Alaska Administrative Code
Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
Part 15 - Local Boundary Commission
Chapter 110 - Municipal Boundary Changes
Article 14 - General Provisions
3 AAC 110.981 - Determination of maximum local self-government
Current through November 28, 2024
In determining whether a proposed boundary change promotes maximum local self-government under art. X, sec. 1, Constitution of the State of Alaska, the commission will consider
(1) for borough incorporation, whether the proposal would extend local government on a regional scale to a significant area and population of the unorganized borough;
(2) for borough annexation, whether the proposal would extend local government to portions of the unorganized borough;
(3) for merger or consolidation of municipalities, whether the proposal would expand or diminish the level of local government currently provided by the municipalities being merged or consolidated;
(4) for borough detachment, whether the
(5) for borough dissolution, whether the proposal substantiates that the provision of local government is no longer necessary or supportable for the area;
(6) for deunification, whether the proposal substantiates that the provision of local government is not diminished by deunification or that deunification could lead to better local government by incorporation of other local governments better suited to needs of the area and population;
(7) for city incorporation or annexation in the unorganized borough, whether the proposal would extend local government to territory and population of the unorganized borough where no local government currently exists;
(8) for city incorporation or annexation in an organized borough, whether the proposal would extend local government to territory or population of the organized borough where local government needs cannot be met by the borough on an areawide or nonareawide basis, by annexation to an existing city, or through an existing borough service area;
(9) for city detachment in an organized borough, whether the
(10) for city detachment in the unorganized borough, whether the
(11) for city dissolution in an organized borough, whether the proposal substantiates that the
(12) for city dissolution in the unorganized borough, whether the proposal substantiates that the
(13) for city reclassification, whether the proposal would expand or diminish the provision of local government to the territory being reclassified;
(14) whether the petition proposes incorporation of a home rule municipality.
Authority: Art. X, sec. 1,
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