Title 29 — Municipal Government
38 chapters · 509 sections in this title.
AS 29.65.010 Determination of entitlement for boroughs and unified municipalities.
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(a) The general grant land entitlement of each of the municipalities in this subsection is the amount set out opposite each: (1) Municipality of Anchorage — 44,893 acres; (2) City and Borough of Juneau — 19,584 acres; (3) City and Borough of Sitka — 10,500 acres; (4) Bristol Bay …
AS 29.65.020 Determination of entitlement for cities.
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(a) The general grant land entitlement of a city formerly eligible to receive general grant land under the provisions of former AS 29.18.190 and 29.18.200 is 10 percent of the maximum total acreage of vacant, unappropriated, unreserved land in the boundaries of each city at any t…
AS 29.65.030 Determination of entitlement for newly incorporated municipalities.
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(a) The general grant land entitlement of a municipality incorporated after July 1, 1978, that does not qualify for an entitlement under AS 29.65.010 or 29.65.020 is 10 percent of the maximum total acreage of vacant, unappropriated, unreserved land within the boundaries of the mu…
AS 29.65.040 Status of entitlements.
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(a) After July 1, 1978, general grant land entitlements provided in former AS 29.18.201 and 29.18.202 are vested property rights that must be fulfilled as provided in AS 29.65.050. After January 1, 1988, general grant land entitlements provided in AS 29.65.010 are vested property…
AS 29.65.050 Fulfillment of land entitlements.
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(a) The acreage of each municipality's land selections for which patent has been issued before July 1, 1978, shall be credited toward fulfillment of the entitlement of that municipality. (b) All approved selections under former AS 29.18.190 and 29.18.200 for which patent has not …
AS 29.65.060 School and mental health land.
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(a) If an entitlement determined under AS 29.65.010 or 29.65.020 results in a per capita entitlement for the municipality of less than one and one-half acre, the municipality may select vacant school or mental health land in the municipality in partial fulfillment of its land ent…
AS 29.65.070 Selection and conveyance procedure.
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(a) If land selected by a municipality is unsurveyed at the time of approval, the director shall survey, or may approve the municipality's survey of, the exterior boundaries of an approved selection without interior subdivision, and shall issue patent in terms of the exterior bou…
AS 29.65.080 Payment for land deficiency. [Repealed, § 12 ch 42 SLA 1997.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 29.65.090 Authorization for land exchanges.
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The director and a municipality are authorized to exchange land or interests in land when it is in the public interest. Land or interests in land exchanged under this section must be of approximately equal value, including the nonmonetary value of public benefits. Exchange proced…
AS 29.65.100 Public purpose and expansion needs.
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(a) Consistent with the best interests of the state, if a municipality does not contain and cannot reasonably acquire sufficient nonfederal land within its boundaries to meet its legitimate needs for public or private settlement or development, it is the policy of the state to se…
AS 29.65.110 Election of benefits. [Repealed, § 12 ch 34 SLA 1987.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 29.65.120 Regulations.
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The commissioner of natural resources may, after consultation with the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, adopt regulations in accordance with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
AS 29.65.122 Prohibited acquisitions.
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A municipality may not acquire subsurface rights to land of the federal government by trading land received as a general grant land entitlement. A municipality may not acquire any interest in land within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by trading land with the federal governm…
AS 29.65.129 Policy.
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Consistent with the best interest of the state, it is the policy of the state to provide a newly formed municipality with a general grant land entitlement that is no less than 10 percent of vacant, unappropriated, unreserved land located within its boundaries. It is the policy of…
AS 29.65.130 Definitions.
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In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) “approved selection” means a municipal land selection that has been approved in writing by the director for transfer by patent to a municipality; (2) “director” means the director of lands, Department of Natural Resource…
AS 29.65.140 Application.
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This chapter applies to home rule and general law municipalities.