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Sec. 38.04.020. Land disposal bank.

(a) The commissioner shall establish a land disposal bank containing state land classified for disposal into private ownership. (b) The land disposal bank does not include (1) land nominated for selection or selected by a municipality to satisfy a general grant land entitlement under AS 29.65 or former AS 29.18.201 – 29.18.213; (2) land retained […]

Sec. 38.04.022. State land disposal income fund.

(a) The revenue from the state land disposal program shall be deposited in the state land disposal income fund in the state treasury. On June 30 of each fiscal year, the portion of that fund that exceeds $5,000,000 shall be deposited in the state general fund. The legislature may appropriate money from the state land […]

Sec. 38.04.030. Land availability programs.

Programs that may be used by the director to make the state’s land surface available for private use under AS 38.04.020 – 38.04.055 include sale of whole or partial rights to the fee simple estate, including conveyance of agricultural use rights; leasing; open-to-entry; homesiting; homesteading; permitting for construction and occupation of cabins in isolated locations […]

Sec. 38.04.035. Criteria for program selection.

In determining which land availability program is appropriate for state land in different locations, the director shall be guided by the following criteria: (1) to cover public costs associated with private land use and to provide the public with a fair return for publicly owned property, conveyance of state land to private parties shall be […]

Sec. 38.04.045. Survey and subdivision.

(a) [Repealed, § 88 ch 152 SLA 1984.] (b) Before the issuance of a long-term lease under AS 38.05.070 or of a patent for state land, an official cadastral survey shall be accomplished, unless a comparable, approved survey exists that has been conducted by the federal Bureau of Land Management. Before land may be offered […]

Sec. 38.04.050. Access to private use areas.

Wherever state land is surveyed for purposes of private use, legal rights-of-way and easements shall be reserved for access and, where appropriate, for utility services to each parcel of land. A right-of-way or easement shall be located to assure adequate and feasible access for the purposes for which the right-of-way or easement was intended. Where […]

Sec. 38.04.055. Access through private use areas.

The commissioner shall reserve easements and rights-of-way on and across land that is made available for private use as necessary to reach or use public water and public and private land. An easement or right-of-way reserved under this section shall include trails that have an established history of use for commerce, recreation, transportation, or providing […]

Sec. 38.04.058. Restrictions on easement or right-of-way use.

The commissioner may, under terms agreed to in writing by a grantee, lessee, or interest holder of state land, restrict the use of an easement or right-of-way reserved under AS 38.04.050, 38.04.055, or other law in order to protect public safety or property. The commissioner may not agree to or enforce a restriction under this […]