Article VIII — Natural Resources
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Alaska Const. art. VIII, § 1 Statement of Policy
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It is the policy of the State to encourage the settlement of its land and the development of its resources by making them available for maximum use consistent with the public interest.
Alaska Const. art. VIII, § 2 General Authority
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The legislature shall provide for the utilization, development, and conservation of all natural resources belonging to the State, including land and waters, for the maximum benefit of its people.
Alaska Const. art. VIII, § 3 Common Use
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Wherever occurring in their natural state, fish, wildlife, and waters are reserved to the people for common use.
Alaska Const. art. VIII, § 4 Sustained Yield
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Fish, forests, wildlife, grasslands, and all other replenishable resources belonging to the State shall be utilized, developed, and maintained on the sustained yield principle, subject to preferences among beneficial uses.
Alaska Const. art. VIII, § 5 Facilities and Improvements
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The legislature may provide for facilities, improvements, and services to assure greater utilization, development, reclamation, and settlement of lands, and to assure fuller utilization and development of the fisheries, wildlife, and waters.
Alaska Const. art. VIII, § 6 State Public Domain
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Lands and interests therein, including submerged and tidal lands, possessed or acquired by the State, and not used or intended exclusively for governmental purposes, constitute the state public domain. The legislature shall provide for the selection of lands granted to the State …
Alaska Const. art. VIII, § 7 Special Purpose Sites
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The legislature may provide for the acquisition of sites, objects, and areas of natural beauty or of historic, cultural, recreational, or scientific value. It may reserve them from the public domain and provide for their administration and preservation for the use, enjoyment, and…
Alaska Const. art. VIII, § 8 Leases
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The legislature may provide for the leasing of, and the issuance of permits for exploration of, any part of the public domain or interest therein, subject to reasonable concurrent uses. Leases and permits shall provide, among other conditions, for payment by the party at fault fo…
Alaska Const. art. VIII, § 9 Sales and Grants
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Subject to the provisions of this section, the legislature may provide for the sale or grant of state lands, or interests therein, and establish sales procedures. All sales or grants shall contain such reservations to the State of all resources as may be required by Congress or t…
Alaska Const. art. VIII, § 10 Public Notice
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No disposals or leases of state lands, or interests therein, shall be made without prior public notice and other safeguards of the public interest as may be prescribed by law.
Alaska Const. art. VIII, § 11 Mineral Rights
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Discovery and appropriation shall be the basis for establishing a right in those minerals reserved to the State which, upon the date of ratification of this constitution by the people of Alaska, were subject to location under the federal mining laws. Prior discovery, location, an…
Alaska Const. art. VIII, § 12 Mineral Leases and Permits
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The legislature shall provide for the issuance, types and terms of leases for coal, oil, gas, oil shale, sodium, phosphate, potash, sulfur, pumice, and other minerals as may be prescribed by law. Leases and permits giving the exclusive right of exploration for these minerals for …
Alaska Const. art. VIII, § 13 Water Rights
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All surface and subsurface waters reserved to the people for common use, except mineral and medicinal waters, are subject to appropriation. Priority of appropriation shall give prior right. Except for public water supply, an appropriation of water shall be limited to stated purpo…
Alaska Const. art. VIII, § 14 Access to Navigable Waters
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Free access to the navigable or public waters of the State, as defined by the legislature, shall not be denied any citizen of the United States or resident of the State, except that the legislature may by general law regulate and limit such access for other beneficial uses or pub…
Alaska Const. art. VIII, § 15 No Exclusive Right of Fishery
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No exclusive right or special privilege of fishery shall be created or authorized in the natural waters of the State. This section does not restrict the power of the State to limit entry into any fishery for purposes of resource conservation, to prevent economic distress among fi…
Alaska Const. art. VIII, § 16 Protection of Rights
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No person shall be involuntarily divested of his right to the use of waters, his interests in lands, or improvements affecting either, except for a superior beneficial use or public purpose and then only with just compensation and by operation of law.
Alaska Const. art. VIII, § 17 Uniform Application
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Laws and regulations governing the use or disposal of natural resources shall apply equally to all persons similarly situated with reference to the subject matter and purpose to be served by the law or regulation.
Alaska Const. art. VIII, § 18 Private Ways of Necessity
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Proceedings in eminent domain may be undertaken for private ways of necessity to permit essential access for extraction or utilization of resources. Just compensation shall be made for property taken or for resultant damages to other property rights.