IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ALASKA

                         ORDER NO. 1250

                                   Amending Appellate Rule 602(a)
                                   concerning the time for taking
                                   an appeal from an
                                   administrative agency decision.

IT IS ORDERED:

     
     Paragraph (a) of Appellate Rule 602 is amended to read as
follows:

               (a)  When Taken.

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               (2)  Appeals from Administrative
          Agencies. An appeal may be taken to the
          superior court from an administrative agency
          within 30 days from the date that the decision
          appealed from is mailed or otherwise
          distributed to the appellant. If a request for
          agency reconsideration is timely filed before
          the agency, the notice of appeal must be filed
          within 30 days after the date the agency's
          reconsideration decision is mailed or
          otherwise distributed to the appellant, or
          after the date the request for reconsideration
          is deemed denied under agency regulations
          whichever is earlier.  The 30-day period for
          taking an appeal does not begin to run until
          the agency has issued a decision that clearly
          states that it is a final decision and that
          the claimant has thirty days to appeal.  An
          appeal that is taken from a final decision
          that does not include such a statement is not
          a premature appeal.



DATED:      May 2, 1996    

EFFECTIVE DATE:    July 15, 1996   


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                                   Chief Justice Compton


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                                   Justice Rabinowitz


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                                   Justice Matthews


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                                   Justice Eastaugh
     

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                                   Justice Fabe