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AK HB93

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/30/2017

Primary Sponsor

Charles Kopp

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Origin

House of Representatives

30th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Prohibits railroad corporations from blocking, limiting access to, or charging adjacent landowners for use of railroad rights-of-way as defined in 45 U.S.C. 1202(11).

  • Allows corporations to bring legal action to stop adjacent landowner use that materially interferes with rail operations or creates substantial safety issues.

  • Requires corporations to record a notice of adjacent landowner rights in the same recording district where the original railroad patent was recorded, including the patent number, property description, and recording details.

  • Defines "adjacent landowner" as a patent holder or successor whose property title vested before January 1, 1983 and was adjacent to a railroad corridor with an Alaska Railroad reservation under the Alaska Railroad Act of 1914.

Legislative Description

Ak Railroad Rights Of Way

Transportation

Last Action

COSPONSOR(S): EASTMAN

3/24/2017

Committee Referrals

Resources1/30/2017

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