Alaska legislation · 34th Legislature
Alaska HB291: MUNICIPAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS
Status: In committee, February 4, 2026
An Act relating to municipal exemptions from fees for landfills or dumping areas; and relating to optional municipal property tax exemptions.
What the bill says
An act ENTITLED "An Act relating to municipal exemptions from fees for landfills or dumping areas; and relating to optional municipal property tax exemptions.".
From the introduced text:
AN ACT ENTITLED "An Act relating to municipal exemptions from fees for landfills or dumping areas; and relating to optional municipal property tax exemptions." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: * Section 1. AS 29.35.050(d) is amended to read: (d) A municipality that owns or operates a landfill or dumping area for the disposal of waste material may, by ordinance, partially or totally exempt from a fee for the use of the landfill or dumping area the disposal of waste material generated from the substantial rehabilitation, renovation, demolition, removal, or replacement of a structure on deteriorated property. The exemption may apply to some or all types of deteriorated property, as provided in the ordinance. An ordinance adopted under this subsection must include specific eligibility requirements and require a written application for the fee exemption. In this subsection, "deteriorated property" means real property that is (1) residential property located in a deteriorating or deteriorated HB0291a -1- HB New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS1052\N area with boundaries that have been determined by the municipality, if the property is owned by an entity that owns at least two residential properties and eight or more residential units among those properties in that deteriorating or deteriorated area; or (2) commercial property not used for residential purposes or that is …
Sponsors
- Julie Coulombe (R, HD-011) · primary sponsor
- David Nelson (R, 29)
- Jeremy Bynum (R, HD-001)
Latest actions
- : (H) Heard & Held
- : (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124
- : (H) Minutes (HCRA)
- : (H) Heard & Held
- : (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124
- : (H) COSPONSOR(S): BYNUM
- : (H) Minutes (HCRA)
- : (H) Heard & Held
- : (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124
- : (H) COSPONSOR(S): G.NELSON
Subjects: PROPERTY, SENIOR CITIZENS, FAMILIES, HOUSING, TAXATION, LANDLORD & TENANT, MUNICIPALITIES
Common questions
- What is HB291?
- HB291 is a bill in the Alaska Legislature (34th Legislature): MUNICIPAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS.
- What does HB291 do?
- In its own words: An act ENTITLED "An Act relating to municipal exemptions from fees for landfills or dumping areas; and relating to optional municipal property tax exemptions.".
- What is the status of HB291?
- In committee as of February 4, 2026. Latest action: (H) Heard & Held (April 23, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB291?
- Julie Coulombe (R, HD-011), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB291?
- On the Alaska Legislature website: https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB 291
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