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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 134 - Shared Fisheries Business Tax Program › Article 4 - Definitions › 3 AAC 134.160 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In this chapter
(1) "alternative method application" means
				  the application requirements and procedures that are to be followed by
				  applicants located within an area for which an alternative method of allocation
				  under 3 AAC 134.070 has been approved by
				  the department;
(2) "application
				  year" means the state fiscal year in which a municipality submits an
				  application for funding under this chapter and is the state fiscal year
				  immediately following the program base year;
(3) "area" means a fisheries management area
				  established under
				  3 AAC 134.050;
(4) "commissioner" means the commissioner of
				  the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development;
(5) "department" means the Department of
				  Commerce, Community, and Economic Development;
(6) repealed 2/16/2013;
(7) repealed 2/16/2013;
(8) "fisheries business activity" means the
				  same as in
				  AS
				  29.60.450(f)(4);
(9) "long-form application" means the
				  application requirements and procedures that are to be followed by applicants
				  located within an area for which the total apportionment under
				  3 AAC 134.050(a) and (c) together is
				  equal to or greater than the long-form threshold value;
(10) "program" means the shared fisheries
				  business tax program under
				  AS
				  29.60.450;
(11) "program base year" means the calendar
				  year that precedes the application year;
(12) "short-form application" means the
				  application requirements and procedures that are to be followed by applicants
				  located within an area for which the total apportionment under
				  3 AAC 134.050(a) and (c) together is
				  less than the long-form threshold value;
(13) "significant effect" means municipal
				  expenditures during the program base year demonstrated by the municipality to
				  the department to be reasonable and necessary that are the result of fisheries
				  business activities on the municipality's
(A)
				  population;
(B)
				  employment;
(C) finances;
(D) air and water quality;
(E) fish and wildlife habitats; and
(F) ability to provide essential public
				  services, including health care, public safety, education, transportation,
				  marine garbage collection and disposal, solid waste disposal, utilities, and
				  government administration;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 135 - Senior Citizen and Disabled Veteran Property Tax Exemption › 3 AAC 135.010 - Method of application

Current through May 31, 2024
Applications for the senior citizen and disabled veteran
				  property tax exemption shall be on forms provided by the
				  department.
As of Register 151 (October 1999), the functions of the
					 former Department of Community and Regional Affairs were transferred to other
					 state agencies. In accordance with ch. 58, SLA 1999 and
					 AS
					 44.62.125(b)(6), the
					 regulations attorney revised
					 3 AAC 135.010, as of Register 161 (April 2002), to
					 reflect changes in the names of state
					 agencies.
Authority:
AS
					 29.45.030(f)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 135 - Senior Citizen and Disabled Veteran Property Tax Exemption › 3 AAC 135.020 - Forms

Current through May 31, 2024
Form 21-400 and Form 21-400b are hereby adopted by the
				  department for use in the application for senior citizen and disabled veteran
				  property tax exemptions, respectively.
Authority:
AS
					 29.45.030(f)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 135 - Senior Citizen and Disabled Veteran Property Tax Exemption › 3 AAC 135.030 - Obtaining forms

Current through May 31, 2024
Application forms are available only from the office of the
				  clerk or assessor of the municipality.
Authority:
AS
					 29.45.030(f)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 135 - Senior Citizen and Disabled Veteran Property Tax Exemption › 3 AAC 135.040 - Deadlines and calculations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Exemption
				applications filed after January 15 of the assessment year, or after a date
				provided by ordinance as specified in
				AS
				29.45.030(f), must be
				accompanied by an affidavit stating the reason for the late filing.
(b) To qualify for a hardship exemption
				beyond the first $150,000 of assessed value of real property under
				AS
				29.45.030(e), the applicant
				must apply by completing Form 21-400c and submitting the form, including
				necessary attachments, to the municipal assessor before July 1, or before a
				date provided by ordinance as specified in
				AS
				29.45.030(f), of the
				exemption year.
(c) An eligible
				applicant may qualify for a hardship exemption beyond the first $150,000 of
				assessed value of real property if the amount of the applicant's tax bill is
				greater than two percent of the applicant's gross household income. An
				exemption will be granted only for that portion of the applicant's taxes in
				excess of two percent of the gross household income. "Gross household income"
				means total annual compensation, earned and unearned, from all sources, of all
				members of the household.
(d) In
				cases of extreme hardship, an exemption up to 100 percent of the applicant's
				assessed value of real property may be granted by a two-thirds vote of the
				governing body.
(e) Hardship exists
				when the amount of taxes owed is in excess of two percent of an applicant's
				gross household income.
(f) The
				following are examples of hardship exemption calculation:
(1) Example A
Household Income: $30,000 Assessed Value: 200,000 Mill Rate:
				  10.0 Taxes Calculated: $200,000 x 10.0 mills = $2,000 $150,000 Cap: $150,000 x
				  10.0 mills = $1,500 Tax Liability: $500 Ability to Pay: $30,000 x 2% = 600 = No
				  hardship exemption allowed
(2) Example B
Household Income: $10,000 Assessed Value: 200,000 Mill Rate:
				  10.0 Taxes Calculated: $200,000 x 10.0 mills = $2,000 $150,000 Cap: $150,000 x
				  10.0 mills = $1,500 Tax Liability: $500 Ability to Pay: $10,000 x 2% = $200 Tax
				  Liability: $500 Ability to Pay: (200) Hardship Exemption: $300
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 135 - Senior Citizen and Disabled Veteran Property Tax Exemption › 3 AAC 135.085 - Eligibility

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) When an eligible person and his or her
				spouse occupy the same permanent place of abode, the reimbursement described in
				AS
				29.45.030(g) applies,
				regardless of whether the property is held in the name of the husband, wife, or
				both.
(b) A resident widow or
				widower who is at least 60 years old is eligible for the hardship exemption
				under AS
				29.45.030(e) if the deceased
				spouse of the widow or widower was at the time of his or her death
(1) a resident of the State of Alaska;
				and
(2) at least 65 years old or a
				disabled veteran.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 135 - Senior Citizen and Disabled Veteran Property Tax Exemption › 3 AAC 135.095 - Other statutory encumbrances

Current through May 31, 2024
Approval of the property for the property tax exemption does
				  not exempt the property from other statutory encumbrances.
Authority:
AS
					 29.45.030(f)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 135 - Senior Citizen and Disabled Veteran Property Tax Exemption › 3 AAC 135.110 - Appeal

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An applicant aggrieved by any
				determination of the local assessor, except a decision as to the purpose of a
				transfer, may appeal under AS 29.53.130 - AS 29.53.135 to his local board of
				equalization.
(b) The determination
				of the board of equalization is appealable under
				AS
				44.62.560 -
				AS
				44.62.570.
Authority:
AS 29.53.020(f)
AS 44.47.160
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 135 - Senior Citizen and Disabled Veteran Property Tax Exemption › 3 AAC 135.120 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In this chapter
(1)
				repealed 1/27/73;
(2) "exemption
				year" means the calendar year for which the exemption is sought;
(3) "real property" includes, but is not
				limited to mobile homes, whether classified as real or personal property for
				municipal tax purposes;
(4)
				"permanent place of abode" means a dwelling, or a dwelling unit in a multiple
				dwelling, including lots and outbuildings, or an appropriate portion thereof,
				which are necessary to convenient use of the dwelling unit;
(5) "resident" includes applicants who have a
				fixed habitation in the State of Alaska, and, when absent, intend to return to
				the State of Alaska;
(6)
				"ownership" means possession of an interest in real property, including but not
				limited to, a mobile home or condominium, which interest is recorded in the
				office of the district recorder, or, if unrecorded, is attested by a contract,
				bill of sale, deed of trust, or other proof in a form satisfactory to the local
				assessor;
(7) "department" means
				the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development;
(8) "senior citizen" means one who is 65 or
				older before January 1 of the exemption year;
(9) "disabled veteran" has the same meaning
				as in AS
				29.45.030(i)(1).
As of Register 171 (October 2004), the regulations attorney
					 made technical revisions under
					 AS
					 44.62.125(b)(6) to reflect
					 the name change of the Department of Community and Economic Development to the
					 Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development made by ch. 47, SLA
					 2004 and the corresponding title change of the commissioner of community and
					 economic development.
Authority:
AS
					 29.45.030(f)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 136 - Senior Citizen Property Tax Equivalency Payment › 3 AAC 136.010 - Forms

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Form 21-405 and Form 21-406 are adopted
				by the department for use in application for the senior citizen and disabled
				veteran renter property tax equivalency payment, respectively. Form 21-405a and
				Form 21-406a "rent certificate" are adopted by the department as supplements to
				Form 21-405 and Form 21-406, respectively.
(b) Application forms will be supplied upon
				request by the office of the state assessor.
Authority:
AS
					 29.45.040
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 136 - Senior Citizen Property Tax Equivalency Payment › 3 AAC 136.020 - Rental payment verification

Current through May 31, 2024
Satisfactory evidence of payment and of amount paid, as
				  required by
				  AS
				  29.45.040(c),
				  includes
(1) Form 21-405a or Form
				21-406a, properly completed by the landlord and attached to Form 21-405 or Form
				21-406, respectively;
(2) cancelled
				checks payable to the landlord for rent paid;
(3) rent receipts; or
(4) a combination of the items in (1) - (3)
				of this section.
Authority:
AS
					 29.45.040
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 136 - Senior Citizen Property Tax Equivalency Payment › 3 AAC 136.030 - Eligibility

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) To be eligible, property for which rent
				is paid must be subject to a local property tax. Payment in place of property
				tax is not considered local property tax for purposes of this
				chapter.
(b) To be eligible, a
				rental payment must be paid to the landlord and must exclude security deposits,
				rent paid for the year before the program year, and advance payments for the
				year after the program year. Rental charges for food, medical care and
				supplies, personal services, or other items not directly related to providing
				shelter and utilities are not eligible. Sales tax paid to the landlord for the
				rental may be included in the eligible rent paid.
(c) An applicant may not receive a property
				tax exemption under AS 29.53.020(e) - (i) and renter equivalency payment under
				AS 29.73.060 for the same program year unless a portion of a permanent place of
				abode is owned and a portion of the same permanent place of abode is
				rented.
(d) An applicant must be
				age 65 or older before January 1 of the program year to be eligible.
(e) Application for an equivalency payment
				must be mailed to the department by January 15 of the year following the
				program year.
Authority:
AS
					 29.45.040
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 136 - Senior Citizen Property Tax Equivalency Payment › 3 AAC 136.040 - Verification of age

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Documentation of birth date is required
				the first year an applicant enters the program. Submission of one of the
				following documents clearly showing birth date of the applicant is adequate
				documentation:
(1) birth
				certificate;
(2) proof of
				eligibility for the Alaska Longevity Program, or any Alaska state program that
				requires similar adequate documentation of age;
(3) baptismal certificate showing date of
				birth and issued during the first few years of life;
(4) naturalization papers;
(5) a document issued by the Social Security
				Administration showing date of birth; or
(6) a Bureau of the Vital Statistics record
				of birth.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 136 - Senior Citizen Property Tax Equivalency Payment › 3 AAC 136.045 - Veteran verification of disability

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) For each year
				of application, a disabled veteran must submit a letter of certification from
				the Veterans Administration attesting to the disabled veteran's current
				percentage of disability. The letter of certification must be attached to Form
				21-406.
(b) A disabled veteran will
				not be required to provide a current letter of certification as specified in
				(a) of this section if the disabled veteran submits a letter from the Veterans
				Administration certifying that his or her disability is of a permanent nature
				and does not require reevaluation.
Authority:
AS
					 29.45.040
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 136 - Senior Citizen Property Tax Equivalency Payment › 3 AAC 136.050 - Computation of payment

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) No payment will
				be made for less than $1.
(b) The
				property-tax equivalent percentage for each home rule or general law
				municipality that levies a general property tax is based on the highest mill
				rate levied within that municipality during the program year.
(c) The mill rate levied against the abode
				most recently occupied is used to determine the equivalent percentage for that
				year.
Authority:
AS
					 29.45.040
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 136 - Senior Citizen Property Tax Equivalency Payment › 3 AAC 136.060 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In this chapter
(1)
				"department" means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic
				Development;
(2) "disabled veteran"
				has the same meaning as in
				AS
				29.45.030(i)(1);
(3) "program year" means the calendar year
				immediately preceding the filing date.
As of Register 171 (October 2004), the regulations attorney
					 made technical revisions under
					 AS
					 44.62.125(b)(6) to reflect
					 the name change of the Department of Community and Economic Development to the
					 Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development made by ch. 47, SLA
					 2004 and the corresponding title change of the commissioner of community and
					 economic development.
Authority:
AS
					 29.25.040
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 138 - Farm and Agricultural Land › 3 AAC 138.010 - Forms

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The Department of Community and Regional
				Affairs Form 21.410 and Form 21-411 are adopted for use in application for the
				farm and agricultural land use assessment and tax deferment program.
(b) Application and authorization forms shall
				be made available by and shall be returned to the clerk or assessor of the
				municipality in which the land for which the farm use assessment and tax
				deferment are sought is located.
Authority:
AS
					 29.45.060(b)
AS 44.33.020
AS
					 44.33.740
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 138 - Farm and Agricultural Land › 3 AAC 138.020 - Income verification

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In addition to the application prescribed
				in 3 AAC 138.010, an applicant must
				establish before May 15 of the assessment year that the gross income attributed
				to farm-use land is at least 10 percent of the applicant's yearly gross income,
				by either
(1) providing the clerk or assessor
				of the municipality proof of income eligibility as shown by income tax returns
				or other reasonably documented information which is determined by the local
				assessor to be sufficient proof of eligibility; or
(2) providing the department with copies of
				signed federal income tax returns submitted to the Internal Revenue Service for
				the previous year.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 138 - Farm and Agricultural Land › 3 AAC 138.030 - Appeal

Current through May 31, 2024
An applicant for the farm use assessment and tax deferment
				  who believes that the valuation or classification assigned to the land that is
				  the subject of the application is erroneous may appeal to the board of
				  equalization of the municipality in which the land is located in the manner
				  provided by AS 29.53.130. The municipality shall report the disposition of all
				  such appeals to the state assessor.
Authority:
AS
					 29.45.060(c)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 138 - Farm and Agricultural Land › 3 AAC 138.040 - Maintenance of records; duplicate copies

Current through May 31, 2024
The municipality in which the land is located shall maintain
				  separate files and records of all applications for the farm use assessment and
				  tax deferment, whether allowed by the municipality or not, including valuation
				  of the property under the full and true value standard of AS 29.53.060.
				  Duplicate copies of all records relating to the application entered in the file
				  shall be forwarded to the state assessor. The municipality shall investigate to
				  determine whether title to land for which the assessment and deferment have
				  been granted has been conveyed or alienated in such a way that the assessment
				  or deferment may be terminated and shall advise the state assessor as to the
				  results of its investigation.
Authority:
AS
					 29.45.060(a)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 138 - Farm and Agricultural Land › 3 AAC 138.050 - Confidentiality

Current through May 31, 2024
Tax records and other documents providing evidence of the
				  applicant's eligibility for the farm use assessment and tax deferment are
				  confidential and shall be used only for the purpose of ascertaining whether the
				  applicant is entitled to the benefits of the assessment and
				  deferment.
Authority:
AS
					 29.45.060(c)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 138 - Farm and Agricultural Land › 3 AAC 138.060 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In this chapter
(1) "farm use assessment" means the value of the unit or parcel of property for which application for a farm use assessment and tax deferment is made, based upon its highest and best use as farm or agricultural land;
(2) "yearly gross income" means the income of the applicant for the year preceding the tax year for which the application is filed and means the adjusted gross income of the applicant as defined in Section  62 of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. 62).
Authority:
AS
					 29.45.060(c)
AS
					 43.20.011(d)
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 139 - Errors in Municipal Assessment, Valuation, or Taxation Records › 3 AAC 139.010 - Inspection of records

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The state assessor will, in his or her
				discretion, inspect municipal records dealing with assessment, valuation or
				taxation.
(b) If a written
				complaint of an alleged major error in a municipality's assessment, valuation,
				or taxation procedures is submitted to the state assessor, the state assessor
				will, in his or her discretion, investigate the complaint. If an investigation
				is prompted by a complaint, the state assessor will give at least 30 days'
				notice to the municipal assessor, stating the nature of the complaint and the
				state assessor's intention to investigate the complaint. The municipal assessor
				may participate in the review process.
Authority:
AS
					 29.45.105
AS
					 44.33.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 139 - Errors in Municipal Assessment, Valuation, or Taxation Records › 3 AAC 139.020 - Notice of errors found

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Immediately
				following a review of municipal records dealing with assessment, valuation or
				taxation, the state assessor will discuss with the municipal assessor any
				errors found in the course of the review.
(b) The state assessor will inform a
				municipality of any major errors discovered in the municipality's assessment,
				valuation, or taxation records. The major error will be resolved in the manner
				described in (c) or (d) of this section, in the state assessor's
				discretion.
(c) The state assessor
				will, in his or her discretion, verbally inform a municipality of a major error
				and work with the municipality informally to correct the problem.
(d) The state assessor will, in his or her
				discretion, send an official notice of a major error by certified mail, return
				receipt requested, which will contain at least the following information:
(1) a brief description of the major error
				found; and
(2) a directive to the
				municipality to correct the major error before the beginning of the next fiscal
				year.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 139 - Errors in Municipal Assessment, Valuation, or Taxation Records › 3 AAC 139.030 - Appeal

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If a municipality elects to appeal, under
				AS
				29.45.105, a determination made by the state
				assessor, it shall provide a copy of its appeal to the Alaska Association of
				Assessing Officers.
(b) In deciding
				the appeal, the commissioner will consult with the Alaska Association of
				Assessing Officers and the appellant, and will, at the commissioner's
				discretion, consult with others. Parties to the appeal may offer testimony and
				may submit briefs and other evidence in support of their respective
				positions.
(c) Within 60 days after
				receiving the appeal, the commissioner will send a decision by certified mail,
				return receipt requested, to the municipality. In addition, the commissioner
				will send a copy of the decision to the Alaska Association of Assessing
				Officers. If the commissioner determines that a major error has been made in
				the municipality's assessment, valuation, or taxation procedures, the
				commissioner will notify the municipality of the changes that must be made. The
				municipality shall then correct its procedures before the beginning of its next
				fiscal year.
Authority:
AS
					 29.45.105
AS
					 44.33.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 139 - Errors in Municipal Assessment, Valuation, or Taxation Records › 3 AAC 139.900 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
As used in this chapter,
(1) "commissioner" means the commissioner of
				the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development;
(2) "major error" means a violation of
				federal, state, or municipal property tax law;
(3) "state assessor" means the state assessor
				in the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, or a
				designee from the office of the state assessor.
As of Register 171 (October 2004), the regulations attorney
					 made technical revisions under
					 AS
					 44.62.125(b)(6) to reflect
					 the name change of the Department of Community and Economic Development to the
					 Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development made by ch. 47, SLA
					 2004 and the corresponding title change of the commissioner of community and
					 economic development.
Authority:
AS
					 29.45.105
AS
					 44.33.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 149 - Regional Seafood Development Association › 3 AAC 149.010 - Qualification criteria

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) To qualify as a
				regional seafood development association, an organization must demonstrate that
				it meets the qualification criteria set out in
				AS
				44.33.065(a)(1) -
				(4).
(b) To demonstrate that the organization is
				established for the purposes set out in
				AS
				44.33.065(a)(1), the
				organization must submit, as part of its application submitted under
				3 AAC 149.030(b), a business plan
				describing in detail
(1) the organization's
				overall mission and purpose;
(2)
				information about the qualifications of individuals serving in management
				position; that information must include
(A)
				the membership of the board of directors;
(B) a description of the experience of each
				individual serving in a management position; and
(C) an organization chart;
(3) economic development goals and
				strategies that show how the organization will meet the purposes set out in
				AS
				44.33.065(a)(1);
(4) estimated seafood development taxes to be
				levied under
				AS
				43.76.350-43.76.399 within each seafood
				development region to be represented by the organization; and
(5) estimated expenses, including
				administrative expenses.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 149 - Regional Seafood Development Association › 3 AAC 149.020 - Application development period

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) At least 20
				days before the application period begins under
				3 AAC 149.030(a), the department will
				announce an application development period for each seafood development region
				established in
				AS
				44.33.065(b). The department
				will
(1) publish the announcement in each
				seafood development region, in at least one newspaper of general circulation in
				that region; and
(2) send the
				announcement to each commercial fishing permit holder on record with the
				Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission for each fishery in that seafood
				development region.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 149 - Regional Seafood Development Association › 3 AAC 149.030 - Application period

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The application period for designation as
				a qualified regional seafood development association in each seafood
				development region established in
				AS
				44.33.065(b) begins on
				February 24, 2005.
(b) To submit an
				application, the applicant must complete the department's application form, and
				on that form must
(1) designate a contact
				person;
(2) identify each seafood
				development region for which the applicant seeks designation;
(3) identify each fishery for which the
				applicant intends to hold elections under
				AS
				43.76.350-43.76.399; and
(4) provide the information required in
				3 AAC 149.010 to demonstrate that the qualification
				criteria set out in
				AS
				44.33.065(a)(1) - (4) have
				been met.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 149 - Regional Seafood Development Association › 3 AAC 149.040 - Application review

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department will review for
				recommendation to the commissioner the first complete application received
				after the application period has begun for each seafood development region.
				Incomplete applications will not be considered.
(b) The department will notify the applicant
				by certified mail of the department's review. Within seven days after receiving
				a completed application, the department will review it and make a
				recommendation under
				3 AAC 149.050.
Authority:
AS
					 44.33.065
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 149 - Regional Seafood Development Association › 3 AAC 149.050 - Recommendation to commissioner

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department
				will issue and provide to the commissioner a written recommendation to accept
				or reject the applicant as a qualified regional seafood development
				association. The department will base its recommendation upon whether the
				applicant has met the qualification criteria in
				AS
				44.33.065(a)(1) - (4) and
				3 AAC 149.010. In the recommendation, the department
				will set out which of the qualification criteria the applicant has or has not
				met and upon what information the department relied in reaching the
				recommendation.
(b) The department
				will provide the applicant's designated contact person with a copy of the
				written recommendation by certified mail.
(c) If the applicant does not agree with the
				department's recommendation, the applicant may submit to the commissioner,
				within 10 days after receiving the recommendation, a written objection to the
				recommendation. The commissioner will not review a written objection postmarked
				after that deadline.
Authority:
AS
					 44.33.065
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 149 - Regional Seafood Development Association › 3 AAC 149.060 - Commissioner's final determination

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Within 15 days
				after receiving the department's written recommendation, the commissioner will
				issue a final decision to accept or reject the applicant as a qualified
				regional seafood development association. The commissioner's determination
				whether the applicant has met the qualification criteria set out in
				AS
				44.33.065(a)(1) - (4) and
				3 AAC 149.010 will be based upon the
(1) department's written
				recommendation;
(2) applicant's
				timely written objection, if any, to the department's written recommendation;
				and
(3) information submitted by
				the applicant through the application process.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 149 - Regional Seafood Development Association › 3 AAC 149.070 - State financial assistance

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An annual
				financial report required under
				AS
				44.33.065(e) for obtaining
				state financial assistance must be compiled by an independent certified public
				accountant and must be prepared in accordance with generally accepted
				accounting principles. The report must include
(1) a consolidated statement of financial
				position, a statement of activities, and a cash flow statement; those items
				must include notes to the financial statements;
(2) a report on the extent to which the
				qualified regional seafood development association achieved the economic
				development goals proposed under
				3 AAC 149.010(b) (3); and
(3) each letter, if any, from the independent
				certified public accountant to management or the board of directors
				recommending improvements to the regional seafood development association's
				accounting or financial practices.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 149 - Regional Seafood Development Association › 3 AAC 149.080 - Prohibitions on use of state financial assistance

Current through May 31, 2024
State financial assistance under
				  AS
				  44.33.065(d), and any
				  passive investment income earned from that financial assistance, may not be
				  used
(1) to the disadvantage of a
				seafood development region not represented by the qualified regional seafood
				development association;
(2) for
				price negotiations between fishers and seafood processors; or
(3) to pay expenses associated with lobbying
				a municipality or an agency of a municipality, or with lobbying the state or an
				agency of the state; for purposes of this paragraph,
(A) "lobby a municipality or an agency of a
				municipality" means to engage in an activity for the purpose of influencing
				municipal legislative or administrative action if the activity is substantially
				the same as activity that would have required registration under
				AS
				24.45.121 if the activity was for the purpose
				of influencing state legislative or administrative action;
(B) "lobby the state or an agency of the
				state" means to engage in an activity for which registration is required under
				AS
				24.45.121.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 149 - Regional Seafood Development Association › 3 AAC 149.950 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In this chapter, unless the context requires
				  otherwise,
(1) "commissioner" means
				the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development;
(2) "department" means the Department of
				Commerce, Community, and Economic Development;
(3) "fishery" has the meaning given in
				AS
				16.43.990;
(4) "seafood development region" means a
				region established under
				AS
				44.33.065(b).
Authority:
AS
					 44.33.065
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 150 - National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska Impact Program › Article 1 - Introductory Provisions › 3 AAC 150.010 - General objectives

Current through May 31, 2024
The primary objective of the National Petroleum
					 Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) Impact Program is to provide municipalities with
					 financial assistance to help mitigate significantly adverse impacts related to
					 oil or gas leasing within the NPR-A, including exploration, production, and oil
					 or gas transportation activities, conducted under the authority of
					 42 U.S.C.
					 6508. Financial assistance may be available
					 for
(1) planning;
(2) construction, maintenance, and operation
				  of essential public facilities; and
(3) other necessary public
				  services.
Authority:
AS
						44.33.020
Subsec. (c), 2, ch. 94,
SLA 1984 am. by 2,
ch. 52, SLA
						1986
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 150 - National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska Impact Program › Article 1 - Introductory Provisions › 3 AAC 150.020 - Administration of NPR-A impact program

Current through May 31, 2024
Under sec. 2, ch. 53, SLA 1986, the legislature will
					 appropriate each year the balance remaining in the National Petroleum
					 Reserve-Alaska special revenue fund to the Department of Commerce, Community,
					 and Economic Development. The department will, in accordance with this chapter,
					 receive, review, and evaluate applications from eligible municipalities each
					 year, and will fund qualified grant requests up to the amount of the
					 appropriation. Money not allocated to eligible municipalities each year lapses
					 in accordance with sec. 3, ch. 53, SLA 1986. If the total amount of money
					 requested by eligible municipalities in a year exceeds the appropriation for
					 that year, the department will allocate the available grant money in accordance
					 with the criteria for priority set out in
					 3 AAC 150.060 -
					 3 AAC 150.080. Additional money might be made available
					 through supplemental appropriations if the impact is greater than anticipated
					 and the legislature considers the additional grants proposed by the department
					 to be meritorious.
As of Register 171 (October 2004), the regulations
						attorney made technical revisions under
						AS
						44.62.125(b)(6) to reflect
						the name change of the Department of Community and Economic Development to the
						Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development made by ch. 47, SLA
						2004 and the corresponding title change of the commissioner of community and
						economic development.
Authority:
AS
						44.33.020
Subsec. (c), 2, ch. 94,
SLA 1984 am. by 2,
ch. 53, SLA
						1986
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 150 - National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska Impact Program › Article 2 - Eligibility for NPR-A Impact Assistance › 3 AAC 150.030 - Eligibility in general

Current through May 31, 2024
Eligibility for NPR-A impact assistance has two main
					 components: applicant eligibility and project eligibility.
Authority:
AS
						44.33.020
Subsec. (c), 2, ch. 94,
SLA 1984 am. by 2,
ch. 53, SLA
						1986
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 150 - National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska Impact Program › Article 2 - Eligibility for NPR-A Impact Assistance › 3 AAC 150.040 - Applicant eligibility

Current through May 31, 2024
To be eligible to receive assistance under the NPR-A Impact
					 program, the applicant
(1) must be a
				  municipality under state law; and
(2) must demonstrate present impact,
				  regardless of date of initial occurrence, or foreseeable future impact, on the
				  applicant or the applicant's residents from oil or gas exploration, production,
				  or transportation activities in the NPR-A under
				  42 U.S.C.
				  6508.
Authority:
AS
						44.33.020
Subsec. (c), 2, ch. 94,
SLA 1984 am. by 2,
ch. 53, SLA
						1986
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 150 - National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska Impact Program › Article 2 - Eligibility for NPR-A Impact Assistance › 3 AAC 150.050 - Project eligibility

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) To be eligible for funding under the
				  NPR-A impact program, a project must be related to present, continuing, or
				  reasonably foreseeable impact on the applicant or the applicant's residents
				  from oil or gas exploration, production, or transportation activities in the
				  NPR-A under 42 U.S.C.
				  6508.
(b) To be eligible for funding, a project
				  also must be for the purpose of
(1)
				  planning;
(2) construction,
				  maintenance, and operation of essential public facilities; or
(3) other necessary public
				  services.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 150 - National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska Impact Program › Article 2 - Eligibility for NPR-A Impact Assistance › 3 AAC 150.060 - Project criteria

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If the total amount of money requested by
				  eligible applicants for eligible projects in meritorious applications exceeds
				  the amount appropriated for grants that year, the department will rank
				  applications for the purpose of establishing priority for funding.
(b) In determining the merit of an
				  application, the department will consider
(1)
				  the degree to which the project proposed in the grant application alleviates
				  the impact caused by development in the NPR-A under
				  42 U.S.C.
				  6508;
(2) the ability of the applicant to
				  accommodate or absorb the impacts through existing facilities or programs;
				  and
(3) other criteria the
				  department identifies as critical to determination of the merit of the
				  application.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 150 - National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska Impact Program › Article 3 - Procedures for Allocation of NPR-A Impact Assistance › 3 AAC 150.070 - Submission of applications

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Application
				  must be made on forms provided by the department. The forms will be such that
				  they may be easily filled out by small communities without technical staff. The
				  department will, upon request, provide assistance to applicants to the extent
				  possible based upon the availability of financial and human
				  resources.
(b) In a year when NPR-A
				  impact assistance money is available under
				  AS
				  37.05.530, a grant application for impact
				  assistance under (a) of this section must be postmarked no later than November
				  15 of that year. If November 15 is a Saturday, Sunday, or state holiday, the
				  deadline for postmark is the department's next regular business day.
Authority:
AS
						37.05.530
AS
						44.33.020
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 150 - National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska Impact Program › Article 3 - Procedures for Allocation of NPR-A Impact Assistance › 3 AAC 150.080 - Review of applications and award of grants

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department
				  will review applications for eligibility for NPR-A impact assistance and place
				  applications in order of priority in accordance with
				  3 AAC 150.060.
(b) The department will review each
				  application determined to be eligible for NPR-A impact assistance to determine
				  whether the amount requested for a project is reasonably necessary for the
				  project to alleviate impacts from oil and gas development in the NPR-A under
				  42 U.S.C.
				  6508, the department will deduct from the
				  amount requested any amounts that are not reasonably necessary for that
				  purpose.
(c) If, after making
				  necessary adjustments to grant requests under (b) of this section, the
				  department determines that the total amount for eligible projects requested by
				  all eligible applicants that year is equal to or less than the amount
				  appropriated for that year, the department will fund all meritorious requests.
				  If the total amounts requested are greater than the amount appropriated, the
				  department will fund requests in accordance with the priorities established in
				  3 AAC 150.060 until the appropriation is spent. The
				  department will, in its discretion, recommend to the legislature that
				  additional money be made available through supplemental
				  appropriations.
Authority:
AS
						44.33.020
Subsec. (c), 2, ch. 94,
SLA 1984 am. by 2,
ch. 53, SLA
						1986
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 150 - National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska Impact Program › Article 4 - Appeal Procedures › 3 AAC 150.090 - Reconsideration and judicial review

Current through May 31, 2024
A municipality aggrieved by a decision made under this
					 chapter may request reconsideration by the commissioner of commerce, community,
					 and economic development, and must seek such reconsideration before seeking
					 judicial review. A final decision of the department is subject to judicial
					 review in accordance with Rule 602 of the Alaska Rules of Appellate
					 Procedure.
As of Register 151 (October 1999), the functions of the
						former Department of Community and Regional Affairs were transferred to other
						state agencies. In accordance with ch. 58, SLA 1999 and
						AS
						44.62.125(b)(6), the
						regulations attorney revised
						3 AAC 150.090, as of Register 161 (April 2002), to
						reflect changes in the names of state agencies.
As of Register 171 (October 2004), the regulations
						attorney made technical revisions under
						AS
						44.62.125(b)(6) to reflect
						the name change of the Department of Community and Economic Development to the
						Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development made by ch. 47, SLA
						2004 and the corresponding title change of the commissioner of community and
						economic development.
Authority:
AS
						44.33.020
Subsec. (c), 2, ch. 94,
SLA 1984 am. by 2,
ch. 53, SLA
						1986
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 16 - Division of Community and Regional Affairs › Chapter 152 - Payment in Lieu of Taxes for Cities in the Unorganized Borough Program › Article 1 - General Provisions › 3 AAC 152.010 - Purpose

Current through May 31, 2024
3 AAC 152.010 -
					 3 AAC 152.900 provide for annual distribution of payment
					 in lieu of taxes income received by the state from the federal government under
					 31 U.S.C.
					 6901 -
					 6902, to eligible home rule and
					 general law cities located within the unorganized borough.
Authority:
AS
						44.33.020