Alaska Statutes (Last Updated: January 11, 2017) |
Title 29. MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT. |
Chapter 29.35. MUNICIPAL POWERS AND DUTIES. |
Article 29.35.01. GENERAL POWERS. |
Section 29.35.040. Emergency disaster powers.
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(a) A municipality that is wholly or partially in an area that is declared by the President or governor to be a disaster area may participate in and provide for housing, urban renewal, and redevelopment in the same manner as a home rule city. The exercise of these powers by a borough shall be on a nonareawide basis, except a borough may exercise the powers transferred to it by a city as provided by AS 29.35.310.
(b) Powers granted by this section must be initiated within a period of not more than five years after the date of declaration of a natural disaster by the President or governor, but these powers may be extended for an additional period of not more than three years.
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History
(Sec. 10 ch 74 SLA 1985)