(a) The commissioner may not include the conditions of former AS 38.05.078(d) in a remote parcel purchase contract issued on or after July 1, 1997.
(b) The commissioner shall amend a remote parcel or homestead entry land purchase contract or patent issued before July 1, 1997 to remove the conditions of former AS 38.05.078(d) or former AS 38.09.050(e) if the holder of the purchase contract or patent (1) requests the amendment;
(2) pays the reasonable administrative costs of the amendment as determined by the commissioner; and
(3) pays the difference, as established by the commissioner, between the land's fair market value before the amendment and the estimated fair market value after the amendment.