Alaska Stat. § 29.20.010 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.20 / Section 29.20.010
Conflict of interest.
Status: in_force

(a) Each municipality shall adopt a conflict of interest ordinance that provides that (1) a member of the governing body shall declare a substantial financial interest the member has in an official action and ask to be excused from a vote on the matter;

(2) the presiding officer shall rule on a request by a member of the governing body to be excused from a vote;

(3) the decision of the presiding officer on a request by a member of the governing body to be excused from a vote may be overridden by the majority vote of the governing body; and

(4) a municipal employee or official, other than a member of the governing body, may not participate in an official action in which the employee or official has a substantial financial interest.

(b) If a municipality fails to adopt a conflict of interest ordinance by June 30, 1986, the provisions of this section are automatically applicable to and binding upon that municipality.

(c) This section applies to home rule and general law municipalities.
Alaska Stat. § 29.60.590 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.60 / Section 29.60.590
Regulations.
Status: in_force

The commissioner and the commissioner of environmental conservation shall jointly develop and adopt regulations that are necessary to implement the purposes of AS 29.60.500  29.60.599.
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.635 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.635
Validity of pledge.
Status: in_force

The pledge of revenue of an authority to the payment of the principal or interest on bonds or notes of the authority is valid and binding from the time the pledge is made, and the revenue is immediately subject to the lien of the pledge without physical delivery or further act. The lien of a pledge is valid and binding against all parties having claims of any kind against the authority irrespective of whether those parties have notice of the lien of the pledge.
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.835 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.835
Validity of pledge.
Status: in_force

The pledge of revenue of an authority to the payment of the principal of or interest on bonds or notes of the authority is valid and binding from the time the pledge is made, and the revenue is immediately subject to the lien of the pledge without physical delivery or further act. The lien of a pledge is valid and binding against all parties having claims of any kind against the authority irrespective of whether those parties have notice of the lien of the pledge.
Alaska Stat. § 29.20.160 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.20 / Section 29.20.160
Procedures of governing bodies.
Status: in_force

(a) The assembly shall elect from among its members a presiding officer and a deputy presiding officer to serve at the pleasure of the members, except that in a borough that has adopted a manager form of government under AS 29.20.460  29.20.510 the mayor serves as presiding officer. In a city the mayor serves as presiding officer. If the presiding officer is not present or if the presiding officer is personally disqualified, the deputy presiding officer shall preside.

(b) A governing body shall hold at least one regular meeting each month unless otherwise provided by ordinance. If a majority of the members are given at least 24 hours oral or written notice and reasonable efforts are made to notify all members, a special meeting of the governing body may be held at the call of the presiding officer or at least one-third of the members. A special meeting may be conducted with less than 24 hours notice if all members are present or if absent members have waived in writing the required notice. Waiver of notice can be made before or after the special meeting is held. A waiver of notice shall be made a part of the journal for the meeting.

(c) A majority of the total membership of a governing body authorized by law constitutes a quorum. A member disqualified by law from voting on a question may be considered present for purposes of constituting a quorum. In the absence of a quorum any number of members may recess or adjourn the meeting to a later date.

(d) Actions of a governing body are adopted by a majority of the total membership of the body. Each member present shall vote on every question, unless required to abstain from voting on a question by law. The final vote of each member on each ordinance, resolution, or substantive motion shall be recorded yes or no, except that if the vote is unanimous it may be recorded unanimous.

(e) A governing body shall maintain a journal of its official proceedings that shall be a public record.

(f) To the extent otherwise permitted by law, a governing body may determine by ordinance its own rules of procedure and order of business.
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.810 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.810
Dissolution of a regional solid waste management authority.
Status: in_force

(a) The enabling ordinance creating a regional solid waste management authority must provide for the manner by which a regional solid waste management authority may be dissolved.

(b) If an authority ceases to exist, its assets shall be distributed to each municipality that was participating in the authority on the day before the date of dissolution in proportion to the municipality's contribution to the authority less any outstanding debt or obligation of that municipality to the authority. Any obligation to bondholders then outstanding shall first be satisfied in full.

(c) A municipality that is participating in an authority with one or more other municipalities may withdraw from participation without dissolving the authority. The contributions to the authority made by the withdrawing municipality remain the property of the authority, and the municipality remains liable for obligations under any agreement with the authority or other participating municipalities unless the agreement is changed by the contractual parties. A municipality withdraws from participation in an authority by repealing the ordinance adopted under AS 29.35.805 (a)(2) or (b).
Alaska Stat. § 29.26.340 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.26 / Section 29.26.340
Effect.
Status: in_force

(a) If a majority vote favors recall, the office becomes vacant upon certification of the recall election.

(b) If an official is not recalled at the election, an application for a petition to recall the same official may not be filed sooner than six months after the election.
Alaska Stat. § 29.45.053 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.45 / Section 29.45.053
Exemption for certain residences of law enforcement officers.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may, by ordinance, provide for the designation of areas within its boundaries that are eligible for tax exemptions on parcels of residential property. The amount of the tax exemption provided in the ordinance may not exceed $150,000 of the assessed value of a parcel. The exemption may be granted for a parcel only if it is (1) entirely within an eligible area;

(2) primarily used for residential purposes; and

(3) owned and occupied as the primary place of abode by a law enforcement officer.

(b) Only one exemption may be granted for the same parcel under an ordinance adopted under (a) of this section, and, if two or more individuals are eligible for an exemption for the same parcel, the individuals shall decide between or among themselves who is to receive the benefit of the exemption.

(c) The municipality that adopts the ordinance under (a) of this section may not request state funds to cover any loss of revenue to the municipality caused by the ordinance.

(d) The ordinance adopted under (a) of this section must define law enforcement officer to include only some or all positions listed in the definition of peace officer in AS 01.10.060 or in the definition of police officer in AS 18.65.290 . The ordinance may include other eligibility requirements for an area; however, an eligible area must (1) meet the eligibility requirements under a federal program of special assistance for urban development, neighborhood revitalization, or law enforcement, without regard to whether an application for the federal assistance on behalf of the area has been made or whether the area has received or is receiving the federal assistance;

(2) have a statistically higher occurrence of crime than the municipality as a whole; the crime rate for an eligible area must be established in the ordinance; or

(3) meet the requirements of (1) and (2) of this subsection.

(e) The municipality may establish a specific area as an eligible area for purposes of this section only in the ordinance adopted under (a) of this section or by adopting a separate ordinance. The municipality is not required to establish as an eligible area for purposes of this section every area that meets the requirements of the ordinance that is adopted under (a) of this section.
Alaska Stat. § 29.46.010 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.46 / Section 29.46.010
Assessment and proposal.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may assess against the property of a state or federal governmental unit and private real property to be benefited by an improvement all or a portion of the cost of acquiring, installing, or constructing capital improvements. The state shall pay an assessment levied, except as otherwise provided by law and subject to its right of protest under AS 29.46.020 (b). If a governmental unit other than the state benefited by an improvement refuses to pay the assessment, it shall be denied the benefit of the improvement. An improvement proposal may be initiated by (1) petition to the governing body of the owners of one-half in value of the property to be benefited; or

(2) the governing body.

(b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, a party to a contract approved by the legislature as a result of submission of a proposed contract developed under AS 43.82 or as a result of acts by the legislature in implementing the purposes of AS 43.82 , is exempt, as specified in the contract, from assessment under this chapter against real property associated with the approved qualified project that is subject to the contract. This subsection applies to home rule municipalities.
Alaska Stat. § 29.03.020 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.03 / Section 29.03.020
Service areas.
Status: in_force

Allowing for maximum local participation, the legislature may establish, alter, or abolish service areas within the unorganized borough to provide special services that may include schools, utilities, land use regulations, and fire protection. A new service area may not be established if the new service can be provided by an existing service area, by incorporation as a city, or by annexation to a city.
Alaska Stat. § 29.40.170 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.40 / Section 29.40.170
Delegations.
Status: in_force

The planning commission and the platting authority may, as authorized by ordinance, delegate powers to hear and decide cases under this chapter, including delegations to (1) one or more members of the planning commission or platting authority;

(2) other boards or commissions;

(3) a hearing officer designated by the planning commission or platting authority.
Alaska Stat. § 29.47.010 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.47 / Section 29.47.010
Borrowing in anticipation of revenue.
Status: in_force

A municipality that is authorized to incur indebtedness may borrow money to meet appropriations for any fiscal year in anticipation of the collection of the revenues for that year, but all debt so contracted shall be paid before the end of the next fiscal year. Negotiable or nonnegotiable revenue anticipation notes may be issued as evidence of the borrowing.
Alaska Stat. § 29.47.450 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.47 / Section 29.47.450
Service area debt.
Status: in_force

The indebtedness of a service area acquired under AS 29.47.440 remains the indebtedness of the area that incurred the debt, notwithstanding a subsequent court determination that the service area was not validly formed under law or by virtue of a defect in the proceedings creating the service area. All property in the service area remains subject to taxation to pay the bonded indebtedness.
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.310 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.310
Transfer by city.
Status: in_force

(a) A city in a first or second class borough may transfer to the borough in which it is located any of its powers or functions, subject to the approval of the assembly.

(b) A first or second class borough shall exercise all powers transferred to it by a city.
Alaska Stat. § 29.60.599 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.60 / Section 29.60.599
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In AS 29.60.500  29.60.599, (1) barrel when used with reference to oil has the meaning given in AS 43.20.144 ;

(2) containment and cleanup has the meaning given in AS 46.08.900 ;

(3) disaster emergency means a disaster declared by the governor under AS 26.23.020 ;

(4) fund means the oil and hazardous substance release prevention and response fund established by AS 46.08.010 ;

(5) hazardous substance has the meaning given in AS 46.09.900 ;

(6) oil and release have the meanings given in AS 46.08.900 ;

(7) school district means a borough school district, a city school district, or a regional educational attendance area under AS 14 ;

(8) service (A) means (i) a function performed or service provided by a municipality under a duty or power authorized by this title or by another provision of law authorizing a municipality to perform functions or provide services;

(ii) a comparable function performed or service provided by a village; or

(iii) a function performed or service provided by a school district;

(B) includes functions not previously performed and services not previously provided by the municipality or village;

(9) village means a place within the unorganized borough or within a borough if the power, function, or service for which a grant application is submitted under AS 29.60.500  29.60.599 is not exercised or provided by the borough on an areawide or nonareawide basis at the time the grant application is submitted, that (A) has irrevocably waived, in a form approved by the Department of Law, any claim of sovereign immunity that might arise in connection with the use of grant money under this chapter; and

(B) has (i) a council organized under 25 U.S.C. 476 (sec. 16 of the Indian Reorganization Act);

(ii) a traditional village council recognized by the United States as eligible for federal aid to Indians; or

(iii) a council recognized by the commissioner under regulations adopted by the department to determine and give official recognition of village entities under AS 44.33.755 (b).

Article 4. Human Services Community Match Program.
Alaska Stat. § 29.60.410 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.60 / Section 29.60.410
Grant procedures.
Status: in_force

(a) An application for a grant under AS 29.60.400 shall be made in a form prescribed by the commissioner.

(b) A grant shall be allotted in accordance with an agreement made between the commissioner on behalf of the state and the grantee. The agreement may include any provision agreed upon by the parties and must include in substance the following provisions: (1) estimates of reasonable costs of the study or project as approved by the commissioner after consultation with the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities;

(2) a schedule of disbursements of money from the grant if the commissioner determines that the grant money is not to be disbursed in one sum;

(3) agreement by the grantee (A) to proceed with and complete the proposed study or project expeditiously;

(B) not to discontinue operation or dispose of all or part of a community facility for which it receives a grant without the approval of the commissioner;

(C) to apply for and make reasonable efforts to secure federal assistance that may be available for the study or project, subject to any conditions the commissioner may require to maximize the amounts of that assistance available for all projects in the state;

(D) to provide for payment of the grantee's share of the cost of the study or project;

(E) that, if federal assistance for a study or project becomes available to the grantee that was not included in the calculation of the amount of the grant, the value of the federal assistance shall be subtracted from the total value of the project and the balance shall be equally divided between the grantee and the state;

(4) alteration or modification of an approved study or project;

(5) alteration or modification of an existing facility that would have qualified for a grant at the time of initial construction if AS 29.60.400  29.60.440 had been in effect;

(6) remedies in case of failure to perform the agreement or noncompliance with regulations adopted under AS 29.60.420 .

(c) The commissioner shall require in negotiations and in each grant agreement that continued maintenance of the community facility is the responsibility of the municipality. The municipality must show the feasibility of continuing to maintain the facility before state money may be authorized for a grant.
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.420 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.420
Enumeration of powers.
Status: in_force

A specific example in an enumerated power or function conferred upon a municipality in this title is illustrative of the object and not a limitation on or exclusion from the exercise of the power or function.
Alaska Stat. § 29.60.820 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.60 / Section 29.60.820
Award of grants.
Status: in_force

(a) The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities may award a harbor facility grant during a fiscal year only for a proposed project eligible under AS 29.60.810 based on a grant application filed during the immediately preceding fiscal year before February 1. The total amount of grant money made available to a municipality or regional housing authority during a fiscal year may not exceed $5,000,000.

(b) The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities shall award a grant for every proposed project eligible under AS 29.60.810 that is for repair and major maintenance of a harbor facility that was transferred by the state to a municipality or regional housing authority before grants may be made for other proposed harbor facility projects during a fiscal year. However, after the department makes a grant for the repair and major maintenance of a harbor facility under this subsection, no other grants for the repair and major maintenance of that facility may be made during the same or any other fiscal year.

(c) The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities shall establish priorities for the award of grants for proposed harbor facility projects under (b) of this section and priorities for the award of grants for other proposed harbor facility projects, with new construction projects having the lowest priority. The department shall award grants in the order of priority established. In establishing priorities, the department shall include at least the following, in the order listed: (1) the extent to which the municipality or regional housing authority can demonstrate that it will have sufficient revenue to operate and maintain the harbor facility in the future without state aid;

(2) public safety and emergency factors;

(3) the amount spent by the municipality or regional housing authority on maintenance of the harbor facility;

(4) other options that would reduce or eliminate the need for the proposed project; and

(5) whether alternative harbor projects would better serve the public interest.

(d) The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities may suggest modifications to a project request to achieve cost savings or to better serve the public interest and, if the municipality or regional housing authority agrees, award the harbor facility grant for the proposed project as modified.
Alaska Stat. § 29.45.100 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.45 / Section 29.45.100
No limitations on taxes to pay bonds.
Status: in_force

The limitations provided for in AS 29.45.080  29.45.090 do not apply to taxes levied or pledged to pay or secure the payment of the principal and interest on bonds. Taxes to pay or secure the payment of principal and interest on bonds may be levied without limitation as to rate or amount, regardless of whether the bonds are in default or in danger of default.
Alaska Stat. § 29.60.810 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.60 / Section 29.60.810
Grant applications.
Status: in_force

A municipality or regional housing authority that owns a harbor facility may submit to the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities an application for a harbor facility grant to be used for construction, expansion, major repair, or major maintenance of a harbor facility. The application must include information about the project requested by the department. For a proposed project to be eligible for a grant, the municipality or regional housing authority must provide evidence acceptable to the department that the (1) proposed project is a capital improvement project and not part of a preventive maintenance program or regular custodial care program;

(2) municipality or regional housing authority will provide 50 percent of the total project cost as matching funds for the state grant and that money received by the municipality or regional housing authority from the state will not be used for the matching funds except money received under (A) AS 29.60.850  29.60.879 (community assistance program);

(B) AS 29.60.450 , AS 43.75.130 , and 43.75.137 (shared fisheries business taxes);

(C) AS 43.52.200  43.52.295 (excise tax on overnight accommodations on commercial passenger vessels); and

(D) a transfer agreement between the state and a municipality for a sale under AS 35.10.120 ;

(3) municipality or regional housing authority has secured and will maintain adequate property loss insurance for the replacement cost of the harbor facility or has an adequate program of insurance;

(4) municipality or regional housing authority has a preventive maintenance plan for the harbor facility and will be adequately adhering to the preventive maintenance plan after completion of the proposed project; and

(5) harbor facility has safety ladders installed on the harbor facility's floats or the proposed project will include safety ladders on the harbor facility's new floats.
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.149 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.149
Regulation of dextromethorphan.
Status: reserved

(a) The authority to regulate dextromethorphan is reserved to the state, and, except as specifically provided by statute, a municipality may not enact or enforce an ordinance regulating the possession or sale of dextromethorphan.

(b) This section applies to home rule and general law municipalities.

Article 2. Mandatory Areawide Powers.
Alaska Stat. § 29.47.240 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.47 / Section 29.47.240
Revenue bonds.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may issue negotiable or nonnegotiable revenue bonds for a public enterprise or public corporation of the municipality where the only security is the revenue of the public enterprise or corporation.

(b) A municipality may issue its revenue bonds to finance the purchase of residential mortgage loans. The revenue bonds issued under this subsection are payable solely from the principal and interest of the mortgage loans and from other amounts pledged by the municipality, except the pledge of revenues derived from taxes. Revenue bonds issued under this subsection do not constitute a general obligation of the municipality.
Alaska Stat. § 29.10.100 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.10 / Section 29.10.100
Charter amendment.
Status: in_force

(a) A home rule charter may be amended as provided in the charter, except that no amendment is effective unless ratified by the voters.

(b) If a charter is amended, the municipality shall file the indicated number of copies of the revised charter with (1) the lieutenant governor  two copies;

(2) the department  two copies;

(3) the district recorder  one copy;

(4) the municipal clerk  one copy.

(c) This section applies to home rule municipalities.

Article 2. Home Rule Limitations.
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.450 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.450
Service areas.
Status: in_force

(a) A service area to provide special services in a borough or unified municipality may be established, operated, altered, or abolished by ordinance, subject to (c) of this section. Special services include services not provided by the unified municipality or a higher or different level of services. Special services include services not provided by a borough on an areawide or nonareawide basis in the borough or a higher or different level of services than that provided on an areawide or nonareawide basis. A borough may include a city in a service area if (1) the city agrees by ordinance; or

(2) approval is granted by a majority of voters residing in the city, and by a majority of voters residing inside the boundaries of the proposed service area but outside of the city.

(b) A new service area may not be established if, consistent with the purposes of art. X, Constitution of the State of Alaska, the new service can be provided by an existing service area, by annexation to a city, or by incorporation as a city.

(c) If voters reside within a service area that provides road, fire protection, or parks and recreation services, abolishment of the service area is subject to approval by the majority of the voters residing in the service area who vote on the question. A service area that provides road, fire protection, or parks and recreation services in which voters reside may not be abolished and replaced by a larger service area unless that proposal is approved, separately, by a majority of the voters who vote on the question residing in the existing service area and by a majority of the voters who vote on the question residing in the area proposed to be included within the new service area but outside of the existing service area. A service area that provides road, fire protection, or parks and recreation services in which voters reside may not be altered or combined with another service area unless that proposal is approved, separately, by a majority of the voters who vote on the question and who reside in each of the service areas or in the area outside of service areas that is affected by the proposal. This subsection does not apply (1) to a proposed change to a service area that provides fire protection services (A) that would result in increasing the number of parcels of land in the service area or successor service area if the increase is not more than six percent and would add not more than 1,000 residents;

(B) in a second class borough that would result in (i) decreasing the number of parcels of land in the service area or successor service area if the owner of the property to be removed from the area requests removal and the removal meets criteria adopted by ordinance; or

(ii) increasing or decreasing the number of parcels of land in the service area or successor service area if the parcel is transferred to a service area that provides more accessible fire protection services to the transferred parcel;

(2) in a second class borough to abolishment of a road service area or consolidation of two or more road service areas if (A) taxes have not been levied in the service area for road maintenance or construction during the last 12 months and there is no balance in any account available to pay for these road services for the service area;

(B) during the last 12 months, the service area board has not met with a quorum present and in accordance with law; or

(C) there are no road maintenance contracts in effect for the service area or the existing road maintenance contracts fail to provide for minimum road standards required by law that are necessary to protect the borough from civil liability;

(3) to require approval by the voters residing in a subdivision or parcel proposed to be added to a road service area if roads maintained by the service area provide the only access to the subdivision or parcel or provide access to the subdivision or parcel that is required by the subdivision plat or by other regulation or ordinance;

(4) to a change in the boundaries of a road service area to exclude a subdivision or parcel that does not rely on the use of roads maintained by the service area for the subdivision's or parcel's only access or for access that is required by the subdivision plat or by other regulation or ordinance;

(5) to a change in the boundaries of a road service area to include or exclude a parcel that is located in more than one service area so that the parcel is only located in one road service area;

(6) to a change in the boundaries of a road service area to include a parcel that is partially located in the road service area if roads maintained by the service area provide the only access to the parcel.

(d) This section applies to a home rule or general law municipality.
Alaska Stat. § 29.47.410 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.47 / Section 29.47.410
Forms and terms.
Status: in_force

The municipality may by ordinance or resolution fix the date, denominations, maturities, rate or rates of interest, redemption terms, registration privileges, manner of execution, signatures required, purchase price, manner of sale, and other requirements for issuing bonds or notes under this chapter. If an official whose signature appears on the bonds or coupons ceases to be an official before delivery of the bonds, the signature of the former official is valid as if the former official had remained in office until delivery.
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.510 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.510
Inspections; penalties.
Status: in_force

A municipality may conduct inspections, and establish and impose penalties, necessary to ensure compliance with reporting requirements adopted under AS 29.35.500 .
Alaska Stat. § 29.20.480 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.20 / Section 29.20.480
Adoption of manager plan.
Status: in_force

(a) If a manager plan is approved, the governing body shall, within 60 days, adopt the plan by ordinance or resolution.

(b) The governing body shall notify the department of the adoption of a manager plan.
Alaska Stat. § 29.04.050 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.04 / Section 29.04.050
Reclassification of second class boroughs.
Status: in_force

A second class borough may reclassify as a first class borough in the manner provided by AS 29.35.320  29.35.330 for the addition of an areawide power by a first or second class borough, except the petition or proposal requests reclassification instead of requesting addition of a power.
Alaska Stat. § 29.45.295 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.45 / Section 29.45.295
Collection of delinquent taxes on certain governmental property.
Status: in_force

AS 29.45.300  29.45.490 do not apply to property taxable under AS 29.45.030 (a)(1)(B) or (C) or to federal property not exempted under AS 29.45.030 (a)(8). A municipality may bring an action in the superior court to compel payment of property taxes due from the state, municipal, or federal entity if the entity does not pay the amount due within six months after the date that the taxes are due.
Alaska Stat. § 29.20.050 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.20 / Section 29.20.050
Legislative power.
Status: in_force

(a) The legislative power of a borough is vested in the assembly. The legislative power of a city is vested in the council.

(b) This section applies to home rule and general law municipalities.
Alaska Stat. § 29.45.049 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.45 / Section 29.45.049
Energy efficient construction tax credit.
Status: in_force

A municipality may by ordinance provide for a single or multiple year energy efficient construction tax credit to offset a portion of the property taxes due on real property improvements made during the immediately preceding tax year before the municipality's initial approval of the tax credit, including energy efficient new construction, refurbishments, remodels, and renovations. The municipality shall establish eligibility criteria for the credit in the ordinance adopted under this section.
Alaska Stat. § 29.45.090 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.45 / Section 29.45.090
Tax limitation.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may not, during a year, levy an ad valorem tax for any purpose in excess of three percent of the assessed value of property in the municipality. All property on which an ad valorem tax is levied shall be taxed at the same rate during the year.

(b) A municipality, or combination of municipalities occupying the same geographical area, in whole or in part, may not levy taxes (1) that will result in tax revenues from all sources exceeding $1,500 a year for each person residing within the municipal boundaries; or

(2) on value that, when combined with the value of property otherwise taxable by the municipality, exceeds the product of the percentage determined in (e) of this section of the average per capita assessed full and true value of property in the state multiplied by the number of residents of the taxing municipality.

(c) The commissioner shall apportion the lawful levy and equitably divide the tax revenues on the basis of need, services performed, and other considerations in the public interest if two or more municipalities occupying the same geographical area, in whole or in part, attempt to levy a tax (1) the combined levy of which would result in tax revenues from all sources exceeding $1,500 a year for each person residing within the municipal boundaries; or

(2) on value that, when combined with the value of property otherwise taxable by the municipality, exceeds the product of the percentage determined in (e) of this section of the average per capita assessed full and true value of property in the state multiplied by the number of residents of the taxing municipality.

(d) For the purpose of (b) and (c) of this section, population shall be determined by the commissioner based on the latest statistics of the United States Bureau of the Census or on other reliable population data.

(e) The percentage in (b) and (c) of this section is based on the total tax rate established by the municipality and levied each year under AS 43.56.010 (b) and is as follows:

If the tax rate determined under AS 43.56.010 (b) is:The percentage is: Not more than 18.0 mills375 percent More than 18.0 mills but not more than 19.0 mills300 percent More than 19.0 mills225 percent
Alaska Stat. § 29.26.120 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.26 / Section 29.26.120
Contents of petition.
Status: in_force

(a) Within two weeks after certification of an application for an initiative or referendum petition, a petition shall be prepared by the municipal clerk. Each copy of the petition must contain (1) a summary of the ordinance or resolution to be initiated or the ordinance or resolution to be referred;

(2) the complete ordinance or resolution sought to be initiated or referred as submitted by the sponsors;

(3) the date on which the petition is issued by the clerk;

(4) notice that signatures must be secured within 90 days after the date the petition is issued;

(5) spaces for each signature, the printed name of each signer, the date each signature is affixed, and the residence and mailing addresses of each signer;

(6) a statement, with space for the sponsor's sworn signature and date of signing, that the sponsor personally circulated the petition, that all signatures were affixed in the presence of the sponsor, and that the sponsor believes the signatures to be those of the persons whose names they purport to be; and

(7) space for indicating the total number of signatures on the petition.

(b) If a petition consists of more than one page, each page must contain the summary of the ordinance or resolution to be initiated or the ordinance or resolution to be referred.

(c) The clerk shall notify the contact person in writing when the petition is available. The contact person is responsible for notifying sponsors. Copies of the petition shall be provided by the clerk to each sponsor who appears in the clerk's office and requests a petition, and the clerk shall mail the petition to each sponsor who requests that the petition be mailed.
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.340 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.340
Effect of acquiring an areawide power.
Status: in_force

(a) On acquisition of an areawide power the first or second class borough succeeds to all of the rights, powers, and duties of any city or service area with respect to that power. The borough succeeds to claims, franchises, and other contractual obligations, liability for bonded and all other indebtedness, and to all of the right, title, and interest in the real and personal property held by a city or service area for the exercise of the power.

(b) The assembly may levy and collect special charges, taxes, or assessments including interest for the purpose of amortizing bonded indebtedness previously incurred by a city or service area for exercising an areawide power acquired by the borough. When a city or service area had previously incurred bonded indebtedness, all property that was in the city or service area at the time the bonds were issued remains subject to taxation to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds.

(c) On acquisition of an additional areawide power the first or second class borough, in consultation with the city or service area personnel, shall arrange for an orderly and equitable transfer of rights, assets, liabilities, powers, duties, and other matters related to acquisition of the areawide powers.

(d) This section applies to home rule and general law cities.
Alaska Stat. § 29.45.220 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.45 / Section 29.45.220
Supplementary assessment rolls.
Status: in_force

The assessor shall include property omitted from the assessment roll on a supplementary roll, using the procedures set out in this chapter for the original roll.
Alaska Stat. § 29.60.510 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.60 / Section 29.60.510
Municipal impact grants authorized.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to (b) of this section, the commissioner may use money from the oil and hazardous substance release prevention and response fund to make grants to a municipality, village, or school district that is affected by the release or by the response to the release and that demonstrates that the release or response to the release involves extraordinary expenditures that are beyond the reasonable capability of the municipality, village, or school district to meet from the current revenue sources of the municipality, village, or school district if a release of oil exceeds 2,500 barrels of oil, or if a release of a hazardous substance exceeds an amount of a hazardous substance that, when released into the environment, presents a threat to the economy and public welfare of the municipalities, villages, and school districts affected by it at least equivalent in effect to the effect of a release of oil in an amount defined by this subsection.

(b) For each release or threatened release of oil or a hazardous substance (1) for which the commissioner of environmental conservation may, under AS 46.08.045 , expend money from the oil and hazardous substance release response account in the fund, and subject to agreement with the commissioner of environmental conservation as to the amount of money in the fund that may be used by the department to make grants, the commissioner may expend not more than $10,000,000 of the unrestricted balance of the oil and hazardous substance release response account in the fund for grants for purposes described in AS 29.60.520 ; if the commissioner and the commissioner of environmental conservation do not agree on the amount of money in the response account in the fund that may be used by the department to make grants under AS 29.60.500  29.60.599 for release or threatened release of oil or a hazardous substance, the governor shall make the determination;

(2) for which money may not be expended from the response account under (1) of this subsection, and subject to appropriation of money in the fund that may be used by the department to make grants, the commissioner may expend not more than the amount appropriated from the oil and hazardous substance release prevention account in the fund for grants for purposes described in AS 29.60.520 .

(c) Notwithstanding the limitation of AS 37.07.080 (e) against the transfer of money between appropriations, when the commissioner and the commissioner of environmental conservation have agreed to the amount of money in the oil and hazardous substance release response account that may be used by the department to make grants, or when that determination has been made by the governor, the commissioner of environmental conservation shall promptly transfer that amount to the department for use under AS 29.60.500  29.60.599.

(d) For money that has been transferred under (c) of this section, if within any one-year period thereafter the commissioner does not use the money to make a grant under AS 29.60.500  29.60.599, the commissioner shall return the unexpended amount transferred under (c) of this section to the oil and hazardous substance release response account of the fund.
Alaska Stat. § 29.25.030 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.25 / Section 29.25.030
Emergency ordinances.
Status: in_force

(a) To meet a public emergency the governing body may adopt an emergency ordinance effective on adoption. Each emergency ordinance must contain a finding by the governing body that an emergency exists and a statement of the facts upon which the finding is based. An emergency ordinance may be adopted, amended and adopted, or rejected at the meeting at which it is introduced. The affirmative vote of all members present, or the affirmative vote of three-fourths of the total membership, whichever is less, is required for adoption of an emergency ordinance. The governing body shall print and make available copies of adopted emergency ordinances.

(b) An emergency ordinance may not be used to levy taxes, to grant, renew, or extend a franchise, or to regulate the rate charged by a public utility for its services.

(c) An emergency ordinance is effective for 60 days.
Alaska Stat. § 29.65.010 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.65 / Section 29.65.010
Determination of entitlement for boroughs and unified municipalities.
Status: reserved

(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 Borough  2,898 acres;

(5) Fairbanks North Star Borough  112,000 acres;

(6) Haines Borough  2,800 acres;

(7) Kenai Peninsula Borough  155,780 acres;

(8) Ketchikan Gateway Borough  11,593 acres;

(9) Kodiak Island Borough  56,500 acres;

(10) Lake and Peninsula Borough  125,000 acres;

(11) Matanuska-Susitna Borough  355,210 acres;

(12) North Slope Borough  89,850 acres;

(13) City and Borough of Yakutat  21,500 acres;

(14) City and Borough of Wrangell  9,006 acres;

(15) Haines Borough  3,167 acres;

(16) Petersburg Borough  14,666 acres.

(b) [Repealed, § 12 ch 34 SLA 1987.]
Alaska Stat. § 29.06.460 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.06 / Section 29.06.460
Petition.
Status: in_force

(a) Voters of a municipality may file a dissolution petition with the department in the form prescribed by the department. The petition must be signed by a number of voters equal to at least 25 percent of the number of votes cast in the last regular election in that municipality.

(b) The petition must include (1) the name of the municipality;

(2) maps, documents, and other information showing that the municipality meets the standards for dissolution.
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.470 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.470
Financing.
Status: in_force

(a) The assembly may levy or authorize the levying of taxes, charges, or assessments in a service area to finance the special services. If the assembly authorizes the levying of taxes, charges, or assessments, the rate of taxation and the issuance of bonds are subject to assembly approval.

(b) The assembly may by ordinance establish, alter, and abolish differential tax zones within a service area to provide and levy property taxes for a different level of services than that provided generally in the service area. Taxes levied within a differential tax zone that exceed the amount that would have otherwise been levied may only be used for the services provided in that zone.
Alaska Stat. § 29.26.290 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.26 / Section 29.26.290
Sufficiency of petition.
Status: in_force

(a) The copies of a recall petition shall be assembled and filed as a single instrument. A petition may not be filed within 180 days before the end of the term of office of the official sought to be recalled. Within 10 days after the date a petition is filed, the municipal clerk shall (1) certify on the petition whether it is sufficient; and

(2) if the petition is insufficient, identify the insufficiency and notify the contact person by certified mail.

(b) A petition that is insufficient may be supplemented with additional signatures obtained and filed before the 11th day after the date on which the petition is rejected if (1) the petition contains an adequate number of signatures, counting both valid and invalid signatures; and

(2) the supplementary petition is filed more than 180 days before the end of the term of office of the official sought to be recalled.

(c) A petition that is insufficient shall be rejected and filed as a public record unless it is supplemented under (b) of this section. Within 10 days after the supplementary filing the clerk shall recertify the petition. If it is still insufficient, the petition is rejected and filed as a public record.
Alaska Stat. § 29.45.110 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.45 / Section 29.45.110
Full and true value.
Status: in_force

(a) The assessor shall assess property at its full and true value as of January 1 of the assessment year, except as provided in this section, AS 29.45.060 , and 29.45.230. The full and true value is the estimated price that the property would bring in an open market and under the then prevailing market conditions in a sale between a willing seller and a willing buyer both conversant with the property and with prevailing general price levels. The assessor shall determine the full and true value as provided in standards adopted by the department under (e) of this section or another set of standards provided by ordinance.

(b) Assessment of business inventories may be based on the average monthly method of assessment rather than the value existing on January 1. The method used to assess business inventories shall be prescribed by the governing body.

(c) In the case of cessation of business during the tax year, the municipality may provide for reassessment of business inventories using the average monthly method of assessment for the tax year rather than the value existing on January 1 of the tax year, and for reduction and refund of taxes. In enacting an ordinance authorized by this section, the municipality may prescribe procedures, restrictions, and conditions of assessing or reassessing business inventories and of remitting or refunding taxes.

(d) The provisions of this subsection apply to determine the full and true value of property that qualifies for a low-income housing credit under 26 U.S.C. 42: (1) when the assessor acts to determine the full and true value of property that qualifies for a low-income housing credit under 26 U.S.C. 42, instead of assessing the property under (a) of this section, the assessor shall base assessment of the value of the property on the actual income derived from the property and may not adjust it based on the amount of any federal income tax credit given for the property; for property the full and true value of which is to be determined under this paragraph, to secure an assessment under this subsection, an owner of property that qualifies for the low-income housing credit shall apply to the assessor before May 15 of each year in which the assessment is desired; the property owner shall submit the application on forms prescribed by the assessor and shall include information that may reasonably be required to determine the entitlement of the applicant;

(2) the governing body of the municipality shall determine by ordinance whether the full and true value of all property within the municipality that first qualifies for a low-income housing credit under 26 U.S.C. 42 on and after January 1, 2001, shall be exempt from the requirement of assessment under (1) of this subsection; thereafter, for property that first qualifies for a low-income housing credit under 26 U.S.C. 42 on and after January 1, 2001, and that, by ordinance, is exempt from the requirement of mandatory assessment under (1) of this subsection, the governing body (A) may determine, by parcel, whether the property shall be assessed under (a) of this section or on the basis of actual income derived from the property without adjustment based on the amount of any federal income tax credit given for the property, as authorized by (1) of this subsection; and

(B) may not, under (A) of this paragraph, change the manner of assessment of the parcel of property if debt relating to the property incurred in conjunction with the property's qualifying for the low-income housing tax credit remains outstanding.

(e) The department shall adopt standards for assessing the full and true value of property under (a) of this section that are not inconsistent with standards adopted by the International Association of Assessing Officers and update the standards when necessary.
Alaska Stat. § 29.45.210 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.45 / Section 29.45.210
Hearing.
Status: in_force

(a) If an appellant fails to appear, the board of equalization may proceed with the hearing in the absence of the appellant.

(b) The appellant bears the burden of proof. The only grounds for adjustment of assessment are proof of unequal, excessive, improper, or under valuation based on facts that are stated in a valid written appeal or proven at the appeal hearing. The board of equalization may not raise the assessment in the current year unless requested to do so by the appellant. If the appellant provides a long form fee appraisal to support the appellant's valuation and the board of equalization does not find in favor of the appellant, the board shall make specific findings on the record to support its decision.

(c) The board of equalization shall certify its actions to the assessor within seven days. Except as to supplementary assessments, the assessor shall enter the changes and certify the final assessment roll by June 1.

(d) An appellant or the assessor may appeal a determination of the board of equalization to the superior court as provided by rules of court applicable to appeals from the decisions of administrative agencies. Appeals are heard on the record established at the hearing before the board of equalization.
Alaska Stat. § 29.06.250 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.06 / Section 29.06.250
Charter commission nominations.
Status: in_force

(a) If the assembly determines that a unification petition meets the requirements of AS 29.06.210 , or the assembly by its resolution proposes an election on formation of a charter commission, the assembly shall issue a call for the nomination of commission candidates, specifying the filing deadline and the procedure for making nominations.

(b) Charter commission candidates shall be nominated by petition signed by at least 50 voters of the area from which the candidate seeks election, or by a number of voters from that area equal to at least 10 percent of the number of votes cast from that area in the last regular borough election, whichever is less.

(c) Nomination petitions shall be filed with the borough clerk at least 30 days after notice of the call for nominations has been given and on or before a date fixed by the assembly.

(d) If at least one nomination of a qualified charter commission candidate for each available seat is not filed, the unification petition or resolution to propose formation of a charter commission is void and an election on the question may not be held.
Alaska Stat. § 29.05.100 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.05 / Section 29.05.100
Decision.
Status: in_force

(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 conditioned if appropriate, meets applicable standards under the state constitution and commission regulations, meets the standards for incorporation under AS 29.05.011 or 29.05.031, and is in the best interests of the state, it may accept the petition. Otherwise, it shall reject the petition.

(b) A Local Boundary Commission decision under this section may be appealed under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act).
Alaska Stat. § 29.06.130 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.06 / Section 29.06.130
Decision.
Status: in_force

(a) The Local Boundary Commission may amend the petition and may impose conditions for the merger or consolidation. If the commission determines that the merger or consolidation, as amended or conditioned if appropriate, meets applicable standards under the state constitution and commission regulations, the municipality after the merger or consolidation would meet the standards for incorporation under AS 29.05.011 or 29.05.031, and the merger or consolidation is in the best interests of the state, it may accept the petition. Otherwise, it shall reject the petition.

(b) A Local Boundary Commission decision under this section may be appealed under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act).
Alaska Stat. § 29.45.180 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.45 / Section 29.45.180
Questions and corrections.
Status: in_force

(a) A person receiving an assessment notice shall advise the assessor of errors or omissions in the assessment of the person's property. If requested by the person, the assessor or a person designated by the assessor shall meet with the person and answer reasonable questions relating to the methods used to assess the person's property. The meeting required under this subsection may be virtual or telephonic. The assessor may correct errors or omissions in the roll before the board of equalization hearing.

(b) If errors found in the preparation of the assessment roll are adjusted, the assessor shall mail a corrected notice allowing 30 days for appeal to the board of equalization.
Alaska Stat. § 29.06.150 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.06 / Section 29.06.150
Succession to rights and liabilities.
Status: in_force

(a) When two or more municipalities merge, one succeeds to the rights, powers, duties, assets, and liabilities of the others.

(b) When two or more municipalities consolidate, the newly incorporated municipality succeeds to the rights, powers, duties, assets, and liabilities of the consolidated municipalities.
Alaska Stat. § 29.10.080 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.10 / Section 29.10.080
Charter adoption.
Status: in_force

(a) If a majority of those voting in an existing municipality favor the proposed charter or if a majority of those voting to form a home rule municipality by incorporation, merger, or consolidation favor incorporation, merger, or consolidation, the proposed charter becomes the organic law of the municipality effective on the date the election is certified. Thereafter, a court shall take judicial notice of the charter. The new home rule municipality shall file the indicated number of copies of the charter with (1) the lieutenant governor  two copies;

(2) the department  two copies;

(3) the district recorder  one copy;

(4) the municipal clerk  one copy.

(b) At the time of voting on the proposed charter in a third class borough, voters shall vote also on whether the borough shall, on adoption of the charter, retain a combined assembly and school board or elect a separate assembly and board as otherwise provided for home rule boroughs. If a combined assembly and school board are approved at the charter election, the assembly serving at the time of the election continues to serve as the assembly and board on voter approval of the charter and until terms of assembly members expire as provided before adoption of the charter. If a separate board and assembly are approved at the charter election, a school board shall be elected in conformity with AS 14.12.030  14.12.100 at the next regular election, if it occurs within 90 days of the date of the charter election, or otherwise at a special election within 90 days of the date of the charter election. Expiration dates of terms of school board members elected at a special election shall coincide with the date of the regular election. Until a board is elected and qualified, the assembly continues to serve as the board.
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.640 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.640
Credit of state or a municipality not pledged.
Status: in_force

(a) The state and municipalities participating in an authority are not liable for the debts of that authority. Bonds issued under AS 29.35.625 are payable solely from the revenue of the authority and do not constitute a (1) debt, liability, or obligation of the state or a municipality; or

(2) pledge of the faith and credit of the state or a municipality.

(b) An authority may not pledge the credit or the taxing power of the state or its municipalities. A bond issued under AS 29.35.625 must contain on its face a statement that (1) the authority is not obligated to pay it or the interest on it except from the revenue pledged for it; and

(2) the faith and credit of the taxing power of the state or of a political subdivision of the state is not pledged to the payment of it.
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.865 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.865
No taxing authority.
Status: in_force

An authority may not levy an income or other tax.
Alaska Stat. § 29.40.110 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.40 / Section 29.40.110
Plat procedure.
Status: in_force

(a) The platting authority shall approve or disapprove a plat within 60 days after it is filed, or shall return it to the applicant for modification or correction. Unless the applicant for plat approval consents to an extension of time, the plat is considered approved and a certificate of approval shall be issued by the platting authority on demand if the platting authority fails to act within 60 days.

(b) The platting authority shall state in writing its reasons for disapproval of a plat. If the platting authority approves a plat, the plat shall be acknowledged, filed, and recorded in accordance with AS 40.15.010  40.15.020.
Alaska Stat. § 29.71.050 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.71 / Section 29.71.050
Procurement preferences for recycled Alaska products.
Status: in_force

(a) Alaska recycled products shall be used in municipal procurements when the products are of comparable quality, of equivalent price, and appropriate for the intended use.

(b) Unless the procurement is governed by AS 29.71.040 , in the evaluation of a bid or proposal for a procurement by a municipality, if a bid or proposal designates the use of recycled Alaska products for the products identified in the contract specifications, and if the recycled Alaska products meet the contract specifications, the bid or offer shall be decreased by the percentage of preference given to the recycled Alaska products under AS 36.30.332 .

(c) The contract specifications for a municipal procurement must include a provision that describes the preference granted under (b) of this section.

(d) If a successful bidder or offeror who receives the preference under (b) of this section fails to use the designated recycled Alaska product for a reason within the control of the successful bidder or offeror, each payment under the contract shall be reduced by the percentage reduction scheduled under AS 36.30.330 (a) for the classification the product has received under AS 36.30.332 .

(e) In the evaluation of a bid or proposal for a municipal procurement, a person is not a responsible bidder or offeror if, during two contracts for which the person received a preference under (b) of this section during the preceding three years, the person failed to use the recycled Alaska product designated in the person's bids or proposals for the contracts for reasons within the control of the bidder or offeror.

(f) This section applies to home rule and general law municipalities.

(g) In this section, recycled Alaska product has the meaning given in AS 36.30.338 .
Alaska Stat. § 29.06.010 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.06 / Section 29.06.010
Change of municipal name.
Status: repealed

(a) A municipality may change its official name by adopting an ordinance for the purpose that is ratified by the voters and filing the ordinance with the office of the lieutenant governor. Upon receipt of an ordinance ratified by the voters, the lieutenant governor shall issue an order to the municipality changing its name. The name change shall become effective on a date fixed in the order and occurring within 45 days after receipt of the ordinance. A copy of the order shall be transmitted to the department.

(b) If an ordinance adopted under (a) of this section that results in a change of the municipal name is subsequently repealed, the lieutenant governor shall issue an order reinstating the former name within 45 days after the date of the order, unless a different name is adopted as provided in (a) of this section.

(c) When a municipal name change takes effect by means of an order issued under (a) or (b) of this section, a civil or criminal suit, application, petition, hearing or other proceeding to which the municipality is a party and that is pending at or brought after the date the name change takes effect shall proceed in the municipal name as changed by the order.

(d) This section applies to home rule and general law municipalities.

Article 2. Annexation and Detachment.
Alaska Stat. § 29.26.280 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.26 / Section 29.26.280
Signature requirements.
Status: in_force

(a) The signatures on a recall petition shall be secured within 60 days after the date the clerk issues the petition. The statement provided under AS 29.26.270 (a)(6) shall be completed and signed by the sponsor. Signatures shall be in ink or indelible pencil.

(b) The clerk shall determine the number of signatures required on a petition and inform the contact person in writing. If a petition seeks to recall an official who represents the municipality at large, the petition shall be signed by a number of voters equal to 25 percent of the number of votes cast for that office at the last regular election held before the date written notice is given to the contact person that the petition is available. If a petition seeks to recall an official who represents a district, the petition shall be signed by a number of the voters residing in the district equal to 25 percent of the number of votes cast in the district for that office at the last regular election held before the date the written notice is given to the contact person that the petition is available.

(c) Illegible signatures shall be rejected by the clerk unless accompanied by a legible printed name. Signatures not accompanied by a legible residence shall be rejected.

(d) A petition signer may withdraw the signer's signature upon written application to the clerk before certification of the petition.
Alaska Stat. § 29.05.140 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.05 / Section 29.05.140
Transition.
Status: in_force

(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 the date of incorporation. Ordinances, rules, resolutions, procedures, and orders in effect before the transfer remain in effect until superseded by the action of the new municipality.

(b) Before the assumption, the new municipality shall give written notice of its assumption of the rights, powers, duties, assets, and liabilities under this section and AS 29.05.130 to the city or service area concerned. Municipal officials shall consult with the officials of the city or service area concerned and arrange an orderly transfer.

(c) After the incorporation of a new municipality, a service area in it may not assume new bonded indebtedness, make a contract, or transfer an asset without the consent of the governing body.

(d) Upon incorporation, the home rule charter of a unified municipality operates to dissolve all municipalities in the area unified in accordance with the charter.

(e) Unless the incorporation takes effect on January 1, the newly incorporated municipality may not levy property taxes before January 1 of the year immediately following the year in which the incorporation takes effect.

(f) This section applies to home rule and general law municipalities.
Alaska Stat. § 29.20.150 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.20 / Section 29.20.150
Term of office.
Status: in_force

(a) A member of the governing body is elected for a three-year term and until a successor qualifies, unless a different term not exceeding four years is prescribed by home rule charter or ordinance.

(b) Except when otherwise required by a change in composition or apportionment, if the term of a member of a governing body is changed by charter or ordinance the term of the member holding office when the change becomes effective is not affected.

(c) The regular term of office begins on the first Monday following certification of the election, unless a different date is prescribed by charter or ordinance.

(d) This section applies to home rule and general law municipalities.
Alaska Stat. § 29.45.103 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.45 / Section 29.45.103
Taxation records.
Status: in_force

(a) Municipal records dealing with assessment, valuation, or taxation may be inspected by the state assessor or a designee.

(b) If a municipality's assessment and valuation has been done by a private contractor, records concerning the municipality's valuation and assessment shall be made available to the state assessor or a designee on request.

(c) Upon request, a record described in (a) or (b) of this section shall promptly be made available to the child support services agency created in AS 25.27.010 or the child support enforcement agency of another state. If the record is prepared or maintained in an electronic data base, it may be supplied by providing the requesting agency with a copy of the electronic records and a statement certifying its contents. The agency receiving information under this subsection may use the information only for child support purposes authorized under law.
Alaska Stat. § 29.40.060 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.40 / Section 29.40.060
Judicial review.
Status: in_force

(a) The assembly shall provide by ordinance for an appeal by a municipal officer or person aggrieved from a decision of a hearing officer, board of adjustment, or other body to the superior court.

(b) An appeal to the superior court under this section is an administrative appeal heard solely on the record established by the hearing officer, board of adjustment, or other body.
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.060 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.060
Franchises and permits.
Status: in_force

(a) The assembly acting for the area outside all cities in the borough and the council acting for the area in a city may grant franchises, including exclusive franchise privileges, to a person, corporation, organization, or utility not certificated by the former Alaska Public Utilities Commission or by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska and may permit the use of streets and other public places by the franchise holder under regulations prescribed by ordinance.

(b) Unless the grant is made on a competitive basis, the grant of an exclusive right to use a public street or right-of-way for more than five years to a utility or a transportation system not certificated by the former Alaska Public Utilities Commission or by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska shall be valid only if approved by a majority of the voters at an election.

(c) This section applies to home rule and general law municipalities.
Alaska Stat. § 29.45.047 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.45 / Section 29.45.047
Air quality improvement tax credit.
Status: in_force

A municipality may by ordinance provide for a single or multiple year air quality improvement tax credit to offset a portion of the property taxes due on real property improvements made during the immediately preceding tax year before the municipality's initial approval of the tax credit, including new construction, refurbishments, remodels, and renovations that aid in improving the air quality in the municipality. The municipality shall establish eligibility criteria for the credit in the ordinance adopted under this section.
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.090 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.090
Municipal property; rights-of-way.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body shall by ordinance establish a formal procedure for acquisition and disposal of land and interests in land by the municipality.

(b) Notwithstanding AS 29.40.160 or other provisions of law, a municipality may not vacate a right-of-way acquired by the state under former 43 U.S.C. 932. This subsection applies to home rule and general law municipalities.
Alaska Stat. § 29.10.010 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.10 / Section 29.10.010
Municipal charter adoption.
Status: reserved

(a) A general law borough or first class city may adopt a charter for its own government.

(b) [Repealed, § 31 ch 58 SLA 1994.] (c) At an incorporation, merger, or consolidation election a municipality may adopt a charter for its own government and incorporate, merge, or consolidate as a home rule city, borough, or unified municipality.

(d) A home rule municipality may adopt a new charter.

(e) A proposed charter for an existing municipality is prepared by a charter commission of seven elected members. A charter commission election is called by filing a petition with the governing body or by resolution of the governing body. The petition shall be signed by a number of voters equal to 15 percent of the votes cast in the last regular election in the municipality. The petition shall be prepared by the municipal clerk upon receipt of an application meeting the requirements of AS 29.26.110 except that instead of containing an ordinance or resolution the application shall request a charter commission election. The petition shall be prepared in accordance with AS 29.26.120 , except material required under AS 29.26.120 (a)(1) and (2) shall be replaced with the question of whether a charter commission shall be formed. The signature requirements of AS 29.26.130 (a), (c), and (d) apply to the petition. The completed petition shall be submitted to the clerk who shall deliver it to the governing body with a report of the number of valid signatures determined by the clerk to be on the petition.

(f) The proposed charter for a home rule municipality to be formed by incorporation, merger, or consolidation shall be prepared by the petitioners and filed with the petition to incorporate, merge, or consolidate a home rule city, borough, or unified municipality.
Alaska Stat. § 29.05.180 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.05 / Section 29.05.180
Organization grants to cities.
Status: in_force

(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 the cost of reclassification, each second class city in the unorganized borough incorporated before January 1, 1986 that reclassifies as a first class city or adopts a home rule charter after December 31, 1985 is entitled to an organization grant equal to $50,000 for the first full or partial fiscal year after reclassification.

(c) The department shall disburse an organization grant under (a) or (b) of this section within 30 days after certification of the incorporation, reclassification, or home rule charter election, or as soon after certification as money is appropriated and available for the purpose.

(d) A city entitled to an organization grant under (a) or (b) of this section is entitled to a second organization grant of $25,000. The department shall disburse the second organization grant within 30 days after the beginning of the city's second fiscal year after incorporation, reclassification, or adoption of a home rule charter or as soon after that time as money is appropriated and available for the purpose.
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.600 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.600
Purpose of authorities.
Status: in_force

The purpose of a port authority is to provide for the development of a port or ports for transportation related commerce within the territory of the authority.
Alaska Stat. § 29.45.700 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.45 / Section 29.45.700
Power of levy.
Status: in_force

(a) A city in a borough that levies and collects areawide sales and use taxes may levy sales and use taxes on all sources taxed by the borough in the manner provided for boroughs. Except as provided in (d), (e), (g), and (h) of this section, the assembly may by ordinance authorize a city to levy and collect sales and use taxes on other sources.

(b) A city in a borough that does not levy and collect sales and use taxes for areawide borough functions may levy and collect sales and use taxes in the manner provided for boroughs.

(c) A city outside a borough may levy and collect sales and use taxes in the manner provided for boroughs.

(d) A city that levies and collects sales and use taxes under (a) of this section may not levy and collect a sales tax on a purchase made with (1) food coupons, food stamps, or other types of allotments issued under 7 U.S.C. 2011  2036 (Food Stamp Program); or (2) food instruments, food vouchers, or other type of certificate issued under 42 U.S.C. 1786 (Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children). For purposes of this subsection, the value of a food stamp allotment paid in the form of a wage subsidy as authorized under AS 47.25.975 (b) is not considered to be an allotment issued under 7 U.S.C. 2011  2036 (Food Stamp Program). This subsection applies to home rule and general law municipalities.

(e) A city that levies and collects sales and use taxes may not levy and collect a sales or use tax on (1) the physical transfer of refined fuel, unless the transfer is made in connection with a sale or use in the city, or (2) wholesale sales or transfers of fuel refined in the city. A sale is in the city if the fuel is delivered to the buyer in the city. A use is in the city if the fuel is consumed in the city. This subsection applies to home rule and general law municipalities.

(f) The prohibitions on the levy and collection of a sales or use tax on refined fuel in (e) of this section do not apply to a city if, on September 16, 2003, the city is (1) levying and collecting a sales or use tax on the sale, use, or transfer of refined fuel under an ordinance adopted before January 1, 2003; or

(2) receiving payments in lieu of a sales or use tax on the sale, use, or transfer of refined fuel under an agreement entered into before January 1, 2003.

(g) A city may not levy or collect a sales or use tax on a construction contract awarded by the state or a state agency, or on a subcontract awarded in connection with the project funded under the construction contract. This subsection applies to home rule and general law cities.

(h) A city may not levy or collect a sales or use tax on the transfer of real property. This subsection applies to home rule and general law municipalities. In this subsection, transfer has the meaning given in AS 34.70.200 .
Alaska Stat. § 29.60.855 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.60 / Section 29.60.855
Basic community assistance payments.
Status: in_force

(a) The basic amount used for determining the basic community assistance payment for a fiscal year is $300,000. However, if the amount available for payments for that fiscal year under AS 29.60.850 (c) is less than the amount necessary to make the payments under (b) of this section, the department shall reduce the basic amount pro rata.

(b) Except as provided in (c) of this section, the basic community assistance payment for a fiscal year equals, for each (1) unified municipality, the sum of the amounts calculated under (2) and (3) of this subsection, rounded to the nearest dollar;

(2) borough, the basic amount, rounded to the nearest dollar;

(3) city and eligible reserve, one-fourth of the basic amount, rounded to the nearest dollar;

(4) eligible community in the unorganized borough, one-twelfth of the basic amount, rounded to the nearest dollar;

(5) eligible community in a unified municipality or borough, one- nineteenth of the basic amount, rounded to the nearest dollar.

(c) The basic community assistance payment amount for a succeeding municipality formed when two or more municipalities merge, consolidate, or unify after January 1, 2002, equals the sum of the amounts each of the former municipalities would receive under (b) of this section calculated as if the merger, consolidation, or unification had not occurred.
Alaska Stat. § 29.60.879 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.60 / Section 29.60.879
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In AS 29.60.850  29.60.879, (1) community means a place in the unorganized borough, in a borough, or in a unified municipality that is not incorporated as a municipality, that is not a reserve, and in which 25 or more individuals reside as a social unit;

(2) reserve means a place that is organized under federal law as an Indian reserve that existed before enactment of 43 U.S.C. 1618(a) and is continued in existence under that subsection.
Alaska Stat. § 29.06.530 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.06 / Section 29.06.530
Application.
Status: in_force

AS 29.06.450  29.06.530 apply to home rule and general law municipalities.
Alaska Stat. § 29.06.310 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.06 / Section 29.06.310
Per diem.
Status: in_force

The assembly may grant a per diem allowance to members of the charter commission and may reimburse the members for travel expenses incurred in carrying out the duties prescribed by AS 29.06.190  29.06.410. Costs, fees, and other expenses incurred by the commission are a debt of the borough and shall be paid upon proper verification.
Alaska Stat. § 29.55.140 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.55 / Section 29.55.140
Bonds or notes.
Status: in_force

(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 or more of the following, as provided by the governing body of the municipality in the resolution or ordinance approving the bonds or notes: (1) payments of assessments on benefited property in one or more specified regions designated under AS 29.55.100 ;

(2) reserves established by the municipality from grants, bonds, or net proceeds or other lawfully available funds;

(3) municipal bond insurance, lines of credit, public or private guaranties, standby bond purchase agreements, collateral assignments, mortgages, or any other available means of providing credit support or liquidity; and

(4) any other funds lawfully available for purposes consistent with AS 29.55.100  29.55.165.

(c) A municipal pledge of assessments, funds, or contractual rights in connection with the issuance of bonds or notes by the municipality under this section is a first lien on the assessments, funds, or contractual rights pledged in favor of the person to whom the pledge is given, without further action by the municipality. The lien is valid and binding against any other person, with or without notice.

(d) Bonds or notes issued under this section must further one or more of the following essential public and governmental purposes: (1) improvement of the reliability of local electrical systems;

(2) reduction of energy costs;

(3) reduction of energy demand on local utilities;

(4) reduction of emissions affecting local air quality;

(5) economic stimulation and development;

(6) enhancement of property values;

(7) enhancement of employment opportunities;

(8) improvement of building resilience.
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.100 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.100
Budget and capital program.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body shall establish the manner for the preparation and submission of the budget and capital program. After a public hearing, the governing body may approve the budget with or without amendments, and shall appropriate the money required for the approved budget.

(b) The governing body may make supplemental and emergency appropriations. Payment may not be authorized or made and an obligation may not be incurred except in accordance with appropriations.
Alaska Stat. § 29.06.060 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.06 / Section 29.06.060
Application.
Status: in_force

AS 29.06.040  29.06.060 apply to home rule and general law municipalities.
Alaska Stat. § 29.20.240 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.20 / Section 29.20.240
Qualifications for the office of mayor.
Status: in_force

(a) A voter of the municipality is eligible to hold the office of mayor in a borough or first class city. A member of the city council is eligible to hold the office of mayor in a second class city.

(b) Residency requirements for the office of mayor not exceeding three years may be prescribed by ordinance.
Alaska Stat. § 29.60.430 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.60 / Section 29.60.430
Allocation of money.
Status: in_force

If the amount of money appropriated by the legislature for grants under AS 29.60.400 is not adequate to satisfy amounts required for approved grant applications, money shall be allocated on the basis of priority established by regulations of the department.
Alaska Stat. § 29.06.230 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.06 / Section 29.06.230
Duties of charter commission.
Status: in_force

The charter commission shall prepare, adopt, and submit to the voters for approval or rejection a proposed home rule charter for the area to be unified.
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.560 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.560
Municipal liability.
Status: in_force

The establishment by a municipality of a program for the reporting of hazardous chemicals, hazardous materials, and hazardous wastes does not increase the liability that may otherwise be imposed on the municipality for damages resulting from hazardous chemicals, hazardous materials, or hazardous waste.
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.800 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.800
Purpose of authorities.
Status: in_force

The purpose of a regional solid waste management authority is to provide environmentally sound and cost-effective management of solid waste, including storage, collection, transportation, separation, processing, recycling, and disposal, to protect the public health, safety, and welfare; improve the environment of the state; recover resources and energy; and prevent pollution.
Alaska Stat. § 29.03.030 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.03 / Section 29.03.030
Platting authority.
Status: in_force

The Department of Natural Resources is the platting authority for the state except within a municipality that has the power of land use regulation and that is exercising platting authority.
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.705 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.705
Audits.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall have the financial records of an authority audited annually by an independent certified public accountant.

(b) An authority shall make all of its financial records available to an auditor appointed by a municipality participating in the authority for examination.
Alaska Stat. § 29.60.865 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.60 / Section 29.60.865
Eligibility requirements for reserves and communities.
Status: in_force

(a) The department, with advice from the Department of Law, shall determine whether there is in each community or reserve an incorporated nonprofit entity or a Native village council that will agree to receive and spend the community assistance payment. If there is more than one qualified entity in a reserve or community in the unorganized borough, the department shall pay the money to the entity that the department finds most qualified to receive and spend the money on behalf of the reserve or community. The department may not make a community assistance payment to a Native village council unless the council waives immunity from suit for claims arising out of activities of the council related to the payment. A waiver of immunity from suit under this section must be on a form provided by the Department of Law. If there is no qualified incorporated nonprofit entity or Native village council in a reserve or community that is willing to receive the community assistance payment and use the payment on behalf of that reserve or community, the payment for that reserve or community may not be paid. Neither this section nor any action taken under it enlarges or diminishes the governmental authority or jurisdiction of a Native village council.

(b) The department may make a community assistance payment on behalf of a community in a borough or unified municipality only to the municipality for payment by the municipality to an incorporated nonprofit entity or Native village council that has been approved by the assembly and meets the requirements of (a) of this section. The department shall have written evidence of the assembly approval. If there is more than one qualified entity in a community in a borough or unified municipality, one of the entities may receive the entire payment, or the payment may be shared between two or more of the qualified entities, as determined by the assembly.

(c) A community in a borough or unified municipality is eligible for a community assistance payment only if at least three of the following services are generally available to all residents of the community and each of the three services, in any combination, are provided by one or more qualifying incorporated nonprofit entities or a Native village council or are substantially paid for by the residents of the community through taxes, charges, or assessments levied or authorized by the borough or unified municipality: (1) fire protection;

(2) emergency medical;

(3) water and sewer;

(4) solid waste management;

(5) public road or ice road maintenance;

(6) public health;

(7) search and rescue.
Alaska Stat. § 29.26.300 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.26 / Section 29.26.300
New recall petition application.
Status: in_force

A new application for a petition to recall the same official may not be filed sooner than six months after a petition is rejected as insufficient.
Alaska Stat. § 29.40.040 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.40 / Section 29.40.040
Land use regulation.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with a comprehensive plan adopted under AS 29.40.030 and in order to implement the plan, the assembly by ordinance shall adopt or amend provisions governing the use and occupancy of land that may include, but are not limited to, (1) zoning regulations restricting the use of land and improvements by geographic districts;

(2) land use permit requirements designed to encourage or discourage specified uses and construction of specified structures, or to minimize unfavorable effects of uses and the construction of structures;

(3) measures to further the goals and objectives of the comprehensive plan.

(b) A variance from a land use regulation adopted under this section may not be granted if (1) special conditions that require the variance are caused by the person seeking the variance;

(2) the variance will permit a land use in a district in which that use is prohibited; or

(3) the variance is sought solely to relieve pecuniary hardship or inconvenience.
Alaska Stat. § 29.25.074 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.25 / Section 29.25.074
Surcharge.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may not enforce a penalty for violation of an ordinance for which a surcharge is required to be imposed under AS 12.55.039 unless the municipality authorizes the imposition of and provides for the collection of the surcharge. The surcharge shall be deposited into the general fund of the state and accounted for under AS 37.05.142 . Subject to appropriation, the legislature may reimburse a municipality that collects a surcharge required to be imposed under AS 12.55.039 for the cost to the municipality in collecting the surcharge and transmitting the surcharge to the state. The reimbursement may not exceed 10 percent of the surcharge collected and transmitted to the state.

(b) This section applies to home rule and general law municipalities.
Alaska Stat. § 29.26.110 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.26 / Section 29.26.110
Application for petition.
Status: in_force

(a) An initiative or referendum is proposed by filing an application with the municipal clerk containing the ordinance or resolution to be initiated or the ordinance or resolution to be referred and the name and address of a contact person and an alternate to whom all correspondence relating to the petition may be sent. An application shall be signed by at least 10 voters who will sponsor the petition. An additional sponsor may be added at any time before the petition is filed by submitting the name of the sponsor to the clerk. Within two weeks the clerk shall certify the application if the clerk finds that it is in proper form and, for an initiative petition, that the matter (1) is not restricted by AS 29.26.100 ;

(2) includes only a single subject;

(3) relates to a legislative rather than to an administrative matter; and

(4) would be enforceable as a matter of law.

(b) A decision by the clerk on an application for petition is subject to judicial review.
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.665 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.665
No taxing authority.
Status: in_force

An authority may not levy an income or other tax.
Alaska Stat. § 29.26.250 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.26 / Section 29.26.250
Grounds for recall.
Status: in_force

Grounds for recall are misconduct in office, incompetence, or failure to perform prescribed duties.
Alaska Stat. § 29.40.180 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.40 / Section 29.40.180
Prohibited acts; criminal penalties.
Status: in_force

(a) The owner of land located in a subdivision may not transfer, sell, offer to sell, or enter into a contract to sell land in a subdivision before a plat of the subdivision has been prepared, approved, filed, and recorded in accordance with this chapter. A person may not file or record a plat or other document depicting subdivided land in a public recorder's office unless the plat or document has been approved by the platting authority.

(b) For the violation of a provision of this chapter, a subdivision regulation adopted under this chapter, or a term, condition, or limitation imposed by a platting authority in the exercise of its powers under this chapter, a municipality may by ordinance prescribe a penalty not to exceed a fine of $1,000 and imprisonment for 90 days.
Alaska Stat. § 29.26.240 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.26 / Section 29.26.240
Recall.
Status: in_force

An official who is elected or appointed to an elective municipal office may be recalled by the voters after the official has served the first 120 days of the term for which elected or appointed.
Alaska Stat. § 29.45.060 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.45 / Section 29.45.060
Farm or agricultural land.
Status: in_force

(a) Farm use land, and structures on farm use land that are used for farm operations, included in a farm unit and not dedicated or being used for nonfarm purposes shall be assessed on the basis of full and true value for farm use and may not be assessed as if subdivided or used for some other nonfarm purpose. The assessor shall maintain records valuing the land for both full and true value and farm use value. If the land is sold, leased, or otherwise disposed of for uses incompatible with farm use or converted to a use incompatible with farm use by the owner, the owner is liable to pay an amount equal to the additional tax at the current mill levy together with eight percent interest for the preceding seven years, as though the land had not been assessed for farm use purposes. Payment by the owner shall be made to the state to the extent of its reimbursement for revenue loss under (d) of this section for the preceding seven years. The balance of the payment shall be made to the municipality.

(b) An owner of farm use land shall, to secure the assessment under this section, apply to the assessor on or before May 15 of each year in which the assessment is desired. The application shall be made on forms prescribed by the state assessor for the use of the local assessor, and must include information that may reasonably be required to determine the entitlement of the applicant. If the land is leased for farm use purposes, the applicant shall furnish to the assessor a copy of the lease bearing the signatures of both lessee and lessor along with the completed application. The applicant shall furnish the assessor a copy of the lease covering the period for which the exemption is requested. This subsection does not apply to a person with an interest in land that is classified by the state for agricultural use or that is restricted by the state for agricultural purposes.

(c) In the event that an owner or lessee of farm use land does not sell $2,500 of agricultural products produced from the land during a tax year because of circumstances beyond the control of the owner or lessee, the owner may secure the assessment under this section if the farm use land qualified for the assessment under this section for the three preceding tax years. In this subsection, circumstances beyond the control of the owner or lessee includes crop failure or physical injury that prevents the owner or lessee from conducting farming activity.

(d) Subject to legislative appropriations for the purpose, the state shall reimburse a borough or city, as appropriate, for the property tax revenues lost to it by the operation of this section.

(e) All land that is classified by the state for agricultural use or that is restricted by the state for agricultural purposes shall be assessed on the basis of full and true value based upon that restricted use.

(f) This section does not apply to land for which the owner has granted, and has outstanding, a lease or option to buy the surface rights. A property owner wishing to file for farm use classification having no history of farm-related income may submit a declaration of intent at the time of filing the application with the assessor setting out the intended use of the land and certifying that the property owner intends to file an Internal Revenue Service Schedule F (Form 1040) with the United States Internal Revenue Service for the current tax year. An applicant using this procedure shall file with the assessor on or before April 15 of the following year a copy of the Schedule F (Form 1040) the applicant files with the Internal Revenue Service. Failure to make a filing required in this subsection forfeits the exemption.

(g) In this section, (1) farm use means the use of land for the production of crops, fruits, or other agricultural products for human or animal consumption or for the sustenance or grazing of livestock if the owner or lessee sells at least $2,500 of agricultural products produced from the land during the tax year and files an Internal Revenue Service Schedule F (Form 1040) with the United States Internal Revenue Service;

(2) livestock includes cattle, hogs, sheep, goats, chickens, turkeys, pigeons, and other poultry raised to provide meat or other products for human consumption.
Alaska Stat. § 29.47.090 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.47 / Section 29.47.090
Issuance of notes.
Status: in_force

The governing body shall issue negotiable or nonnegotiable notes for the amounts borrowed with a maturity date not to exceed one year from the date of issue. All notes and the interest on them are payable at fixed places on or before a fixed time from the proceeds of the sale of bonds in anticipation of which the original note or notes were issued, unless the bonds have not been sold by the maturity date of the notes.
Alaska Stat. § 29.20.130 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.20 / Section 29.20.130
City council composition.
Status: in_force

Each first class city has a council of six members elected by the voters at large. Each second class city has a council of seven members elected by the voters at large. The council of a first or second class city may by ordinance provide for election of members other than on an at-large basis for all members.
Alaska Stat. § 29.60.860 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.60 / Section 29.60.860
Per capita payment increases.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to (b) of this section, if the amount available for distribution under AS 29.60.850 (c) exceeds the amount needed to fully fund all the basic community assistance payments, the balance shall be distributed on a per capita basis to municipalities, to reserves, and to communities in the unorganized borough.

(b) The per capita amount distributed to each community in the unorganized borough may not, when added to the basic community assistance payment for that community, exceed the basic amount calculated under AS 29.60.855 (b)(3). If the per capita distribution for a community in the unorganized borough, when added to the basic community assistance payment for that community, would exceed the basic amount calculated under AS 29.60.855 (b)(3), the excess amount shall be distributed on a per capita basis to other communities in the unorganized borough.

(c) For purposes of this section, the population of a municipality, reserve, or community shall be determined by using the numbers of permanent fund dividend recipients or other population data that the department determines is reliable. For purposes of determining the population of a borough, the population of each city in the borough shall be deducted from the total borough population.
Alaska Stat. § 29.40.130 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.40 / Section 29.40.130
Notice of hearing.
Status: in_force

The platting authority shall fix a time for a hearing on an alteration or replat petition that may not be more than 60 days after the petition is filed. Notice shall be published by the platting authority stating when and by whom the petition was filed, its purpose, and the time and place of the hearing. The notice must generally describe the alteration or replat sought. The platting authority shall also mail a copy of the notice to each affected property owner who did not sign the petition.
Alaska Stat. § 29.65.129 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.65 / Section 29.65.129
Policy.
Status: in_force

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 the state to provide for expeditious transfer and patent of land to a municipality in fulfilling its entitlement.
Alaska Stat. § 29.46.030 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.46 / Section 29.46.030
Consideration of improvement proposals for special assessment district.
Status: in_force

(a) When an improvement proposal is filed with the municipal clerk and presented to the governing body, the municipality shall find by resolution or ordinance whether (1) the improvement requested is necessary and should be made, and (2) if by petition, the request has sufficient and proper petitioners. The findings under this subsection are conclusive.

(b) If the municipality approves an improvement proposal, it shall develop a proposed improvement plan including the total cost estimate and the percentage of the cost to be assessed against the benefited property. The improvement plan shall be filed with the municipal clerk.

(c) The governing body shall set a time for public hearing on the improvement plan and the period for filing objections to the plan. The governing body shall publish a notice of the hearing and of the period during which objections may be filed at least once a week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation if distributed in the municipality and shall send notice by mail to every record owner of property in the special assessment district.
Alaska Stat. § 29.20.600 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.20 / Section 29.20.600
Oaths of office.
Status: in_force

Before taking office a municipal official shall affirm in writing that the duties of the office will be honestly, faithfully, and impartially performed by the official. The oath is filed with the municipal clerk.
Alaska Stat. § 29.05.115 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.05 / Section 29.05.115
Incorporation with legislative review.
Status: in_force

(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 Commission shall hold at least two public hearings in the area proposed for incorporation.

(b) This section may not be construed as granting authority to the Local Boundary Commission to propose a borough incorporation under art. X, sec. 12, Constitution of the State of Alaska.
Alaska Stat. § 29.06.330 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.06 / Section 29.06.330
Public hearings.
Status: in_force

Both before and after drafting the proposed home rule charter, the charter commission shall hold a public hearing in each area represented on the assembly. Other public hearings may be held by the commission as it considers necessary.
Alaska Stat. § 29.65.090 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.65 / Section 29.65.090
Authorization for land exchanges.
Status: in_force

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 procedures shall comply with applicable law and municipal ordinances. The notice and review provisions of AS 38.05.945 apply to exchanges of land under this section. The provisions of AS 38.50 do not apply to exchanges of land under this section.
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.605 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.605
Establishment of port authorities.
Status: in_force

(a) A port authority may be created by one of the following means: (1) the governing body of a municipality may create by ordinance a port authority as a public corporation of the municipality;

(2) the governing bodies of two or more municipalities may create by parallel ordinances adopted by each of the governing bodies a port authority as a public corporation of the municipalities.

(b) One or more municipalities may join an authority established under (a)(1) or (2) of this section upon the adoption of parallel ordinances by the governing bodies of each affected municipality.

(c) A port authority created under this section is a body corporate and politic and an instrumentality of the municipality or municipalities creating it but having a separate and independent legal existence.

(d) Creation of a port authority under AS 29.35.600  29.35.730 is an exercise of a municipality's transportation system powers.

(e) The enabling ordinance by which a port authority is established must specify the powers, boundaries, and limitations of the port authority.

(f) An ordinance creating a port authority shall require approval by the voters of the municipality or municipalities participating in the authority in order for the authority to be established.

(g) Nothing in AS 29.35.600  29.35.725 prevents a municipality or municipalities from creating or participating in a public corporation, including a port authority, in any form or manner not prohibited by law. However, the provisions of AS 29.35.600  29.35.725 only apply to and may only be utilized by a port authority created under this section.
Alaska Stat. § 29.45.300 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.45 / Section 29.45.300
Tax liability.
Status: in_force

(a) The owner of assessed personal property is personally liable for the amount of taxes assessed against the property. The tax, together with penalty and interest, may be collected in a personal action brought in the name of the municipality.

(b) Property taxes, together with penalty and interest, are a lien upon the property assessed, and the lien is prior and paramount to all other liens or encumbrances against the property.
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.850 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.850
Limitation of liability.
Status: in_force

A liability incurred by an authority shall be satisfied exclusively from the assets or revenue of the authority. A creditor or other person does not have a right of action against the state or a municipality participating in an authority because of a debt, obligation, or liability of an authority.
Alaska Stat. § 29.06.320 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.06 / Section 29.06.320
Charter provisions.
Status: in_force

The charter must include (1) provision for (A) the adjustment of existing bonded indebtedness and other obligations in a manner that will assure a fair and equitable burden of taxation for debt service, subject to AS 29.06.380 ;

(B) the establishment of service areas;

(C) if election of members of the governing body is not areawide, the establishment of districts for the election of members of the governing body of the proposed unified municipality and procedures by which to reapportion the election districts;

(D) the reapportionment of districts if they are established;

(E) nonpartisan government, and the selection, organization, authority, and responsibilities of the governing body and its executive and administrator;

(F) the transfer or other disposition of property and other rights, claims, assets, and franchises of the municipalities to be unified under the charter;

(G) the exercise of the rights of initiative and referendum in accordance with AS 29.10.030 ;

(H) amending the charter in accordance with AS 29.10.100 ;

(2) the date on which the charter, if approved at the charter election, is effective;

(3) designation of the proposed unified municipality's official name; and

(4) other charter provisions that may be included in a home rule charter.
Alaska Stat. § 29.45.046 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.45 / Section 29.45.046
River habitat protection tax credit.
Status: reserved

(a) Unless prohibited by municipal charter, a municipality may by ordinance provide for a river habitat protection credit to be applied to offset a portion of the property taxes due on land, or an interest in land taxable under this chapter, upon which an improvement has been constructed that aids in (1) protecting a river from degradation of fish habitat due to public or private use; or

(2) restoring riparian fish habitat along or in a river that has been damaged by land use practices.

(b) The amount of a river habitat protection credit shall be based upon a percentage of the verifiable costs of the improvement and may not exceed 50 percent of the total amount of taxes levied upon the land or upon the taxable interest in the land during a single tax year, but the credit may be granted for more than one year. If the credit is granted for more than one year and the land or taxable interest in the land is conveyed, the portion of the credit remaining is extinguished. The ordinance may limit the availability of a credit to some, but not all types of improvements for which a credit may be granted under this section and to some, but not all areas of the municipality. A credit may only be granted for an improvement that has been constructed in compliance with state and federal laws. A credit may not be granted for an improvement (1) required under state or federal law; or

(2) located more than 150 feet from the mean high tide line or ordinary high water line; in this paragraph, ordinary high water line means that line on the shore of the nontidal portion of a river or stream that reflects the highest level of water during an ordinary year and is established by fluctuations of water and indicated by physical characteristics such as a clear, natural line impressed on the bank, shelving, changes in the character of soil, destruction of terrestrial vegetation, the presence of litter and debris, or other appropriate means that consider the characteristics of the surrounding area.

(c) [Repealed, § 3 ch 41 SLA 1995.] (d) Before an ordinance is adopted under (a) of this section, it must be approved by the commissioner of fish and game. The commissioner of fish and game shall approve a proposed ordinance if the improvements for which a credit is authorized aid in protecting or restoring habitat as required under this section without regard to the percentage of the total protection or restoration that could be achieved by ideal improvement measures. Within 60 days after receipt of a proposed ordinance, the commissioner of fish and game shall notify the municipality in writing as to whether the proposed ordinance is approved or disapproved and, if the proposed ordinance is disapproved, shall state the basis for that determination.
Alaska Stat. § 29.47.040 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.47 / Section 29.47.040
Priority of repayment.
Status: in_force

The payment of the principal and interest on revenue anticipation notes is payable from revenues, and their payment additionally shall be secured by a pledge of the full faith and credit of the municipality issuing them.
Alaska Stat. § 29.45.170 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.45 / Section 29.45.170
Assessment notice.
Status: in_force

(a) The assessor shall give each person named in the assessment roll a notice of assessment showing the assessed value of the person's property that is subject to an ad valorem tax. On each notice is printed a brief summary of the dates when taxes are payable, delinquent, and subject to penalty and interest, and the dates when the board of equalization will sit.

(b) Sufficient assessment notice is given if mailed by first class mail 30 days before the equalization hearings. If the address is not known to the assessor, the notice may be addressed to the person at the post office nearest the property. Notice is effective on the date of mailing.
Alaska Stat. § 29.45.140 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.45 / Section 29.45.140
Violations; authorization to prescribe penalties by ordinance.
Status: in_force

For knowingly failing to file a tax statement required by ordinance or knowingly making a false affidavit to a statement required by a tax ordinance relative to the amount, location, kind, or value of property subject to taxation with intent to evade the taxation, a municipality may by ordinance prescribe a penalty not to exceed a fine of $1,000 or imprisonment for 90 days.
Alaska Stat. § 29.26.030 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.26 / Section 29.26.030
Notice of elections.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to other provisions of this title, a municipality shall give at least 20 days notice of an election.

(b) This section applies to home rule and general law municipalities.
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.135 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.135
Waiver of privacy by local exchange telephone company subscribers.
Status: in_force

Local exchange telephone company subscribers waive the privacy afforded by unlisted or unpublished telephone numbers to the extent that the name and address associated with the telephone number may be furnished to the enhanced 911 system for call routing or for automatic retrieval of location information in response to a call initiated to the system.
Alaska Stat. § 29.06.420 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.06 / Section 29.06.420
Application.
Status: in_force

AS 29.06.190  29.06.420 apply to home rule and general law municipalities.
Alaska Stat. § 29.05.080 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.05 / Section 29.05.080
Investigation.
Status: in_force

(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) The department may combine incorporation petitions from the same general area.

(c) The department shall report its findings to the Local Boundary Commission with its recommendations regarding the incorporation.
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.125 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.125
Fees for police protection services.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may by ordinance impose a fee on the owner of residential property, including multi-family housing, if a member of the municipal police department goes to the property an excessive number of times during a calendar year in response to a call for assistance, a complaint, an emergency, or a potential emergency. The number of responses considered to be excessive and the amount of the fee shall be set out in the ordinance that establishes the fee. The fee may not exceed the actual cost to the municipality for the excessive responses. A fee may not be imposed under this subsection for responses to calls that involve potential child neglect, potential domestic violence, as defined in AS 18.66.990 , or potential stalking under AS 11.41.260 or 11.41.270.

(b) An ordinance enacted under this section shall require actual notice to the property owner of police contacts and a warning that failure to take appropriate corrective action may result in the imposition of a fee. The ordinance must also define appropriate corrective action to include written notice to quit under AS 09.45.100  09.45.110 in appropriate situations as well as other types of corrective action, and provide that the property owner is not liable for the fee if that action is promptly taken.

(c) A municipality may provide that a fee imposed under (a) of this section is a lien on the property to which the municipal police have been called an excessive number of times and may provide for the recording and notice of the lien. When recorded, a lien under this subsection has priority over all other liens except (1) liens for property taxes, special assessments, and sales and use taxes;

(2) liens that were perfected before the recording of the lien under this subsection; and

(3) mechanics' and materialmen's liens for which claims of lien under AS 34.35.070 or notices of right to lien under AS 34.35.064 have been recorded before the recording of the lien under this subsection.

(d) This section applies to home rule and general law municipalities.
Alaska Stat. § 29.45.490 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.45 / Section 29.45.490
Payment of taxes upon public utilization.
Status: in_force

If a municipality takes title to tax-foreclosed property for a public purpose, the municipality shall satisfy unpaid taxes and assessments against the property held by other municipalities, with accrued interest but without penalty. If the amount required to satisfy the unpaid taxes and assessments exceeds the assessed value of the property, the municipality shall pay the other municipalities the assessed value, which shall be divided between the other municipalities in proportion to their respective taxes and assessments against the property at the time of foreclosure.
Alaska Stat. § 29.60.560 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.60 / Section 29.60.560
Impact assessment and remedial plans.
Status: in_force

(a) For each disaster emergency declared by the governor under AS 26.23.020 based on a release of oil or a hazardous substance or for each other release of oil or a hazardous substance for which money may be expended under AS 46.08.040 , the commissioner, after consulting with and securing the written approval of the attorney general and after consulting with other state agencies, shall (1) make an assessment of the social and economic effects of the release of the oil or hazardous substance;

(2) develop a plan to (A) recover the cost of release-related expenditures; and

(B) mitigate the social and economic effects of the release of the oil or hazardous substance on the municipalities, the villages, the school districts, and the region in which the discharge occurs.

(b) The commissioner may make the assessment and plans required by (a) of this section by (1) using staff of the department;

(2) contracting with a municipality or other entity; or

(3) authorizing a municipality or other entity to perform that work and supporting that effort by a grant.

(c) Only one assessment and one plan may be completed under this section for each declaration of a disaster emergency.

(d) The commissioner may pay the costs of the assessment, the plan, and the recovery of the cost of release-related expenditures from money available in the fund.

(e) Expenditures made under this section may be made only from the amount transferred to the commissioner under AS 29.60.510 (c), unless (1) the commissioner and the commissioner of environmental conservation mutually agree that payment may be made from money in the oil and hazardous substance release response account in the oil and hazardous substance release prevention and response fund not transferred under AS 29.60.510 (c); or

(2) the commissioner pays them from another source.
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.480 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.480
Service areas in first class boroughs.
Status: in_force

In a first class borough, the assembly may exercise in a service area any power granted a first class city by law. The assembly may exercise in a service area any nonareawide power that may be exercised by a first class borough.
Alaska Stat. § 29.06.260 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.06 / Section 29.06.260
Qualifications of candidates.
Status: in_force

A person is eligible to be nominated as a candidate for the charter commission if that person is a voter of the area from which election is sought and has been a voter of the area for at least one year immediately preceding the date the nomination petition is filed.
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.905 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.905
Remedies.
Status: in_force

A holder of bonds or notes or coupons attached to the bonds issued by an authority under AS 29.35.825 , and a trustee under a trust agreement or resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, except as restricted by a trust agreement or resolution, either at law or in equity, may (1) enforce all rights granted under AS 29.35.800  29.35.925, the trust agreement or resolution, or another contract executed by the authority; and

(2) compel the performance of all duties of the authority required by AS 29.35.800  29.35.925 or the trust agreement or resolution.
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.500 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.500
Reporting.
Status: in_force

(a) If a municipality establishes a program for the reporting of hazardous chemicals, hazardous materials, and hazardous wastes, then the municipality shall require a business or a government agency that handles hazardous chemicals, hazardous materials, or hazardous wastes to submit to a designated person or office of the municipality, on a form approved by the Alaska State Emergency Response Commission, an inventory of the hazardous chemicals, hazardous materials, and hazardous wastes the business or government agency handles. Notwithstanding other provisions of this title, a municipality that establishes a program for the reporting of hazardous chemicals, hazardous materials, and hazardous wastes may not (1) use a form other than the one required under this section or use a form in addition to the one required under this section;

(2) require a business or government agency to submit an inventory of hazardous chemicals, hazardous materials, and hazardous wastes unless the business or government agency is required to do so by the Alaska State Emergency Response Commission;

(3) require reporting under this section of a substance not listed in (c) of this section unless it is added by the commission under (c) of this section;

(4) require reporting under this section of a substance that is in smaller quantities than provided under (c) of this section unless the reporting of smaller quantities is approved by the commission under (c) of this section.

(b) An inventory required under this section must include (1) the name and address of a facility, and of the owner and operator of the facility, at which the hazardous chemicals, hazardous materials, or hazardous wastes are handled;

(2) the names and telephone numbers of persons connected with the facility who are to be contacted in an emergency;

(3) the chemical name or other descriptive information about each hazardous chemical, hazardous material, or hazardous waste handled;

(4) the location and maximum estimated quantity of the hazardous chemicals, hazardous materials, and hazardous wastes handled in a single day;

(5) with respect to a transshipment facility; instead of the information required under (3) and (4) of this subsection, the following information: (A) a list of the classes of hazardous chemicals, hazardous materials, and hazardous wastes handled;

(B) a site layout and floor plan showing the usual locations of the hazardous chemicals, hazardous materials, and hazardous wastes handled at the facility; and

(C) the method of marking or warning used for hazardous chemicals, hazardous materials, and hazardous wastes at the facility.

(c) Unless the Alaska State Emergency Response Commission or a municipality, after public hearing, removes a substance listed in this subsection from the reporting requirements within its jurisdiction, or unless the commission, after public hearing, adds a substance to the reporting requirements of this subsection or requires the reporting of smaller quantities of the substances listed in this subsection, either on a statewide basis or for reporting within particular municipalities, the following quantities of hazardous chemicals, hazardous materials, and hazardous wastes shall be reported in an inventory required under this section: (1) any quantity of a hazardous material of the hazard class identified in federal placarding regulations as (A) Poison Gas Hazard Division No. 2.3 and Poisons 6.1;

(B) Explosives 1.1;

(C) Explosives 1.2 and 1.3, excluding smokeless gunpowder, black powder, and ammunition;

(D) Flammable solid Divisions 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3; or

(E) Radioactive Hazard Class 7;

(2) a hazardous chemical, or a hazardous material other than one described in (1) of this subsection, if handled in a single day in an amount equal to or greater than 10,000 pounds;

(3) extremely hazardous substances in a quantity equal to or more than 500 pounds or the threshold planning quantity, whichever is less; and

(4) compressed gasses equal to or more than 1,000 cubic feet at standard temperature and pressure.

(d) A business or government agency required to submit an inventory under this section shall submit the first inventory within 90 days after the municipality's reporting requirements take effect or within 30 days after beginning to engage in the handling of hazardous chemicals, hazardous materials, or hazardous wastes. Thereafter, the business or government agency shall submit an inventory annually. With respect to transshipments, the first inventory shall be an estimate of transshipments by the business or government agency during the next 12 months. Subsequent annual inventories shall reflect actual transshipments during the previous 12 months.

(e) A municipality that establishes a program for the reporting of hazardous chemicals, hazardous materials, or hazardous wastes shall also require a business or government agency that handles hazardous chemicals, hazardous materials, or hazardous wastes to report (1) significant change in the general location of hazardous chemicals, hazardous materials, or hazardous wastes by telephone or other means adequate to convey the information within 24 hours, and in writing within 10 working days, after moving the chemicals, materials, or wastes;

(2) names and other descriptive information of additional hazardous chemicals, hazardous materials, or hazardous wastes being handled since the last inventory or report if they meet the criteria for reporting under (c) of this section, by telephone or other means adequate to convey the information within 24 hours, and in writing within 10 working days, after making the additions;

(3) with respect to a transshipment facility, instead of the information required under (1) and (2) of this subsection, the following: (A) an additional class of hazardous chemicals, hazardous materials, or hazardous wastes handled at the facility, or a change in the method of marking or warning used for hazardous chemicals, hazardous materials, or hazardous wastes at the facility, within 30 days after the addition or change; and

(B) a change to the site layout or floor plan submitted under (b)(5)(B) of this section, by telephone or other means adequate to convey the information within 24 hours, and in writing within 30 days after the change.

(f) A municipality that establishes a program for the reporting of hazardous chemicals or hazardous materials may require a business or government agency that handles hazardous chemicals or hazardous materials to submit a federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Material Safety Data Sheet or equivalent information for each of the chemicals and materials handled.

(g) The requirements of this section may be imposed by a municipality on a business or government agency that handles hazardous chemicals, hazardous materials, or hazardous wastes outside of the boundaries of the municipality if a fire or other emergency involving the chemicals, materials, or wastes would be (1) likely to adversely affect persons or property in the municipality; or

(2) responded to by emergency response personnel whose service area includes all or a part of the municipality.
Alaska Stat. § 29.05.120 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.05 / Section 29.05.120
Election of initial officials.
Status: in_force

(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 of this title for the office that is sought. A person may file for and occupy more than one office, but may not serve simultaneously as (1) borough mayor and as a member of the assembly; or

(2) city mayor and as a member of the council in a first class city.

(b) Except for a proposed second class city, petitions to nominate initial officials must include the signature and resident address of 50 voters in the area of the proposed municipality, or that area of the proposed municipality from which the officials are to be elected under the composition and apportionment set out in the accepted incorporation petition.

(c) Petitions to nominate initial officials of a second class city must include the signature and resident address of 10 voters in the area of the proposed city.

(d) The director of elections shall supervise the election in the general manner prescribed by AS 15 (Election Code). The state shall pay all election costs.

(e) The initial elected officials take office on the first Monday following certification of their election.

(f) The initial elected members of the governing body shall determine by lot the length of their terms of office so that a proportionate number of terms expire each year, resulting in staggered terms of office for members subsequently elected.
Alaska Stat. § 29.10.020 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.10 / Section 29.10.020
Model charters.
Status: in_force

The department shall prepare at least one model home rule charter for a city, borough, and unified municipality. The model charters shall be made available to persons interested in filing a petition to form a home rule municipality under AS 29.05.060 or AS 29.06.090 .
Alaska Stat. § 29.10.090 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.10 / Section 29.10.090
Charter rejection.
Status: in_force

(a) If a proposed charter for an existing municipality is rejected, the charter commission shall prepare another proposed charter to be submitted to the voters at an election to be held within one year after the date of the first charter election. If the second proposed charter is also rejected, the charter commission shall be dissolved and the question of adoption of a charter shall be treated as if it had never been proposed or approved.

(b) If incorporation, merger, or consolidation of a home rule municipality is rejected by the voters, the proposed charter is rejected.
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.730 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.730
Short title.
Status: in_force

AS 29.35.600  29.35.730 may be referred to as the Municipal Port Authority Act.
Alaska Stat. § 29.45.450 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.45 / Section 29.45.450
Deed to borough or city.
Status: in_force

(a) Unredeemed property in the area of the borough outside all cities is deeded to the borough by the clerk of the court. Unredeemed property in a city is deeded to the city subject to the payment by the city of unpaid borough taxes and costs of foreclosure levied against the property before foreclosure. The deed shall be recorded in the recording district in which the property is located.

(b) Conveyance gives the municipality clear title, except for prior recorded tax liens of the United States and the state.

(c) If unredeemed property lies in a city and if the city has no immediate public use for the property but the borough does have an immediate public use, the city shall deed the property to the borough. If unredeemed property lies in the borough outside all cities and if the borough does not have an immediate public use for the property but a city does have an immediate public use, the borough shall deed the property to the city.

(d) A deed is not invalid for irregularities, omissions, or defects in the proceedings under this chapter unless the former owner has been misled so as to be injured. Two years after the date of the deed, its validity is conclusively presumed and a claim of the former owner or other person having an interest in the property is forever barred.
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.170 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.170
Assessment and collection of taxes.
Status: in_force

(a) A borough shall assess and collect property, sales, and use taxes that are levied in its boundaries, subject to AS 29.45 .

(b) Taxes levied by a city shall be collected by a borough and returned in full to the levying city. This subsection applies to home rule and general law municipalities.
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.695 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.695
Authority subject to public records and open meetings laws.
Status: in_force

An authority established under AS 29.35.605 is subject to AS 40.25.110  40.25.220 and to AS 44.62.310  44.62.319 (Open Meetings Act).
Alaska Stat. § 29.47.200 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.47 / Section 29.47.200
Payment.
Status: in_force

(a) The full faith and credit of a municipality are pledged for the payment of principal and interest on general obligation bonds. The municipality may levy ad valorem taxes for payment without limitation of rate or amount to pay or secure the payment of the principal and interest on bonds, regardless of whether the bonds are in default or in danger of default.

(b) General obligation bonds issued for acquiring, constructing, improving, and equipping a municipally owned utility or other revenue-generating enterprise may be additionally secured by a pledge of the revenue derived from operation. Bonds so secured are not subject to a debt limitation imposed by a home rule charter. This subsection applies to home rule and general law municipalities.

Article 4. Revenue Bonds.
Alaska Stat. § 29.20.080 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.20 / Section 29.20.080
Assembly recomposition and reapportionment.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than two months after adoption of a final state redistricting plan under art. VI, sec. 10, Constitution of the State of Alaska, the assembly shall determine and declare by resolution whether the existing apportionment of the assembly meets the standards of AS 29.20.060 . If the assembly submits to the voters a form of representation that includes election of assembly members under AS 29.20.070 (b)(2) or (3), the assembly shall submit with the proposition a proposed plan of apportionment that corresponds to the form of representation proposed. The assembly shall describe the plan of apportionment in the ballot proposition, and may present the plan in any manner that it believes accurately describes the apportionment that is proposed under the form of representation. If the assembly determines that its existing apportionment meets the standards of AS 29.20.060 , the assembly may include the existing apportionment as a proposed plan of apportionment of assembly seats that corresponds to a form of representation that is proposed.

(b) The assembly shall provide, by ordinance, for a change in an existing apportionment of the assembly whenever it determines that the apportionment does not meet the standards of AS 29.20.060 . The assembly may provide, by ordinance, for a change in an existing apportionment of the assembly whenever a final state redistricting plan is changed as a result of federal or court action. At the same time a change in apportionment is provided for under this subsection, the assembly may, by ordinance, change the composition of the assembly.

(c) If a petition signed by not less than 50 voters requests the assembly to determine whether the existing apportionment meets the standards for apportionment in AS 29.20.060 , and the petition contains evidence that the existing apportionment does not meet those standards, the assembly may make the determination requested. The assembly shall make a determination required by this subsection within two months of receipt of a petition that meets the requirements of this subsection.

(d) An ordinance adopted by the assembly under (b) or (c) of this section shall be submitted to the voters for approval. In order for the ordinance to be approved it must receive the approval of a majority of the votes cast.

(e) Within six months after a determination by the assembly under (b) or (c) of this section that the current apportionment should be changed the assembly shall adopt an ordinance providing for reapportionment and submit the ordinance to the voters. If, at the end of the six-month time period, an ordinance providing for reapportionment has not been approved by the voters and if the current apportionment does not meet the standards of AS 29.20.060 , the commissioner shall provide for the reapportionment in accordance with the standards of AS 29.20.060 by preparing an order of reapportionment and delivering the order to the borough mayor.
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.040 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.040
Emergency disaster powers.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality that is wholly or partially in an area that is declared by the President or governor to be a disaster area may participate in and provide for housing, urban renewal, and redevelopment in the same manner as a home rule city. The exercise of these powers by a borough shall be on a nonareawide basis, except a borough may exercise the powers transferred to it by a city as provided by AS 29.35.310 .

(b) Powers granted by this section must be initiated within a period of not more than five years after the date of declaration of a natural disaster by the President or governor, but these powers may be extended for an additional period of not more than three years.
Alaska Stat. § 29.45.320 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.45 / Section 29.45.320
Real property tax collection.
Status: in_force

(a) The municipality shall enforce delinquent real property tax liens by annual foreclosure, unless otherwise provided by ordinance.

(b) If the tax on property described in AS 29.45.070 or on a taxable interest in tax-exempt property is not paid when due, a municipality may enforce the tax by a personal action against the delinquent taxpayer brought in the district or superior court, in addition to other remedies available to enforce the lien.
Alaska Stat. § 29.06.360 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.06 / Section 29.06.360
Election on charter.
Status: in_force

(a) The proposed home rule charter adopted by the charter commission shall be submitted to the voters at a borough election held within 60 days of the date of publication and posting of the proposed charter. The borough clerk shall prepare the ballots for use in the election and shall give notice of the election by radio and television in a manner intended to apprise the entire borough population of the election. The election shall be conducted under procedures applicable to regular elections.

(b) A person who is a voter of the borough may vote in the election on the proposed charter.

(c) If the charter is approved by a majority of the votes in each home rule and first class city in the borough and the charter is approved by a majority of all the votes in the area of the borough outside all home rule or first class cities, the charter is ratified. If the charter is not approved by a majority of the votes in each home rule and first class city, the charter is ratified only if at least 55 percent of all the voters voting on the question in home rule and first class cities approve it and if a majority of the voters outside those cities approve it. If the charter is ratified, election results shall be certified to the commission and two copies of the charter shall be filed with (1) the lieutenant governor;

(2) the department;

(3) the district recorder for the area of the borough;

(4) the clerk of the borough;

(5) the clerk of each city in the borough.

(d) If a proposed charter is rejected, the charter commission shall prepare, adopt, and submit another proposed charter to the voters at a borough election held within one year after the date of the first charter election. If the second proposed charter is also rejected, the charter commission shall be dissolved and the question of unification shall be treated as if it had never been proposed or approved.
Alaska Stat. § 29.10.050 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.10 / Section 29.10.050
Charter commission election.
Status: in_force

At a charter commission election the voters of an existing municipality shall consider the question Shall a charter commission be elected to prepare a proposed charter? and shall elect the members of the commission. If the question is approved, the seven candidates receiving the highest number of votes immediately organize as a charter commission.
Alaska Stat. § 29.71.020 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.71 / Section 29.71.020
Dedication of municipal property.
Status: in_force

Dedication of streets, rights-of-way, easements, or other areas for public use may not be construed to require the municipality to maintain, improve, or provide for municipal services in the area dedicated, and the dedication does not impose any liability on the municipality for the condition of the area dedicated.
Alaska Stat. § 29.45.350 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.45 / Section 29.45.350
List to lienholder.
Status: in_force

A holder of a mortgage or other lien on real property may request the clerk to send by certified mail notice of a foreclosure list that includes the real property.
Alaska Stat. § 29.20.300 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.20 / Section 29.20.300
School boards.
Status: in_force

(a) Each municipal school district has a school board. Except as provided in (b) of this section, members of a school board are elected at the regular election for three-year terms and until their successors take office. Members are elected at large unless a different method of election has been approved by the voters in a regular election.

(b) The assembly is the school board for a third class borough. The mayor is the presiding officer of the assembly and president of the school board. However, the mayor may not veto an action of the school board.
Alaska Stat. § 29.47.260 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.47 / Section 29.47.260
Applicability of AS 37.10.085.
Status: in_force

The prohibitions of AS 37.10.085 do not apply to the issuance of revenue bonds or the use of proceeds from revenue bonds by a home rule or general law municipality.
Alaska Stat. § 29.65.060 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.65 / Section 29.65.060
School and mental health land.
Status: in_force

(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 entitlement under this chapter. School or mental health land may be selected notwithstanding the fact that this land is not unappropriated and unreserved within the meaning of this chapter and under former AS 29.18.190 and 29.18.200, but each selection of school or mental health land by a municipality must be vacant, unappropriated, unreserved land as defined in this chapter, except that it need not be general grant land.

(b) The acreage of school, university, or mental health land, if any, in a municipality may not be included in the determination of entitlement under AS 29.65.010 or 29.65.020.

(c) Land conveyed under this section shall be credited against a municipality's remaining land entitlement under this chapter.

(d) Within six months after approval of a municipal selection of school or mental health land, the director shall identify state general grant land of approximately equal value to the land requested by the municipality and shall propose the replacement land for the concurrence of the appropriate board. If a proposal by the director is rejected by the board, the director shall meet with the board as often as necessary to determine the type and amount of equal value replacement land that would be required to obtain the board's concurrence, and shall propose the replacement land for consideration by the board. The replacement land shall thereafter be managed for the purposes for which the land selected by the municipality was acquired by the Territory and State of Alaska.

(e) The notice provisions of AS 38.05.945 apply to the designation of other general grant land as school, university, or mental health land in replacement of land selected under this section. The provisions of AS 38.50 do not apply to designations under this section.

(f) For purposes of determining the per capita entitlement under (a) of this section, the population of a municipality shall be the population determined by the former commissioner of community and regional affairs under former AS 43.18.010 for the program year beginning July 1, 1978, for a municipality whose entitlement was determined under former AS 29.18.201 or 29.18.202.

(g) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, a municipality may not select school land or mental health land after October 4, 1985. Nothing in this section affects the legal rights of any person with regard to selections of school land or mental health land made by a municipality on or before October 4, 1985.

(h) To obtain replacement land for mental health land that was conveyed by the state to the municipality under former AS 29.18.190  29.18.200, former AS 29.18.201  29.18.202, or under this chapter, a municipality may reconvey to the state land that had been conveyed by the state to the municipality. When a municipality reconveys land to the state under this subsection, the municipality has the right to select an equal number of acres of replacement land. The municipality may exercise its right to select replacement land under this subsection only within two years of the date of the reconveyance of land to the state.
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.725 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.725
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In AS 29.35.600  29.35.730, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) authority means a port authority established under AS 29.35.605 ;

(2) board means the board of directors of an authority;

(3) bonds includes bonds, bond anticipation notes, notes, refunding bonds, or other forms of indebtedness of the authority;

(4) bylaws or bylaws of the authority means the guidelines adopted by and amended by the board from time to time in accordance with AS 29.35.600  29.35.730;

(5) port means a facility of transportation related commerce located within the state;

(6) project means a port, dock, and administrative facilities, including property necessary in connection with the operation of a port;

(7) project cost or cost of a project means all or any part of the aggregate costs determined by an authority to be necessary to finance the construction or acquisition of a project, including without limitation to the cost of acquiring real property, the cost of constructing buildings and improvements, the cost of financing the project, including, without limitation, interest charges before, during, or after construction or acquisition of the project, costs related to the determination of the feasibility, planning, design, or engineering of the project and, to the extent determined necessary by the authority, administrative expenses, the cost of machinery or equipment to be used in the operation or rehabilitation of a port, and all other costs, charges, fees, and expenses that may be determined by the authority to be necessary to finance the construction or acquisition;

(8) real property or land means any interest in real property, including tidal and submerged land, and any right appurtenant to the interest, and without limitation, interests less than full title such as easements, uses, leases, and licenses;

(9) regulation means a standard of general application or the amendment, supplement, revision, or repeal of a standard adopted by an authority to implement, interpret, or make specific the law enforced or administered by it or to govern its procedure.
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.670 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.670
Exemption from taxation.
Status: in_force

(a) An authority exercising the powers granted by the enabling ordinance under AS 29.35.600  29.35.730 is in all respects for the benefit of the people of the municipalities participating in the authority and the people of the state in general, for their well-being and prosperity, and for the improvement of their social and economic condition. The real and personal property of an authority and its assets, income, and receipts are exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the state or a political subdivision of the state.

(b) Bonds issued by the authority under AS 29.35.625 are issued for an essential public and governmental purpose; therefore, the bonds, interest and income from them, and all fees, charges, funds, revenue, income, and other money pledged or available to pay or secure the payment of the bonds or interest on them are exempt from taxation except for inheritance, transfer, and estate taxes.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of (a) of this section, an authority and the municipalities participating in the authority may enter into agreements under which the authority agrees to pay the participating municipalities' payments in lieu of taxes and special assessments on real and personal property of the authority that is within the taxing jurisdiction of the municipality.

(d) Nothing in this section creates a tax exemption with respect to the interests of a business enterprise or other person, other than the authority, in property, assets, income, or receipts, whether or not financed under AS 29.35.600  29.35.730.
Alaska Stat. § 29.60.420 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.60 / Section 29.60.420
Regulations.
Status: reserved

(a) [Repealed, § 35 ch 126 SLA 1994.] (b) The commissioner shall adopt regulations to carry out the purposes of AS 29.60.400  29.60.440.
Alaska Stat. § 29.05.110 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.05 / Section 29.05.110
Incorporation election.
Status: in_force

(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 desire incorporation and, if so, to elect the initial municipal officials. If incorporation is rejected, no officials are elected. The election shall be held not less than 30 or more than 90 days after the date of the election order. The election order must specify the dates during which nomination petitions for election of initial officials may be filed.

(b) A qualified voter who is registered to vote within the proposed municipality at least 30 days before the date of the election order may vote.

(c) Areawide borough powers included in an incorporation petition are considered to be part of the incorporation question. In an election for the incorporation of a second class borough, each nonareawide power to be exercised is placed separately on the ballot. Adoption of a nonareawide power requires a majority of the votes cast on the question, and the vote is limited to the qualified voters who are registered to vote in the proposed borough but outside all cities in the proposed borough.

(d) A home rule charter included in an incorporation petition under AS 29.05.060 (13) is considered to be part of the incorporation question. The home rule charter is adopted if the voters approve incorporation of the city, borough, or unified municipality.

(e) The director of elections shall supervise the election in the general manner prescribed by AS 15 (Election Code). The state shall pay all election costs under this section.

(f) In this section, qualified voter has the meaning given in AS 15.80.010 .
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.920 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.920
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In AS 29.35.800  29.35.925, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) authority means a regional solid waste management authority established under AS 29.35.805 ;

(2) board means the board of directors of an authority;

(3) bonds includes bonds, bond anticipation notes, notes, refunding bonds, or other forms of indebtedness of the authority;

(4) bylaws means the guidelines adopted by and amended by the board from time to time under AS 29.35.800  29.35.925;

(5) costs of projects means all or any part of the aggregate costs determined by an authority to be necessary to finance the construction or acquisition of a project, including, without limitation, the cost of acquiring real property; the cost of constructing buildings and improvements; the cost of financing the project, including, without limitation, interest charges before, during, or after construction or acquisition of the project; costs related to determining the feasibility of, planning, design of, or engineering of the project and, to the extent determined necessary by the authority, administrative expenses; the costs of machinery or equipment to be used in the operation or rehabilitation of a solid waste management facility or operation; and all other costs, charges, fees, and expenses that the authority determines necessary to finance the construction or acquisition;

(6) land or real property means any interest in real property, including tidal and submerged land, any right appurtenant to the interest, and, without limitation, interests less than full title, such as easements, uses, leases, and licenses;

(7) project means a solid waste management facility, and administrative facilities, including property necessary for solid waste management;

(8) regulation means a standard of general application or the amendment, supplement, revision, or repeal of a standard adopted by an authority to implement, interpret, or make specific the law enforced or administered by it or to govern its procedure.
Alaska Stat. § 29.26.190 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.26 / Section 29.26.190
Effect.
Status: repealed

(a) The effect of an ordinance or resolution may not be modified or negated within two years after its effective date if adopted in an initiative election or if adopted after a petition that contains substantially the same measure has been filed.

(b) If an ordinance or resolution is repealed in a referendum election or by the governing body after a petition that contains substantially the same measure has been filed, substantially similar legislation may not be enacted by the governing body for a period of two years.

(c) If an initiative or referendum measure fails to receive voter approval, a new petition application for substantially the same measure may not be filed sooner than six months after the election results are certified.

Article 3. Recall.
Alaska Stat. § 29.06.140 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.06 / Section 29.06.140
Election.
Status: in_force

(a) The Local Boundary Commission shall immediately notify the director of elections of its acceptance of a merger or consolidation petition. Within 30 days after notification, the director of elections shall order an election in the area to be included in the new municipality to determine whether the voters desire merger or consolidation. The election shall be held not less than 30 or more than 90 days after the election order. A voter who is a resident of the area to be included in the proposed municipality may vote.

(b) A home rule charter in a merger or consolidation petition submitted under AS 29.06.100 (b)(5) is part of the merger or consolidation question. The charter is adopted if the voters approve the merger or consolidation. The director of elections shall supervise the election in the general manner prescribed by AS 15 (Election Code). The state shall pay all election costs.

(c) The director of elections shall certify the election results. If merger or consolidation is approved, the director of elections shall, within 10 days, set a date for election of officials of the new municipality. The election date shall be not less than 60 or more than 90 days after the election order and it is the effective date for the merger or consolidation.
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.133 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.133
Immunity for 911 systems.
Status: in_force

(a) The establishment, funding, use, operation, or maintenance of enhanced 911 systems and all activities associated with those actions are specifically found to be within the ambit of AS 09.50.250 (1) and AS 09.65.070 (d)(6). Except for intentional acts of misconduct or gross negligence, a service supplier, local exchange telephone company, or wireless telephone company and their employees and agents are also immune from tort liability that might otherwise be incurred in the course of installing, training, maintaining, or providing enhanced 911 systems or transmitting or receiving calls on the system.

(b) An individual, telephone company, or employee of a telephone company who operates or maintains an emergency 911 service is not liable for civil damages in a tort action as a result of an act, omission, failure of service, or incorrect information done or given in good faith.

(c) In this section, service supplier means a person that provides or offers to provide telecommunications equipment or services necessary for the establishment, maintenance, or operation of an enhanced 911 system.
Alaska Stat. § 29.55.165 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.55 / Section 29.55.165
Short title.
Status: in_force

AS 29.55.100  29.55.165 may be cited as the Municipal Property Assessed Clean Energy and Resilience Act.
Alaska Stat. § 29.20.500 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.20 / Section 29.20.500
Powers and duties of a manager.
Status: in_force

The manager may hire necessary administrative assistants and may authorize an administrative official to appoint, suspend, or remove subordinates. As chief administrator the manager shall (1) appoint, suspend, or remove municipal employees and administrative officials, except as provided otherwise in this title and AS 14.14.065 ;

(2) supervise the enforcement of municipal law and carry out the directives of the governing body;

(3) prepare and submit an annual budget and capital improvement program for consideration by the governing body, and execute the budget and capital improvement program adopted;

(4) make monthly financial reports and other reports on municipal finances and operations as required by the governing body;

(5) exercise custody over all real and personal property of the municipality, except property of the school district;

(6) perform other duties required by law or by the governing body; and

(7) serve as personnel officer, unless the governing body authorizes the manager to appoint a personnel officer.
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.141 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.141
Regulation of radio antennas.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality that regulates the placement, screening, or height of radio antennas must reasonably accommodate amateur radio antennas. A municipality may require reasonable and customary engineering practices to be followed in the erection of amateur radio antennas. A municipality may impose only the minimum requirements relating to amateur radio antennas that are necessary to accomplish the legitimate purposes intended to be served by the requirements.

(b) A municipality may not restrict the number of support structures for an amateur radio antenna. Based on the most recently published United States census, a municipal restriction on amateur radio antenna height may not be lower than (1) 200 feet above ground level as permitted by the Federal Communications Commission in an area with a population density of 120 or less per square mile;

(2) 75 feet above ground level in an area with a population density of more than 120 per square mile for an antenna on a lot that is smaller than one acre; or

(3) 140 feet above ground level in an area with a population density of more than 120 per square mile for an antenna on a lot that is one acre or larger.

(c) Subject to (a) and (b) of this section, a municipality may, by ordinance, impose requirements to meet clearly defined objectives relating to screening, placement, aesthetic, and health and safety factors with respect to the erection, maintenance, and operation of amateur radio antennas.

(d) An ordinance regulating or restricting radio antennas adopted under this section may not apply to a radio antenna that was erected before July 26, 2001.

(e) This section applies to home rule and general law municipalities.
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.130 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.130
Emergency services communications centers.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may establish an emergency services communications center with one or more other municipalities and one or more state, federal, or private agencies that provide emergency service communications to the same geographic area. An emergency services communications center established under this section may be organized and operated as a public nonprofit corporation under AS 10.20 .

(b) An emergency services communications center under this section may be governed by a board of directors. A member of a board of directors of an emergency services communications center serves without compensation but is entitled to per diem and travel expenses. If an emergency services communications center is organized as a nonprofit corporation, a member of its board of directors may not be employed by the nonprofit corporation.

(c) An emergency services communications center may assess the feasibility and desirability of providing emergency services communications for the geographic area in which it is located through one central office. An emergency services communications center may (1) combine or coordinate the existing emergency services communications programs of the participating municipalities and agencies;

(2) operate a dispatch center to receive all requests for emergency services and dispatch those services;

(3) study the need for improvement in the timely delivery of emergency services to residents of the participating municipalities;

(4) hold public hearings to obtain information concerning the timely delivery of emergency services;

(5) apply for and accept federal, state, municipal, and private money, property, or assistance for use in providing the timely delivery of emergency services;

(6) enter into contracts to carry out the provisions of this section;

(7) employ personnel necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.

(d) In this section, (1) emergency services means services provided by law enforcement agencies, fire departments, ambulance services, and other organizations that are intended to respond to emergency situations of imminent danger to life or property;

(2) state agency means a department, division, or office in the executive branch of state government.
Alaska Stat. § 29.04.040 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.04 / Section 29.04.040
Reclassification of cities.
Status: reserved

(a) A second class city may be reclassified as a first class city. A first class or home rule city may be reclassified as a second class city. Reclassification is proposed by filing a petition with the department. The department shall investigate the proposal and report its findings to the Local Boundary Commission with its recommendations. The commission shall hold at least one public hearing in the city on the proposal. The commission may amend the petition and may impose conditions on the reclassification. If the commission determines that the reclassification, as amended or conditioned if appropriate, meets applicable standards under the state constitution and commission regulations, meets the standards for incorporation under AS 29.05.011 for the class of city proposed in the reclassification petition, and is in the best interests of the state, it may accept the petition. Otherwise, it shall reject the petition. The commission shall notify the city of its decision. The decision may be appealed under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act).

(b) A petition proposing reclassification may be filed by (1) a number of voters equal to 15 percent of the number of votes cast in the city at the preceding regular election; or

(2) the council.

(c) [Repealed, § 31 ch 58 SLA 1994.] (d) The council shall, within 30 days after receiving notification from the Local Boundary Commission that a petition has been accepted, order an election on the question of reclassification. The election shall be held at least 30 days after the order and not later than the next regular election occurring after the 30-day period. If more than one question is to be voted on at the election, each shall appear separately on the ballot.

(e) The council shall certify the election results to the department. If the majority of votes cast is favorable, the city is reclassified 30 days after certification of the election results.
Alaska Stat. § 29.06.350 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.06 / Section 29.06.350
Publication and posting of proposed charter.
Status: in_force

Within 10 days after filing the proposed home rule charter, the borough clerk shall have it published. In addition, the clerk shall have a copy of the proposed charter posted in at least three public places in each city and each unincorporated community in the borough. Copies of the proposed charter shall be made available by the assembly to the public at both the office of the borough clerk and the office of the clerk of each city in the borough. The clerk shall have notice of the publication, posting, and availability of the proposed charter published.
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.134 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.134
Multi-line telephone systems.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may by ordinance require a multi-line telephone system operator to comply with this section if, after January 1, 2019, the system operator (1) upgrades an existing multi-line telephone system; or

(2) installs a new multi-line telephone system.

(b) The operator of a multi-line telephone system that is required to comply with this section shall ensure that the system (1) allows a caller to call 911 by dialing 911 directly without an additional code, digit, prefix, postfix, or trunk-access code;

(2) for every 911 call made using the system, provides to the public safety answering point receiving the call verified automated number and location information for the call, including (A) the street name, valid address, and business name, if applicable;

(B) the direct callback telephone number;

(C) the office, unit, or building number, as applicable;

(D) the room number or equivalent designation;

(E) if the multi-line telephone system operates for a building that has more than one floor, the building floor;

(F) if the multi-line telephone system operates for more than one building, the (i) building number or equivalent designation; and

(ii) building floor; and

(3) has a location database that stores the information required under (2) of this subsection and that the system is updated (A) as soon as practicable after the system is installed; and

(B) within one business day after completion of any changes made to the system or the physical characteristics of the facility where the system is used; this subparagraph does not apply to changes incurred during the installation of the system.

(c) Information in a location database created under (b)(3) of this section (1) is owned by the multi-line telephone system operator that supplied the information;

(2) may not be shared, except as required by law; and

(3) may not be used by a public safety answering point for any purpose except to facilitate an emergency response to a 911 call.

(d) The operator of a multi-line telephone system that is not required by ordinance to comply with this section and that does not allow for direct 911 dialing shall post, in a visible place not more than five feet from each telephone that is connected to the multi-line telephone system, a notice that (1) states that 911 services cannot be accessed by dialing 911 directly on the telephone;

(2) indicates how a caller may access 911 services through the telephone;

(3) is printed in contrasting colors in a bold font not smaller than 16 points;

(4) includes the following information, as applicable, about the location of the telephone: (A) the street address and business name;

(B) the office, unit, or building number;

(C) the room number or equivalent designation.

(e) In this section, (1) multi-line telephone system includes (A) a network or premises-based telephone system (i) installed at an end-use location that uses common control units, common telephone, and common control hardware and software to provide a connection to the public;

(ii) such as Centrex, Voice over Internet Protocol, and PBX, Hybrid, and Key Telephone Systems, as classified by the Federal Communications Commission under 47 C.F.R. Part 68 requirements; and

(B) systems owned or leased by government agencies and nonprofit and for-profit entities;

(2) multi-line telephone system operator means an entity that owns, leases, or rents from a third party, and operates a multi-line telephone system by which a caller may place a 911 call through a public switched network.
Alaska Stat. § 29.45.440 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.45 / Section 29.45.440
Expiration.
Status: in_force

(a) At least 30 days before the expiration of the redemption period the clerk or the clerk's designee shall publish a redemption period expiration notice. The notice must contain the date of judgment, the date of expiration of the period of redemption, and a warning that all properties ordered sold under the judgment, unless redeemed, shall be deeded to the municipality immediately on expiration of the period of redemption and that every right or interest of a person in the properties will be forfeited forever to the municipality. The notice appears once a week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation distributed in the municipality. If there is no newspaper of general circulation distributed in the municipality, the notice is posted in three public places for at least four consecutive weeks. The clerk shall send a copy of the notice by certified mail to each record owner of property against which a judgment of foreclosure has been taken and, if the assessed value of the property is more than $10,000, to all holders of mortgages or other liens of record on the property. The notice shall be mailed within five days after the first publication. The mailing shall be sufficient if mailed to the property owner and to the holder of a mortgage or recorded lien at the last address of record.

(b) The right of redemption expires 30 days after the date of the first notice publication.

(c) Costs incurred in the determination of holders of mortgages and other liens of record and costs of notice publication incurred by a municipality under (a) of this section are a lien on the property and may be recovered by the municipality.
Alaska Stat. § 29.47.250 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.47 / Section 29.47.250
No election required.
Status: in_force

An election is not required to authorize the issuance and sale of revenue bonds, unless otherwise provided by ordinance.
Alaska Stat. § 29.06.120 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.06 / Section 29.06.120
Hearing.
Status: in_force

After receipt of the report by the department on a merger or consolidation petition, the Local Boundary Commission shall hold at least one public hearing in each of the existing municipalities included in the petition, unless officials of the municipalities agree to a single hearing.
Alaska Stat. § 29.45.340 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.45 / Section 29.45.340
Clearing delinquencies.
Status: in_force

During the publication or posting of the foreclosure list and up to the time of transfer to the municipality a person may pay the taxes, together with the penalty, interest, and costs. The collector shall note payment on the foreclosure list.
Alaska Stat. § 29.60.850 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.60 / Section 29.60.850
Community Assistance Fund.
Status: in_force

(a) The community assistance fund is established in the general fund for the purpose of making community assistance payments to municipalities, reserves, and communities for any public purpose. The fund consists of appropriations. Income earned on money in the fund may be appropriated to the fund. Money in the fund does not lapse.

(b) Each fiscal year, the legislature may appropriate to the community assistance fund money received by the state during the previous calendar year under AS 43.20.030 (c). The amount may not exceed the greater of (1) $30,000,000; or

(2) the amount that, when added to the fund balance on June 30 of the previous fiscal year, equals $90,000,000.

(c) The balance in the community assistance fund shall be determined on June 30 of each year. If the fund balance is at least $15,000,000, without further appropriation, the department shall distribute one-third of that amount as community assistance payments for the immediately following fiscal year. Otherwise, no payments may be made.

(d) Notwithstanding the guidelines in (b) of this section, the legislature may appropriate any amount to the community assistance fund. Nothing in this section creates a dedicated fund.
Alaska Stat. § 29.45.660 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.45 / Section 29.45.660
Notice of sales and use tax.
Status: in_force

(a) If the borough levies and collects only a sales tax and use tax, the assembly shall provide a notice substantially in the form set out in AS 29.45.020 . In providing notice under this subsection, the assembly shall substitute for the millage equivalency its estimate of the equivalent sales tax rate for each of the categories of financial assistance set out in AS 29.45.020 . Notice shall be provided (1) by publishing in a newspaper of general circulation in the borough a copy of the notice once each week for a period of three successive weeks, with publication to occur not later than 45 days after the final adoption of the borough's budget; or

(2) if there is no newspaper of general circulation in the borough, by posting a copy of the notice for at least 20 days in at least two public places in the borough, with posting to occur not later than 45 days after the final adoption of the borough's budget.

(b) Compliance with the provisions of this section is a prerequisite to receipt of community assistance under AS 29.60.850  29.60.879. The department shall withhold annual allocations under those sections until municipal officials demonstrate that the requirements of this section have been met.
Alaska Stat. § 29.25.020 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.25 / Section 29.25.020
Ordinance procedure.
Status: in_force

(a) An ordinance is introduced in writing in the form required by the governing body.

(b) The following procedure governs the enactment of all ordinances, except emergency ordinances: (1) an ordinance may be introduced by a member or committee of the governing body, or by the mayor or manager;

(2) an ordinance shall be set by the governing body for a public hearing by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes authorized on the question;

(3) at least five days before the public hearing a summary of the ordinance shall be published together with a notice of the time and place for the hearing;

(4) copies of the ordinance shall be available to all persons present at the hearing, or the ordinance shall be read in full;

(5) during the hearing the governing body shall hear all interested persons wishing to be heard;

(6) after the public hearing the governing body shall consider the ordinance, and may adopt it with or without amendment;

(7) the governing body shall print and make available copies of an ordinance that is adopted.

(c) An ordinance takes effect upon adoption or at a later date specified in the ordinance.

(d) This section does not apply to an ordinance proposed under AS 04.11.507 (d).
Alaska Stat. § 29.46.100 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.46 / Section 29.46.100
Reassessment.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body shall, within one year, correct any deficiency in a special assessment found by a court. Notice and hearing must conform to the initial assessment procedures.

(b) Payments on the initial assessment are credited to the property upon reassessment. The reassessment becomes a charge upon the property notwithstanding failure to comply with any provision of the assessment procedure.
Alaska Stat. § 29.06.040 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.06 / Section 29.06.040
Municipal boundary changes.
Status: in_force

(a) The Local Boundary Commission may consider any proposed municipal boundary change. The commission may amend the proposed change and may impose conditions on the proposed change. If the commission determines that the proposed change, as amended or conditioned if appropriate, meets applicable standards under the state constitution and commission regulations and is in the best interests of the state, it may accept the proposed change. Otherwise, it shall reject the proposed change. A Local Boundary Commission decision under this subsection may be appealed under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act).

(b) The Local Boundary Commission may present a proposed municipal boundary change to the legislature during the first 10 days of a regular session. The change becomes effective 45 days after presentation or at the end of the session, whichever is earlier, unless disapproved by a resolution concurred in by a majority of the members of each house.

(c) In addition to the regulations governing annexation by local action adopted under AS 44.33.812 , the Local Boundary Commission shall establish procedures for annexation and detachment of territory by municipalities by local action. The procedures established under this subsection must include a provision that (1) a proposed annexation must be approved by a majority of votes on the question cast by voters residing in the annexing municipality;

(2) a proposed annexation or detachment must be approved by a majority of votes on the question cast by voters residing in the area proposed to be annexed or detached;

(3) municipally owned property adjoining the municipality may be annexed by ordinance without voter approval; and

(4) an area adjoining the municipality may be annexed by ordinance without an election if all property owners and voters in the area petition the governing body.

(d) A boundary change effected under (a) and (b) of this section prevails over a boundary change initiated by local action, without regard to priority in time.
Alaska Stat. § 29.20.470 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.20 / Section 29.20.470
Election on adoption of manager plan.
Status: in_force

The governing body shall provide by ordinance or resolution for a vote on the question of adopting a manager plan at the next election when it (1) receives a petition to submit the question to the voters that has been certified as sufficient by the clerk; or

(2) adopts a motion to submit the question to the voters.
Alaska Stat. § 29.60.550 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.60 / Section 29.60.550
Records.
Status: in_force

The department shall maintain records showing the income and expenses of grants made under AS 29.60.510 , and shall develop procedures governing the expenditure of, and accounting for, money expended.
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.655 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.655
Limitation on personal liability.
Status: in_force

A board member or employee of an authority is not subject to personal liability or accountability because of the execution or issuance of bonds.
Alaska Stat. § 29.26.010 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.26 / Section 29.26.010
Administration.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body shall prescribe the rules for conducting an election.

(b) For an election in which voters cast ballots at polling places in their precincts, the governing body shall appoint an election board composed of at least three judges for each precinct. If the governing body appoints an election board, a judge shall be a voter of the precinct for which appointed unless no voter is willing to serve.
Alaska Stat. § 29.10.030 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.10 / Section 29.10.030
Initiative and referendum.
Status: in_force

(a) A home rule charter shall provide procedures for initiative and referendum.

(b) A charter may not require an initiative or referendum petition to have a number of signatures greater than 25 percent of the total votes cast in the municipality at the last regular election.

(c) A charter may not permit the initiative and referendum to be used for a purpose prohibited by art. XI, § 7 of the Constitution of the State of Alaska.
Alaska Stat. § 29.45.040 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.45 / Section 29.45.040
Property tax equivalency payments.
Status: in_force

(a) A resident of the state who rents a permanent place of abode is eligible for a tax equivalency payment from the state through the department if the resident is (1) at least 65 years old;

(2) a disabled veteran; or

(3) at least 60 years old and the widow or widower of a person who was eligible for payment under (1) or (2) of this subsection.

(b) For purposes of determining the amount of a payment to an eligible person, the department shall calculate at the rate of one percent per mill a property tax equivalent percentage for each municipality that levies a property tax. The property tax equivalent percentage applied to the annual rent charged to the applicant equals the property tax equivalency payment payable under this section.

(c) To obtain a tax equivalency payment the eligible resident must apply to the department for payment for the preceding year by January 15 of each year on forms and in the manner prescribed by the department. The department for good cause shown may waive an applicant's failure to make timely application for a tax equivalency payment and accept the application as if timely filed. Each applicant shall submit with the application rental receipts or, if rental receipts are not available, other evidence satisfactory to the department for determination of the fact of payment of rent and the amount paid. A disabled veteran shall submit with the application evidence of the disability rating.

(d) If two or more persons occupy a residence as tenants, not all of whom are eligible for a tax equivalency payment under this section, the assessor shall determine equitable partial payments to be made to the eligible tenants. However, a tax equivalency payment to an eligible applicant may not be reduced because the spouse is less than 65 years of age or is not a disabled veteran. If all occupants in a residence are eligible for a tax equivalency payment under this section, the occupants shall decide between and among themselves which shall receive payment.

(e) If appropriations are not sufficient to fully fund tax equivalency payments under this section, the amount available shall be distributed pro rata among eligible residents.

(f) In this section, disabled veteran has the meaning given in AS 29.45.030 (i).
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.010 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.010
General powers.
Status: in_force

All municipalities have the following general powers, subject to other provisions of law: (1) to establish and prescribe a salary for an elected or appointed municipal official or employee;

(2) to combine two or more appointive or administrative offices;

(3) to establish and prescribe the functions of a municipal department, office, or agency;

(4) to require periodic and special reports from a municipal department to be submitted through the mayor;

(5) to investigate an affair of the municipality and make inquiries into the conduct of a municipal department;

(6) to levy a tax or special assessment, and impose a lien for its enforcement;

(7) to enforce an ordinance and to prescribe a penalty for violation of an ordinance;

(8) to acquire, manage, control, use, and dispose of real and personal property, whether the property is situated inside or outside the municipal boundaries; this power includes the power of a borough to expend, for any purpose authorized by law, money received from the disposal of land in a service area established under AS 29.35.450 ;

(9) to expend money for a community purpose, facility, or service for the good of the municipality to the extent the municipality is otherwise authorized by law to exercise the power necessary to accomplish the purpose or provide the facility or service;

(10) to regulate the operation and use of a municipal right-of-way, facility, or service;

(11) to borrow money and issue evidences of indebtedness;

(12) to acquire membership in an organization that promotes legislation for the good of the municipality;

(13) to enter into an agreement, including an agreement for cooperative or joint administration of any function or power with a municipality, the state, or the United States;

(14) to sue and be sued;

(15) to provide facilities or services for the confinement and care of prisoners and enter into agreements with the state, another municipality, or any person relating to the confinement and care of prisoners;

(16) to receive grants from and contract with the Department of Public Safety under AS 18.65.670 ;

(17) to provide by ordinance for the creation, recording, and notice of a lien on real or personal property to secure payment of past due utility fees, costs incurred by the municipality in the abatement of an unsafe or dangerous building, and other fees and charges provided for by ordinance; except as otherwise provided by state law, when recorded, a municipal lien under this paragraph has priority over all other liens except (A) liens for property taxes, special assessments, and sales and use taxes;

(B) liens that were perfected before the recording of the lien under this paragraph;

(C) liens that, under state law, are prior, paramount, and superior to all other liens; and

(D) mechanics' and materialmen's liens for which claims of lien under AS 34.35.070 or notices of right to lien under AS 34.35.064 have been recorded before the recording of the lien under this paragraph.
Alaska Stat. § 29.47.130 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.47 / Section 29.47.130
Limitation.
Status: in_force

The total amount of notes issued and outstanding may at no time exceed the total amount of bonds authorized to be issued.
Alaska Stat. § 29.26.170 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.26 / Section 29.26.170
Initiative election.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless substantially the same measure is adopted, when a petition seeks an initiative vote, the clerk shall submit the matter to the voters at the next regular election or, if already scheduled, special election occurring not sooner than 60 days after certification of the petition. If no election is scheduled to occur within 75 days after the certification of a petition and the governing body determines it is in the best interest of the municipality, the governing body may by ordinance order a special election to be held on the matter before the next election that is already scheduled, but not sooner than 60 days after certification of the petition.

(b) If the governing body adopts substantially the same measure, the petition is void, and the matter initiated may not be placed before the voters.

(c) The ordinance or resolution initiated shall be published in full in the notice of the election, but may be summarized on the ballot to indicate clearly the proposal submitted.

(d) If a majority vote favors the ordinance or resolution, it becomes effective upon certification of the election, unless a different effective date is provided in the ordinance or resolution.
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.050 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.050
Garbage and solid waste services.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding AS 29.35.200  29.35.220, a municipality may by ordinance (1) provide for the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a system of garbage and solid waste collection and disposal for the entire municipality, or for districts or portions of it;

(2) require all persons in the municipality or district to use the system and to dispose of their garbage and solid waste as provided in the ordinance;

(3) award contracts for collection and disposal, or provide for the collection and disposal of garbage and solid waste by municipal officials and employees;

(4) pay for garbage and solid waste collection and disposal from available money;

(5) require property owners or occupants of premises to use the garbage and solid waste collection and disposal system provided by the municipality;

(6) fix charges against the property owners or occupants of premises for the collection and disposal; and

(7) provide penalties for violations of the ordinances.

(b) The governing body of a municipality may not prohibit a person holding a valid certificate from the former Alaska Public Utilities Commission or from the Regulatory Commission of Alaska from continuing to collect and dispose of garbage, refuse, trash, or other waste material, or provide other related services in an area in the municipality if the certificate authorizes the collection and disposal of garbage, refuse, trash, or other waste material and providing of other services in the area, and the certificate was originally issued before the municipality provided similar services. Except as provided in (c) of this section, a municipality may not provide for a garbage, refuse, trash, or other waste material collection and disposal service in an area to the extent it lies in an area granted to a garbage, refuse, trash, or other waste material carrier by a certificate issued by the former Alaska Public Utilities Commission or by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska to the carrier until it has purchased the certificate, equipment, and facilities of the carrier, or that portion of the certificate that would be affected, at fair market value. A municipality may exercise the right of eminent domain to acquire the certificate, equipment, and facilities of the carrier, or that portion of the certificate that would be affected.

(c) A municipality may establish an intermediate transfer site for the collection and disposal of garbage, refuse, trash, or other waste material without purchasing the certificate, equipment, or facilities of a waste material carrier certificated by the former Alaska Public Utilities Commission or by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska. The municipality may, without compensating a certificated waste carrier operating in the area, provide for or contract with a certificated or noncertificated entity to provide for the collection and disposal of waste material left at the intermediate transfer site.

(d) A municipality that owns or operates a landfill or dumping area for the disposal of waste material may, by ordinance, partially or totally exempt from a fee for the use of the landfill or dumping area the disposal of waste material generated from the substantial rehabilitation, renovation, demolition, removal, or replacement of a structure on deteriorated property. The exemption may apply to some or all types of deteriorated property, as provided in the ordinance. An ordinance adopted under this subsection must include specific eligibility requirements and require a written application for the fee exemption. In this subsection, deteriorated property has the meaning given in AS 29.45.050 .

(e) Subsections (a)  (c) of this section apply to home rule and general law municipalities.
Alaska Stat. § 29.35.820 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.35 / Section 29.35.820
Powers and duties.
Status: in_force

(a) If provided in the enabling ordinance, an authority may (1) sue and be sued;

(2) have a seal and alter it;

(3) acquire an interest in a project as necessary or appropriate to provide financing for the project, whether by purchase, gift, or lease;

(4) lease to others a project acquired by the authority on the terms and conditions the authority may consider advisable, including, without limitation, provisions for purchase or renewal;

(5) sell, by installment sale or otherwise, exchange, donate, convey, or encumber in any manner by mortgage or by creation of another security interest, real or personal property owned by it or in which it has an interest, including a project, when, in the judgment of the authority, the action is in furtherance of the authority's purposes;

(6) accept gifts, grants, or loans, under the terms and conditions imposed under the gift, grant, or loan, and enter into contracts, conveyances, or other transactions with a federal agency or an agency or instrumentality of the state, a municipality, a private organization, or another person;

(7) deposit or invest its funds, subject to agreements with bondholders;

(8) purchase or insure loans to finance the costs of projects;

(9) provide for security within the boundaries of the authority;

(10) enter into loan agreements for one or more projects on the terms and conditions the authority considers advisable;

(11) acquire, manage, and operate projects the authority considers necessary or appropriate to serve the authority's purposes;

(12) assist private lenders to make loans to finance the costs of projects through loan commitments, short-term financing, or otherwise;

(13) charge fees or other forms of remuneration for the use or possession of projects under the agreements described in this subsection; other agreements relating to the projects, covenants, or representations made in bond documents relating to the projects; or regulations of the authority relating to the projects;

(14) exercise the powers of eminent domain and declaration of taking within its physical boundaries under AS 29.35.030 to acquire land or materials for authority purposes; the powers of eminent domain shall be no greater than those enjoyed by the state under AS 09.55 and shall only be utilized upon prior approval by the governor;

(15) regulate land use within the boundaries of the authority;

(16) defend and indemnify a current or former member of the board, employee, or agent of the authority against all costs, expenses, judgments, and liabilities, including attorney fees, incurred by or imposed on that person in connection with a civil or criminal action in which the person is involved because of the person's affiliation with the authority if the person acted in good faith on behalf of the authority and within the scope of the person's official duties and powers;

(17) purchase insurance to protect and hold harmless its employees, agents, and board members from an action, claim, or proceeding arising out of the performance of, purported performance of, or failure to perform in good faith, duties for the authority or arising out of employment with the authority and to hold them harmless from expenses connected with the defense, settlement, or monetary judgments from that action, claim, or proceeding; the purchase of insurance is subject to the discretion of the board; insurance purchased under this paragraph is not compensation to the insured person; and

(18) protect its assets, services, and employees by purchasing insurance or providing for certain self-insurance retentions.

(b) An authority shall maintain casualty, property, business interruption, marine, boiler and machinery, pollution liability, and other insurance in amounts reasonably calculated to cover potential claims against the authority or a municipality for bodily injury, death or disability, and property damage that arise from or are related to authority operations and activities.
Alaska Stat. § 29.47.110 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.47 / Section 29.47.110
Repayment of notes.
Status: in_force

Every note is payable from the proceeds of the sale of bonds that the notes anticipated or from the proceeds of the sale of new bond anticipation notes.
Alaska Stat. § 29.60.800 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.60 / Section 29.60.800
Harbor facility grant fund.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established the harbor facility grant fund consisting of money appropriated to the fund. Each fiscal year, the legislature may appropriate money to the fund from the watercraft fuel tax account ( AS 43.40.010 (f)) and from the fisheries business tax collected under AS 43.75.015 after payments to municipalities are made under AS 43.75.130 . The legislature may make other appropriations to the fund. The legislature may appropriate to the fund income earned on money in the fund.

(b) Money appropriated to the harbor facility grant fund may be expended by the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities for harbor facility grants without further appropriation. Money in the fund does not lapse and remains available for expenditure in successive fiscal years.

(c) Each fiscal year, the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities shall use an amount equal to at least 50 percent of the balance of the harbor facility grant fund on June 30 of the preceding fiscal year for harbor facility grants.
Alaska Stat. § 29.20.520 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.20 / Section 29.20.520
Repeal of manager plan.
Status: repealed

A municipality may repeal a manager plan by following the procedures under AS 29.20.460  29.20.480 for adoption of a manager plan, except the question shall be whether the manager plan should be repealed. Within 60 days after certification of the election approving repeal of a manager plan, the governing body shall enact provisions for the reorganization of the municipal executive and administrative functions.
Alaska Stat. § 29.20.260 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.20 / Section 29.20.260
Executive absence.
Status: in_force

The borough mayor, subject to assembly approval, shall designate a person to act as mayor during the borough mayor's temporary absence or disability. If a manager plan has been adopted, the assembly shall designate by resolution a borough administrative official to act as manager during the manager's absence or disability.
Alaska Stat. § 29.06.340 — AK Code / Title 29 / Chapter 29.06 / Section 29.06.340
Filing of proposed charter.
Status: in_force

Upon the adoption of a proposed home rule charter by the charter commission, the charter shall be signed by at least a majority of the total membership of the commission and shall be filed with the borough clerk. A copy of the charter with signatures affixed shall also be filed with the clerk of each city in the borough.