3 AAC 110.640. Scheduling

(a) The chair of the commission shall set or amend the schedule for action on a petition.

(b) In a schedule under (a) of this section, and except as provided by 3 AAC 110.590 for certain local action annexations, the chair of the commission shall allow at least

(1) 49 days after the date of initial publication or posting of notice of the filing of a petition, whichever occurs first, for receipt by the department of a responsive brief or written comments concerning the petition;

(2) 14 days after the date of service of a responsive brief on the petitioner for the receipt by the department of a reply brief from the petitioner;

(3) 28 days after the date of mailing of a departmental preliminary report with recommendations to the petitioner for receipt of written summary comments to the department; and

(4) 21 days between the date of mailing of a final report with recommendations by the department to the petitioner and the commission hearing on the petition.

(c) The commission may postpone proceedings on a petition that has been accepted for filing to allow concurrent consideration and action on another petition that pertains to some or all of the same territory and that has either been accepted for filing or is anticipated to be filed. The commission may postpone the proceedings for an anticipated competing petition only if the anticipated competing petition is received by the department no later than 90 days after the date of the first publication of notice of the earlier petition under 3 AAC 110.450.

History: Eff. 7/31/92, Register 123; am 5/19/2002, Register 162

Authority: Art. X, sec. 12,

Ak Const.

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