(a) The commissioner may select areas of state land classified as agricultural and contract for the land to be cleared or drained or both at state expense. In this selection and contracting, the commissioner shall be guided by the recommendations of the United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. (b) The land that […]
(a) A lease under AS 38.07.010(b) shall be for 10 years with an option for a five-year renewal. (b) Before a lessee can apply for ownership of the land, the lessee must crop the land for at least seven years. If a lessee does not crop the land for at least seven years during the […]
(a) An owner of agricultural land, or a lessee from the state of agricultural land, in the general vicinity of the land to be cleared or drained under AS 38.07.010(a) may apply to the commissioner to have the land cleared or drained or both along with the state land. The applicant’s land shall be included […]
A contract under AS 38.07.010(a) may provide for payment by the state in the form of land certificates which shall be equivalent to cash in the purchase of land credit from the state. The use of land credit certificates may be applied in the manner prescribed by AS 19.30.090 and regulations adopted under that section.
The commissioner shall, guided by recommendations of the United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, adopt regulations necessary to carry out the purpose of this chapter.
In this chapter, (1) “cleared,” “clear,” and “clearing” mean the preparation of the land for planting; (2) “commissioner” means the commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources; (3) “crop” means to manage a domestic planting including harvest.
