Sponsor Statement: House Bill 132 - AG Intervene in Natural Resources Actions

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Released:	March 23, 2004
Linda Sylvester	465-4963

"An Act relating to the duties of the attorney general; requiring the attorney general to participate in all actions affecting the management and jurisdiction of the natural resources of the state; amending Rule 24(c), Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure; and amending Rule 514, Alaska Rules of Appellate Procedure."

This bill intends to insure that any party suing over an issue that involves the management and jurisdiction of the State of Alaska. In addition, the bill ads a provision to existing law that requires the state to become a party to any case in which the management and jurisdiction of the state is implicated.

AS 44.23.020(b) is amended to read:

(b) The attorney general shall participate as a party in a judicial proceeding that affects the management and jurisdiction of the natural resources of the state and ensure by that participation that the management and jurisdiction of the natural resources of the state are not diminished or ceded to another government or sovereign; in fulfilling the requirements of this paragraph, the attorney general may enter into agreements with another government or sovereign if that agreement benefits the management of a natural resource of the state and if that agreement contains a provision that complies with this paragraph.

A sectional analysis and zero fiscal note are attached.

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