{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-29.06.470","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 29.06.470","heading":"Standards.","body":"(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, voters of a municipality may petition for dissolution when the municipality is free of debt, or, if in debt, each of its creditors is satisfied with a method of repayment and\n(1) the municipality no longer meets the minimum standards prescribed for incorporation by AS 29.05, or former AS 29.18.030 if it is a third class borough;\n(2) the municipality ceases to use each of its mandatory powers; or\n(3) the dissolution petition filed under AS 29.06.460 is signed by a number of voters of the municipality proposed to be dissolved greater than 50 percent of the number of votes cast in the last regular election in that municipality.\n(b) Voters of a city in a borough may petition for dissolution of the city if the borough consents to assume the city's rights, powers, duties, assets, and liabilities. The consent must be ratified by a majority of borough voters voting on the question.","path":["Title 29. Municipal Government.","Chapter 06. Alteration of Municipalities.","Article 5. Dissolution."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#29.06.470","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:18:16Z","sha256":"1d70ebcb0438c3008014d118ec868e09b58f0e4203913a4cb9ea4e36f27b0387","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-29.06.460","next":"us-ak/as-29.06.480"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}