Alaska Administrative Code
Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
Part 15 - Local Boundary Commission
Chapter 110 - Municipal Boundary Changes
Article 11 - Standards for Deunification
3 AAC 110.333 - Best interests of the state

(1) whether deunification promotes maximum local self-government;

(2) whether deunification promotes a minimum number of local government units, as determined under 3 AAC 110.982 and in accordance with art. X, sec. 1, Constitution of the State of Alaska;

(3) whether deunification is likely to endanger the health, safety, or general welfare of residents in or near the municipality proposed for deunification;

(4) the effect of deunification on the harmony of relations among residents of the municipality proposed for deunification;

(5) the social and economic impacts of deunification on other municipalities or communities in the state;

(6) the effect of deunification on the long-term stability of the finances of the successor non-unified home rule borough, other municipalities, and the state; and

(7) circumstances identified by the commission reflecting the legal standards and principles that guide commission action in furthering the development of maximum local self-government with a minimum number of local governmental units.