{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-29.35.040","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 29.35.040","heading":"Emergency disaster powers.","body":"(a) A municipality that is wholly or partially in an area that is declared by the President or governor to be a disaster area may participate in and provide for housing, urban renewal, and redevelopment in the same manner as a home rule city. The exercise of these powers by a borough shall be on a nonareawide basis, except a borough may exercise the powers transferred to it by a city as provided by AS 29.35.310.\n(b) Powers granted by this section must be initiated within a period of not more than five years after the date of declaration of a natural disaster by the President or governor, but these powers may be extended for an additional period of not more than three years.","path":["Title 29. Municipal Government.","Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#29.35.040","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:18:16Z","sha256":"d3181c152df6505eef429446da6ca100f26a39939f1831641c884b4d637f4370","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-29.35.030","next":"us-ak/as-29.35.050"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}