Walker, Richards delegate authority

Gov. Bill Walker and Attorney General Craig Richards have delegated authority on matters related to work they did as private attorneys.

Richards, in a Dec. 26 delegation, delegated authority to Chief Assistant Attorney General Martin Schultz “to take or withhold official action” affecting matters Richard was involved in prior to become attorney general, including: appeals and other proceedings arising out of trans-Alaska pipeline system property tax assessments; application of Alaska’s tax cap to the City of Valdez; imposition of taxes on the Alyeska Valdez Marine Terminal; Valdez’s challenge to jurisdiction of the State Assessment Review Board; Valdez’s challenge concerning taxability of vessels; challenge to the Point Thomson settlement; and matters involving the state “and in which I or Walker & Richards, LLC previously represented a client other than the State.”

The delegation would remain in effect so long as Richards has a financial in any receivables of Walker & Richards.

Richards said he expects those interests to terminate no later than Feb. 1.

The governor’s Dec. 29 delegation of authority is to Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott and includes: appeals and other matters arising out of trans-Alaska pipeline system property tax assessments for 2007 through 2015; application of the Alaska tax cap to Valdez; imposition of taxes on the Alyeska Valdez Marine Terminal; Valdez’s challenge to jurisdiction of the State Assessment Review Board; Valdez’s challenge on taxability of vessels; the challenge to the Point Thomson settlement; and any other matter involving the state and in which Walker or Richards previously represented a client other than the state.

The governor said the delegation would remain in effect as long as he has a financial interest in any of these matters.

- Petroleum News