(a) A second class borough may by ordinance exercise the following powers on a nonareawide basis:

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 29.35.210

  • municipality: means a political subdivision incorporated under the laws of the state that is a home rule or general law city, a home rule or general law borough, or a unified municipality. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(1) provide transportation systems;
(2) regulate the offering for sale, exposure for sale, sale, use, or explosion of fireworks;
(3) license, impound, and dispose of animals;
(4) subject to Alaska Stat. § 29.35.050, provide garbage, solid waste, and septic waste collection and disposal;
(5) provide air pollution control under Alaska Stat. § 46.14.400;
(6) provide water pollution control;
(7) participate in federal or state loan programs for housing rehabilitation and improvement for energy conservation;
(8) provide for economic development;
(9) provide for the acquisition and construction of local service roads and trails under Alaska Stat. § 19.30.111 – 19.30.251;
(10) establish an emergency services communications center under Alaska Stat. § 29.35.130;
(11) subject to Alaska Stat. § 28.01.010, regulate the licensing and operation of motor vehicles and operators;
(12) engage in activities authorized under Alaska Stat. § 29.47.460;
(13) contain, clean up, or prevent a release or threatened release of oil or a hazardous substance, and exercise a power granted to a municipality under Alaska Stat. Chapter 46.04, Alaska Stat. Chapter 46.08, or Alaska Stat. Chapter 46.09; the borough shall exercise its authority under this paragraph in a manner that is consistent with a regional master plan prepared by the Department of Environmental Conservation under Alaska Stat. § 46.04.210;
(14) establish an energy and resilience improvement assessment program under Alaska Stat. § 29.55.100 – 29.55.165.
(b) A second class borough may by ordinance exercise the following powers on an areawide basis:

(1) provide transportation systems;
(2) license, impound, and dispose of animals;
(3) provide air pollution control under Alaska Stat. § 46.14.400;
(4) provide water pollution control;
(5) license day care facilities;
(6) establish an energy and resilience improvement assessment program under Alaska Stat. § 29.55.100 – 29.55.165.
(c) In addition to powers conferred by (a) of this section, a second class borough may, on a nonareawide basis, exercise a power not otherwise prohibited by law if the exercise of the power has been approved at an election by a majority of voters living in the borough but outside all cities in the borough.
(d) In addition to powers conferred by (b) of this section, a second class borough may, on an areawide basis, exercise a power not otherwise prohibited by law if the power has been acquired in accordance with Alaska Stat. § 29.35.300.
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