AS 26.30.040: Expansion of a military facility zone.

(a) Within 60 days after receiving an application for expansion of a zone submitted by a municipality in compliance with AS 26.30.010, the adjutant general may expand the zone, if the applicant demonstrates that the expanded area meets the requirements of AS 26.30.020.

(b) The adjutant general may grant up to two applications for expansion of a military facility zone in each calendar year for an area that

(1) meets the requirements of AS 26.30.020; and

(2) has strategic importance to the economic development of the municipality.

(c) The limit in AS 26.30.030(c) does not apply to an expansion of a military facility zone that does not exceed 50 percent of the area of the existing zone or to an expansion of a zone under (b) of this section.