An Act relating to the powers and duties of the Department of Natural Resources and to the Alaska Coastal Management Program.

Prepared by: Senate Finance
Updated: April 29, 1999

Senate Bill 140 seeks to investigate the potential efficiencies in government that could be achieved by combining the Division of Governmental Coordination with the Division of Land, Department of Natural Resources.

The Division of Governmental Coordination is tasked with the public review and consistency determination for land use activities in the coastal regions of Alaska. The Division of Land is tasked with land use planning and permitting public review activities that are not identical, but involve similar considerations.

In its review actions the Division of Governmental Coordination interacts with approximately 46 staff from the Department of Natural Resources, 28 from the Department of Environmental Conservation and 17 from the Department of Fish and Game.

Budget "efficiencies may be gained if the director and administrative staff (5 positions) were fully or partially absorbed by an existing structure" (DGC, 3/24/99). The division is currently without a director. DGC costs approximately $1,465,000 in general funds and $2,812,000 in federal funds.

The Division of Land, in the Department of Natural Resources, consists of approximately 120 positions with approximately $6 - 7,000,000 in general funds and $49,800 in federal funds.

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