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LBC Policy Papers

The Need to Reform State Laws Concerning Borough Incorporation and Annexation

LBC Chairman's Written Testimony Regarding SB 48 Before the Senate C&RA Committe - Date: 01/31/01
General Publications
Borough Government in Alaska  
Municipalities in Alaska  

Backgrounds on Boroughs in Alaska

(1 MB)

Local Government in Alaska - Updated 2001
(295 k)
Model Borough Boundary Study, Revised June 1997
(2.4 MB)
Map of Alaska, with borough boundaries (24" x 36" format)
(1.8 MB)
First Draft LBC By-Laws  
Second Draft LBC By-Laws  
Historical Publications on Local Government
Problems and Possibilities for Service Delivery and Government in the Alaska Unorganized Borough, September 1981. Because of the size of this publication, it has been broken into 7 separate sections for downloading:  
   Section 1 - Cover through page 25
   Section 2 - Page 26 though 55
   Section 3 - Page 56 through 85
   Section 4 - Page 86 through 115
   Section 5 - Page 116 through 145
   Section 6 - Page 146 through 175
   Section 7 - Page 176 through 194
Task Force on Governmental Roles - Final Report - July 10, 1992
Local Government Symposium, Pioneer School House - Anchorage, Alaska, August 4-5, 1978
Home-Rule Municipalities in Alaska
Home Rule Municipalities in Alaska
(1.5 MB)
Question and Answers Regarding Home-Rule Charter for City  
Procedures for Adoption of a Home-Rule Charter  
Borough Incorporation in Alaska
Methods by Which Borough Governments in Alaska May Be Incorporated  
Borough Classifications  
Borough Incorporation Procedure Flow Chart  
City Incorporation in Alaska
General Information Regarding City Incorporation  
Annexations to Cities in Alaska
General Information Regarding City Annexation  
Background on Annexations
Planning and preparing for the annexation process
Flow chart showing annexation process
Alaska State Constitution sections relating to city annexations
Statutes relating to the LBC and Commerce
Regulatory standards, petition procedures, general provisions
Annexations to Boroughs in Alaska
General Information Regarding Borough Annexation
Detachment from Municipalities in Alaska
General Information Regarding Detachment from Cities
General Information Regarding Detachment from Boroughs
Municipal Consolidation in Alaska
General information Regarding Municipal Consolidation  
Municipal Mergers in Alaska
General information on Municipal Mergers  
Municipal Dissolution in Alaska
General Information on Municipal dissolution  
Local Boundary Commission Annual Reports to the Legislature
LBC Report to the 2013 Legislature Adobe
LBC Report to the 2012 Legislature Adobe
LBC Report to the 2011 Legislature Adobe
LBC Report to the 2010 Legislature Adobe
LBC Report to the 2009 Legislature (for broadband only – 10 mb) Adobe
     Cover/Table of Contents Adobe
     Chapter 1:  Background Adobe
     Chapter 2:  Activities and Developments

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     Chapter 3:  Public Policy Issues Adobe
     Appendix A:  Policy Issues and Concerns from the 2005 Local Boundary
     Commission Report to the First Session of the Twenty-Fourth Alaska State      Legislature
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     Appendix B:  Local Boundary Commission – A Resolution of the Local
     Boundary Commission Supporting Resolution No. 2117 of the Ketchikan
     Gateway Borough Regarding Discriminatory Education Funding
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     Appendix C:  Ketchikan Gateway Borough Resolution No. 2117 Adobe
LBC Report to the 2007 Legislature (for broadband only - 16mb)
     Cover / Table of Contents
     Chapter 1 - Background
     Chapter 2 - Activities and Developments During 2006
     Chapter 3 - Policy Issues and Concerns
     Appendices
LBC Report to the 2006 Legislature
LBC Report to the 2005 Legislature
2005 Executive Summary of the LBC Report to the 2005 Legislature
LBC Report to the 2004 Legislature
LBC Report to the 2003 Legislature
Recommendation to the 2002 Legislature
LBC Report to the 2002 Legislature
LBC Report to the 2001 Legislature
LBC Report to the 2000 Legislature  

LBC Report to the 1999 Legislature

LBC Report to the 1998 Legislature

For more information about the Local Boundary Commission, contact:

Brent Williams
Division of Community & Regional Affairs
Department of Community, Commerce, and Economic Development
550 West 7th Ave., Suite 1770, Anchorage, AK 99501-3510
Phone: 269-4559    Fax: 269-4539
E-mail: brent.williams@alaska.gov    
Website: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/lbc/lbc.htm

 

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