(a) After July 1, 1978, general grant land entitlements provided in former Alaska Stat. § 29.18.201 and 29.18.202 are vested property rights that must be fulfilled as provided in Alaska Stat. § 29.65.050. After January 1, 1988, general grant land entitlements provided in Alaska Stat. § 29.65.010 are vested property rights that must be fulfilled as provided in Alaska Stat. § 29.65.050.
Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 29.65.040
Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
director: means the director of lands, Department of Natural Resources. See Alaska Statutes 29.65.130
Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
municipality: means a political subdivision incorporated under the laws of the state that is a home rule or general law city, a home rule or general law borough, or a unified municipality. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
patent: means a document, issued by the director to a municipality for a previously approved selection, that conveys and quitclaims all the right, title, and interest of the state without reservation or condition except as may be required by law. See Alaska Statutes 29.65.130
state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(b) General grant land entitlements provided by Alaska Stat. § 29.65.030 are property rights that vest on the date of incorporation of the municipality. The entitlement shall be fulfilled as provided in Alaska Stat. § 29.65.050.(c) Land may be selected or nominated for selection by a municipality to satisfy a general grant land entitlement under former Alaska Stat. § 29.18.201 and 29.18.202 at any time before October 1, 1980. Land may be selected or nominated for selection by a municipality to satisfy a general grant land entitlement under Alaska Stat. § 29.65.010 (a)(1) -(9), (11), or (12) at any time before October 1, 1990. Land may be selected or nominated for selection by a municipality to satisfy a general grant land entitlement under Alaska Stat. § 29.65.010 (a)(10) at any time before October 1, 1996. Land may be selected or nominated for selection by a municipality to satisfy a general grant land entitlement under Alaska Stat. § 29.65.010 (a)(13) at any time before October 1, 1999. Land may be selected or nominated for selection by a municipality to satisfy a general grant land entitlement under Alaska Stat. § 29.65.010 (a)(14) or (15) at any time before October 1, 2011. Land may be selected or nominated for selection by a municipality to satisfy a general grant land entitlement under Alaska Stat. § 29.65.010 (a)(16) at any time before October 1, 2018. However, if a municipal selection or nomination or a part of a municipal selection or nomination is rejected by the director, the municipality may, not later than 90 days after receipt of the rejection or final decision on an appeal filed under Alaska Stat. § 29.65.050 (d), select additional state land as necessary to satisfy its entitlement.(d) Land may be selected by a municipality to satisfy a general grant land entitlement under Alaska Stat. § 29.65.030 at any time within one year after the director certifies the entitlement to the municipality.(e) The time limitations imposed by (c) and (d) of this section for exercising a vested general grant land entitlement do not apply to
(1) the portion of an entitlement that cannot be satisfied by that date because of a shortage of land suitable for residential, commercial, and industrial purposes that is vacant, unappropriated, unreserved land;(2) the portion of an entitlement that cannot be satisfied because the land selected by a municipality has been selected by a party entitled to select land owned by the United States or the state; or(3) the portion of an entitlement that cannot be satisfied because the land nominated for selection by the municipality is not tentatively approved for patent to the state.
