HB 125 Summary

• Allows reauthorization of nonresidential leases in effect on January 1, 1994 within specified development nodes (Coldfoot, Yukon River Crossing, Deadhorse, Franklin Bluffs, and Happy Valley) along the James Dalton Highway corridor.

• Permits the Commissioner of Transportation and Public Facilities to authorize facilities and access roads in the highway right-of-way, and the Commissioner of Natural Resources to authorize easements on state land from the E.L. Patton Bridge north to the North Slope Borough boundary to facilitate access to federal land, Native allotments, and Alaska Native corporation lands.

• Allows first class and second class boroughs and cities with platting authority to approve land divisions that have not previously received platting approval, with recorder acceptance of such divisions permitted under AS 29.40.080(c).

• Permits issuance of nonexclusive nontransferable permits for trapping cabins on state land (maximum 400 square feet for new construction) to qualified trappers at least 18 years old with valid trapping licenses and established traplines.

• Sets trapping cabin permit fees at maximum of $100 for issuance or renewal and $25 per year of the permit term, and prohibits additional land use fees for trapping cabins authorized by permit.