Sponsor Statement for HB 296: Municipal Merger and Consolidation

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Session:
State Capitol, Room 411
Juneau, AK 99801-1182
Toll Free: (877) 465-3004
Phone: (907) 465-3004
Fax: (907) 465-2070

Interim:
119 North Cushman Street, Room 213
Fairbanks, AK 99701-2879
Phone: (907) 452-1088
Fax: (907) 452-1146

An Act relating to mergers and consolidations of municipalities.

Released:	February 19, 2002
Contact:	Representative Jim Whitaker's office at (907) 465-3768

Within Alaska statutes, Title 29 allows municipalities to merge by consolidation or unification. Through the years, many communities have attempted to merge through this process, some successfully, some not so successfully. It is through those efforts that deficiencies in fair voting practices surrounding municipal mergers has come to light.

House Bill 296 seeks to establish a more fair and timely process in the petition and election of municipal mergers by limiting the time allowed for gathering signatures as well as setting clear requirements for how the outcome of the election is to be determined.

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