Title 29 — Municipal Government
38 chapters · 509 sections in this title.
AS 29.05.010 Home rules cities. [Repealed, § 1 ch 118 SLA 1972.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 29.05.011 Incorporation of a city.
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(a) A community that meets the following standards may incorporate as a first class or home rule city: (1) the community has 400 or more permanent residents; (2) the boundaries of the proposed city include all areas necessary to provide municipal services on an efficient scale; (…
AS 29.05.020 Legislative powers of home rule cities. [Repealed, § 1 ch 118 SLA 1972.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 29.05.021 Limitations on incorporation of a city.
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(a) A community in the unorganized borough may not incorporate as a city if the services to be provided by the proposed city can be provided by annexation to an existing city. (b) A community within a borough may not incorporate as a city if the services to be provided by the pro…
AS 29.05.030 General law cities. [Repealed, § 1 ch 118 SLA 1972.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 29.05.031 Incorporation of a borough or unified municipality.
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(a) An area that meets the following standards may incorporate as a home rule, first class, or second class borough, or as a unified municipality: (1) the population of the area is interrelated and integrated as to its social, cultural, and economic activities, and is large and s…
AS 29.05.040 Legislative powers of general law cities. [Repealed, § 1 ch 118 SLA 1972.]
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Article 2. Procedure.
AS 29.05.060 Petition.
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Municipal incorporation is proposed by filing a petition with the department. The petition must include the following information about the proposed municipality: (1) class; (2) name; (3) boundaries; (4) maps, documents, and other information required by the department; (5) compo…
AS 29.05.070 Review.
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The department shall review an incorporation petition for content and signatures and shall return a deficient petition for correction and completion.
AS 29.05.080 Investigation.
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(a) If an incorporation petition contains the required information and signatures, the department shall investigate the proposal and shall hold at least one public informational meeting in the area proposed for incorporation. The department shall publish notice of the meeting. (b…
AS 29.05.090 Hearing.
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The Local Boundary Commission shall hold at least one public hearing in the area proposed to be incorporated for the purpose of receiving testimony and evidence on the proposal.
AS 29.05.100 Decision.
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(a) After providing public notice of each proposed amendment or condition and an opportunity for public comment, the Local Boundary Commission may amend the petition and may impose conditions on the incorporation. If the commission determines that the incorporation, as amended or…
AS 29.05.110 Incorporation election.
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(a) The Local Boundary Commission shall immediately notify the director of elections of its acceptance of an incorporation petition. Within 30 days after notification, the director of elections shall order an election in the proposed municipality to determine whether the voters d…
AS 29.05.115 Incorporation with legislative review.
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(a) If the Local Boundary Commission submits a proposal for borough incorporation to the legislature under art. X, sec. 12, Constitution of the State of Alaska, AS 29.05.060 — 29.05.110 do not apply. However, before the proposal is submitted to the legislature, the Local Boundary…
AS 29.05.120 Election of initial officials.
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(a) Nominations for initial municipal officials are made by petition. The petition shall be in the form prescribed by the director of elections and must include the name and address of the nominee and a statement of the nominee that the nominee is qualified under the provisions o…
AS 29.05.130 Integration of special districts and service areas.
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(a) A service area in a newly incorporated municipality shall be integrated into the municipality within two years after the date of incorporation. On integration the municipality succeeds to all the rights, powers, duties, assets, and liabilities of the service area. On integrat…
AS 29.05.140 Transition.
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(a) The powers and duties exercised by cities and service areas that are succeeded to by a newly incorporated municipality continue to be exercised by the cities and service areas until the new municipality assumes the powers and functions, which may not exceed two years after th…
AS 29.05.150 Challenge of legality.
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Article 3. Transitional Assistance. A person may not challenge the formation of a municipality except within six months after the date of its incorporation.
AS 29.05.180 Organization grants to cities.
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(a) To defray the cost of transition to city government and to provide for interim government operations, each city incorporated after December 31, 1985 is entitled to an organization grant of $50,000 for the first full or partial fiscal year after incorporation. (b) To defray th…
AS 29.05.190 Organization grants to boroughs and unified municipalities.
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(a) For the purpose of defraying the cost of transition to borough government and to provide for interim governmental operations, each borough or unified municipality incorporated after December 31, 1985, is entitled to organization grants as follows: (1) $300,000 for the municip…
AS 29.05.200 Organization grant program.
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(a) The organization grant program is established in the department. An appropriation made to the program shall be used for organization grants to municipalities that qualify under AS 29.05.180 or 29.05.190. (b) Before August 31 of each fiscal year, the department shall submit a …
AS 29.05.210 Transitional assistance to boroughs and unified municipalities.
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(a) Within 30 days after the date of incorporation of a borough or unified municipality incorporated after December 31, 1985, the department shall determine the population of the borough or unified municipality. (b) The department shall provide assistance to each borough and unif…