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Article 1. Change of Name.
Sec. 29.06.010. Change of municipal name. - (a) A municipality may change its official name by adopting...
Article 2. Annexation and Detachment.
Sec. 29.06.040. Municipal boundary changes. - (a) The Local Boundary Commission may consider any proposed municipal...
Sec. 29.06.050. Annexation of military reservations. - A military reservation may be annexed to a municipality in...
Sec. 29.06.055. Property taxes in annexed or detached areas. - (a) Unless the annexation takes effect on January 1, the...
Sec. 29.06.060. Application. - AS 29.06.040 - 29.06.060 apply to home rule and general...
Article 3. Merger and Consolidation.
Sec. 29.06.090. Merger and consolidation. - (a) Two or more municipalities may merge or consolidate to...
Sec. 29.06.100. Petition. - (a) Residents of two or more municipalities may file a...
Sec. 29.06.110. Review. - (a) The department shall review a merger or consolidation petition...
Sec. 29.06.120. Hearing. - After receipt of the report by the department on a...
Sec. 29.06.130. Decision. - (a) The Local Boundary Commission may amend the petition and...
Sec. 29.06.140. Election. - (a) The Local Boundary Commission shall immediately notify the director...
Sec. 29.06.150. Succession to rights and liabilities. - (a) When two or more municipalities merge, one succeeds to...
Sec. 29.06.160. Transition. - After merger or consolidation, the ordinances, resolutions, regulations, procedures, and...
Sec. 29.06.170. Application. - AS 29.06.090 - 29.06.170 apply to home rule and general...
Article 4. Unification of Municipalities.
Sec. 29.06.190. Unification of municipalities authorized. - (a) A borough and all cities in the borough may...
Sec. 29.06.200. Unification petition. - (a) Formation of a charter commission to prepare a unification...
Sec. 29.06.210. Petition requirements. - (a) A unification petition shall read: “PETITION FOR ELECTION OF...
Sec. 29.06.220. Review of petition. - The assembly shall review a unification petition within 15 days...
Sec. 29.06.230. Duties of charter commission. - The charter commission shall prepare, adopt, and submit to the...
Sec. 29.06.240. Composition of charter commission. - The charter commission shall consist of 11 voters, three of...
Sec. 29.06.250. Charter commission nominations. - (a) If the assembly determines that a unification petition meets...
Sec. 29.06.260. Qualifications of candidates. - A person is eligible to be nominated as a candidate...
Sec. 29.06.270. Election of charter commission. - (a) After receipt of a valid unification petition or adoption...
Sec. 29.06.280. Requirements for approval of formation and election of charter commission. - (a) The votes on the question of formation of a...
Sec. 29.06.290. Charter commission organization and procedure. - (a) The charter commission shall hold its first meeting within...
Sec. 29.06.300. Vacancies. - (a) Vacancies on the charter commission shall be filled by...
Sec. 29.06.310. Per diem. - The assembly may grant a per diem allowance to members...
Sec. 29.06.320. Charter provisions. - The charter must include (1) provision for (A) the adjustment...
Sec. 29.06.330. Public hearings. - Both before and after drafting the proposed home rule charter,...
Sec. 29.06.340. Filing of proposed charter. - Upon the adoption of a proposed home rule charter by...
Sec. 29.06.350. Publication and posting of proposed charter. - Within 10 days after filing the proposed home rule charter,...
Sec. 29.06.360. Election on charter. - (a) The proposed home rule charter adopted by the charter...
Sec. 29.06.370. Effect of the charter after ratification. - Upon ratification, the home rule charter of a unified municipality...
Sec. 29.06.380. Succession to assets and liabilities; bonded indebtedness. - A unified municipality shall succeed to all the assets and...
Sec. 29.06.390. Transition. - Within two years after ratification of the home rule charter,...
Sec. 29.06.400. Right to state and federal aid. - All provisions of law authorizing aid from the state or...
Sec. 29.06.410. Powers of a unified municipality. - A municipality unified under AS 29.06.190 - 29.06.410 has all...
Sec. 29.06.420. Application. - AS 29.06.190 - 29.06.420 apply to home rule and general...
Article 5. Dissolution.
Sec. 29.06.450. Methods of dissolution. - (a) Two petition methods may be used to initiate dissolution...
Sec. 29.06.460. Petition. - (a) Voters of a municipality may file a dissolution petition...
Sec. 29.06.470. Standards. - (a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, voters...
Sec. 29.06.480. Review. - (a) The department shall review a dissolution petition for content...
Sec. 29.06.490. Report and hearing. - (a) The department shall report its findings to the Local...
Sec. 29.06.500. Decision. - (a) The Local Boundary Commission may amend the petition and...
Sec. 29.06.510. Election. - (a) The Local Boundary Commission shall immediately notify the director...
Sec. 29.06.520. Succession. - A municipality succeeding to a dissolved municipality succeeds to all...
Sec. 29.06.530. Application. - AS 29.06.450 - 29.06.530 apply to home rule and general...