Alaska § 43.82.400 - Preliminary findings and determination regarding the contract.
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§ 43.82.400. Preliminary findings and determination regarding the contract.
(a) If the commissioner develops a proposed contract under AS 43.82.200 — 43.82.270, the commissioner shall (1) make preliminary findings and a determination that the proposed contract terms are in the long-term fiscal interests of the state and further the purposes of this chapter; and
(2) prepare a proposed contract that includes those terms and shall submit the contract to the governor.
(b) To make the preliminary findings and determination required by (a)(1) of this section, the commissioner shall compare the projected public revenue anticipated from the approved qualified project with the estimated operating and capital costs of the additional state and municipal services anticipated to arise from the construction and operation of the approved qualified project. The commissioner shall address the reasonably foreseeable effects of the proposed contract on the public revenue.
(c) In conjunction with the making of preliminary findings and determination required by (a)(1) of this section, the commissioner shall describe the principal factors, including the projected price of gas, projected production rate or volume of gas, and projected recovery, development, construction, and operating costs, upon which the determination made under (a)(1) of this section is based. If the commissioner has previously submitted a proposed contract to the governor, the commissioner shall describe any material differences between the terms of the currently proposed contract and the previously proposed contract.
Source: official Alaska text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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