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Alaska Statutes.

Title 16. Fish and Game

Chapter 20. Conservation and Protection of Alaska Fish and Game

Section 32. Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge.

AS 16.20.032. Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge.

(a) The following state-owned land and water is established as the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge:

(1) Township 16 North, Range 1 West, Seward Meridian

Sections 1 - 12

Section 13: N 1/2

Sections 14 - 18;

(2) Township 17 North, Range 1 West, Seward Meridian

Section 25

Section 26: S 1/2, S 1/2 N 1/2, N 1/2 NE 1/4, NE 1/4 NW 1/4

Section 27: S 1/2, SE 1/4 NE 1/4

Section 31: Lot 4, SE 1/4, E 1/2 SW 1/4, SE 1/4 NE 1/4, S 1/2 SW 1/4 NE 1/4

Section 32: S 1/2, S 1/2 NE 1/4, NE 1/4 NE 1/4, SE 1/4 NW 1/4

Sections 33 - 36;

(3) Township 17 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian

Section 19: Lots 3 and 4, E 1/2 SW 1/4, S 1/2 SE 1/4

Section 22:

excluding NW 1/4 NW 1/4

excluding N 1/2 NE 1/4 NW 1/4

excluding NE 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4

Section 25: Lots 1 - 6, NW 1/4, N 1/2 NE 1/4, N 1/2 SW 1/4, SW 1/4 SW 1/4

Section 26: SE 1/4 NE 1/4, S 1/2

Section 27: Lot 1, N 1/2, N 1/2 S 1/2, SE 1/4 SW 1/4, S 1/2 SE 1/4

Section 28: Lots 1 - 2, N 1/2 SE 1/4, SW 1/4 SE 1/4, S 1/2 SW 1/4

Section 30: Lots 1 - 4, E 1/2, E 1/2 W 1/2

Section 31: Lots 1 - 10, NE 1/4 NW 1/4, SW 1/4 NE 1/4, N 1/2 NE 1/4

Section 32: Lots 3 - 7, NE 1/4, SW 1/4 SW 1/4, NE 1/4 SE 1/4

Section 33: Lots 5 - 9, S 1/2 SE 1/4, SW 1/4 NW 1/4, including all state tide and submerged land

Section 34: Lots 1 - 3, E 1/2 NW 1/4, SW 1/4, E 1/2

Section 35: Lots 1 - 5, NW 1/4, N 1/2 SW 1/4, SW 1/4 SW 1/4, N 1/2 NE 1/4, SW 1/4 NE 1/4, NW 1/4 SE 1/4

Section 36: Lots 1 - 10, SE 1/4 SW 1/4, S 1/2 SE 1/4, NE 1/4 SE 1/4;

(4) Township 16 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian

Sections 4 - 9

Section 17: N 1/2

Section 18: N 1/2

All state tide and submerged land;

(5) Township 16 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian

Section 2: Portion lying west of the Alaska Railroad

Section 3: Lot 1, excluding portions lying east of the Alaska Railroad centerline, Lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, NW 1/4, NW 1/4, NE 1/4

Section 10: Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and portions lying west of the Alaska Railroad

Section 15: All state land lying north of the south bank of the Knik River and west of the Alaska Railroad

Section 16: All state land lying north of the south bank of the Knik River.

(b) Selections under 43 U.S.C. 1601 - 1628 (P.L. 92-203, Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act) are recognized as valid prior claims to the land within the area described in (a) of this section. Land specified in (a) of this section may not include land patented to a Native corporation under that Act.

(c) Land selected by the Matanuska-Susitna Borough in Township 17, North Range 1 East S.M. shall be included in the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge, subject to borough approval. If the borough relinquishes the selection of the land, the selected land becomes part of the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge.

(d) The state may not acquire by eminent domain privately owned land within state-owned land specified in (c) of this section for inclusion in the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge. The Department of Natural Resources may adopt, in accordance with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act), zoning regulations governing privately owned land within the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge.

(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of (a) of this section, the land described in this subsection is excluded from the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge established under (a) of this section for the establishment of a transportation and utility corridor. Land within the transportation and utility corridor that is determined by the commissioner of transportation and public facilities to be unnecessary for future transportation or utility corridors becomes a part of the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge. The commissioner of transportation and public facilities is directed to provide access to the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge during future development of state highways in the area. The land that is excluded from the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge under this subsection is described as

Township 17 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian

Section 22: SE 1/4 NW 1/4, W 1/2 NE 1/4, SE 1/4 NE 1/4, S 1/2 NE 1/4 NE 1/4, NW 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4, NE 1/4 SW 1/4, W 1/2 SE 1/4

Sections 27 and 34: a corridor 300 feet on either side of the existing highway centerline.

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