 or more individuals reside as a social unit; (2) “reserve” means a place that is organized under […]
Sec. 29.65.010. Determination of entitlement for boroughs and unified municipalities.
(a) The general grant land entitlement of each of the municipalities in this subsection is the amount set out opposite each: (1) Municipality of Anchorage – 44,893 acres; (2) City and Borough of Juneau – 19,584 acres; (3) City and Borough of Sitka – 10,500 acres; (4) Bristol Bay Borough – 2,898 acres; (5) Fairbanks […]