Alaska Administrative Code
Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
Part 15 - Local Boundary Commission
Chapter 110 - Municipal Boundary Changes
Article 13 - Procedures for Petitioning and for Other Commission Matters
3 AAC 110.545 - Withdrawal of petition

(a) A petitioner may withdraw the petition at any time before the first mailing, publishing, or posting of notice of the commission's hearing on the petition under 3 AAC 110.550. The original and five copies of the withdrawal must be filed with the department.

(b) A petitioner may not withdraw the petition after the first mailing, publishing, or posting of notice of the commission's hearing on the petition except upon a clear showing to the commission that the public interest of the state and the persons within or near the boundaries of the proposed change is best served by allowing the proposed withdrawal.

(c) If voters initiated the petition, a statement withdrawing a petition must contain the dated signatures of at least 30 percent of the voters residing within the boundaries of the proposed change and must include at least a majority of the same voters who signed the original petition.

(d) If the petition was submitted by a municipality under AS 29.06.040(c)(4) at the request of all property owners and voters within the boundaries of the proposed change, the petition may be withdrawn only with the approval of the petitioning municipality.

(e) If the petitioning municipality declines to withdraw the petition,