Title 29, Municipal Government

(a) The municipality shall prepare a report for a proposed program required by AS 29.55.100 that includes (1) a map showing the boundaries of each proposed region within which the program is available; (2) a form for a contract between the municipality and a property owner specif…

Before a municipality may enter into a written contract with a record owner of property to impose an assessment to repay the financing of an energy or resilience improvement project under AS 29.55.100, the property owner shall (1) give each holder of a mortgage lien on the proper…

The record owner of property on which an assessment is imposed under AS 29.55.105 shall obtain (1) for each proposed energy or resilience improvement project, (A) a review of the energy, emissions, or resilience baseline conditions, as appropriate; and (B) the projected reduction…

The proposed arrangements for financing an energy or resilience improvement project may authorize the property owner to (1) purchase directly the related equipment and materials for the energy or resilience improvement project; and (2) contract directly, including through lease, …

(a) A municipality that authorizes financing through assessments under AS 29.55.105 shall file written notice of each assessment in the property records of the recording district in which the property is located. (b) The notice under (a) of this section must contain (1) the amoun…

(a) Assessments under AS 29.55.105 and any interest or penalties on the assessments are liens on the property assessed and are prior and paramount to all liens except municipal tax liens and special assessments. Assessment liens may be enforced as provided in AS 29.45.320 — 29.45…

(a) A municipality may issue bonds or notes to finance energy and resilience improvement projects subject to assessment under AS 29.55.105. (b) Bonds or notes issued under this section may not be general obligations of the municipality. The bonds or notes must be secured by one o…

A municipality may enter into an agreement with (1) a third party to administer a program under AS 29.55.100; (2) one or more municipalities to implement or administer jointly a program under AS 29.55.100; if two or more municipalities jointly implement a program, a single public…

A municipality that establishes a region under AS 29.55.100 may not make the issuance of a permit, license, or other authorization from the municipality to a person who owns property in the region contingent on the person entering into a written contract to repay the financing of…

AS 29.55.100 — 29.55.165 apply to home rule and general law municipalities.

In AS 29.55.100 — 29.55.165, (1) “finance” and “financing” include refinancing an existing project; (2) “mortgage” has the meaning given in AS 13.06.050; (3) “program” means a program established under AS 29.55.100.

AS 29.55.100 — 29.55.165 may be cited as the Municipal Property Assessed Clean Energy and Resilience Act.