(a) The commissioners shall publish notice and provide a 60-day period for public review and comment on all applications determined complete under Alaska Stat. § 43.90.140. Except as provided under Alaska Stat. § 43.90.150, all applications filed under this chapter shall be made public, including applications rejected as incomplete under Alaska Stat. § 43.90.140.
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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 43.90.160

  • applicant: means a person or group of persons that files an application for a license. See Alaska Statutes 43.90.900
  • commissioners: means the commissioner of revenue and the commissioner of natural resources, acting jointly. See Alaska Statutes 43.90.900
  • proprietary: when used to describe information, means that the information is treated by an applicant as confidential and the public disclosure of that information would adversely affect the competitive position of the applicant or materially diminish the commercial value of the information to the applicant. See Alaska Statutes 43.90.900
  • trade secret: has the meaning given in Alaska Stat. See Alaska Statutes 43.90.900
(b) Applications received under this chapter are not subject to public disclosure under Alaska Stat. § 40.25.100 – 40.25.295 until the commissioners publish notice under this section. However, information that the commissioners have determined is proprietary or a trade secret under Alaska Stat. § 43.90.150 may not be made public even after the notice is published under (a) of this section, except as otherwise provided in Alaska Stat. § 43.90.150. If information is proprietary or a trade secret and is held confidential under Alaska Stat. § 43.90.150, the applicant shall provide a summary of the confidential information that is satisfactory to the commissioners, and the commissioners shall make the summary of the information available to the public.
(c) After the commissioners determine that the applications are complete under Alaska Stat. § 43.90.140, information provided by an applicant to the commissioners under this chapter, including information determined by the commissioners to be confidential under Alaska Stat. § 43.90.150, shall be disclosed to the legislative auditor, the fiscal analyst who serves as head of the legislative finance division, members of the legislature, and their respective agents and contractors, on request and after the individual making the request signs a confidentiality agreement prepared by the commissioners.
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