Alaska Statutes Title 29. Municipal Government § 29.06.450. Methods of dissolution

(a) Two petition methods may be used to initiate dissolution of a municipality:

(b) The department shall investigate a municipality that it considers to be inactive and shall report to the Local Boundary Commission on the status of the municipality. The commission may submit its recommendation to the legislature that the municipality be dissolved in the manner provided for submission of boundary changes in art. X, sec. 12, Constitution of the State of Alaska.

(c) A borough is dissolved when its entire territory is included in a home rule or first class city or cities. A city is dissolved when all its powers become areawide borough powers.