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AK Stat § 38.06.025 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 06. Alaska Royalty Oil and Gas Development Advisory Board|Sec. 38.06.025. Membership; vacancies.

(a) The board consists of the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development; the commissioner of revenue; the commissioner of natural resources, who is a nonvoting member; and five public members. (b) The public members shall be appointed by the governor to serve at the pleasure of the governor for five-year staggered terms and confirmed by a vote of a majority of the members of the legislature in joint session. The public members may not be state officers or employees. Four of the public members may not be, nor have been in the past five years, employed by a person whose primary business is, or who owns a controlling interest in a corporation whose primary business is, the exploration for or development, production, transportation, sale, refining, or processing of petroleum products. One of the public members shall possess experience in petroleum-related fields in such areas as exploration, development, production, or economics. (c) A chairman shall be elected by the board from among the public members. (d) A public member shall continue in office at the expiration of a term until a successor is appointed and qualifies. (e) Vacancies in public membership shall be filled in the same manner as original appointment. Except as provided in AS 39.05.080(4), an appointee to fill a vacancy shall hold office for the balance of the term for which the predecessor on the board was appointed. A vacancy in board membership does not impair the authority of a quorum of the board members to exercise all the powers and duties of the board.
AK Stat § 38.06.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 06. Alaska Royalty Oil and Gas Development Advisory Board|Sec. 38.06.030. Compensation; per diem, travel expenses.

Members of the board are in the exempt service under AS 39.25.110 and shall receive per diem and travel allowances as provided by law for other boards and commissions.
AK Stat § 38.06.035 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 06. Alaska Royalty Oil and Gas Development Advisory Board|Sec. 38.06.035. Meetings, rules, quorum, votes required; conflict of interest.

(a) The board shall prescribe its own rules of procedure. It shall meet at a time and place determined by the chairman, and at other times and places as the chairman, or a majority of the board members, considers necessary. A quorum is a majority of the voting members of the board. The votes of the board members shall be recorded. Effective action to carry out the powers granted under this chapter requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the board members. A board member may not, with respect to a matter before the board, vote for or on behalf of another member of the board. (b) A member of the board may not act upon a matter in which the relationship of a member of the board with any person creates a conflict of interest. A board member may not have an official connection with or hold stock or securities in, or have a pecuniary interest in, a corporation, company, or association engaged in the production or transportation of oil or gas.
AK Stat § 38.06.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 06. Alaska Royalty Oil and Gas Development Advisory Board|Sec. 38.06.040. Powers and duties of the board.

(a) The board shall (1) in accordance with the criteria set out in AS 38.06.070, develop a plan for the wise development of the state's oil and gas royalty interests; the plan of development shall be consistent with (A) growth of the private sector of the economy; (B) environmental standards required by law; and (C) public fiscal stability; (2) hold public hearings on proposed sales, exchanges, or other disposals of royalty oil or gas to determine whether the proposals comply with AS 38.06.070; (3) examine proposed sales, exchanges, or other disposal of, and recommend to the legislature that it approve or disapprove a proposed sale, exchange, or other disposal of (A) the oil or gas that is obtained by the state as royalty under AS 38.05.182; or (B) the rights to receive future oil or gas production under state leases; and (4) recommend to the commissioner of natural resources the conditions relating to the sale, delivery, transportation, refining, or processing of oil or gas which the commissioner may include in the offer and sale of oil or gas obtained by the state as royalty under AS 38.05.182. (b) The board may (1) direct the commissioner of natural resources to solicit development plans or bids consistent with the criteria set out in AS 38.06.070 for (A) the sale, exchange, or other disposal of oil or gas obtained by the state as royalty under AS 38.05.182; or (B) the sale, exchange, or other disposal of all or a portion of the rights to receive future oil or gas production under a state lease; (2) employ an executive director, and contract for the services of professionals, persons with knowledge of economics and other disciplines, and persons with technical skills who may be necessary to assist the board in the exercise of its powers and duties; and (3) adopt regulations under the Administrative Procedure Act (AS 44.62) that are necessary for the exercise of its powers and duties.
AK Stat § 38.06.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 06. Alaska Royalty Oil and Gas Development Advisory Board|Sec. 38.06.050. Board review and recommendation required.

(a) If legislative approval is required by AS 38.06.055, a sale, exchange, encumbrance, or other disposition of oil or gas or of the rights or waiver of the rights to receive future production of royalty oil or gas may not be made by the commissioner of natural resources under AS 38.05.183 without prior review of the proposed sale, exchange, encumbrance, or other disposition by the board. A written recommendation of the board on the proposed sale, exchange, encumbrance, or other disposition of oil or gas or of the rights or waiver of the rights to receive future production of royalty oil or gas shall be submitted to the legislature at the time a bill approving the proposed sale, exchange, encumbrance, or other disposition is introduced in the legislature. (b) Bids or applications for the purchase of royalty oil or gas may be rejected by the commissioner of natural resources if prior written notice of the proposed disapproval is given to the board. (c) Competitive bidding in a sale, exchange, or other disposition described in (a) of this section may not be waived by the commissioner of natural resources under AS 38.05.183 unless prior written notice of proposed waiver is given to the board. (d) [Repealed, § 5 ch 112 SLA 1980.]
AK Stat § 38.06.055 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 06. Alaska Royalty Oil and Gas Development Advisory Board|Sec. 38.06.055. Legislative approval.

(a) In addition to the recommendation by the board required under AS 38.06.050, the commissioner of natural resources may not enter into a sale, exchange, or other disposition of oil or gas or of the rights or waiver of the rights to receive future production of royalty oil or gas under AS 38.05.183 without the prior approval of the legislature. The legislature may approve a sale, exchange, or other disposition of oil or gas or of the rights or of a waiver of the rights to receive future production of royalty oil or gas only by enacting legislation. (b) The provisions of (a) of this section do not apply to (1) the sale, exchange, or other disposition of oil or gas for one year or less if the sale, exchange, or other disposition is entered into to relieve storage or market conditions; (2) contracts for the sale of state-owned royalty gas or oil that specify the sale and delivery of not more than (A) 400 barrels of crude oil per day; (B) 460 barrels of natural gas liquids per day; and (C) 2,400 Mcf of natural gas per day. (c) A sale, exchange, or other disposition of oil or gas under (b)(1) of this section may not be continued after the end of one year or renewed with the same party without the prior approval of the legislature under (a) of this section. This subsection does not apply to a sequential competitively bid sale of oil or gas made with the same party under (b)(1) of this section.
AK Stat § 38.06.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 06. Alaska Royalty Oil and Gas Development Advisory Board|Sec. 38.06.060. Confidentiality.

Notwithstanding AS 40.25.110 - 40.25.120, the board may provide by regulation for the confidentiality of those documents and records in its possession or control which contain confidential business or marketing information the protection of which is essential to the person who has submitted them to the board or in the judgment of the board is essential to the best interest of the state. Such confidentiality, however, shall not preclude the proper review by the legislature.
AK Stat § 38.06.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 06. Alaska Royalty Oil and Gas Development Advisory Board|Sec. 38.06.070. Criteria.

(a) In the exercise of its powers under AS 38.06.040(a) and 38.06.050 the board shall consider (1) the revenue needs and projected fiscal condition of the state; (2) the existence and extent of present and projected local and regional needs for oil and gas products and by-products, the effect of state or federal commodity allocation requirements which might be applicable to those products and by-products, and the priorities among competing needs; (3) the desirability of localized capital investment, increased payroll, secondary development and other possible effects of the sale, exchange, or other disposition of oil and gas or both; (4) the projected social impacts of the transaction; (5) the projected additional costs and responsibilities which could be imposed upon the state and affected political subdivisions by development related to the transaction; (6) the existence of specific local or regional labor or consumption markets or both which should be met by the transaction; (7) the projected positive and negative environmental effects related to the transaction; and (8) the projected effects of the proposed transaction upon existing private commercial enterprise and patterns of investments. (b) When it is economically feasible and in the public interest, the board may recommend to the commissioner of natural resources, as a condition of the sale of oil or gas obtained by the state as royalty, that (1) the oil or gas be refined or processed in the state; (2) the purchaser be a refiner who supplies products to the Alaska market with price or supply benefits to state citizens; or (3) the purchaser construct a processing or refining facility in the state. (c) The board shall make a full report to the legislature on each criterion specified in (a) or (b) of this section for any disposition of royalty oil or gas that requires legislative approval. The board's report shall be submitted for legislative review at the time a bill for legislative approval of a proposed disposition of royalty oil or gas is introduced in the legislature.
AK Stat § 38.06.080 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 06. Alaska Royalty Oil and Gas Development Advisory Board|Sec. 38.06.080. Definitions.

In this chapter, (1) “board” means the Alaska Royalty Oil and Gas Development Advisory Board; (2) “state lease” means an oil and gas lease or gas only lease on state land.
AK Stat § 38.07.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 07. Clearing and Draining of Agricultural Land|Sec. 38.07.010. Selection and lease.

(a) The commissioner may select areas of state land classified as agricultural and contract for the land to be cleared or drained or both at state expense. In this selection and contracting, the commissioner shall be guided by the recommendations of the United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. (b) The land that is cleared or drained under (a) of this section shall be put up for competitive lease in lots of not less than 320 acres each. Lease payments shall be separately accounted for and may be appropriated to the agricultural revolving loan fund (AS 03.10.040).
AK Stat § 38.07.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 07. Clearing and Draining of Agricultural Land|Sec. 38.07.020. Provisions of lease.

(a) A lease under AS 38.07.010(b) shall be for 10 years with an option for a five-year renewal. (b) Before a lessee can apply for ownership of the land, the lessee must crop the land for at least seven years. If a lessee does not crop the land for at least seven years during the lease, the land shall be open again for competitive lease. (c) All rent the lessee has paid on the lease less interest on appraised value is to be applied toward the purchase price. (d) There shall be included in the lease agreement a provision prohibiting more than one farm unit on each half section of land.
AK Stat § 38.07.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 07. Clearing and Draining of Agricultural Land|Sec. 38.07.030. Owners and lessees included.

(a) An owner of agricultural land, or a lessee from the state of agricultural land, in the general vicinity of the land to be cleared or drained under AS 38.07.010(a) may apply to the commissioner to have the land cleared or drained or both along with the state land. The applicant's land shall be included in the contract of land to be cleared or drained if, in the discretion of the commissioner, the inclusion is feasible and furthers the agricultural policies of the division of the Department of Natural Resources with responsibility for agriculture. (b) The cost of clearing privately-owned land shall be borne by the landowner. For this purpose, the landowner may borrow money according to the requirements and provisions of AS 03.10 (Alaska Agricultural Loan Act). (c) The cost of clearing land leased from the state, including but not limited to school land, shall be borne by the state. The lessee shall repay the cost over a 10-year period at five percent interest.
AK Stat § 38.07.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 07. Clearing and Draining of Agricultural Land|Sec. 38.07.040. Land certificates.

A contract under AS 38.07.010(a) may provide for payment by the state in the form of land certificates which shall be equivalent to cash in the purchase of land credit from the state. The use of land credit certificates may be applied in the manner prescribed by AS 19.30.090 and regulations adopted under that section.
AK Stat § 38.07.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 07. Clearing and Draining of Agricultural Land|Sec. 38.07.050. Regulations.

The commissioner shall, guided by recommendations of the United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, adopt regulations necessary to carry out the purpose of this chapter.
AK Stat § 38.07.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 07. Clearing and Draining of Agricultural Land|Sec. 38.07.060. Definitions.

In this chapter, (1) “cleared,” “clear,” and “clearing” mean the preparation of the land for planting; (2) “commissioner” means the commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources; (3) “crop” means to manage a domestic planting including harvest.
AK Stat § 38.08.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 08. Homesites|Sec. 38.08.010. Classification of land for homesite entry.

(a) The director shall designate, classify, and make available for homesite entry state land in amounts and at times as required in AS 38.04.020 or as may otherwise be required by law. (b) Land classified as homesite entry land shall be divided into parcels not exceeding five acres in reasonably compact form, with boundaries conforming as nearly as practicable to natural geologic and topographic features. However, a parcel may exceed five acres if the director determines that the larger parcel is necessary to (1) comply with local zoning ordinances; or (2) permit the design of a subdivision because of topographical features, soil conditions, on-site sewage disposal requirements, or water drainage or supply considerations unique to the subdivision. (c) [Repealed, § 45 ch 85 SLA 1979.] (d) The director shall, to as great an extent as possible, classify land for homesite entry based upon the distribution of population in the state.
AK Stat § 38.08.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 08. Homesites|Sec. 38.08.020. Public notice.

The director shall publish notice of the availability of the land in the same manner as provided in AS 38.05.945.
AK Stat § 38.08.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 08. Homesites|Sec. 38.08.030. Applications for homesite entry; fees.

(a) To qualify for a homesite entry permit, an applicant shall (1) at the time of application have attained the age of 18; (2) submit proof acceptable to the commissioner that the applicant is a resident of the state at the time of application, and that the applicant has been a resident of the state for not less than one year immediately preceding the date the application was submitted; (3) agree to comply with the requirements for obtaining a patent to land set out under AS 38.08.060. (b) Fees for filing an application may not exceed $25.
AK Stat § 38.08.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 08. Homesites|Sec. 38.08.040. Issuance of entry permit.

(a) An applicant meeting the qualifications for homesite entry under AS 38.08.030 and selected under (f) of this section shall be issued a revocable permit to occupy and improve the homesite in order to qualify for issuance of patent as provided in this chapter. The holder of a homesite entry permit shall pay, in advance, an annual rental fee of $100.  (b) [Repealed, § 19 ch 67 SLA 1983.] (c) The permit may not be assigned, conveyed, or in any manner transferred except by testate or intestate succession, to a spouse during marriage, by order of a court as part of a divorce or dissolution of marriage settlement, or to either a member of the immediate family or a grantee of the applicant in the case of an extreme emergency or illness that disables the applicant. An attempt to assign, convey, transfer, or acquire a permit except as permitted by this subsection or by (e) of this section is void and constitutes a substantial breach of the permit. (d) An applicant may apply for more than one available homesite. Except as provided in (e) of this section, (1) a person holding a homesite patent may not apply for a homesite entry permit; (2) a person may not simultaneously hold more than one homesite entry permit; and (3) a person who is a member of the homesite entry permit holder's household may not be issued a homesite entry permit while a member of the homesite entry permit holder's household. (e) The limitations against applying for or holding a homesite patent or homesite entry permit set out in (c) and (d) of this section do not apply to a homesite patent or homesite entry permit (1) transferred by testate or intestate succession; or (2) transferred with the approval of the director in the case of an extreme emergency involving a person applying for or holding a patent or permit or in the case of an illness that disables the person. (f) If only one application for a homesite parcel is received, the commissioner shall offer an entry permit for the parcel to the applicant provided the applicant is otherwise qualified. If more than one application is received for a parcel, the commissioner shall select by lottery the applicant who is entitled to receive the permit for the parcel. The lottery shall be conducted under regulations adopted by the commissioner that are to the maximum extent practicable consistent with the provisions of AS 38.05.057 and the regulations adopted under that section.
AK Stat § 38.08.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 08. Homesites|Sec. 38.08.050. Revocation of entry permit.

(a) The entry permit may only be revoked for failure to erect a dwelling as required under AS 38.08.060, or for other substantial breach of the terms and conditions of the homesite entry permit. (b) Upon revocation and termination of a permit, improvements or chattels upon the homesite shall be managed, and subsequent issuance of a permit for entry on the homesite shall be conditioned, in the same manner as provided in AS 38.05.090 for removal or reversion of improvements upon termination of leases of state land.
AK Stat § 38.08.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 08. Homesites|Sec. 38.08.060. Issuance of patent.

(a) A person who enters upon homesite entry land under a permit issued by the director shall be issued a patent to the land conveying an unencumbered title if that person (1) occupies the land for a cumulative total of 35 months within the seven-year period following issuance of the homesite entry permit; (2) erects a habitable, permanent, single-family dwelling on the homesite, that meets all applicable state and local regulations, within five years of the date of issuance of the homesite entry permit; for the purposes of this paragraph, a mobile home is not considered to be a permanent dwelling unless it is placed on and permanently attached to a permanent foundation; (3) reimburses the state for the survey and platting undertaken in accordance with this chapter; the director shall provide by regulation for installment payments of this requirement. (b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit a person issued a homesite entry permit from residing in a temporary habitable dwelling on the homesite until revocation of the homesite entry permit. (c) Except as provided in (f) and (g) of this section, a person (1) may not be issued more than one patent during a lifetime; (2) who is a member of a patent holder's household may not be issued a permit while a member of the patent holder's household. (d) If a dwelling is found to have been substantially completed under AS 38.08.100(1), patent shall be issued upon completion of the dwelling if that completion meets the requirements of AS 38.08.100(2), notwithstanding (a)(2) of this section. (e) A permit holder who meets each of the provisions of (a) of this section except for (a)(1) and who tenders the commissioner an amount equal to five percent of the purchase price of the land within seven years of the issuance of the permit may purchase the land under AS 38.05.065. The purchase price of the land is the fair market value of the land at the time of purchase. (f) Notwithstanding (c) of this section, an applicant who inherits the homesite entry permit of another applicant may (1) qualify under this section for each homesite entry; (2) use the efforts of the deceased applicant to qualify for the patent to the inherited entry; and (3) be issued a patent under this section. (g) The limitations against applying for or holding a homesite patent or homesite entry permit set out in this section do not apply to a homesite patent or permit (1) transferred by testate or intestate succession; or (2) transferred with the approval of the director in the case of an extreme emergency involving a person holding a patent or permit or in the case of an illness that disables the person.
AK Stat § 38.08.100 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 38. Public Land|Chapter 08. Homesites|Sec. 38.08.100. Revocation of entry permit.

The director may revoke a homesite entry permit for failure to (1) erect a dwelling in the time required under AS 38.08.060(a)(2) unless the director finds that erection of the dwelling has been substantially completed and progress toward completion is being made at the expiration of the time required; or (2) convert a substantially completed dwelling for which an exception has been made under (1) of this section into a habitable permanent dwelling within one year after the deadline set out in AS 38.08.060(a)(2).