1. (a) Upon a written finding that the state's best interest will be served, the commissioner will, in his or her discretion, enter into a cooperative management agreement with a federal or state agency under AS 27.19.060, or with a municipality under art. X, sec. 13 of the Alaska Constitution, to implement AS 27.19 and this chapter. Except as provided in (b) of this section, the cooperative agreement will, in the commissioner's discretion, provide

   1. (1) that the federal or state agency will implement AS 27.19 and this chapter with respect to the land that it manages, or that the municipality will implement AS 27.19 and this chapter with respect to the land that it owns; or
   2. (2) that the department and the federal or state agency or the municipality will implement both its own and the other's reclamation authority on a reciprocal basis.
2. (b) A cooperative agreement with another state agency will, in the commissioner's discretion, delegate to the state agency administrative review authority under the Administrative Procedure Act.

3. (c) For purposes of this section,

   1. (1) "state agency" means any organizational unit of the executive branch of the state, but does not include any agency in the judicial or legislative branches of the state government;
   2. (2) "federal agency" means any organizational unit of the executive branch of the federal government, but does not include an agency in the judicial or legislative branches of the federal government.

(Eff. 7/30/92, Register 123)