DENALI BOROUGH, ALASKA

RESOLUTION NO. 94-05

A RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING CHANGES TO HOUSE BILL 305.

WHEREAS, the Denali Borough was incorporated on December 7, 1990, but has not yet received its Land Entitlement Certification; and

WHEREAS, the Denali Borough is working on its land selection under the Municipal Entitlement Act; and

WHEREAS, the Denali Borough supports the intent of House Bill 305 for getting public land into private use, it is concerned about the short time frame for disposal of Borough lands;

AND WHEREAS, House Bill 305, Section 2 recommends amending AS 29.65 to add a new section to read: A.S. 29.65.075. Disposal of Land Conveyed; Reversion to State of Undisposed Land. A municipality that has received or receives land from the State under this title shall, within five years of the effective date of this Act, sell 50 percent of the land received to private parties, and within 10 years of the effective date of this Act shall sell 66 percent of the land received to private parties. If a municipality fails to sell as required by this section, all of the land the municipality has received from the State that has not been sold reverts to State ownership and is available for sale or lease as provided in AS 38.14.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the Denali Borough recommends deleting Section 2 amending AS 29.65 from House Bill 305.

PASSED and APPROVED by the DENALI BOROUGH ASSEMBLY this 13th day of March, 1994.

SIGNATURE ON FILE

Mayor

ATTEST: SIGNATURE ON FILE

Borough Clerk