Sec. 29.45.020. Taxpayer notice.

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(a)If a municipality levies and collects property taxes, the governing body shall provide the following notice:

“NOTICE TO TAXPAYER

For the current fiscal year the (city)(borough) has been allocated the following amount of state aid for school and municipal purposes under the applicable financial assistance Acts:

PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING

PROGRAM ( AS 14.17 ) $

STATE AID FOR RETIREMENT OF SCHOOL

CONSTRUCTION DEBT ( AS 14.11.100 )$

COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

( AS 29.60.850 — 29.60.879)$

TOTAL AID$

The millage equivalent of this state aid, based on the dollar value of a mill in the municipality during the current assessment year and for the preceding assessment year, is:

MILLAGE EQUIVALENT

PREVIOUS YEARTHIS YEAR

PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING

PROGRAM ASSISTANCEMILLSMILLS

STATE AID FOR RETIREMENT OF

SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION DEBTMILLSMILLS

COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE

PROGRAMMILLSMILLS

TOTAL MILLAGE EQUIVALENTMILLSMILLS”

Notice shall be provided by

(1)furnishing a copy of the notice with tax statements mailed for the fiscal year for which aid is received; or

(2)publishing in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality a copy of the notice once each week for a period of three successive weeks, with publication to occur not later than 45 days after the final adoption of the municipality's budget.

(b)Compliance with the provisions of this section is a prerequisite to receipt of community assistance under AS 29.60.850 — 29.60.879. The department shall withhold annual allocations under those sections until municipal officials demonstrate that the requirements of this section have been met.