SB 34 Summary

• Reestablishes the Citizens' Advisory Commission on Federal Management Areas in Alaska as an entity within the Department of Natural Resources for administrative purposes only.

• Changes commission membership representation from regions to judicial districts, with a maximum of three members from any single judicial district.

• Requires at least one member to be enrolled in and represent a federally recognized tribe, and at least one other member to be a shareholder of an Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act corporation.

• Grants the commission authority to determine which matters it will consider, research, hear, and recommend, while prohibiting it from considering public use on private land or highways with easements onto private land.

• Sets the commission's sunset date at June 30, 2031, and establishes staggered initial terms of four, three, two, and one years for governor-appointed members; takes effect July 1, 2024.