Alaska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Alaska House Bill HB13 Latest Draft

Bill / Comm Sub Version Filed 04/25/2025

                             
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CS FOR SPONSOR SUBSTITUT E FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 13(CRA) 
 
IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA 
 
THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION 
 
BY THE HOUSE COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE 
 
Offered:  4/25/25 
Referred:  Finance  
 
Sponsor(s):  REPRESENTATIVE GRAY 
A BILL 
 
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED 
 
"An Act relating to optional municipal property tax exemptions for certain long-term 1 
rental units, certain mobile home parks, real property rented to low-income families, 2 
real property owned and occupied as a permanent place of abode, and real property 3 
owned by first-time homebuyers." 4 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 5 
   * Section 1. AS 29.45.050 is amended by adding new subsections to read: 6 
(aa) A municipality may by ordinance exempt or partially exempt from 7 
taxation a structure that contains a dwelling unit that was converted from use as a 8 
short-term rental unit to exclusive use as a long-term rental unit. In this subsection,  9 
(1)  "dwelling unit" has the meaning given in AS 34.03.360;  10 
(2)  "long-term rental unit" means a dwelling unit offered for rent for 11 
periods of not less than 31 consecutive days;  12 
(3)  "short-term rental unit" means a dwelling unit offered for rent for 13 
periods of 30 consecutive days or less; "short-term rental unit" does not include a 14    34-LS0194\T 
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(A)  hotel, motel, or bed and breakfast; 1 
(B)  commercially operated hunting or wilderness camp; or 2 
(C)  dwelling unit operated by a government entity or charitable 3 
organization that provides temporary housing to individuals or family members 4 
of individuals who are being treated for trauma, injury, or disease. 5 
(bb) A municipality may by ordinance exempt or partially exempt from 6 
taxation a mobile home park for up to 10 years after the mobile home park is 7 
constructed or renovated. 8 
(cc) A municipality may by ordinance exempt or partially exempt from 9 
taxation real property rented to a low-income family if the monthly rent charged to the 10 
low-income family is not more than 30 percent of the family's income. In this 11 
subsection,  12 
(1)  "family income" means the sum of the previous tax year's adjusted 13 
gross incomes for each person in the family who earned income divided by 12; 14 
(2) "low-income family" has the meaning given to "low-income 15 
families" in 42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(2)(A). 16 
(dd) A municipality may by ordinance exempt or partially exempt from 17 
taxation real property owned and occupied as a permanent place of abode by a resident 18 
of the municipality. 19 
(ee) A municipality may by ordinance exempt or partially exempt from 20 
taxation residential real property owned and occupied by a first-time home buyer.  21