(a) Within 90 days after receiving a request under AS 42.40.360(b) the commissioner of natural resources shall by written decision
(1) designate the identified land for railroad purposes and, subject to valid existing rights, convey the state's interests in the land to the corporation;
(2) notify the corporation of reasons for refusal to designate the identified land for railroad purposes; or
(3) approve the request in part and deny it in part and convey as appropriate.
(b) A conveyance of land under this section may be for less than its appraised value as determined by the commissioner of natural resources.
(c) In the absence of a reservation to the contrary, a conveyance of land under this section vests in the corporation ownership, control of the surface, material and mineral estate, including the right to extract or use timber and other construction materials, sand, gravel, rock, and the right to tunnel, ditch, recontour, excavate, or otherwise use the land for railroad, transportation, transmission, communication, and related purposes.
(d) The corporation may reconvey to the state land received under this section that the corporation and the commissioner of natural resources jointly identify as unnecessary or unsuitable for the corporation's purposes.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs
Chapter 40. Alaska Railroad Corporation
Article 5. Corporation Property.
Sec. 42.40.352. Sale of land not necessary for railroad purposes.
Sec. 42.40.360. Request for land.
Sec. 42.40.370. Conveyance of land.
Sec. 42.40.380. Use of state land.
Sec. 42.40.385. Eminent domain.
Sec. 42.40.390. Land use rules.
Sec. 42.40.400. Vacation of easements.
Sec. 42.40.420. Public use of railroad land.
Sec. 42.40.430. Acquisition of government property.
Sec. 42.40.435. Exchange of land.
Sec. 42.40.440. Use of pesticides and herbicides.
Sec. 42.40.450. Adverse possession.
Sec. 42.40.460. Extension of the Alaska Railroad.
Sec. 42.40.465. Extension of the Alaska Railroad to connect with the North American railroad system.