Alaska Administrative Code

Notes 3 AAC 130.097 Eff. 10/18/87, Register 104; am 8/19/88, Register 107; am 12/1/2002, Register 164; repealed 3/14/2012, Register 201 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the…

Notes 3 AAC 130.102 Eff. 10/18/87, Register 104; am 8/19/88, Register 107; repealed 3/14/2012, Register 201 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. Mo…

Notes 3 AAC 130.112 Eff. 10/18/87, Register 104; am 12/1/2002, Register 164; repealed 3/14/2012, Register 201 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. …

Notes 3 AAC 130.113 Eff. 10/18/87, Register 104; repealed 3/14/2012, Register 201 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features wil…

Notes 3 AAC 130.121 Eff. 8/20/81, Register 79; am 5/23/85, Register 94; am 10/17/85, Register 96; repealed 3/14/2012, Register 201 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prio…

Notes 3 AAC 130.122 Eff. 10/18/87, Register 104; am 8/19/88, Register 107; repealed 3/14/2012, Register 201 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. Mo…

Notes 3 AAC 130.131 Eff. 8/20/81, Register 79; am 10/18/87, Register 104; am 8/19/88, Register 107; repealed 3/14/2012, Register 201 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the pr…

Notes 3 AAC 130.135 Eff. 10/18/87, Register 104; repealed 3/14/2012, Register 201 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features wil…

Notes 3 AAC 130.150 Eff. 8/20/81, Register 79; am 10/18/87, Register 104; am 8/19/88, Register 107; am 12/1/2002, Register 164; repealed 3/14/2012, Register 201 State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our mo…

Except as provided in 3 AAC 131.020, the population of a municipality for the purposes of the limitation on its oil and gas production property tax revenue will be the population certified by the commissioner under 3 AAC 180.030. Notes 3 AAC 131.010 Eff. 3/16/89, Register 109; am…

(a) The department will send an alternate municipal population determination to a qualified municipality by January 15. The municipality may appeal the determination to the commissioner. The appeal must be in writing and must be mailed to the commissioner within 30 days after rec…

In this chapter, (1) "commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development; (2) "qualified municipality" means a municipality that has within its boundaries one or more remote work sites and for which the definition of "permanent…

3 AAC 132.010 - 3 AAC 132.160 implement, interpret, and make specific AS 41.15.180 to provide for payments under the national forest receipts program to eligible municipalities and regional educational attendance areas. Notes 3 AAC 132.010 Eff. 10/23/94, Register 132 Authority:AS…

The objective of the national forest receipts program is to allocate a share of national forest income under 16 U.S.C. 500 and AS 41.15.180 to eligible (1) municipalities to be expended for public schools, public roads, and Title II and Title III projects; and (2) regional educat…

The commissioner will, in the commissioner's discretion, delegate the authority to administer the national forest receipts program under AS 41.15.180 to the municipal and regional assistance division in the department. Notes 3 AAC 132.030 Eff. 10/23/94, Register 132 Authority:AS …

To be eligible to receive a payment under the national forest receipts program, a municipality or regional educational attendance area must (1) apply to the department under the procedures set out in 3 AAC 132.050 - 3 AAC 132.160; (2) be classified before July 1 of the applicatio…

(a) An application for payment under the national forest receipts program must be made on a form provided by the department. (b) On or before July 1 of each application year, the department will distribute application forms to municipalities and regional educational attendance ar…

The department will use the following formula to allocate the state's annual full payment of national forest receipts received from the federal government between the Tongass and Chugach National Forests for distribution to eligible applicants located within each national forest:…

The amount of a payment made under the national forest receipts program to each borough will be calculated based upon the area of the national forest located within its boundaries as of September 30 of the state fiscal year immediately preceding the application year. Notes 3 AAC …

The amount of a payment made under the national forest receipts program to a regional educational attendance area or a municipal school district in the unorganized borough for public schools will be calculated based upon the average daily membership of school districts as determi…

(a) The amount of a payment made under the national forest receipts program to a municipality in the unorganized borough for public roads will be calculated based upon the number of road miles located within the municipality over which the municipality exercises road powers plus …

(a) The amount of Title II and Title III project money allocated for the unorganized borough under the national forest receipts program is 15 percent of the payment to the unorganized borough calculated under 3 AAC 132.060. (b) National forest receipts program money allocated to …

A municipality that is organized under federal law as an Indian reserve that existed before the enactment of 43 U.S.C. 1618(a) and is continued in existence under that subsection, that has formed a community development corporation under AS 29.60.365, and that applies for a payme…

A payment made under the national forest receipts program for public schools must be used only for the operation, maintenance, repair or construction of public schools and may be used as the local government contribution to public schools under AS 14.17.410. Notes 3 AAC 132.100 E…

A payment made under the national forest receipts program for public roads must be used only for the operation, maintenance, repair, or construction of public roads over which the municipality exercises road powers. The purchase of materials and equipment used to operate, maintai…

(a) National forest receipts program money for Title III projects may be used by a municipality or regional educational attendance area for one or more of the following purposes: (1) reimbursement for search-and-rescue, fire-fighting, and other emergency services performed on fed…

A municipality or regional educational attendance area that receives a payment from the national forest receipts program shall establish a separate accounting of the receipt and expenditure of the payment. A municipality or regional educational attendance area shall submit with i…

The department will reduce a municipality's or regional educational attendance area's payment under the national forest receipts program if the department determines that a municipality or regional educational attendance area failed to properly expend a payment received from the …

(a) A municipality or regional educational attendance area may appeal a determination made by the department under 3 AAC 132.130 to the commissioner. An appeal must be made in writing to the commissioner within 15 days after receipt of the department's determination. (b) Not late…

(a) A municipality or regional educational attendance area may submit a request for adjustment if the municipality or the regional educational attendance area believes that an underpayment was made. A request for adjustment under this section must be made in writing to the commis…

(a) If the department determines that a payment that a municipality or regional educational attendance area received under the national forest receipts program exceeded the amount that the municipality or regional educational attendance area was entitled to receive during an appl…

In this chapter (1) "application year" means the state fiscal year during which a municipality or regional educational attendance area submits an application form for a payment under this chapter; (2) "automotive equipment" means a self-propelled vehicle with a minimum of three w…

3 AAC 134.010 - 3 AAC 134.160 implement, interpret, and make specific AS 29.60.450, that provides for a shared fisheries business tax allocation to eligible municipalities. Notes 3 AAC 134.010 Eff. 10/28/93, Register 128 Authority:AS 29.60.450 AS 44.33.020 State regulations are u…

The objective of the shared fisheries business tax program is to allocate a share of state fisheries business tax receipts collected outside municipal boundaries to municipalities that demonstrate they suffered significant effects from fisheries business activity during the progr…

The authority of the department to administer the shared fisheries business tax program under AS 29.60.450 is delegated by the commissioner to the division in the department responsible for administering community financial assistance programs. Notes 3 AAC 134.030 Eff. 10/28/93, …

(a) To be eligible to receive an allocation under the shared fisheries business tax program, a municipality(1) must apply to the department under the procedures set out in 3 AAC 134.090 - 3 AAC 134.120; and (2) must have been classified as a municipality under AS 29.04.010-29.04.…

(a) Money available each fiscal year under AS 43.75.137 for the shared fisheries business tax program will be apportioned by the department to the fisheries management areas established in (e) of this section. As provided in AS 29.60.450, the apportionment will be based on the ra…

(a) Except as provided in (f) of this section, if the total apportionment available for an entire area under 3 AAC 134.050(a) and (c) together is equal to or greater than the long-form threshold value, the department will distribute one-half of the apportionment for that area to …

(a) If all eligible applicants within an area for which the total apportionment under 3 AAC 134.050(a) and (c) together is equal to or greater than the long-form threshold value agree in writing, the department will, in its discretion, allow those applicants to use an allocation …

For the purposes of per capita and other population calculations under this chapter, the department will use the municipal population as certified during the fiscal year immediately preceding the application year under 3 AAC 180.050(d). Notes 3 AAC 134.080 Eff. 10/23/93, Register…

(a) An application for the program must be made on the forms provided by the department. (b) Not later than November 15 of each application year, the department will distribute applications to persons who have requested an application and municipalities who the department believe…

(a) A municipality located in an area and submitting a long-form application shall include in its application a determination of the significant effects suffered by the municipality during the program base year as a result of fisheries business activity that occurred in that area…

An applicant shall include with its alternative method application a resolution adopted by the governing body that clearly describes the alternative allocation method within that area approved by the department under 3 AAC 134.070. Notes 3 AAC 134.110 Eff. 10/28/93, Register 128 …

An applicant shall include with a short-form application a resolution adopted by the governing body that states that the municipality suffered significant effects during the program base year as a result of fisheries business activity. Notes 3 AAC 134.120 Eff. 10/28/93, Register …

The department will evaluate a long-form application and make a determination on the amount of the significant effects claimed by each applicant that has submitted a long-form application. The department will mail to each applicant a notice of this determination. A determination …

An applicant may appeal a determination made under 3 AAC 134.130 to the commissioner. An appeal must be made in writing to the commissioner within 30 days after mailing of the notice of the determination to the applicant's address on record with the program. No later than 20 days…

(a) In an area subject to the procedures of the long-form application, the department will calculate and distribute one-half of the apportionment for that area equally among all applicants after the department has received and verified the applications required of the applicants …