In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,

(1) “approved selection” means a municipal land selection that has been approved in writing by the director for transfer by patent to a municipality;

Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 29.65.130

  • approved selection: means a municipal land selection that has been approved in writing by the director for transfer by patent to a municipality. See Alaska Statutes 29.65.130
  • 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.
  • municipal land selection: means a request by a municipality, filed in writing with the director under authority of former Alaska Stat. See Alaska Statutes 29.65.130
  • 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
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • 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
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • university land: has the meaning given in Alaska Stat. See Alaska Statutes 29.65.130
  • writing: includes printing. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(2) “director” means the director of lands, Department of Natural Resources;
(3) “general grant land”

(A) means land patented or tentatively approved to the state from the United States under Sec. 6(a) or (b) of the Alaska Statehood Act;
(B) does not include university land;
(4) “mental health land” means land granted under Title II, Sec. 202 of P.L. 84-830, as amended before or after July 1, 1978;
(5) “municipal land selection” means a request by a municipality, filed in writing with the director under authority of former Alaska Stat. § 29.18.190 and 29.18.200 or under this chapter for vacant, unappropriated, unreserved general grant land within its municipal boundaries in partial fulfillment of its municipal entitlement;
(6) “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;
(7) “remaining entitlement” means the general grant land entitlement determined in accordance with this chapter, reduced by the total acreage of approved selections, including both patented and unpatented parcels;
(8) “school land” means those rectangular sections 16 and 36 within each township surveyed on or before January 3, 1959, and confirmed and transferred to the State of Alaska upon its admission under Sec. 6(k), Alaska Statehood Act, 72 Stat. 339, and any other land designated solely for school revenues;
(9) “university land” has the meaning given in Alaska Stat. § 38.05.965;
(10) “vacant, unappropriated, unreserved land” means general grant land as defined in (3) of this section, excluding minerals as required by Sec. 6(i) of the Alaska Statehood Act, that

(A) has not been set aside by statute for one or more particular uses or purposes;
(B) has not been approved for patent to a municipality under this chapter or former Alaska Stat. § 29.18.190 and 29.18.200;
(C) is unclassified or, if classified under Alaska Stat. § 38.05.300, is classified for agricultural, grazing, material, public recreation, or settlement purposes, or is classified in accordance with an agreement between a municipality and the state providing for state management of land of the municipality; or
(D) was classified no earlier than September 1, 1983, as resource management and is still classified as resource management under Alaska Stat. § 38.05.300.