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Enrolled HB 216
LAWS OF ALASKA
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Source Chapter No.
SCS HB 216(CRA) _______
AN ACT
Approving the transfer of land owned by the Alaska Railroad Corporation to the City of
Whittier; and providing for an effective date.
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
THE ACT FOLLOWS ON PAGE 1
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AN ACT
Approving the transfer of land owned by the Alaska Railroad Corporation to the City of 1
Whittier; and providing for an effective date. 2
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* Section 1. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section 4
to read: 5
APPROVAL OF THE TRANSFER OF REAL PROPERTY TO THE CITY OF 6
WHITTIER. (a) The Alaska Railroad Corporation is authorized to convey the corporation's 7
interest in the surface estate of approximately 84.8 acres of rail land located within five areas 8
of interest within the City of Whittier to the City of Whittier for fair market value, subject to 9
valid existing rights. The five areas of interest are generally described as follows: 10
(1) approximately 0.8 acres located within Section 23 of Township 8 North, 11
Range 4 East, Seward Meridian that consists of a portion of Parcel B of U.S. Survey No. 12
2559, according to the plat of survey officially filed December 14, 1994, together with a 13
portion of Lot 8 of U.S. Survey 9008, according to the plat of survey officially filed 14
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October 12, 1995; 1
(2) approximately 36 acres located within Section 23 of Township 8 North, 2
Range 4 East, Seward Meridian that consists of a portion of Lot 8 of U.S. Survey No. 9008, 3
according to the plat of survey officially filed October 12, 1995, together with a portion of 4
Parcel A of U.S. Survey No. 2559 according to the plat of survey officially filed 5
December 14, 1994, in the land records of the federal Bureau of Land Management, 6
Anchorage Field Office; 7
(3) approximately 10.2 acres located within Sections 13, 14, 23, and 24 of 8
Township 8 North, Range 4 East, Seward Meridian that consists of Parcels I, J, and H, 9
together with Lot 11 and a portion of Lot 8 of U.S. Survey No. 9008, according to the plat of 10
survey officially filed October 12, 1995, in the land records of the federal Bureau of Land 11
Management, Anchorage Field Office; 12
(4) approximately 22.3 acres located within Sections 14, 15, 22, and 23 of 13
Township 8 North, Range 4 East, Seward Meridian that consists of Lot 2, Lot 4, and a portion 14
of Lot 8 of U.S. Survey No. 9008, according to the plat of survey officially filed October 12, 15
1995, in the land records of the federal Bureau of Land Management, Anchorage Field Office; 16
(5) approximately 15.5 acres located within Section 15 of Township 8 North, 17
Range 4 East, Seward Meridian that consists of a portion of Lot 1, U.S. Survey No. 9008, 18
according to the plat of survey officially filed October 12, 1995, in the land records of the 19
federal Bureau of Land Management, Anchorage Field Office. 20
(b) The legislature recognizes that the real property in the areas of interest described 21
in (a) of this section includes portions of existing lots, which are not currently discrete and 22
separate parcels, and that surveying and platting actions necessary to convey the real property 23
in the areas of interest described in (a) of this section will change the legal description of the 24
real property. It is the intent of the legislature that the land transfer approved in this Act 25
include any land described by a reasonable modification to the legal description of the real 26
property described in (a) of this section to the extent that the transfer of that land is approved 27
by the board of directors of the Alaska Railroad Corporation under AS 42.40. The Alaska 28
Railroad Corporation and the City of Whittier shall make and execute an agreement to 29
conduct any necessary surveying and platting actions. 30
(c) In consideration for the conveyance authorized in (a) of this section, the Alaska 31
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Railroad Corporation may accept cash equivalent to the fair market value of the land being 1
conveyed, conveyance of land of equivalent fair market value, or a combination of land and 2
cash sufficient to equalize the value of assets being exchanged. Land conveyed under this 3
section to the Alaska Railroad Corporation shall be held and managed by the Alaska Railroad 4
Corporation in accordance with AS 42.40. 5
(d) This section constitutes legislative approval under AS 42.40.285(1) for the Alaska 6
Railroad Corporation to convey its entire interest in the land described in (a) of this section. 7
* Sec. 2. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c). 8