Sec. 29.35.260. Cities outside boroughs.
(a) A city outside a borough may exercise a power not otherwise prohibited by law. A provision that is incorporated by reference to laws governing boroughs applies to home rule cities outside boroughs only if the provision is made applicable to home rule boroughs. (b) A home rule or first class city outside a borough […]
Sec. 29.35.300. Additional powers.
(a) A first class borough acquires an additional areawide power by transfer of the power by a city or by holding an areawide election on the question. (b) A second class borough acquires an additional power by transfer of the power by a city or by holding an election on the question. For acquisition of […]
Sec. 29.35.310. Transfer by city.
(a) A city in a first or second class borough may transfer to the borough in which it is located any of its powers or functions, subject to the approval of the assembly. (b) A first or second class borough shall exercise all powers transferred to it by a city.
Sec. 29.35.145. Regulation of firearms and knives.
(a) The authority to regulate firearms and knives is reserved to the state, and, except as specifically provided by statute, a municipality may not enact or enforce an ordinance regulating the possession, ownership, sale, transfer, use, carrying, transportation, licensing, taxation, or registration of firearms or knives. (b) Municipalities may enact and enforce ordinances (1) that […]
Sec. 29.35.320. Initiation of acquisition of power.
(a) An election on the question of adding an areawide power in a first class borough or of adding an areawide or nonareawide power in a second class borough may be initiated in two ways: (1) a number of voters equal to 15 percent of the number of votes cast at the preceding regular election […]
Sec. 29.35.090. Municipal property; rights-of-way.
(a) The governing body shall by ordinance establish a formal procedure for acquisition and disposal of land and interests in land by the municipality. (b) Notwithstanding AS 29.40.160 or other provisions of law, a municipality may not vacate a right-of-way acquired by the state under former 43 U.S.C. 932. This subsection applies to home rule […]
Sec. 29.35.100. Budget and capital program.
(a) The governing body shall establish the manner for the preparation and submission of the budget and capital program. After a public hearing, the governing body may approve the budget with or without amendments, and shall appropriate the money required for the approved budget. (b) The governing body may make supplemental and emergency appropriations. Payment […]
Sec. 29.35.110. Expenditure of borough revenues.
(a) Borough revenues received through taxes collected on an areawide basis by the borough may be expended on general administrative costs and on areawide functions only. Borough revenues received through taxes collected on a nonareawide basis may be expended on general administrative costs and functions that render service only to the area outside all cities […]
Sec. 29.35.120. Annual audit.
(a) The governing body shall provide for an annual independent audit of the accounts and financial transactions of the municipality or, in the case of a second class city, an audit or statement of annual income and expenditures. To make the audit the governing body shall designate a public accountant who has no personal interest, […]
Sec. 29.35.125. Fees for police protection services.
(a) A municipality may by ordinance impose a fee on the owner of residential property, including multi-family housing, if a member of the municipal police department goes to the property an excessive number of times during a calendar year in response to a call for assistance, a complaint, an emergency, or a potential emergency. The […]