Alaska Stat. § 44.23.020 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.23 / Section 44.23.020
Duties; and powers; waiver of immunity.
Status: in_force

(a) The attorney general is the legal advisor of the governor and other state officers.

(b) The attorney general shall (1) defend the Constitution of the State of Alaska and the Constitution of the United States of America;

(2) bring, prosecute, and defend all necessary and proper actions in the name of the state for the collection of revenue;

(3) represent the state in all civil actions in which the state is a party;

(4) prosecute all cases involving violation of state law, and file informations and prosecute all offenses against the revenue laws and other state laws where there is no other provision for their prosecution;

(5) administer state legal services, including the furnishing of written legal opinions to the governor, the legislature, and all state officers and departments as the governor directs; and give legal advice on a law, proposed law, or proposed legislative measure upon request by the legislature or a member of the legislature;

(6) draft legal instruments for the state;

(7) make available a report to the legislature, through the governor, at each regular legislative session (A) of the work and expenditures of the office; and

(B) on needed legislation or amendments to existing law;

(8) prepare, publish, and revise as it becomes useful or necessary to do so an information pamphlet on landlord and tenant rights and the means of making complaints to appropriate public agencies concerning landlord and tenant rights; the contents of the pamphlet and any revision shall be approved by the Department of Law before publication; and

(9) perform all other duties required by law or which usually pertain to the office of attorney general in a state.

(c) Before January 1, 1999, the attorney general may, in a case that involves the state's title to submerged lands, or in any case in which the state seeks to allocate fault to the federal government or a federal employee under AS 09.17.080 , waive the state's immunity from suit in federal court provided under the Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The expiration on January 1, 1999, of the attorney general's authority to waive the state's Eleventh Amendment immunity does not affect existing waivers in ongoing cases.

(d) The attorney general may, subject to the power of the legislature to enact laws and make appropriations, settle actions, cases, and offenses under (b) of this section.

(e) There is established within the Department of Law the function of public advocacy for regulatory affairs. The attorney general shall participate as a party in a matter that comes before the Regulatory Commission of Alaska when the attorney general determines that participation is in the public interest. When considering whether participation is in the public interest, the attorney general shall consider the issues the Regulatory Commission of Alaska must take into consideration under AS 42.05.141 (d).

(f) The attorney general shall designate not less than one-half attorney position in the Department of Law for the purpose of prosecuting actions for fraudulent acts related to workers' compensation under AS 23.30 .

(g) The attorney general may, in cases that involve compliance, discharge, or enforcement of responsibilities assumed by the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities under AS 44.42.300 , waive the state's immunity from suit in federal court provided under the Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

(h) The attorney general shall continue to review federal statutes, regulations, presidential executive orders and actions, and secretarial orders and actions that may be in conflict with and that may preempt state law. If, after review, the attorney general believes that a federal statute, regulation, presidential executive order or action, or secretarial order or action would preempt a state law if constitutional and properly adopted in accordance with federal statutory authority but also believes that the federal statute, regulation, presidential executive order or action, or secretarial order or action is unconstitutional or was not properly adopted in accordance with federal statutory authority, the attorney general shall report the findings to the chairs of the house and senate committees having jurisdiction over judicial matters. The report shall be submitted to the legislature on or before January 15th of each year and must include (1) a copy of the federal statute, regulation, presidential executive order or action, or secretarial order or action that the attorney general finds was not properly adopted in accordance with federal statutory authority or is unconstitutional;

(2) a citation to the state law that is in conflict with the federal statute, regulation, presidential executive order or action, or secretarial order or action identified in (1) of this subsection;

(3) a written opinion explaining (A) the basis for finding that the federal statute, regulation, presidential executive order or action, or secretarial order or action is unconstitutional or was not properly adopted in accordance with federal statutory authority;

(B) the conflict between the federal statute, regulation, presidential executive order or action, or secretarial order or action identified in (1) of this subsection and the state law identified in (2) of this subsection and why, if properly adopted, the federal statute, regulation, presidential executive order or action, or secretarial order or action would preempt the state law;

(C) the effect on the state if the state law identified in (2) of this subsection is found by a court to be preempted by the federal statute, regulation, presidential executive order or action, or secretarial order or action identified in (1) of this subsection; and

(D) litigation the attorney general is party to or aware of concerning a conflict between a federal statute, regulation, presidential executive order or action, or secretarial order or action that would preempt state law if constitutional, but that the attorney general or another party claims is unconstitutional; and

(4) other information relevant to the findings by the attorney general.

(i) If requested by a military judge or the convening authority of a court-martial, the attorney general shall assist the court-martial in obtaining the commitment of a person accused of an offense under AS 26.05 for a competency examination under AS 12.47.100 or on a finding of incompetency under AS 12.47.110 .

(j) The attorney general may by regulation schedule a substance on an emergency basis as provided in AS 11.71.125 and AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act).

(k) The attorney general, in consultation with the commissioner of public safety, shall (1) develop a tool to track felony sex offenses reported to the Department of Public Safety by geographic location; the tracking tool must include a means to record the reason a reported offense was not referred for prosecution or, if referred, the reason the offense was not prosecuted and, if applicable, the reason a sex offense charged as a felony resulted in a conviction of an offense other than a sex offense under a plea agreement;

(2) develop regulations and procedures to implement the requirements established under (1) of this subsection; and

(3) provide training for the implementation of the regulations and procedures established under (2) of this subsection in each state department as necessary.
Alaska Stat. § 44.81.031 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.81 / Section 44.81.031
Officers and employees.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall employ a president. The president may not be a member of the board and serves at the pleasure of the board. The president is the chief executive officer of the bank.

(b) The board shall appoint those officers of the bank that are provided for in the bank's bylaws and as the board determines to be necessary for the effective operations of the bank. An executive, operating, administrative, or other salaried officer of the bank may not be a member of the board.

(c) The president may hire employees of the bank as may be determined necessary for the efficient performance of the functions of the bank. The board shall approve the compensation of the employees. Employees of the bank are not employees of the state and are not considered to be employees of a public organization for the purposes of AS 39.35 .
Alaska Stat. § 44.88.040 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.88 / Section 44.88.040
Chairman and vice-chairman.
Status: in_force

The members of the authority shall elect a chairman from among themselves. A vice-chairman may be elected by the authority from among its other members. The vice-chairman presides over all meetings in the absence of the chairman and has other duties which the authority may direct.
Alaska Stat. § 44.27.080 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.27 / Section 44.27.080
Competition for the design of the special request plate celebrating the arts.
Status: reserved

(a) The council may hold a competition every four years to select a design for the vehicle registration plate celebrating the arts under AS 28.10.161 (b)(1)(C). If the council holds a competition, the council shall select a panel of judges to judge the submissions for the contest and shall include the previous design winner on the panel. The panel shall select the top submissions, and the council shall conduct a public vote to determine the winner of the competition. The council shall use the winning design when consulting with the commissioner of administration under AS 28.10.161 (b)(1)(C).

(b) [Repealed, § 8 ch. 70, SLA 2018.] (c) The council may, in consultation with the Department of Administration, recommend an amount to be appropriated from the annual estimated balance in the account under AS 28.10.421 (a)(3) to pay an artist for a winning design.
Alaska Stat. § 44.85.220 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.85 / Section 44.85.220
Terms of agreement with the bondholder or noteholder.
Status: in_force

In a resolution of the bond bank authority authorizing or relating to the issuance of bonds or notes, the bond bank authority, in order to secure the payment of the bonds or notes and in addition to its other powers, may covenant and contract with the holders of the bonds or notes (1) to pledge to a payment or purpose all or a part of its revenues to which its right then exists or may thereafter come into existence, and the money derived from the revenues, and the proceeds of any bonds or notes;

(2) to covenant against pledging all or a part of its revenues, or against permitting or suffering a lien on those revenues or its property;

(3) to covenant as to the use and disposition of payments of principal or interest received by the bond bank authority on municipal bonds or other investments held by the bond bank authority;

(4) to covenant as to establishment of reserves or sinking funds, the making of provision for them, and the regulation and disposition of the reserves or sinking funds;

(5) to covenant with respect to or against limitations on a right to sell or otherwise dispose of property of any kind;

(6) to covenant as to bonds or notes to be issued, and their limitations, terms, and conditions, and as to their custody, and as to the application and disposition of the proceeds of the bonds and notes;

(7) to covenant as to issuance of additional bonds or notes or as to limitations on the issuance of additional bonds or notes and on the incurring of other debts by it;

(8) to covenant as to the payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds or notes, as to the sources and methods of payment, as to the rank or priority of bonds or notes with respect to a lien or security, or as to the acceleration of the maturity of any bonds or notes;

(9) to provide for the replacement of lost, stolen, destroyed, or mutilated bonds or notes;

(10) to covenant against extending the time for the payment of bonds or notes or interest on the bonds or notes;

(11) to covenant as to the redemption of bonds or notes and privileges of their exchange for other bonds or notes of the bond bank authority;

(12) to covenant as to charges to be established and charged, the amount to be raised each year or other period of time by charges or other revenues, and as to the use and disposition to be made of the charges or other revenues;

(13) to covenant to create or authorize the creation of special funds or money to be held in pledge or otherwise for operating expenses, payment or redemption of bonds or notes, reserves or other purposes and as to the use and disposition of the money held in those funds;

(14) to establish the procedure, if any, by which the terms of a contract or covenant with or for the benefit of the holders of bonds or notes may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds or notes the holders of which must consent to amendment or abrogation, and the manner in which the consent may be given;

(15) to covenant as to the custody of any of its property or investments, their safekeeping and insurance, and the use and disposition of insurance money;

(16) to covenant as to the time or manner of enforcement or restraint from enforcement of any rights of the bond bank authority arising by reason of or with respect to nonpayment of the principal or interest of a municipal bond;

(17) to provide for the rights and liabilities, powers and duties arising upon the breach of any covenant, condition, or obligation and to prescribe the events of default and the terms and conditions upon which any or all of the bonds, notes, or other obligation of the bond bank authority become or may be declared due and payable before maturity and the terms and conditions upon which the declaration and its consequences may be waived;

(18) to vest in a trustee inside or outside the state such property, rights, powers, and duties in trust as the bond bank authority may determine, which may include any of the rights, powers, and duties of a trustee appointed by the holders of the bonds or notes, and to limit or abrogate the right of the holders of the bonds or notes of the bond bank authority to appoint a trustee under this chapter or limit the rights, powers, and duties of the trustee;

(19) to pay the costs or expenses incident to the enforcement of the bonds or notes or of the resolution or of a covenant or agreement of the bond bank authority with the holders of its bonds or notes;

(20) to agree with a corporate trustee which may be a trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company inside or outside the state, as to the pledging or assigning of revenues or funds in which the bond bank authority has a right or interest, and may further provide for such other rights and remedies exercisable by the trustee as may be proper for the protection of the holders of bonds or notes of the bond bank authority and not otherwise in violation of law, and the agreement may also provide for the restriction of the rights of an individual holder of bonds or notes of the bond bank authority;

(21) to appoint and to provide for the duties and obligations of a paying agent or paying agents, or other fiduciaries as the resolution may provide inside or outside the state;

(22) to limit the rights of the holders of bonds or notes to enforce a pledge or covenant securing bonds or notes; and

(23) to make covenants other than and in addition to the covenants expressly authorized in this section, of like or different character, and to make covenants to do or refrain from doing acts and things as may be necessary, or convenient and desirable, in order to better secure bonds or notes or which, in the absolute discretion of the bond bank authority, will tend to make bonds or notes more marketable, notwithstanding that the covenants, acts, or things may not be enumerated in this section.
Alaska Stat. § 44.99.400 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.99 / Section 44.99.400
Software copyrights.
Status: in_force

A state agency may hold the copyright for software created by the agency or developed by a private contractor for an agency, and may enforce its rights to protect the copyright. In this section, state agency means a department, institution, board, commission, division, authority, public corporation, committee, or other administrative unit of the executive, judicial, or legislative branch of state government, including the University of Alaska, the Alaska Aerospace Corporation, and the Alaska Railroad Corporation.
Alaska Stat. § 44.06.055 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.06 / Section 44.06.055
Relocation expenditures.
Status: in_force

State money may be expended to relocate physically the capital or the legislature from the present location only after a majority of those voting in a statewide election have approved a bond issue that includes all bondable costs to the state of the relocation of a functional state legislature or capital to the new site over the twelve-year period following such approval. The commission established in AS 44.06.060 shall determine all bondable costs and total costs including, but not limited to, the costs of moving personnel and offices to the relocation site; the social, economic, and environmental costs to the present and relocation sites; and the costs to the state of planning, building, furnishing, using, and financing facilities at least equal to those provided by the present capital city.
Alaska Stat. § 44.33.502 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.33 / Section 44.33.502
Regional competitions.
Status: in_force

Four regional competitions shall be held each summer in the first, second, third, and fourth judicial districts established in AS 22.10.010 . First place and honorable mention awards shall be made in each category and one grand prize award and one honorable mention award shall be made for each region.
Alaska Stat. § 44.12.162 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.12 / Section 44.12.162
Ashley Johnson-Barr Day.
Status: in_force

Ashley Johnson-Barr Day is established on March 12 of each year to honor Ashley Johnson-Barr. Ashley Johnson-Barr Day may be observed by suitable observances and exercises by civic groups and the public.
Alaska Stat. § 44.09.017 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.09 / Section 44.09.017
Commemorative gold and silver medallions.
Status: reserved

(a) The Department of Administration shall contract or otherwise arrange for the minting and sale of Alaska commemorative medallions minted only from .999 fine gold and silver in weights determined by the commissioner of administration. Gold and silver mined in Alaska shall be used in the production of the medallions. The state shall receive a royalty from the sale of the medallions. The amount of the royalty shall be determined by the commissioner of administration.

(b) One side of the commemorative medallions minted under this section shall contain the state seal. The design for the other side shall be determined in an annual contest conducted by the contractor under the supervision of the Department of Administration. Only designs using an Alaska theme and submitted by an Alaska resident may be considered in the contest. Payment for the winning design may not exceed $1,000.

(c) [Repealed, § 35 ch 126 SLA 1994.]
Alaska Stat. § 44.29.710 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.29 / Section 44.29.710
Composition; terms; compensation.
Status: in_force

(a) The governor shall appoint members to the council who meet the applicable requirements of 29 U.S.C. 796d after soliciting personal applications and after soliciting recommendations from the public, from organizations representing a broad range of individuals experiencing disabilities, and from organizations interested in individuals experiencing disabilities. The council shall select a chairperson from among its voting members.

(b) The members shall be appointed to staggered terms of three years, except that a person appointed to fill a vacancy shall be appointed for the remaining years of the prior member's term. A member may not serve more than two consecutive full terms. Notwithstanding their terms of office, the members serve at the pleasure of the governor.

(c) Members of the council who are not state employees are entitled to per diem and travel expenses as authorized for members of boards and commissions under AS 39.20.180 . In addition, if required by federal law, a member is entitled to (1) reimbursement of the necessary expenses of attending council meetings and performing council duties, including expenses for child care and personal assistance services;

(2) compensation of up to $150 for each day of performing council duties and each day spent traveling to attend a council meeting if the member is not employed or must forfeit wages from other employment in order to perform council duties or travel to a council meeting.
Alaska Stat. § 44.85.320 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.85 / Section 44.85.320
Powers and duties of trustee on default.
Status: in_force

(a) A trustee appointed under AS 44.85.310 may, and shall in the trustee's name, upon written request of the holders of 25 percent in principal amount of the outstanding notes or bonds, (1) by civil action enforce all rights of the noteholders or bondholders, including the right to require the bond bank authority to collect rates, charges, and other fees and to collect interest and amortization payments on municipal bonds and notes held by it adequate to carry out an agreement as to, or pledge of, the rates, charges, and other fees and of the interest and amortization payments, and to require the bond bank authority to carry out any other agreements with the holders of the notes or bonds and to perform its duties under this chapter;

(2) bring a civil action upon the notes or bonds;

(3) by civil action require the bond bank authority to account as if it were the trustee of an express trust for the holders of the notes or bonds;

(4) by civil action enjoin anything that may be unlawful or in violation of the rights of the holders of the notes or bonds;

(5) declare all the notes or bonds due and payable, and if all defaults are made good, then with the consent of the holders of 25 percent of the principal amount of the outstanding notes or bonds, annul the declaration and its consequences;

(6) in addition to the foregoing, exercise all the powers necessary for the exercise of functions specifically set out or incident to the general representation of bondholders or noteholders in the enforcement and protection of their rights.

(b) Before declaring the principal of notes or bonds due and payable, the trustee must first give 30 days' notice in writing to the governor, the bond bank authority, the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development, and the attorney general of the state.
Alaska Stat. § 44.64.090 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.64 / Section 44.64.090
Administrative hearing records.
Status: in_force

(a) The office shall acquire and organize statistical and other information relating to administrative hearings of the office and of other agencies. The office shall acquire and organize copies of proposed and final agency decisions in administrative hearings and copies of court decisions resulting from those administrative hearings. The information and decisions shall be made available to the public, agencies, and the legislature. The office shall make final agency decisions reached after administrative hearings available online through an electronic data base.

(b) This section does not apply to records that are confidential or privileged.
Alaska Stat. § 44.88.172 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.88 / Section 44.88.172
Economic development account.
Status: reserved

(a) The economic development account is established in the revolving fund. The economic development account consists of money or assets appropriated, loaned, or transferred to the authority for deposit in the account and other money or assets deposited in the account by the authority. While money is on deposit in the economic development account, the money may be used to finance, acquire, manage, and operate development projects that the authority intends to own and operate or to provide development project financing for development projects the authority does not intend to own and operate. In this subsection, (1) operate includes operation directly by the authority, by an agent of the authority, or by a person as determined under an agreement between the authority and other owners of the development project;

(2) own includes ownership by the authority of all or a percentage of a development project or all or a percentage of the shares of a corporation or membership in a limited liability company for which the development project is the sole asset of the corporation or limited liability company.

(b) [Repealed, § 23 ch 123 SLA 1990.] (c) [Repealed, § 23 ch 123 SLA 1990.] (d) The authority shall adopt regulations to implement this section. The regulations may include provisions for the application process, application fees, interest rates, other charges and fees, terms, conditions, security, and other requirements for development projects the authority undertakes or development project financing the authority provides.
Alaska Stat. § 44.27.056 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.27 / Section 44.27.056
Reports.
Status: in_force

The council shall report to the governor from time to time. The council shall notify the legislature when its reports are available.
Alaska Stat. § 44.85.400 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.85 / Section 44.85.400
Public records; open meetings.
Status: in_force

The provisions of AS 40.25.110  40.25.120 (public records) and AS 44.62.310  44.62.319 (Open Meetings Act) apply to the bond bank authority.
Alaska Stat. § 44.19.027 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.19 / Section 44.19.027
Emergency assistance transportation.
Status: in_force

If the governor determines that public safety or health conditions in an area of the state require emergency assistance, the governor may use state-owned and state-operated transportation facilities, aircraft, vessels of the Alaska marine highway system, or railroad rolling stock of the Alaska Railroad to deliver compassionate aid for distribution to the affected area, including food, water, fuel, clothing, medicine, and other supplies provided by nonprofit organizations.
Alaska Stat. § 44.88.430 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.88 / Section 44.88.430
Disposal of property acquired by default or foreclosure.
Status: in_force

The authority shall dispose of property acquired through default or foreclosure on a loan made under AS 44.88.400  44.88.430. Disposal shall be made in a manner that serves the best interests of the state and may include the amortization of payments over a period of years.
Alaska Stat. § 44.27.059 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.27 / Section 44.27.059
Alaska arts and cultural investment fund.
Status: in_force

(a) The Alaska arts and cultural investment fund is created in the general fund. The fund consists of money appropriated to the fund by the legislature, including donations, money from other sources, and interest earned on money in the fund. Appropriations to the fund do not lapse.

(b) The council shall administer the fund in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The council may spend money appropriated to the fund to carry out the purposes of this chapter and to pay the costs of administering the fund without further appropriation.
Alaska Stat. § 44.77.020 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.77 / Section 44.77.020
Disallowance by officer.
Status: in_force

(a) If the administrative or executive officer disallows all or part of the claim, the claimant may obtain a review of the officer's action by applying within 60 days to the Department of Administration, at Juneau, orally or in writing.

(b) When the application is made, the officer who disallowed the claim shall transmit the claim and all papers and memoranda relating to the claim to the Department of Administration.

(c) When it receives the claim, papers, and memoranda, the department shall reexamine the merits of the claim.

(d) The department may adopt procedure consistent with law, and shall make its decision affirming, modifying, or reversing the action of the officer. The decision may be oral or written if made in the presence of the claimant; otherwise it must be written.
Alaska Stat. § 44.19.863 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.19 / Section 44.19.863
Duties of the commission.
Status: in_force

The commission shall (1) provide advice, counsel, and actionable recommendations on military issues, and economic and industrial development related to military issues, to the governor, state agencies, the legislature, communities, and the state's congressional delegation;

(2) provide recommendations to expand and grow the current presence of the armed forces in the state, including new bases, expanded missions, and increased training;

(3) plan for state infrastructure needs to support military objectives;

(4) recommend methods to improve private and public employment opportunities for the families of current and former members of the military who reside in the state;

(5) assist and advise communities and the state in the design and execution of programs that enhance communities' relationships with installations of the armed forces of the United States and defense-related businesses, including in the areas of public school education, in-state higher education and training, cultural and recreational community assets, and housing and energy affordability;

(6) advocate for the state in matters related to military expansion decision making by emphasizing the state's strategic location on the globe and existing infrastructure and work to build community support in the state for the armed forces of the United States;

(7) prepare and maintain a strategic plan to (A) protect the state's existing military missions;

(B) position the state to be competitive for new and expanded military missions;

(C) promote the long-term viability and prosperity of the military and industries related to national defense in the state; and

(D) consider all current and anticipated base realignment and closure criteria affecting bases in the state;

(8) report to the Joint Armed Services Committee and any special committee of the legislature relating to military and veterans' affairs, if one exists at the time the report is due, issues on the commission's activities over the previous calendar year; the commission shall provide the report in an electronic format and deliver the report by January 31 each year;

(9) seek the opinions of each member of the Alaska delegation in Congress on the assistance, advice, advocacy, counsel, plans, and recommendations provided under this section.
Alaska Stat. § 44.41.070 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.41 / Section 44.41.070
Report on untested sexual assault examination kits.
Status: in_force

(a) By September 1 of each year, each law enforcement agency and state department charged with the maintenance, storage, and preservation of sexual assault examination kits shall conduct an inventory of untested sexual assault examination kits and report, in writing, to the Department of Public Safety the number of untested sexual assault examination kits in the possession of the agency or department, the number of sexual assault examination kits that the law enforcement agency or state department has determined are ineligible for testing under (e) of this section, with the reason or reasons the untested sexual assault examination kits were determined to be ineligible for testing, and the date on which each untested sexual assault examination kit was collected.

(b) By November 1 of each year, the Department of Public Safety shall prepare and transmit a report to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives that contains (1) the number of untested sexual assault examination kits stored by each law enforcement agency or department and the number of sexual assault examination kits that the law enforcement agency or state department has determined are ineligible for testing under (e) of this section, with the reason or reasons the untested sexual assault examination kits were determined to be ineligible for testing;

(2) the date each untested sexual assault examination kit was collected; and

(3) a plan for addressing the backlog and prevention of a backlog of untested sexual assault examination kits.

(c) The Department of Public Safety shall deliver a copy of the report prepared under (b) of this section to the senate secretary and the chief clerk of the house of representatives and notify the legislature that the report is available.

(d) In this section, untested sexual assault examination kit means a sexual assault examination kit with evidence that (1) has been collected but that has not been submitted to a laboratory operated or approved by the Department of Public Safety for either a serological or DNA test; or

(2) has been collected and submitted to a laboratory operated or approved by the Department of Public Safety but that has not had a serological or DNA test conducted on the evidence.

(e) A sexual assault examination kit is ineligible for testing if the law enforcement agency or state department finds that the sexual assault examination kit (1) is scientifically unviable;

(2) does not meet eligibility requirements for inclusion in the Combined DNA Index System database; or

(3) was collected from a person who reported a sexual assault anonymously.
Alaska Stat. § 44.17.040 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.17 / Section 44.17.040
Department staffs.
Status: in_force

The principal executive officer of each department may establish necessary subordinate positions, make appointments to these positions, and remove persons appointed within the limitations of appropriations and subject to state personnel laws. Each person appointed to a subordinate position established by the principal executive officer is under the supervision, direction, and control of the officer.
Alaska Stat. § 44.62.190 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.62 / Section 44.62.190
Notice of proposed action.
Status: in_force

(a) At least 30 days before the adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation, notice of the proposed action shall be (1) published in the newspaper of general circulation or trade or industry publication that the state agency prescribes and posted on the Alaska Online Public Notice System; in the discretion of the state agency giving the notice, the requirement of publication in a newspaper or trade or industry publication may be satisfied by using a combination of publication and broadcasting; when broadcasting the notice, an agency may use an abbreviated form of the notice if the broadcast provides the name and date of the newspaper or trade or industry journal and the Internet address of the Alaska Online Public Notice System where the full text of the notice can be found;

(2) furnished to every person who has filed a request for notice of proposed action with the state agency;

(3) if the agency is within a department, furnished to the commissioner of the department;

(4) when appropriate in the judgment of the agency, (A) furnished to a person or group of persons whom the agency believes is interested in the proposed action; and

(B) published in the additional form and manner the state agency prescribes;

(5) furnished to the Department of Law together with a copy of the proposed regulation, amendment, or order of repeal for the department's use in preparing the opinion required after adoption and before filing by AS 44.62.060 ;

(6) furnished by electronic format to all incumbent State of Alaska legislators.

(b) If the form or manner of notice is prescribed by statute, in addition to the requirements of filing and furnishing notice under AS 44.62.010  44.62.300, or in addition to the requirements of filing and mailing notice under other sections of this chapter, the notice shall be published, posted, mailed, filed, or otherwise publicized as prescribed by the statute.

(c) The failure to furnish notice to a person as provided in this section does not invalidate an action taken by an agency under AS 44.62.180  44.62.290.

(d) Along with a notice furnished under (a)(2), (4)(A), or (6) of this section, the state agency, except the Regulatory Commission of Alaska, the Board of Fisheries, the Board of Game, and the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, shall include (1) the reason for the proposed action, including, if applicable, an identification of the law, order, decision, or other action of the federal government or a federal or state court that is the basis for the proposed action; in this paragraph, federal government means a department, agency, corporation, or instrumentality of the United States government;

(2) the initial cost to the state agency of implementation;

(3) the estimated annual costs, based on a good faith effort to estimate the costs in the aggregate for each of the following categories using the information available to the state agency, to (A) private persons to comply with the proposed action;

(B) the state agency for implementation and to other state agencies to comply with the proposed action; and

(C) municipalities to comply with the proposed action;

(4) the name of the contact person for the state agency; and

(5) the origin of the proposed action.

(e) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, if a person who is to receive a notice under (a) of this section requests that the state agency mail the notice, the state agency shall furnish the notice to the person by mail.

(f) To the extent feasible, the subject line of electronic mail and the title of a written publication providing the information required by (d) of this section must give the reader a fair idea of the substance of the proposed new regulation, the proposed amended regulation, or the regulation proposed for repeal.

(g) Along with a notice furnished under (a)(2), (4)(A), or (6) of this section, the Regulatory Commission of Alaska, the Board of Fisheries, the Board of Game, and the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission shall include the reason for the proposed action, the initial cost of implementation to the state agency, the estimated annual costs of implementation to the state agency, the name of a contact person, and the origin of the proposed action.
Alaska Stat. § 44.88.820 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.88 / Section 44.88.820
Use of fund balance.
Status: in_force

Subject to the requirements of AS 44.88.800  44.88.840, the authority may use money in the Arctic infrastructure development fund ( AS 44.88.810 ) for Arctic infrastructure development.
Alaska Stat. § 44.88.150 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.88 / Section 44.88.150
Bonds legal investments for fiduciaries.
Status: in_force

The bonds of the authority are securities in which all public officers and bodies of the state and all municipalities and municipal subdivisions, all insurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks, savings associations, including savings and loan associations and building and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business, all administrators, guardians, executors, trustees and other fiduciaries, and all other persons whatsoever who are now or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of the state, may properly and legally invest funds including capital in their control or belonging to them. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the bonds of the authority are also securities which may be deposited with and may be received by all public officers and bodies of this state and all municipalities and municipal subdivisions for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of the state is now or may hereafter be authorized.
Alaska Stat. § 44.33.840 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.33 / Section 44.33.840
Borough feasibility studies.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may contract for studies of the feasibility of establishing boroughs in the unorganized borough. A study may be conducted under this section only if (1) appropriations are available for that purpose; and

(2) the study is requested by a person residing in the area to be studied or by a city located in the area to be studied.
Alaska Stat. § 44.50.071 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.50 / Section 44.50.071
Confidentiality.
Status: in_force

(a) An address, telephone number, and electronic mail address of a notary public or an applicant that is submitted under AS 44.50.032 or 44.50.038 and that is designated by the notary public or applicant as confidential shall be kept confidential. However, a notary public shall provide a nonconfidential address and telephone number at which the notary public can be contacted.

(b) Compilations and data bases of those addresses, telephone numbers, and electronic mail addresses of notaries public that are confidential under (a) of this section shall be kept confidential, except that the lieutenant governor may disclose compilations and data bases if the lieutenant governor determines that disclosure is in the public interest.

(c) A complaint filed under AS 44.50.068 shall be kept confidential unless the lieutenant governor determines under AS 44.50.068 (d) that the complaint alleges sufficient facts to constitute good cause for disciplinary action.
Alaska Stat. § 44.25.340 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.25 / Section 44.25.340
Confidentiality.
Status: in_force

(a) Records obtained or maintained by the ombudsman are confidential, are not subject to inspection or copying under AS 40.25.110 - 40.25.120 and, except as provided in (b) of this section, may be disclosed only at the discretion of the ombudsman.

(b) The identity of a complainant or an older Alaskan or resident of a long term care facility on whose behalf a complaint is made may only be disclosed with the consent of the identified person or the person's legal guardian or resident representative or by court order. However, if an older Alaskan is unable to provide consent and does not have a legal guardian, or if a resident of a long term care facility is unable to provide consent and does not have a resident representative, the ombudsman may disclose the identity of an identified person for the purpose of making a referral to an agency or person, if the ombudsman or an employee or volunteer of the office (1) has reasonable cause to believe that an action, inaction, or decision, including an action, inaction, or decision by a resident representative or a legal guardian of an older Alaskan, may adversely affect the health, safety, welfare, or rights of the older Alaskan or resident;

(2) has reasonable cause to believe the referral is in the best interest of the older Alaskan or resident;

(3) obtains the approval of the ombudsman for the disclosure and referral; and

(4) does not have evidence that the older Alaskan or resident would disagree with the referral.
Alaska Stat. § 44.19.040 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.19 / Section 44.19.040
Appointment of successor to lieutenant governor.
Status: in_force

After taking an initial term of office, the governor shall appoint, from among the officers who head the principal departments of the state government or otherwise, a person to succeed to the office of lieutenant governor if the office of lieutenant governor becomes vacant. The appointment is subject to confirmation by a majority of the members of the legislature meeting in joint session. The person designated and confirmed is next in line for succession to the office of lieutenant governor, subject to the pleasure of the governor. If the person designated and confirmed is removed from or vacates the appointment, the governor shall appoint a successor subject to confirmation in the same manner as the person initially appointed.
Alaska Stat. § 44.88.520 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.88 / Section 44.88.520
Application for debt refinancing guarantee.
Status: in_force

An applicant for a debt refinancing guarantee shall provide the information that the authority may require by regulation.
Alaska Stat. § 44.12.360 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.12 / Section 44.12.360
Non-denial of employment or services.
Status: in_force

(a) No governmental entity shall require knowledge of a language other than English as a condition of employment unless the requirements of the position fall within one of the exceptions provided in AS 44.12.340 , and facility in another language is a bona fide job qualification required to fulfill a function included within one of the exceptions.

(b) No person may be denied services, assistance, benefits, or facilities, directly or indirectly provided by the government, because that person communicates only in English.
Alaska Stat. § 44.27.050 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.27 / Section 44.27.050
Duties of council.
Status: in_force

The council shall (1) stimulate and encourage throughout the state the study and presentation of the performing, visual, literary, and fine arts and public interest, participation, and investment in the arts;

(2) conduct research considered advisable on public and private institutions engaged in the state in artistic and cultural activities, including music, theatre, dance, painting, sculpture, architecture, and allied arts and crafts, and make recommendations concerning appropriate methods to encourage participation in and appreciation of the arts to meet the legitimate needs and aspirations of persons in all parts of the state;

(3) take steps necessary and appropriate to encourage public interest in the cultural heritage of the state and to expand the state's cultural resources;

(4) encourage and assist freedom of artistic expression essential for the well-being of the arts;

(5) manage the art in public places fund;

(6) administer the provisions of AS 45.65 relating to the identification seal for authentic Alaska Native art created or crafted in the state and adopt regulations to carry out those provisions;

(7) manage and adopt policies and procedures for the relocation, disposition, and exchange of works of art acquired under AS 35.27 or with money from the art in public places fund;

(8) manage the Alaska arts and cultural investment fund.
Alaska Stat. § 44.12.195 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.12 / Section 44.12.195
Alaska Veterans' Poppy Day.
Status: in_force

Alaska Veterans' Poppy Day is established on the Friday immediately preceding Memorial Day each year to thank past and current members of the armed forces and honor the individuals who died to preserve freedom.
Alaska Stat. § 44.81.210 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.81 / Section 44.81.210
General powers of the bank.
Status: in_force

The bank may (1) adopt, alter, and use a corporate seal;

(2) sue and be sued in the name of the bank;

(3) appoint officers, employees, trustees for certificate holders, and agents, and establish their powers and duties;

(4) provide technical services to members of the bank; in this paragraph, technical services includes services that will enhance the ability of a member to obtain financial assistance from the bank;

(5) participate with state departments and agencies in formulating policy and in planning for the development of commercial fishing and agriculture in the state;

(6) engage in programs to support the efforts of resident fishers or farmers in order to enhance the further development, efficiency, stability, or profitability of commercial fishing or agriculture in the state;

(7) make contracts and execute instruments necessary to or convenient for the exercise of its corporate powers;

(8) issue bonds to carry out its corporate purposes and powers;

(9) borrow money and issue secured and unsecured evidence of indebtedness for a corporate purpose or to fund, refund, pay, or discharge outstanding obligations, and enter into agreements and contracts relating to these obligations;

(10) secure the payment of its obligations by pledge, mortgage, or other lien on its contracts, revenue, income, or property;

(11) incur secondary liability by guaranty or endorsement of the obligations of a person, except for natural persons, when, in the judgment of the board, the action furthers the bank's corporate purposes;

(12) acquire real or personal property by purchase, lease, bequest, devise, gift, the satisfaction of debts, or the foreclosure of mortgages, and hold, maintain, use, operate, and convey real or personal property;

(13) sell, lease as lessor or lessee, exchange, donate, convey, or encumber in any manner by mortgage or by creation of another security interest, real or personal property owned by it, or in which it has an interest, when, in the judgment of the board, the action furthers its corporate purposes;

(14) establish wholly-owned or majority-owned subsidiary corporations or limited liability companies to acquire, hold, operate, maintain, or liquidate property received by the bank in a foreclosure action or other loan collection process or to provide services to resident fishers or farmers, or other persons, if the services are consistent with the corporate purposes and powers expressed in this chapter;

(15) acquire equity or other ownership interest in a domestic corporation or limited liability company if the purpose of the acquisition is to enhance the further development, efficiency, stability, or profitability of commercial fishing or agriculture in the state;

(16) enter into agreements with public or private lenders or other entities, or with state agencies or agencies of the federal government, to carry out the purposes of this chapter;

(17) do what is necessary or desirable to carry out the corporate purposes and powers expressed or implied in this chapter.
Alaska Stat. § 44.83.950 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.83 / Section 44.83.950
Appropriations and reports.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, the authority is subject to the provisions of AS 37.07 (Executive Budget Act).

(b) The authority shall, by the 15th day of each regular legislative session, prepare a report detailing project status, original costs, and projected costs, particularly highlighting any costs in excess of the original cost estimates submitted for each project when that project was originally approved by the legislature. The authority shall notify the legislature that the report is available.
Alaska Stat. § 44.33.782 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.33 / Section 44.33.782
Planning assistance to platting authorities.
Status: in_force

To facilitate planning in municipalities that exercise planning and zoning authority, the department may provide planning assistance, including but not limited to surveys, land use studies, urban renewal plans, technical services, model acts that include regulations designed to encourage development and use of energy systems not dependent on oil or gas, and other planning work to a city, borough, or other platting authority. In an area under the jurisdiction, for planning purposes, of a city, borough, or other platting authority, the department may not perform the planning work except at the request or with the consent of the local authority.
Alaska Stat. § 44.19.857 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.19 / Section 44.19.857
Terms.
Status: in_force

Members appointed under AS 44.19.854 (4)  (6) serve staggered terms of three years until reappointed or replaced and may be reappointed.
Alaska Stat. § 44.21.256 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.21 / Section 44.21.256
Creation of Alaska Public Broadcasting Commission.
Status: in_force

There is created within the Department of Administration the Alaska Public Broadcasting Commission.
Alaska Stat. § 44.88.620 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.88 / Section 44.88.620
Disposal of property acquired by default or foreclosure.
Status: in_force

The authority shall dispose of property acquired through default or foreclosure of a loan made from the rural development initiative fund. Disposal shall be made in a competitive manner that serves the best interests of the state, and may include the amortization of payments over a period of years. Proceeds from the disposal of property under this section shall be deposited into the fund.
Alaska Stat. § 44.12.070 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.12 / Section 44.12.070
Alaska Flag Day.
Status: in_force

Alaska Flag Day is established on July 9 of each year to honor the creation of the design of the official flag of the state by Benny Benson and its importance as a symbol of the state. Alaska Flag Day may be observed by suitable observances and exercises by civic groups and the public.
Alaska Stat. § 44.99.030 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.99 / Section 44.99.030
Lobbying contracts prohibited.
Status: reserved

(a) Notwithstanding other provisions of law, the following entities may not contract with a person to pay the person money or other thing of value to lobby the state, a municipality of the state, or an agency of the state or municipality: (1) Alaska Aerospace Corporation;

(2) Alaska Commercial Fishing and Agriculture Bank;

(3) Alaska Energy Authority;

(4) Alaska Housing Finance Corporation;

(5) Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority;

(6) Alaska Medical Facility Authority;

(7) Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority;

(8) Alaska Municipal Bond Bank Authority;

(9) Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation;

(10) Alaska Railroad Corporation;

(11) [Repealed, § 8 ch 2 SLA 2004.] (12) Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute;

(13) Alaska Student Loan Corporation.

(b) In this section, (1) lobby a municipality or an agency of a municipality means to engage in an activity for the purpose of influencing municipal legislative or administrative action if the activity is substantially the same as activity that would have required registration under AS 24.45.121 if the activity was for the purpose of influencing state legislative or administrative action;

(2) lobby the state or an agency of the state means to engage in an activity for which registration is required under AS 24.45.121 .
Alaska Stat. § 44.64.010 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.64 / Section 44.64.010
Office created.
Status: in_force

(a) There is created in the Department of Administration an independent office of administrative hearings under the direction of the chief administrative law judge.

(b) The chief administrative law judge must (1) be a resident of the state;

(2) have experience in administrative law;

(3) be licensed to practice law in this state and have been admitted to practice law in this state for at least five years; and

(4) have experience representing clients in administrative or judicial proceedings.

(c) The chief administrative law judge is appointed to a five-year term of office by the governor and is subject to confirmation by the legislature. An individual may serve not more than three full or partial terms as chief administrative law judge. The governor may remove the chief administrative law judge from office only for good cause. The basis for removal shall be stated in writing. A vacancy in the office of chief administrative law judge shall be filled by the governor, and the individual appointed serves for the remainder of the term to which appointed.

(d) The chief administrative law judge shall receive a monthly salary that is equal to a step in Range 27 of the salary schedule in AS 39.27.011 (a). The chief administrative law judge is in the partially exempt service.
Alaska Stat. § 44.33.955 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.33 / Section 44.33.955
Powers and duties of the department.
Status: in_force

The department may (1) make loans to eligible applicants under AS 44.33.950  44.33.990 to be used for working capital, equipment, construction, or other commercial purposes by a business located in the state;

(2) receive, take, hold, and administer any appropriation, transfer, gift, grant, bequest, devise, or donation of money for the fund;

(3) establish amortization plans for repayment of loans, including extensions of the terms of loans;

(4) allow an assumption of a loan if (A) the applicant meets the requirements established under this section; and

(B) approval of the assumption would be consistent with the purposes of AS 44.33.950  44.33.990;

(5) establish the rate of interest for loans consistent with law;

(6) charge and collect fees for services provided under AS 44.33.950  44.33.990;

(7) adopt regulations under AS 44.62 necessary to carry out the provisions of AS 44.33.950  44.33.990, including regulations to establish reasonable fees for services provided; and

(8) designate agents and delegate powers as necessary to the agents.
Alaska Stat. § 44.33.503 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.33 / Section 44.33.503
Place of competition.
Status: in_force

The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development shall solicit invitations from the larger communities in each of the regions for holding the regional competition. The community in each region which offers the best facilities and the greatest measure of cooperation for conducting the competition shall be selected as the location of the regional competition.
Alaska Stat. § 44.85.140 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.85 / Section 44.85.140
Negotiability of bonds or notes.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding other provisions of law, a bond or note issued under this chapter is fully negotiable for all purposes of AS 45.01  AS 45.08 , AS 45.12 , AS 45.14 , and AS 45.29 (Uniform Commercial Code), and a holder or owner of a bond or note, or of a coupon appurtenant to it, by accepting the bond, note, or coupon is conclusively considered to have agreed that the bond, note, or coupon is fully negotiable for all purposes of AS 45.01  AS 45.08 , AS 45.12 , AS 45.14 , and AS 45.29 .
Alaska Stat. § 44.88.140 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.88 / Section 44.88.140
Exemption from taxation.
Status: reserved

(a) Except as provided in AS 29.45.030 (a)(1), the real and personal property of the authority and its assets, income, and receipts are declared to be the property of a political subdivision of the state and, together with any project or development project financed under AS 44.88.155  44.88.159 or 44.88.172  44.88.177, and a leasehold interest created in a project or development project financed under AS 44.88.155  44.88.159 or 44.88.172  44.88.177, devoted to an essential public and governmental function and purpose, and the property, assets, income, receipts, project, development project, and leasehold interests shall be exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the state or a political subdivision of the state, including, without limitation, all boroughs, cities, municipalities, school districts, public utility districts, and other taxing units. All bonds of the authority are declared to be issued by a political subdivision of the state and for an essential public and governmental purpose and to be a public instrumentality, and the bonds, and the interest on them, the income from them and the transfer of the bonds, and all assets, income, and receipts pledged to pay or secure the payments of the bonds, or interest on them, shall at all times be exempt from taxation by or under the authority of the state, except for inheritance and estate taxes and taxes on transfers by or in contemplation of death. Nothing in this section affects or limits an exemption from license fees, property taxes, or excise, income, or any other taxes, provided under any other law, nor does it create a tax exemption with respect to the interest of any business enterprise or other person, other than the authority, in any property, assets, income, receipts, project, development project, or lease whether or not financed under this chapter. By January 10 of each year, the authority shall submit to the governor a report describing the nature and extent of the tax exemption of the property, assets, income, receipts, project, development project, and leasehold interests of the authority under this section. The authority shall notify the legislature that the report is available.

(b) An applicant or proposed applicant under this chapter and the local political subdivision may enter into agreements providing for payments in lieu of taxes, computed on a formula basis or otherwise. The agreement may provide that the payments be made to the local political subdivision or to any other taxing unit of the state including, without limitation, a borough, city, municipality, school district or public utility district, the area of which is coterminous in whole or in part with that of the local political subdivision.

(c) [Repealed, § 126 ch 6 SLA 1984.] (d) In this section, local political subdivision means the political subdivision of the state in which a project or development project financed under AS 44.88.155  44.88.159 or 44.88.172  44.88.177 is or is to be located.
Alaska Stat. § 44.19.022 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.19 / Section 44.19.022
Custodian of state seal.
Status: in_force

The lieutenant governor is the custodian of the state seal.
Alaska Stat. § 44.50.033 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.50 / Section 44.50.033
Application fee.
Status: in_force

A person applying for a commission as a notary public shall pay a nonrefundable application fee. The lieutenant governor shall set the amount of the fee by regulation. However, an applicant for a limited governmental notary public commission under AS 44.50.010 (a)(2) who is employed by the state may not be required to pay an application fee.
Alaska Stat. § 44.35.140 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.35 / Section 44.35.140
Compensation, per diem, and expenses.
Status: in_force

Members of the council receive no salary as council members. Members of the council who are not state officers or employees are entitled to per diem and travel expenses authorized by law for other boards and commissions.
Alaska Stat. § 44.33.786 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.33 / Section 44.33.786
Land use planning and state facility procurement plan.
Status: in_force

The department shall make recommendations to the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities and to appropriate program agencies concerning the effect upon the comprehensive plan or other land use plans or proposals of municipalities and unincorporated communities with respect to the facility procurement plan required to be prepared in accordance with AS 35.10.170 .
Alaska Stat. § 44.21.350 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.21 / Section 44.21.350
Powers and duties.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall (1) establish guidelines and prepare a state short-range and long-range information systems plan to meet state needs;

(2) in accordance with the state information systems plan, establish guidelines and direct state agencies to prepare agency information systems plans;

(3) in accordance with statutes governing the availability and confidentiality of information, establish guidelines for the accessing of information by the public.

(b) In addition to the commissioner's duties under (a) of this section, the commissioner may establish information-related policies and engage in information-related activities the commissioner considers necessary or appropriate.

(c) This section does not grant the commissioner responsibility for broadcast programming content. Program design, production, and use are the responsibility of the program-sponsoring agency or other entity.

(d) This section does not prohibit a state agency from developing information systems that are inconsistent with the guidelines established in (a) of this section if the commissioner gives written authorization for the user agency to engage in the independent design, development, management, or operation. The commissioner may authorize independent development only upon a showing of necessity. A description of authorization under this subsection shall be included in the annual report required under this section. Written authorization under this subsection is not required for intra-agency use of microcomputers.

(e) A state agency, including an agency authorized to develop an independent system under (d) of this section, shall coordinate the design, development, management, and operation of its information systems with the commissioner.
Alaska Stat. § 44.99.520 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.99 / Section 44.99.520
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In AS 44.99.500  44.99.520, (1) firearm has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900 (b);

(2) firearm accessory means an item that is used in conjunction with or mounted on a firearm but is not essential to the basic function of a firearm, including a telescopic or laser sight, magazine, flash or sound suppressor, folding or aftermarket stock and grip, speedloader, ammunition carrier, and light for target illumination;

(3) firearm part means a component of a firearm that is essential to the basic function of a firearm, including a component of an action or lock, the stock, and the barrel.

Article 6. Compact for a Balanced Budget.
Alaska Stat. § 44.88.900 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.88 / Section 44.88.900
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, (1) Arctic means the area of the state north of the Arctic Circle, north and west of the boundary formed by the Porcupine, Yukon, and Kuskokwim Rivers, all contiguous seas, including the Arctic Ocean, and the Beaufort, Bering, and Chukchi Seas, and the Aleutian Chain;

(2) Arctic infrastructure development means (A) the construction, improvement, rehabilitation, or expansion of a facility (i) in the Arctic to aid in development or meet emergency response needs; or

(ii) in the state if the construction, improvement, rehabilitation, or expansion supports or furthers the development of a facility in the Arctic; or

(B) the purchase, construction, improvement, rehabilitation, or expansion of a shore-based plant, facility, equipment, or assets used in support of a fishery in the Arctic.

(3) authority means the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority created by this chapter;

(4) business enterprise means a single proprietorship, cooperative, corporation, firm, partnership, or other association of persons organized in any manner, for any credit worthy business purpose;

(5) development fund means the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority sustainable energy transmission and supply development fund created in AS 44.88.660 ;

(6) development project has the meaning given to project in (13)(A) and (D)  (H) of this section;

(7) development project financing means money loaned by the authority or a guarantee of a loan, note, debt, or other financial obligation issued by the authority to fund or assist in funding a development project the authority does not intend to own and operate;

(8) federal agency means the United States and any officer, department, agency or instrumentality of the United States;

(9) governing body of a political subdivision means, when used with respect to the location of a project, the council of a city if the project is to be located in a city in the unorganized borough, or the assembly if the project is to be located in an organized borough or a unified municipality;

(10) lease includes, when used as a noun, an interest in, or when used as a verb, the transfer of an interest in, property less than fee simple title, including, without limitation, when used as a noun, agreements to use or occupy property;

(11) loan participation means the purchase of a portion of a loan from a financial institution if (A) the financial institution has obtained a commitment from the authority to purchase the portion of that loan before the financial institution has disbursed money as part of the loan to the borrower; or

(B) the authority determines that purchasing a portion of a preexisting loan will resolve lending limits or reserve restrictions imposed on the financial institution by law or a state or federal regulatory agency, or by the financial institution if the internal lending limit or reserve restriction is acceptable to the authority;

(12) oil and gas development project means a development project to produce proven oil or gas reserves;

(13) plant or facility means real property, whether above or below mean high water, or an interest in it, and the buildings, improvements, and structures constructed or to be constructed on or in it, and may include roads, fixtures, machinery, and equipment on it or in it, and tangible personal property, regardless of whether the tangible personal property is attached to or connected with real property, if the owner has agreed not to remove the tangible personal property permanently from the state for the period the authority sets; plant or facility does not include work in process or stock in trade;

(14) project means (A) a plant or facility used or intended for use in connection with making, processing, preparing, transporting, or producing in any manner, goods, products, or substances of any kind or nature or in connection with developing or utilizing a natural resource, or extracting, smelting, transporting, converting, assembling, or producing in any manner, minerals, raw materials, chemicals, compounds, alloys, fibers, commodities and materials, products, or substances of any kind or nature;

(B) a plant or facility used or intended for use in connection with a business enterprise;

(C) commercial activity by a business enterprise;

(D) a plant or facility demonstrating technological advances of new methods and procedures and prototype commercial applications for the exploration, development, production, transportation, conversion, and use of energy resources;

(E) infrastructure for a new tourism destination facility or for the expansion of a tourism destination facility; in this subparagraph, tourism destination facility does not include a hotel or other overnight lodging facility;

(F) a plant or facility, other than a plant or facility described in (D) of this paragraph, for the generation, transmission, development, transportation, conversion, or use of energy resources;

(G) a plant or facility that enhances, provides for, or promotes economic development with respect to transportation, communications, community public purposes, technical innovations, prototype commercial applications of intellectual property, or research;

(H) a plant or facility used or intended for use as a federal facility, including a United States military, national guard, or coast guard facility;

(I) infrastructure for an area that is designated as a military facility zone under AS 26.30 ;

(15) project applicant means a business enterprise or enterprises proposing to (A) use or occupy a project; or

(B) agree to permit others to use or occupy a project;

(16) project cost or cost of a project means all or any part of the aggregate costs determined by the authority to be necessary to finance the construction, expansion, or acquisition of a project, including without limitation the cost of acquiring real or tangible personal property, and, in connection with real property, the cost of constructing buildings and improvements, the cost of constructing means of access to and from the project, the cost of constructing extensions of utility systems to the site of the project; the cost of a project includes, without limitation, the cost of financing the project, interest charges before, during or after construction, expansion, or acquisition of the project, costs related to the determination of the feasibility, planning, design or engineering of the project and, to the extent determined necessary by the authority, administrative expenses, the cost of machinery or equipment to be used in the operation of the project and expenses of installation, replacement or rehabilitation, and all other costs, charges, fees and expenses which may be determined by the authority to be necessary to finance the construction, expansion, or acquisition;

(17) qualified energy development means a development in the state that involves (A) transmission, generation, conservation, storage, or distribution of heat or electricity;

(B) liquefaction, regasification, distribution, storage, or use of natural gas; in this subparagraph, (i) distribution does not include a natural gas pipeline project for transporting natural gas from the North Slope or Cook Inlet to market unless the pipeline has a diameter of 12 inches or less and transports the natural gas to Interior Alaska;

(ii) natural gas includes propane or propane and air mixture;

(C) distribution or storage of refined petroleum products;

(18) real property means land and rights and interests in land, including, without limitation, interests less than full title such as easements, uses, leases, and licenses;

(19) reserve-based loan means a loan made against and fully secured by an oil and gas field, proven undeveloped or developed oil and gas reserves, or other assets of the entity receiving the loan;

(20) revolving fund means the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority revolving fund created in AS 44.88.060 ;

(21) trade secret has the meaning given in AS 45.50.940 .
Alaska Stat. § 44.19.145 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.19 / Section 44.19.145
Functions and duties of the office; authority to establish coordinating and advisory planning groups.
Status: reserved

(a) The office shall (1) provide technical assistance to the governor and the legislature in identifying long range goals and objectives for the state and its political subdivisions;

(2) prepare and maintain a state comprehensive development plan;

(3) provide information and assistance to state agencies to aid in governmental coordination and unity in the preparation of agency plans and programs;

(4) review planning within state government as may be necessary for receipt of federal, state, or other funds;

(5) participate with other countries, provinces, states, or subdivisions of them in international or interstate planning, and assist the state's local governments, governmental conferences, and councils in planning and coordinating their activities;

(6) encourage educational and research programs that further state planning and development, and provide administrative and technical services for them;

(7) publish statistical information or other documentary material that will further the provisions and intent of AS 44.19.141  44.19.152;

(8) assist the governor and the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development in coordinating state agency activities that have an effect on the solution of local and regional development problems;

(9) serve as a clearinghouse for information, data, and other materials that may be helpful or necessary to federal, state, or local governmental agencies in discharging their respective responsibilities or in obtaining federal or state financial or technical assistance;

(10) review all proposals for the location of capital improvements by any state agency and advise and make recommendations concerning location of these capital improvements;

(11) [Repealed, E.O. No. 106, § 15 (2003).] (12) conduct internal audits of agencies and programs within the executive branch of state government.

(b) The office shall, in carrying out its functions, consult with local, regional, state, and federal officials, private groups and individuals, and with officials of other countries, provinces, and states, and may hold public hearings to obtain information for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of AS 44.19.141  44.19.152.

(c) The governor may establish coordinating or advisory planning groups.

(d) The office shall (1) coordinate its services and activities with those of other state departments and agencies to the fullest extent possible to avoid duplication;

(2) [Repealed, § 35 ch 126 SLA 1994.] (3) cooperate with the University of Alaska and other appropriate public and private institutions in research and investigations.
Alaska Stat. § 44.62.240 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.62 / Section 44.62.240
Limitation on retroactive action.
Status: in_force

If a regulation adopted by an agency under this chapter is primarily legislative, the regulation has prospective effect only. A regulation adopted under this chapter that is primarily an interpretative regulation has retroactive effect only if the agency adopting it has adopted no earlier inconsistent regulation and has followed no earlier course of conduct inconsistent with the regulation. Silence or failure to follow any course of conduct is considered earlier inconsistent conduct.
Alaska Stat. § 44.33.822 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.33 / Section 44.33.822
Boundary change.
Status: in_force

A majority of the membership of the Local Boundary Commission must vote in favor of a proposed boundary change before it may be presented to the legislature.
Alaska Stat. § 44.83.386 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.83 / Section 44.83.386
Investment of fund.
Status: in_force

The authority shall invest the money in the fund in the manner provided in AS 37.10.070 , 37.10.071, and 37.10.075. The authority may withdraw money from the fund only after costs have been incurred or amounts in the fund have been otherwise obligated under contracts for the acquisition and construction of a project.
Alaska Stat. § 44.19.024 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.19 / Section 44.19.024
Fees for issuing certificate.
Status: in_force

For issuing each certificate with the seal of the state affixed, the lieutenant governor shall collect a fee of $5 for each certificate.
Alaska Stat. § 44.85.086 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.85 / Section 44.85.086
Powers of subsidiary corporation.
Status: in_force

A subsidiary corporation created under AS 44.85.085 has the following powers in addition to those granted to it under AS 44.85.085 (c): (1) to make loans to and enter into contracts with governmental employers;

(2) to incur debt, subject to AS 37.15.903 , in furtherance of its purposes, in the form of bonds, notes, commercial paper, or other obligations as the subsidiary corporation considers appropriate, but only after submitting a proposal to the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee under AS 44.85.085 (e) and if the state bond rating is the equivalent of AA- or better;

(3) to secure its debt with a pledge of any assets that are available to the subsidiary corporation for the purpose, including identified revenue and contractual payments from participating governmental employers, and the general assets and revenue of the subsidiary corporation; and

(4) to enter into contracts with underwriters, bond counsel, financial advisors, accountants, actuaries, and other contractors to provide assistance as the subsidiary corporation considers desirable to accomplish its purposes.
Alaska Stat. § 44.62.520 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.62 / Section 44.62.520
Effective date of decision; stay.
Status: in_force

(a) A decision becomes effective 30 days after it is delivered or mailed to the respondent unless (1) a reconsideration is ordered within that time;

(2) the agency itself orders that the decision become effective sooner; or

(3) a stay of execution is granted for a particular purpose and not to postpone judicial review.

(b) A stay of execution may be included in the decision or, if not included in it, may be granted by the agency at any time before the decision becomes effective. The stay of execution may be accompanied by an express condition that the respondent comply with specified terms of probation. The terms of probation shall be just and reasonable in the light of the findings and decision.

(c) If the respondent was required to register with a public officer, a notification of suspension or revocation shall be sent to that officer after the decision becomes effective.
Alaska Stat. § 44.50.072 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.50 / Section 44.50.072
Regulations.
Status: in_force

(a) The lieutenant governor shall adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

(b) The regulations adopted by the lieutenant governor under this section must provide standards for (1) communication technology and identity proofing; and

(2) sufficient forms of notarial certificates for notarial acts performed for remotely located individuals.

(c) The regulations adopted by the lieutenant governor under this section may (1) prescribe the manner of performing notarial acts regarding tangible and electronic records;

(2) include provisions to ensure that a change to or tampering with a record bearing a notarial certificate is self-evident;

(3) include provisions to ensure integrity in the creation, transmittal, storage, or authentication of electronic records or signatures; and

(4) include provisions to prevent fraud or a mistake in the performance of notarial acts.

(d) In adopting, amending, or repealing a regulation regarding notarial acts with respect to electronic records, the lieutenant governor shall consider, so far as is consistent with this chapter, (1) the most recent standards regarding electronic records adopted by national bodies;

(2) standards, practices, and customs of other jurisdictions with substantially similar provisions; and

(3) the views of other governmental officials and entities and other interested persons.

(e) A regulation adopted by the lieutenant governor regarding the performance of notarial acts with respect to electronic records may not require, or accord greater legal status or effect to, the implementation or application of a specific technology or technical specification.
Alaska Stat. § 44.19.618 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.19 / Section 44.19.618
Technical assistance and staff support.
Status: in_force

The executive branch departments shall cooperate with the commission and provide technical assistance to the commission upon the request of the commission. The commission may use legal, technical, secretarial, and administrative services as may be provided by the governor.
Alaska Stat. § 44.62.540 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.62 / Section 44.62.540
Reconsideration.
Status: in_force

(a) The agency may order a reconsideration of all or part of the case on its own motion or on petition of a party. To be considered by the agency, a petition for reconsideration must be filed with the agency within 15 days after delivery or mailing of the decision. The power to order a reconsideration expires 30 days after the delivery or mailing of a decision to the respondent. If no action is taken on a petition within the time allowed for ordering reconsideration, the petition is considered denied.

(b) The case may be reconsidered by the agency on all the pertinent parts of the record and the additional evidence and argument that are permitted, or may be assigned to a hearing officer. A reconsideration assigned to a hearing officer is subject to the procedure provided in AS 44.62.500 . If oral evidence is introduced before the agency, an agency member may not vote unless that member has heard the evidence.
Alaska Stat. § 44.19.147 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.19 / Section 44.19.147
Internal audit records.
Status: in_force

The office shall keep a complete file of internal audit reports resulting from audits conducted under AS 44.19.145 (a), and a complete file of the internal audit work papers and other related supportive material. Internal audit work papers and other related supportive material are confidential, and internal audit reports are confidential until released by the governor. However, internal audit work papers and other related supportive material containing information, data, estimates, and statistics obtained during the course of an audit conducted under AS 44.19.145 (a) may be kept confidential only to the extent required by law applicable to the agency from which the material is or was obtained.
Alaska Stat. § 44.62.600 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.62 / Section 44.62.600
Voting procedure.
Status: in_force

A member of an agency qualified to vote on a question may vote by mail or by teleconferencing. A vote by teleconferencing shall be recorded in a manner that identifies each person who has voted and how the person voted.
Alaska Stat. § 44.88.110 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.88 / Section 44.88.110
Validity of pledge.
Status: in_force

It is the intention of the legislature that a pledge made in respect of bonds shall be valid and binding from the time the pledge is made; that the money or property so pledged and thereafter received by the authority shall immediately be subject to the lien of the pledge without physical delivery or further act; and that the lien of the pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the authority irrespective of whether the parties have notice. Neither the resolution, trust agreement, nor any other instrument by which a pledge is created need be recorded or filed under the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code to be valid, binding, or effective against the parties.
Alaska Stat. § 44.62.140 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.62 / Section 44.62.140
Distribution of code and register.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in this section, the lieutenant governor shall supply a complete set of the Alaska Administrative Code, and of the Alaska Administrative Register, and of each supplement to the code or register to the clerk of each local government unit, or if the authority to accept filings is delegated, to the person to whom this authority is delegated. A local government unit may decide to be excluded from the distribution requirements of this subsection. After receiving notice from the local government unit of the unit's decision to be excluded, the lieutenant governor shall exclude that local government unit from the distribution requirements of this subsection.

(b) A local government unit that requests to be excluded from the distribution requirements of (a) of this section may request to start receiving distributions as described under (a) of this section by providing written notice to the lieutenant governor. No later than July 1 of the fiscal year following receipt of notice by the lieutenant governor, the lieutenant governor shall include the local government unit in the distribution.
Alaska Stat. § 44.21.268 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.21 / Section 44.21.268
Powers of the commission.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may (1) employ all consultative, technical and clerical personnel necessary for the implementation of AS 44.21.256  44.21.290, within the limits of available funds;

(2) employ a director, who shall be directly responsible to the commission in financial and administrative matters;

(3) provide grants to locally controlled non-profit telecommunications entities which lease, purchase, construct, own, operate and manage and are the licensees of public broadcasting stations, production centers, and other related equipment and facilities for the production and transmission of open circuit, closed circuit, 2,500 megahertz, and other transmission means necessary to provide fully effective public broadcasting in the state;

(4) appoint unpaid advisory committees to assist in development of programs for public television broadcasts;

(5) provide assistance to licensed commercial broadcasting stations for the broadcast of public affairs programming.

(b) In performing its duties and exercising its authority under AS 44.21.256  44.21.290, the commission may not exercise control over the specific content or airing of any program material.
Alaska Stat. § 44.99.510 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.99 / Section 44.99.510
Infringements on the right to keep and bear arms; disaster.
Status: in_force

(a) During a disaster emergency declared under AS 26.23.020 , the governor, a state agency, or a municipality may not issue or adopt an order, proclamation, regulation, ordinance, or policy (1) forbidding the possession, use, or transfer of a firearm, a firearm part, a firearm accessory, ammunition, or other weapon for personal use;

(2) ordering the seizure or confiscation of a firearm, a firearm part, a firearm accessory, ammunition, or other weapon for personal use;

(3) limiting the quantity or placing other restrictions on the sale or service of firearms, firearm parts, firearm accessories, ammunition, or other weapons for personal use;

(4) unless a closure or limitation applies equally to all forms of commerce within the jurisdiction, closing or limiting the operating hours of (A) an entity engaged in the sale or service of firearms, firearm parts, firearm accessories, ammunition, or other weapons for personal use; or

(B) an indoor or outdoor shooting range;

(5) suspending or revoking a permit to carry a concealed handgun issued under AS 18.65.700 , except as provided in AS 18.65.735 and 18.65.740; or

(6) refusing to accept an application to carry a concealed handgun, provided the application contains the information required under AS 18.65.710 .

(b) This section does not apply to the possession of a firearm, a firearm part, a firearm accessory, ammunition, or other weapon by a person who is prohibited from legally possessing a firearm, a firearm part, a firearm accessory, ammunition, or other weapon under state law.

(c) A person may bring a civil action in superior court if the person is adversely affected by a violation of (a) of this section and the person is (1) qualified under state law to possess a firearm, a firearm part, a firearm accessory, ammunition, or other weapon; or

(2) a membership organization consisting of two or more individuals eligible under (1) of this subsection that is dedicated in whole or in part to the protection of the rights of persons who possess or use firearms or other weapons.
Alaska Stat. § 44.12.106 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.12 / Section 44.12.106
4-H Day.
Status: in_force

The first Wednesday of October of each year is established as 4-H Day in recognition of the contributions of 4-H programs to the positive development of youth in the state. 4-H Day may be observed by suitable observances and exercises by civic groups and the public.
Alaska Stat. § 44.99.120 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.99 / Section 44.99.120
Declaration of nuclear freeze policy.
Status: in_force

It is the policy of the State of Alaska (1) to recognize that the greatest challenge facing the earth is to prevent the occurrence of nuclear war by accident or design;

(2) to recognize that the nuclear arms race is dangerously increasing the risk of a holocaust that would be humanity's final war;

(3) to promote a mutual and verifiable freeze followed by reductions in nuclear warheads, missiles, and other delivery systems in order to halt the nuclear arms race and to reduce the risk of nuclear war.
Alaska Stat. § 44.50.061 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.50 / Section 44.50.061
Unauthorized practice.
Status: in_force

(a) A notary public who is not an attorney may complete but may not select notarial certificates, and may not assist another person in drafting, completing, selecting, or understanding a document or transaction requiring a notarial act.

(b) This section does not prohibit a notary public who is qualified in and, if required, licensed to practice, a particular profession from giving advice relating to matters in that professional field.

(c) A notary public may not make representations to have powers, qualifications, rights, or privileges that the office of notary public does not have.
Alaska Stat. § 44.81.350 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.81 / Section 44.81.350
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, (1) bank means the Alaska Commercial Fishing and Agriculture Bank;

(2) commercial agriculture includes commercially related activity in connection with producing, harvesting, processing, or marketing an agricultural, maricultural, or horticultural commodity, including the breeding, raising, shearing, feeding, caring for, training, and management of livestock, bees, poultry, shellfish, and fur-bearing animals and wildlife, and the planting, cultivating, caring for, harvesting, or processing of forest products on a sustained yield basis;

(3) commission means the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission under AS 16.43.020 ;

(4) member of the bank includes (A) a holder of a share of membership stock of the bank; or

(B) a patron of the bank with retained patronage earnings, or other form of capital ownership in the bank, of $2,500 or more to the patron's credit;

(5) natural resources includes water, coal or other minerals, oil or gas, and geothermal systems; in this paragraph, (A) coal means all forms of coal, including lignite;

(B) gas includes all natural gas and all hydrocarbons produced at the wellhead that are not oil;

(C) geothermal system means a stratum, pool, reservoir, or other geologic formation containing geothermal resources;

(D) oil includes crude petroleum oil and other hydrocarbons regardless of gravity that are produced at the wellhead in liquid form and the liquid hydrocarbons known as distillate or condensate recovered or extracted from gas, other than gas produced in association with oil and commonly known as casinghead gas;

(E) other minerals means clay, stone, sand, gravel, metalliferous and non-metalliferous ores, and other solid materials or substances of commercial value excavated in solid form from natural deposits on or in the earth; other minerals does not include coal or minerals that occur naturally in liquid or gaseous forms;

(6) permit means a limited entry permit issued under AS 16.43 ;

(7) resident farmer means a person who is a resident of the state and who is engaged in commercial agriculture in the state;

(8) resident fisher means a person who is a resident of the state and who is engaged in commercial fishing in the state;

(9) supplier means a person whose main source of income is from providing goods or services that are directly related to commercial fishing or agriculture to individuals, corporations, partnerships, or joint ventures engaged in commercial fishing or agriculture;

(10) tourism means the provision or presentation of goods, supplies, equipment, food and food stuffs, accommodations, entertainment, cultural practices and attractions, natural resource access, or transportation for Alaska tourists;

(11) water has the meaning given in AS 46.15.260 .
Alaska Stat. § 44.33.896 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.33 / Section 44.33.896
Alaska regional economic assistance program.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to appropriation, the department shall (1) encourage the formation of regional development organizations by providing assistance in forming organizations to interested individuals, including information on how to qualify and apply for regional development grants and federal funding under 42 U.S.C. 3121  3246 (Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965), as amended;

(2) assist an interested individual in establishing boundaries for a proposed organization to ensure that the region (A) is of sufficient geographic size and contains a large enough population to form an economically viable unit with shared interests, resources, traditions, and goals;

(B) contains at least one municipality that serves as a regional center; and

(C) contains the entire area of each municipality included in the region;

(3) gather information about regional economic issues, international trade, and tourism from organizations;

(4) serve as liaison between organizations and other state agencies and encourage other agencies to make resources available to help accomplish goals of the organizations;

(5) assist each organization to (A) provide services designed to encourage economic development to local communities and businesses;

(B) collect and distribute economic information relevant to the region;

(C) participate in state marketing campaigns and join state trade missions that are relevant to the region; and

(D) develop and implement strategies to attract new industry, expand international trade opportunities, and encourage tourism within the region.

(b) Subject to appropriation and to (c) of this section, the department may make regional development grants to organizations for projects the department determines will be of value in encouraging economic development. During a fiscal year, the department may make not more than 15 grants and may only make grants to one organization from a particular region. An organization that is designated an economic development district under 42 U.S.C. 3171 qualifies for grants under this subsection. The department shall by regulation adopt procedures for applying for regional development grants, including application deadlines. The department may by regulation establish additional grant eligibility requirements.

(c) To qualify for a grant, a regional development organization must match the grant by providing an amount of money from nonstate sources. The department shall establish by regulation a formula that determines the amount of the match required under this subsection based on the capability of each organization to generate money from nonstate sources. The amount of match required may not exceed the amount of grant money and may not be less than 20 percent of the grant. The total amount of grant money provided to an organization during a fiscal year may not exceed $100,000.

(d) There is established in the department the regional development fund consisting of appropriations to the fund. Money from the fund may be used only for regional development grants.

(e) Not later than February 1 of each year, the department shall compile a report on the activities of regional development organizations. The department shall deliver the report to the senate secretary and the chief clerk of the house of representatives and notify the legislature that the report is available. The report must include the information listed in (1) - (3) of this subsection. To compile the report, the department shall require each regional development organization to provide the following information to the department on or before a date set by the department: (1) an assistance and funding summary for the previous fiscal year that includes (A) the assistance provided to the organization by the department, the amount and purposes of grants made to the organization by the department, and a statement of any other funding received by the organization from the state;

(B) the amount of federal funding and grants received by the organization; and

(C) the amounts and sources of private sector sponsorships;

(2) an activity summary that includes (A) a summary of the meetings of the board of the regional development organization held during the past year, including the number of meetings and the date, location, and a brief description of the agenda of each meeting;

(B) a summary of economic development initiatives being undertaken and services being provided by the regional development organization at the time of the report;

(C) a work plan containing goals, objectives, and strategies for addressing regional economic needs;

(D) a summary of any comprehensive economic development strategy being implemented by the board at the time of the report; and

(E) the status of projects funded by grants from the state or the federal government; and

(3) an economic development summary that includes (A) potential projects identified by the board that may enhance economic development; and

(B) challenges to regional economic development identified by the board.

(f) In this section, (1) department means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development;

(2) regional development organization or organization means a nonprofit organization or nonprofit corporation formed to encourage economic development within a particular region of the state that includes the entire area of each municipality within that region and that has a board of directors that represents the region's economic, political, and social interests.

Article 15. Alaska Forest Products Research and Marketing Program.
Alaska Stat. § 44.64.060 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.64 / Section 44.64.060
Procedure for hearings.
Status: in_force

(a) The chief administrative law judge shall, by regulation, establish procedures for administrative hearings conducted by the office. Each administrative hearing under the jurisdiction of the office or that has been transferred to the office by an agency shall be conducted in accordance with statutes that apply to that hearing, including, if applicable, AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act). In case of conflict between this section and another applicable statute establishing procedures for administrative hearings, the other statute prevails. However, to the extent regulations adopted by an agency for the conduct of an administrative hearing conflict with regulations adopted by the chief administrative law judge under this subsection, the regulations adopted by the chief administrative law judge control to the maximum extent possible without conflicting with applicable statutes.

(b) When an agency receives a request for a hearing that is subject to AS 44.64.030 , the agency shall, within 10 days and in writing, deny the request for reasons provided by law or grant the request and refer the case to the office. The agency shall immediately give notice of the denial or referral to the requesters and the office. If the request is denied, the denial may be appealed to the superior court as provided by other law. If the request is granted, the agency shall, within 15 days after receiving the request, compile and transmit to the office a copy of the request for a hearing, the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all parties and their representatives, and the agency's decision, if any, together with the record relied on to support the decision. Any information provided to the office that is confidential by law shall be identified by the agency as confidential and shall be kept confidential by the office.

(c) The agency may, with materials transmitted under (b) of this section, request the chief administrative law judge to permit the individual, board, or commission that will make the final decision to participate with the assigned administrative law judge in the conduct of the administrative hearing. The chief administrative law judge shall determine the degree and manner of participation and may terminate that participation at any time. However, the individual, board, or commission that participates under this subsection may not serve as the administrative law judge or preside during the hearing and may not take action on behalf of the agency in the agency's capacity as a party to the proceedings.

(d) An administrative law judge employed or retained by the office shall, within 120 days after the date the agency received the request for a hearing, prepare a proposed decision, unless another time period is provided by law or agreed to by the parties and the chief administrative law judge. The administrative law judge shall immediately submit the proposed decision to the agency.

(e) A proposed decision in an administrative hearing shall be in a form that may be adopted as the final decision by the agency with authority to make the final decision. The proposed decision is a public record, except as otherwise provided by statute. A copy of the proposed decision shall be served by the office on each party in the case or on the attorneys representing those parties in the hearing. Unless the office has established a shorter time period or another statute has established a different time period, within 30 days after the proposed decision is served, a party may file with the agency a proposal for action under (1)  (5) of this subsection. The agency with authority to make a final decision in the case retains agency discretion in the final disposition of the case and shall, within 45 days after the date the proposed decision is served or at the next regularly scheduled meeting that occurs at least 45 days after the proposed decision is served, do one or more of the following: (1) adopt the proposed decision as the final agency decision;

(2) return the case to the administrative law judge to take additional evidence or make additional findings or for other specific proceedings, in which case the administrative law judge shall complete the additional work and return the revised proposed decision to the agency within 45 days after the original decision was returned under this paragraph;

(3) exercise its discretion by revising the proposed enforcement action, determination of best interests, order, award, remedy, sanction, penalty, or other disposition of the case, and adopt the proposed decision as revised;

(4) in writing, reject, modify, or amend a factual finding in the proposed decision by specifying the affected finding and identifying the testimony and other evidence relied on by the agency for the rejection, modification, or amendment of the finding, and issue a final agency decision;

(5) in writing, reject, modify, or amend an interpretation or application in the proposed decision of a statute or regulation directly governing the agency's actions by specifying the reasons for the rejection, modification, or amendment, and issue a final agency decision.

(f) If a final decision is not issued timely in accordance with (e) of this section, the administrative law judge's proposed decision is the final agency decision.
Alaska Stat. § 44.85.040 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.85 / Section 44.85.040
Officers, quorum, and meetings.
Status: in_force

(a) The directors shall elect one of their number as chairman. The directors shall elect a secretary and a treasurer who need not be directors, and the same person may be elected to serve both as secretary and treasurer. The powers of the bond bank authority are vested in the directors, and three directors of the bond bank authority constitute a quorum. Action may be taken and motions and resolutions adopted by the bond bank authority at any meeting by the affirmative vote of at least three directors. A vacancy in the directorship of the bond bank authority does not impair the right of a quorum to exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of the bond bank authority.

(b) The bond bank authority may meet and transact business by an electronic medium if (1) public notice of the time and locations where the meeting will be held by an electronic medium has been given in the same manner as if the meeting were held in a single location; (2) participants and members of the public in attendance can hear and have the same right to participate in the meeting as if the meeting were conducted in person; and (3) copies of pertinent reference materials, statutes, regulations, and audio-visual materials are reasonably available to participants and to the public. A meeting by an electronic medium as provided in this subsection has the same legal effect as a meeting in person.
Alaska Stat. § 44.33.020 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.33 / Section 44.33.020
Duties of department; regulations.
Status: in_force

(a) The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development shall (1) advise and assist local governments;

(2) advise the governor and other commissioners on the delivery of government services to rural areas, including services relating to public safety, justice, economic development, natural resource management, education, and public health;

(3) make recommendations to the governor and other commissioners about policy changes that would affect rural governments and rural affairs;

(4) serve as staff for the Local Boundary Commission;

(5) conduct studies and carry out experimental and pilot projects for the purpose of developing solutions to community and regional problems;

(6) promote cooperative solutions to problems affecting more than one community or region, including joint service agreements, regional compacts, and other forms of cooperation;

(7) serve as a clearinghouse for information useful in solution of community and regional problems, and channel to the appropriate authority requests for information and services;

(8) advise and assist community and regional governments on matters of finance, including but not limited to bond marketing and procurement of federal funds;

(9) prepare suggested guidelines relating to the content of notice of bond sale advertisements, prospectuses, and other bonding matters issued by local governments;

(10) administer state funds appropriated for the benefit of unorganized regions within the state, allowing for maximum participation by local advisory councils and similar bodies;

(11) as assigned through a delegation by the governor, administer and implement the state's role in the federal community development quota program established under 16 U.S.C. 1855(i) or a successor federal program; the department may adopt regulations under a delegation from the governor to implement duties under this paragraph;

(12) carry out those administrative functions in the unorganized borough that the legislature may prescribe;

(13) study existing and proposed laws and state activities that affect community and regional affairs and submit to the governor recommended changes in those laws and activities;

(14) coordinate activities of the state that affect community and regional affairs;

(15) assist in the development of new communities and serve as the agent of the state for purposes of participation in federal programs relating to new communities;

(16) supervise planning, management, and other activities required for local eligibility for financial aid under those federal and state programs that provide assistance to community and regional governments;

(17) advise and assist municipalities on procedures of assessment, valuation, and taxation, and notify municipalities of major errors in those procedures;

(18) apply for, receive, and use funds from federal and other sources, public or private, for use in carrying out the powers and duties of the department;

(19) request and utilize the resources of other agencies of state government in carrying out the purposes of this chapter to the extent the utilization is more efficient than maintaining departmental staff, reimbursing the other agencies when appropriate;

(20) administer state and, as appropriate, federal programs for revenue sharing, community assistance, grants, and other forms of financial assistance to community and regional governments;

(21) administer the state programs relating to commerce or community development, enforce the laws relating to these programs, and adopt regulations under these laws;

(22) register corporations;

(23) collect corporation franchise taxes;

(24) enforce state laws regulating public utilities and other public service enterprises, banking and securities, insurance, and other businesses and enterprises touched with a public interest;

(25) make veterans' loans;

(26) furnish the budgeting, clerical, and administrative services for regulatory agencies and professional and occupational licensing boards not otherwise provided for;

(27) conduct studies, enter into contracts and agreements, and make surveys relating to the economic development of the state and, when appropriate, assemble, analyze, and disseminate the findings obtained;

(28) provide factual information and technical assistance for potential industrial and commercial investors;

(29) receive gifts, grants, and other aid that facilitate the powers and duties of the department from agencies and instrumentalities of the United States or other public or private sources;

(30) establish and activate programs to achieve balanced economic development in the state and advise the governor on economic development policy matters;

(31) formulate a continuing program for basic economic development and for the necessary promotion, planning, and research that will advance the economic development of the state;

(32) cooperate with private, governmental, and other public institutions and agencies in the execution of economic development programs;

(33) review the programs and annual reports of other departments and agencies as they are related to economic development and prepare an annual report on the economic growth of the state;

(34) administer the economic development programs of the state;

(35) perform all other duties and powers necessary or proper in relation to economic development and planning for the state;

(36) request tourism-related businesses in the state to provide data regarding occupancy levels, traffic flow and gross receipts and to participate in visitor surveys conducted by the department; data collected under this paragraph that discloses the particulars of an individual business is not a matter of public record and shall be kept confidential; however, this restriction does not prevent the department from using the data to formulate tourism economic impact information including expenditure patterns, tax receipts and fees, employment and income attributable to tourism, and other information considered relevant to the planning, evaluation, and policy direction of tourism in the state;

(37) provide administrative and budgetary services to the Real Estate Commission under AS 08.88 as requested by the commission;

(38) sell at cost, to the extent possible, publications and promotional materials developed by the department;

(39) as delegated by the governor, administer under 16 U.S.C. 1856 the internal waters foreign processing permit procedures and collect related fees;

(40) administer state laws relating to the issuance of business licenses;

(41) comply with AS 15.07.055 to serve as a voter registration agency to the extent required by state and federal law, including 42 U.S.C. 1973gg (National Voter Registration Act of 1993);

(42) carry out other functions and duties, consistent with law, necessary or appropriate to accomplish the purpose of this chapter;

(43) oversee the administration of outstanding loans and financial assistance under the Alaska BIDCO assistance program under former AS 37.17.500  37.17.690;

(44) supply necessary clerical and administrative services for the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and the Marijuana Control Board.

(b) The department may adopt regulations necessary to carry out its statutory functions.
Alaska Stat. § 44.27.044 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.27 / Section 44.27.044
Compensation.
Status: in_force

The trustees are not entitled to receive compensation for their services, but they may be reimbursed by the council for actual and necessary travel expenses at the same rate paid to members of state boards under AS 39.20.180 .
Alaska Stat. § 44.68.130 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.68 / Section 44.68.130
Financing surplus property service; special fund.
Status: in_force

(a) The functions of the Department of Administration under AS 44.68.120  44.68.140 shall be, to the fullest extent possible, self-supporting. Funds to pay for personal services and all other expenses necessary to operate under AS 44.68.120  44.68.140 shall be obtained from appropriations authorized under AS 44.68.120  44.68.140 and fees charged to users of surplus property. However, charges may not be made when property is transferred for civil defense purposes. The department shall establish the fees to be charged. Charges may be made to reimburse the department for direct costs incurred on behalf of users of surplus property.

(b) The charges or fees imposed by the department for the acquisition, warehousing, distribution, or transfer of federal surplus property for educational, public health, or civil defense purposes, including research, and for purposes eligible under federal law are limited to those reasonably related to the costs of care and handling in respect to acquisition, receipt, warehousing, distribution, or transfer by the department. In the case of real property, the charges and fees shall be limited to the reasonable administrative costs of the department incurred in transferring the property. A reasonable reserve may be considered as a proper cost.

(c) There is a special revolving fund in the state treasury. All fees and other money collected from users and receiving agencies shall be deposited in this fund. Administrative costs and incidental expenses shall be paid from this special fund.
Alaska Stat. § 44.12.180 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.12 / Section 44.12.180
Black History Month.
Status: in_force

The month of February each year is established as Black History Month. Black History Month may be observed by schools, community groups, and other public and private agencies and individuals with appropriate activities to honor and recognize the contributions that African Americans have made in the history of this state and the United States.
Alaska Stat. § 44.85.120 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.85 / Section 44.85.120
Care and custody of bonds.
Status: in_force

The bond bank authority, in accordance with AS 36.30 (State Procurement Code), may enter into agreements or contracts with a bank, trust company, banking or financial institution inside or outside the state as may be necessary, desirable, or convenient, in the opinion of the bond bank authority, for rendering services in connection with the care, custody, or safekeeping of municipal bonds or other investments held or owned by the bond bank authority, for rendering services in connection with the payment or collection of amounts payable as to principal or interest, and for rendering services in connection with the delivery to the bond bank authority of municipal bonds or other investments purchased by it or sold by it, and to pay the cost of those services. The bond bank authority may also, in connection with any of the services to be rendered by a bank, trust company, or banking or financial institution as to the custody and safekeeping of its municipal bonds or investments, require security in the form of collateral bonds, surety agreements, or security agreements in such form and amount as, in the opinion of the bond bank authority, is necessary or desirable.
Alaska Stat. § 44.85.420 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.85 / Section 44.85.420
Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Alaska Municipal Bond Bank Authority Act or the Alaska Municipal Bond Bank Act. In transactions involving general obligation bonds of municipalities, the Alaska Municipal Bond Bank Authority created by this chapter may be referred to as the Alaska Municipal Bond Bank with the same legal effect as if the reference were to Alaska Municipal Bond Bank Authority.
Alaska Stat. § 44.42.420 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.42 / Section 44.42.420
Regulations.
Status: in_force

(a) The department, after consultation with the Department of Environmental Conservation, the Department of Health, the Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Law, and the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, shall prescribe in regulation a bulk testing method for gravel or other aggregate material containing naturally occurring asbestos.

(b) The department, after consultation with the Department of Environmental Conservation, the Department of Health, the Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Law, and the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, may adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) to implement AS 44.42.400  44.42.430, including regulations revising statewide standards on the use in the construction and maintenance of transportation projects and public facilities of gravel or other aggregate material that, when tested using a bulk test method prescribed by the department by regulation, is determined to have a content equal to or greater than 0.25 percent of naturally occurring asbestos by mass. The regulations adopted under this subsection must include (1) procedures for completing site investigations and characterizations of proposed projects, including the development and description of appropriate laboratory practices;

(2) procedures for reviewing design alternatives and preparing and evaluating appropriate comparative cost analyses that consider the use of gravel or other aggregate material that does not contain naturally occurring asbestos;

(3) procedures for evaluating human health concerns arising out of gravel or other aggregate material that contains naturally occurring asbestos and documentation of methods and means to be used during periods of handling of the gravel or other aggregate material to ensure compliance with appropriate workplace safety and air quality standards relating to the project and to ensure the health and safety of communities affected by construction projects that use gravel or other aggregate material containing naturally occurring asbestos;

(4) procedures for preparing designs and design specifications for facilities involving use of gravel or other aggregate material that contains naturally occurring asbestos;

(5) procedures for outlining construction operation and maintenance practices that are required and those that are minimally acceptable to meet requirements of law applicable to the handling of compounds that contain asbestos;

(6) procedures for processing, reviewing, and approving or disapproving site-specific use plans and area designation requests received under AS 44.42.400 (b) in a uniform manner;

(7) guidelines to analyze the cost of a project;

(8) guidelines for determining whether the cost associated with the use of gravel or other aggregate material free from naturally occurring asbestos under AS 44.42.410 (d) is economically unreasonable;

(9) guidelines for determining whether the cost associated with burying or sealing gravel or other aggregate material containing naturally occurring asbestos under AS 44.42.410 (a)(2) and (3) is economically unreasonable;

(10) guidelines for establishing areas designated under AS 44.42.400 (b) or (c) that take into account the effect on human health in and around the designated area and environmental factors affecting the transfer of asbestos fibers within and outside of a designated area.
Alaska Stat. § 44.21.415 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.21 / Section 44.21.415
Office of elder fraud and assistance.
Status: in_force

(a) The office of elder fraud and assistance is established in the office of public advocacy to investigate complaints involving fraud committed against older Alaskans who are not otherwise able to bring a complaint without assistance, as defined in regulation, and to provide assistance to older Alaskans who are victims of fraud. The office shall work with local, state, and national law enforcement and social service agencies through cooperative agreements and may bring civil enforcement actions for injunctive and other relief for fraud committed against older Alaskans.

(b) In conducting an investigation under this section, the office of elder fraud and assistance may issue subpoenas, conduct interviews, and examine the business records, advances, transactions, and relevant records associated with the alleged fraud committed against an older Alaskan. The office may enter into contracts with attorneys and seek a court order to enforce a subpoena.

(c) In addition to the functions described under (a) and (b) of this section, the office of elder fraud and assistance shall provide information, referrals, and other assistance to older Alaskans who are victims of fraud and make recommendations to the commissioner for regulations on eligibility for assistance needed to implement this section.

(d) A cooperative agreement under (a) of this section must include a description of office operations and investigation protocols.

(e) Subject to the discretion of the court and standards established in regulation adopted by the commissioner of administration and taking into consideration the financial condition of the parties to a civil suit brought under this section, the office of public advocacy may seek recovery of all or part of litigation costs and fees from any party, including costs incurred during the investigation of the case, when the office of public advocacy is found to be a prevailing party after trial or settlement negotiation. The office of public advocacy shall enter into a fee agreement with a client that is consistent with this section, the Alaska Rules of Court, and the Alaska Rules of Professional Conduct.

(f) Nothing in this section prohibits the Department of Law from investigating or prosecuting a person for unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of trade or commerce under AS 45.50.471 and 45.50.495.

(g) In this section, (1) fraud means (A) robbery, extortion, and coercion under AS 11.41.500  11.41.530;

(B) offenses against property under AS 11.46.100  11.46.740; or

(C) exploitation of another person or another person's resources for personal profit or advantage with no significant benefit accruing to the person who is exploited;

(2) older Alaskan means a person residing in the state who is 60 years of age or older.
Alaska Stat. § 44.81.250 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.81 / Section 44.81.250
Transfer of entry permits after foreclosure.
Status: in_force

(a) Upon foreclosure of a pledge of an entry permit under AS 44.81.241  44.81.249 or the termination of a debtor's interest in an entry permit under AS 44.81.247 (b), the bank shall determine if the permit is subject to a buy-back program under AS 16.43.290  16.43.330 and, if it is subject to a buy-back program, shall offer the permit to the commission at a price equal to the outstanding indebtedness on the loan.

(b) If the permit is not subject to a buy-back program, or if the commission fails to buy back the permit within 30 days after the commission receives the offer, the bank shall sell the permit to a person who qualifies as a transferee of an entry permit under AS 16.43 and the regulations adopted by the commission. The bank shall give preference to an offer to purchase a permit made by a state resident if the price offered is equal to or greater than the price offered by a nonresident. If the proceeds of the sale of a permit exceed the amount necessary to pay the indebtedness in full, the bank shall remit the excess to the borrower.

(c) At any time before foreclosure of a pledge of a permit, or within 30 days following foreclosure of a pledge of a permit, the equitable owner or former equitable owner may nominate a person to assume the loan. A person nominated must qualify as a transferee of the permit under AS 16.43 and must qualify to assume the loan under the requirements of the bank. If the person qualifies, the permit shall be transferred to the nominee upon the nominee's assumption of the loan.

(d) This section does not affect the right of the bank to institute legal actions against the borrowers, guarantors, or other sureties for performance to collect the indebtedness owing on the loan and to take other legal action on the collateral securing the loan.
Alaska Stat. § 44.46.029 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.46 / Section 44.46.029
Dental radiological equipment.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not authorize the department to register, inspect, test, or otherwise regulate dental radiological equipment or records relating to dental radiological equipment regulated by the Department of Health under AS 44.29.020 (d).
Alaska Stat. § 44.25.270 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.25 / Section 44.25.270
Budget recommendations; reports.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall annually, not later than September 15, submit to the governor and the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee a budget for the next fiscal year and a proposed plan of implementation based on the integrated comprehensive mental health program plan prepared under AS 47.30.660 (a)(1). The budget must include the authority's determination of the amount (1) recommended for expenditure from the general fund during the next fiscal year to meet the operating and capital expenses of the integrated comprehensive mental health program;

(2) in the mental health trust settlement income account, if any, that is not reasonably necessary to meet the projected operating and capital expenses of the integrated comprehensive mental health program that may be transferred into the general fund; and

(3) of the expenditures the authority intends to make under AS 37.14.041 and 37.14.045, including the specific purposes and amounts of any grants or contracts as part of the state's integrated comprehensive mental health program.

(b) When the authority submits its proposed budget under (a) of this section, the authority shall also provide a report to the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee, the governor, the Office of Management and Budget, the commissioner of health, and all entities providing services with money in the mental health trust settlement income account, and shall make the report available to the public. The report must describe at least the following: (1) the assets, earnings, and expenditures of the trust as of the end of the preceding fiscal year;

(2) comparisons of the trust's assets, earnings, and expenditures with the prior five fiscal years;

(3) projections of the trust's assets, earnings, and expenditures for the next five fiscal years;

(4) the authority's budget recommendations submitted under (a) of this section, and its reasons for making those recommendations;

(5) the authority's guidelines for the establishment of services; the provision of services shall be based on the principle that services paid for from the trust are provided to recipients as close to the recipient's home and family as practical with due consideration of demographics, mental health service requirements, use of mental health services, economic feasibility, and capital expenditures required for provision of minimum levels of service;

(6) forecasts of the number of persons needing services;

(7) projections of the resources required to provide the necessary services and facilities; and

(8) reviews of the status of the integrated comprehensive mental health program, including evaluation of program goals, objectives, targets and timelines, and overall effectiveness.
Alaska Stat. § 44.25.041 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.25 / Section 44.25.041
Exemptions from bonding requirement.
Status: in_force

(a) A fish processor or primary fish buyer that does not purchase fish or hire employees is exempt from the bonding requirements of AS 44.25.040 .

(b) Restaurants, grocery stores, and established fish markets are exempt from the bonding requirement of AS 44.25.040 .
Alaska Stat. § 44.19.642 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.19 / Section 44.19.642
Membership; staff.
Status: reserved

(a) The commission consists of 16 members, appointed or designated in a manner that ensures rural areas of the state are represented, as follows: (1) the chief justice of the Alaska Supreme Court or another active or retired justice of the supreme court or an active or retired judge of the court of appeals designated by the chief justice;

(2) an active or retired superior court judge designated by the chief justice for a three-year term;

(3) an active or retired district court judge designated by the chief justice for a three-year term;

(4) a member of the Alaska Native community designated by the Alaska Native Justice Center for a three-year term;

(5) the deputy attorney general for the division of the Department of Law that has responsibility for criminal cases or the deputy attorney general's designee;

(6) the public defender or the public defender's designee;

(7) the commissioner of corrections or the commissioner's designee;

(8) the commissioner of public safety or the commissioner's designee;

(9) the chief executive officer of the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority or the chief executive officer's designee for a three-year term;

(10) two active duty peace officers, one representing a rural community off the road system and one representing an urban community, designated by the Alaska Association of Chiefs of Police for three-year terms;

(11) one victims' rights advocate designated by the Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, after consultation with its members and partner organizations, for a three-year term;

(12) one nonvoting member, serving ex officio, who is a member of the senate appointed by the president of the senate;

(13) one nonvoting member, serving ex officio, who is a member of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives;

(14) the commissioner of health or the commissioner's designee; and

(15) one person who has been convicted of a felony offense in the state for which the person has been unconditionally discharged, designated jointly by the deputy attorney general for the division of the Department of Law that has responsibility for criminal cases and the public defender for a three-year term; in this paragraph, unconditionally discharged has the meaning given in AS 12.55.185 .

(b) [Repealed, § 17 ch 23 SLA 2022.] (c) The commission shall, by majority vote of the membership, elect a chair and other officers it considers necessary from among its membership to serve on a yearly basis.

(d) The Alaska Judicial Council shall provide staff and administrative support to the commission.
Alaska Stat. § 44.33.900 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.33 / Section 44.33.900
Alaska forest products research and marketing program.
Status: in_force

(a) The Alaska Forest Products Research and Marketing Program is established in the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development.

(b) The program is established to provide a statewide information clearinghouse and coordinator to gather and disseminate information relating to research and development, including technical, logistical, financing, marketing, and other relevant information regarding the manufacture of specific value-added wood products and the establishment of new high value-added manufacturing facilities in the state, and to assist in coordinating existing research and development efforts by state and federal agencies and other public and private entities.

(c) The program coordinator shall identify unfilled needs and problems impeding the development of a high value-added wood products industry in the state, gather information and conduct analyses, and propose solutions by exploring successful models in other states and nations.

Article 16. Broadband.
Alaska Stat. § 44.68.030 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.68 / Section 44.68.030
Exemptions.
Status: in_force

AS 44.68.010  44.68.040 do not apply to the use of vehicles by the governor.
Alaska Stat. § 44.19.602 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.19 / Section 44.19.602
Appointment; officers.
Status: in_force

(a) The members shall be appointed on a nonpartisan and nondiscriminatory basis by the governor. In making the appointments, the governor shall give due consideration to (1) the recommendations made by civic organizations, women's organizations, educational and vocational groups, employer groups, labor unions, church groups, homemakers' clubs and organizations, and other groups having an interest in the welfare and status of women;

(2) statewide geographical representation of the commission;

(3) minority and low-income representation;

(4) representation of senior citizens, persons with disabilities, and persons from a variety of occupational categories; and

(5) representation of persons with different marital statuses and persons with various numbers of children.

(b) The commission shall elect one of its members as chair. The chair may appoint other officers as necessary.
Alaska Stat. § 44.21.315 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.21 / Section 44.21.315
Telecommunications services.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with the state information systems plan adopted by the commissioner and with the departmental information systems plan, the department shall provide (1) technical consultation to educational and public telecommunications users;

(2) coordination and support to telecommunications services for instruction, including technical assistance and assistance in preparation of applications for grants related to program development as may be requested by (A) public school districts and the Department of Education and Early Development;

(B) the University of Alaska; and

(C) other state agencies as approved by the commissioner;

(3) coordination and support for health and safety-related functions, including the administrative and client services provided by state, federal, and private agencies;

(4) coordination and support to telecommunications services for public participation in state-financed services, including the public hearing process, as may be statutorily required or otherwise appropriate;

(5) assistance, through design, development, and promotion, to local school districts or other local and regional education agencies for the regionalization of instructional telecommunications services;

(6) establishment of operational policies for public telecommunications services other than public broadcasting; and

(7) assistance to the Alaska Public Broadcasting Commission and any commission-designated subcommitteees, as necessary to perform assigned department functions; the department shall cooperate with the commission and subcommittees in order to develop policies which are responsive to the user groups which are represented on the commission.

(b) Subject to available funding, the department may make grants to educational and public telecommunication users except grants for public broadcasting purposes.

(c) The department shall study, plan, and develop integrated instructional telecommunications services for all residents of the state and, after public hearings, submit to the governor and the legislature an annually updated long-term development plan prepared in consultation with the Department of Education and Early Development, the University of Alaska, local school districts, and other local and regional education areas.

(d) The department shall, after public hearings, submit to the governor an annually updated long-term development plan for teleconferencing facilities and services, including facilities and services used both by state agencies and groups other than state agencies.

(e) The department may not own, operate, or be the licensee of a public noncommercial broadcast station or production center.

(f) Nothing in this section implies department responsibility for programming content. Program design, production, and use are the responsibility of the program-sponsoring agency or other entity, not the department.
Alaska Stat. § 44.23.050 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.23 / Section 44.23.050
Employment of attorney to appear before distant court.
Status: in_force

If a matter in which the state is interested is pending in a court distant from the capital, and it is necessary for the state to be represented by counsel, the attorney general, with the approval of the governor, may engage one or more attorneys to appear for the attorney general. The attorney general may pay for these services out of appropriations for the attorney general's office.
Alaska Stat. § 44.33.826 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.33 / Section 44.33.826
Hearings on boundary changes.
Status: in_force

A local government boundary change may not be proposed to the legislature unless a hearing on the change has been held in or in the near vicinity of the area affected by the change.
Alaska Stat. § 44.19.647 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.19 / Section 44.19.647
Annual report and recommendations.
Status: reserved

(a) The commission shall submit to the governor and the legislature an annual report. The report must include (1) a description of its proceedings for the previous calendar year;

(2) a description of recidivism rates;

(3) analysis of the data reported by the Department of Law under AS 44.23.040 ;

(4) the results of any data analysis, studies, or research conducted under AS 44.19.645 relevant to understanding the efficiency and effectiveness of the criminal justice system;

(5) a description provided by the Department of Health, the Department of Corrections, and the Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault of state-funded treatment programs designed to promote rehabilitation, such as substance abuse, mental health, and violence prevention programs, including a description of program funding, capacity, utilization, and any available outcome data; and

(6) if requested by the legislature, the governor, or the chief justice of the supreme court, the results of data analysis, studies, or research or the recommendations for improving criminal sentencing practices and criminal justice practices, including rehabilitation and restitution.

(b) The commission shall submit the annual report, findings, and recommendations provided under this section not later than November 1 of each year.

(c) [Repealed, § 73 ch 1 4SSLA 2017.] (d) In the report required under (a) of this section, the commission shall include a summary and analysis of the information collected under AS 44.19.645 (i). The commission shall (1) provide a summary in the form of tables, charts, graphs or other formats that are easily understood;

(2) include a review of the data and the commission's interpretations, findings, or conclusions related to the information collected;

(3) describe any changes in the types of information collected during the preceding fiscal year;

(4) make the summary and analysis required under this subsection available to the public; the commission may not publish or present individually identifiable information relating to an inmate;

(5) include, when possible, information from the previous fiscal year, comparisons to previous fiscal years, and cumulative information; and

(6) present the summary and analysis to the legislature within 10 days after the convening of the next regular session of the legislature following the submission of the report.
Alaska Stat. § 44.12.094 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.12 / Section 44.12.094
Alaska Mining Day.
Status: in_force

Alaska Mining Day is established on May 10 of each year to recognize and honor the intrepid individuals and industry that played an enormous role in settling and developing the territory and the state and that continue to contribute to the economy of the state. Mining served as a driving force behind the creation of the Alaska Railroad in the early 20th century, and the ongoing development of the mineral resources of the state, including rare earth minerals, contributes to the security and economy of the state and the nation. Alaska Mining Day may be observed by educational and celebratory events, projects, and activities to increase public awareness of and appreciation for mining and miners in the state and the many uses for the minerals mined in the state.
Alaska Stat. § 44.12.340 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.12 / Section 44.12.340
Exceptions.
Status: in_force

(a) The government, as defined in AS 44.12.330 , may use a language other than English when necessary for the following purposes: (1) to communicate health and safety information or when an emergency requires the use of a language other than English;

(2) to teach another language to students proficient in English;

(3) to teach English to students of limited English proficiency;

(4) to promote international relations, trade, commerce, tourism, or sporting events;

(5) to protect the constitutional and legal rights of criminal defendants;

(6) to serve the needs of the judicial system in civil and criminal cases in compliance with court rules and orders;

(7) to investigate criminal activity and protect the rights of crime victims;

(8) to the extent necessary to comply with federal law, including the Native American Languages Act;

(9) to attend or observe religious ceremonies;

(10) to use non-English terms of art, names, phrases, or expressions included as part of communications otherwise in English; and

(11) to communicate orally with constituents by elected public officials and their staffs, if the public official or staff member is already proficient in a language other than English.

(b) An individual may provide testimony or make a statement to the government in a language other than English, if the individual is not an officer or employee of the government, and if the testimony or statement is translated into English and included in the records of the government.
Alaska Stat. § 44.81.051 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.81 / Section 44.81.051
Bylaws.
Status: in_force

The board may adopt bylaws for the bank for the regulation and management of the affairs of the bank, and may alter, amend, or repeal them. The bylaws shall be consistent with this chapter and other laws that apply to the bank.
Alaska Stat. § 44.99.110 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.99 / Section 44.99.110
Declaration of state mineral policy.
Status: in_force

The legislature, acting under art. VIII, sec. 1 of the Constitution of the State of Alaska, in an effort to further the economic development of the state, to maintain a sound economy and stable employment, and to encourage responsible economic development within the state for the benefit of present and future generations through the proper conservation and development of the abundant mineral resources within the state, including metals, industrial minerals, and coal, declares as the mineral policy of the state that (1) mineral exploration and development be given fair and equitable consideration with other resource uses in the multiple use management of state land;

(2) mineral development be encouraged through reasonable and consistent nonduplicative regulations and administrative stipulations;

(3) mineral development and the entry into the market place of mineral products be considered in developing a statewide transportation infrastructure system;

(4) mineral development be encouraged through appropriate public information and education, scientific research, technical studies, and University of Alaska program involvement;

(5) economic development with respect to the state mineral industry be encouraged with Pacific Rim nations.
Alaska Stat. § 44.81.270 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.81 / Section 44.81.270
Audits and examinations of bank.
Status: reserved

(a) The legislative auditor may cause the bank to be audited in the manner and under the conditions established by AS 24.20.271 for audits performed by the legislative audit division. The legislative audit division has free access to all books and papers of the bank that relate to the business of the bank and books and papers kept by a director, officer, or employee relating to or upon which a record of the business of the bank is kept. The legislative audit division may summon witnesses and administer oaths or affirmations in the examination of directors, officers, or employees of the bank or another person in relation to the affairs, transactions, and conditions of the bank, and may require and compel the production of records, books, papers, contracts, or other documents by court order if not voluntarily produced. At the direction of the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee under AS 24.20.271 , the legislative auditor may conduct an audit of the bank.

(b) The legislative auditor and the auditor's employees may not disclose information acquired by them in the course of an audit of the bank concerning the particulars of the business or affairs of a borrower of the bank or another person, unless the information is required to be disclosed by law or under a court order.

(c) The bank shall be audited annually by independent outside auditors. The legislative auditor may confer with the outside auditors and review the work papers of the audit. The board shall engage the outside auditors, who shall be responsible to the board. The bank shall submit copies of each report of the outside auditors to the legislative auditor within 30 days of the report by the bank.

(d) [Repealed, § 2 ch 27 SLA 2003.]
Alaska Stat. § 44.50.037 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.50 / Section 44.50.037
Certificate of commission.
Status: in_force

Upon commission of a notary public under this chapter, the lieutenant governor shall provide to the notary public a certificate of commission indicating the commission and the dates of the term of the commission.
Alaska Stat. § 44.81.231 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.81 / Section 44.81.231
Pledge of permits.
Status: in_force

(a) A limited entry permit issued under AS 16.43 may be pledged by the holder as security for a loan authorized under AS 44.81.236 if the certificate for the pledged permit lists the bank as the legal owner of the permit and the pledger as the equitable owner of the permit.

(b) Annual permit cards issued under the pledged permit must be in the name of the equitable owner who shall be responsible for compliance with the laws that govern the permit as if the equitable owner were the holder of the permit.

(c) Co-borrowers or guarantors on a loan secured by one or more pledged permits do not have a right in the pledged permit of the equitable owner, whether by subrogation or other manner.

(d) Upon payment of the loan, the bank shall certify to the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission that the loan has been repaid, and the commission shall amend the permit certificate to list the equitable owner as the holder, and the legal interest of the bank shall terminate.

(e) In anticipation of a possible foreclosure under AS 44.81.241  44.81.250, the equitable owner of a permit that is pledged as security for the loan may nominate a person to whom the permit may be transferred if the pledge is foreclosed under AS 44.81.245 .
Alaska Stat. § 44.62.260 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.62 / Section 44.62.260
Limitation on effective period of emergency regulations.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in (c) of this section, a regulation adopted as an emergency regulation does not remain in effect more than 120 days unless the adopting agency complies with AS 44.62.040 (c), 44.62.060, and 44.62.190  44.62.215 either before submitting the regulation to the lieutenant governor or during the 120-day period.

(b) Except as provided in (c) of this section, before the expiration of the 120-day period, the agency shall transmit to the lieutenant governor for filing a certification that AS 44.62.040 (c), 44.62.060, and 44.62.190  44.62.215 were complied with before submitting the regulation to the lieutenant governor, or that the agency complied with those sections within the 120-day period. Failure to so certify repeals the emergency regulation; it may not be renewed or refiled as an emergency regulation.

(c) A substance scheduled by the attorney general by emergency regulation under AS 11.71.125 will remain on the schedule under the emergency regulation for a period not to exceed 1,095 days unless the legislature schedules the substance by law or annuls the regulation by law.
Alaska Stat. § 44.68.010 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.68 / Section 44.68.010
Authorized uses.
Status: in_force

State-owned vehicles may be used only in the conduct of state business. A state officer or employee may not use or permit the use of a state-owned vehicle except in the conduct of state business.
Alaska Stat. § 44.33.960 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.33 / Section 44.33.960
Eligibility.
Status: in_force

(a) For an applicant to be eligible for a loan under AS 44.33.950  44.33.990, the applicant shall (1) be a resident of the state, as determined under (b) of this section;

(2) provide a reasonable amount of money from other nonstate sources for use on any project or enterprise for which money from a loan will be used; and

(3) if the requested loan amount is more than $35,000, provide to the department a document from a state financial institution stating that (A) the applicant has been denied a loan for the same purpose; or

(B) a loan from the financial institution is contingent on the applicant also receiving a loan from the fund.

(b) To meet the residency requirements of (a) of this section, the applicant (1) shall physically reside in this state and maintain a domicile in this state during the 12 consecutive months preceding the date of application for the program; and

(2) may not have (A) declared or established residency in another state; or

(B) received residency or a benefit based on residency from another state.
Alaska Stat. § 44.62.930 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.62 / Section 44.62.930
Teleconferencing.
Status: in_force

(a) An agency may use teleconferencing for the benefit or convenience of the parties, the public, or the agency, in connection with a proceeding or act authorized under this chapter if all statutory and constitutional rights of the parties are waived or adequately protected.

(b) Teleconferencing may be used to establish quorums, receive public input, and, if all voting individuals have an opportunity to evaluate all testimony and evidence, to vote on actions.
Alaska Stat. § 44.88.010 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.88 / Section 44.88.010
Legislative finding and policy.
Status: in_force

(a) The legislature finds, determines, and declares that (1) there exist areas of the state in which seasonal and nonseasonal unemployment exists;

(2) this unemployment is a serious menace to the health, safety, and general welfare, not only to the people in those areas, but also to the people of the entire state;

(3) the state lacks the basic manufacturing, industrial, energy, export, small business, and business enterprises and the other facilities referred to in this subsection necessary to permit adequate development of its natural resources and the balanced growth of its economy;

(4) the establishment and expansion of industrial, manufacturing, energy, export, small business, and business enterprises in the state and the other facilities referred to in this subsection are essential to the development of the natural resources and the long-term economic growth of the state, and will directly and indirectly alleviate unemployment in the state;

(5) the expansion of export trade is vital to the health and growth of the state's economy;

(6) many state businesses could benefit from additional financial and technical assistance with respect to the exportation of their products and services;

(7) the Export-Import Bank of the United States has been mandated by the Export-Import Bank Act Amendments of 1983 to provide technical assistance and export financing support to small businesses in cooperation with state export finance agencies;

(8) Alaska-based exporters can be effectively assisted through the establishment, as part of the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, of an export financing program designed to work with the Export-Import Bank of the United States and other federal, state, and private institutions;

(9) the achievement of the goal of full employment and of establishment and continuing operation and development of industrial, manufacturing, energy, export, small business, and business enterprises in the state will be accelerated and facilitated by the creation of an instrumentality of the state with powers to incur debt, to own and operate facilities, and to make and insure loans to finance and to assist private lenders to make loans to finance the establishment, operation, and development of industrial, manufacturing, energy, export, small business, and business enterprises;

(10) it is in the public interest to promote the prosperity and general welfare of all citizens of the state by (A) stimulating commercial and industrial growth and expansion by encouraging an increase of private investment by banks, investment houses, insurance companies, and other financial institutions, including pension and retirement funds, to help satisfy the need for economic expansion;

(B) encouraging the production of raw materials and goods for export, the expansion of exports and raw materials and goods, and the rendering of services abroad by residents of the state through the establishment of a program that provides financial assistance in cooperation with federal, state, and private institutions for these purposes in the form provided in this chapter;

(C) creating the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority with the powers necessary to accomplish the objectives stated in this paragraph, including the power to issue taxable and tax-exempt bonds, to acquire ownership interests in projects, and to provide development project financing as provided in this chapter;

(11) it is in the state's interest to import private capital to create new economic activity that would not otherwise take place in the state.

(b) It is declared to be the policy of the state, in the interests of promoting the health, security, and general welfare of all the people of the state, and a public purpose, to increase job opportunities and otherwise to encourage the economic growth of the state, including the development of its natural resources, through the establishment and expansion of manufacturing, industrial, energy, export, small business, and business enterprises and the other facilities referred to in (a) of this section by creating the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority with the powers, duties, and functions as provided in this chapter.

(c) It is further declared to be the policy of the state, in the interests of promoting the health, security, and general welfare of all the people of the state, and a public purpose of the state, to accomplish the objectives set out in (b) of this section through the provision of financial support to a federal, state, municipal, or private entity.
Alaska Stat. § 44.85.170 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.85 / Section 44.85.170
Loans to political subdivisions and joint insurance arrangements.
Status: in_force

(a) The bond bank authority, to carry out the purposes and policies of this chapter, may lend money to municipalities through the purchase by the bond bank authority of municipal bonds of municipalities and if the purpose of the loan is to provide financing for a municipal self-insurance program and the loan meets the credit standards of the bond bank authority, may lend money to municipalities, or municipal joint insurance arrangements organized under AS 21.76 . Notwithstanding a home rule charter provision requiring public sale by a municipality of its municipal bonds, a municipality may sell its municipal bonds to the bond bank authority at a negotiated, private sale. The bond bank authority, for this purpose, may issue its bonds and notes payable solely from the revenues or funds available to the bond bank authority for such payment and may otherwise assist municipalities as provided in this chapter.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, to the extent that any department or agency of the state is the custodian of money payable to a political subdivision, at any time after written notice to the department or agency head from the bond bank authority that the political subdivision is in default on the payment of principal or interest on municipal bonds then held or owned by the bond bank authority, or amounts due under an agreement between the bond bank authority and a political subdivision or a municipal joint insurance arrangement organized under AS 21.76 , the department or agency shall withhold the payment of that money from that political subdivision and pay over the money to the bond bank authority for the purpose of paying principal of and interest on the bonds or debt. The notice shall be given in each instance of default.
Alaska Stat. § 44.25.048 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.25 / Section 44.25.048
Definitions for surety bond program.
Status: in_force

In AS 44.25.040  44.25.048, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) commissioner means the commissioner of revenue;

(2) established fish market means a market maintained in a permanent structure exclusively for the sale of seafood to the public at retail;

(3) fish means any species of aquatic finfish, invertebrates and amphibians, shellfish, or any other raw fishery resource, in any stage of its life cycle, found in or introduced into the state, and includes fish eggs except fish eggs sold for stock enhancement purposes;

(4) fish processor means a person engaging or attempting to engage in a business for which a license is required under AS 43.75 ;

(5) grocery store means a store maintained for the sale of food products exclusively to the public at retail;

(6) primary fish buyer means a person, other than a cooperative corporation organized under AS 10.15 , engaging or attempting to engage in the business of originally purchasing or buying any fishery resource in intrastate, interstate, or foreign commerce;

(7) restaurant includes a place maintained for the sale and on-premise consumption of food, and a street vendor who sells food prepared for immediate consumption.
Alaska Stat. § 44.62.730 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.62 / Section 44.62.730
Use of convener.
Status: in_force

(a) An agency head may use the services of an impartial person as a convener to assist in making the determination of need under AS 44.62.720 and to assist the agency to (1) identify the persons who will be significantly affected by a proposed regulation; and

(2) conduct discussions with affected persons on the issues of concern and determine whether the establishment of a negotiated regulation making committee is feasible and appropriate for the particular proposed regulation.

(b) A person acting as a convener may also be named as a facilitator under AS 44.62.760 . The convener shall report findings and make recommendations to the agency. The report and recommendations of the convener shall be made available to the public upon request.
Alaska Stat. § 44.21.262 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.21 / Section 44.21.262
Chairman.
Status: in_force

At the first meeting, the commission shall elect a chairman from among its members to serve for one year. A chairman may be elected and serve for more than one consecutive term.
Alaska Stat. § 44.50.067 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.50 / Section 44.50.067
Resignation.
Status: in_force

(a) To resign a commission, a notary public shall notify the lieutenant governor in writing of the resignation and the date that it is effective. The notary public shall sign the notification.

(b) A notary public who does not any longer meet the requirements of this chapter to be a notary public shall immediately resign the commission.
Alaska Stat. § 44.21.290 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.21 / Section 44.21.290
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In AS 44.21.256  44.21.290, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) commission means the Alaska Public Broadcasting Commission;

(2) public broadcasting includes, but is not limited to, television and radio transmission by 2,500 megahertz, closed circuit or microwave video and audio programming, slow-scan television programming, programming via satellite, teletype or facsimile transmission, and distribution methods, when the transmission, programming, and distribution are intended to serve a noncommercial public purpose.

Article 4. Telecommunications Services and Operations.
Alaska Stat. § 44.88.177 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.88 / Section 44.88.177
Operation of projects.
Status: in_force

If a project is financed under AS 44.88.172 , the authority shall solicit the review and advice of the Regional Resource Advisory Council or governing body in the area in which a project is located before the execution of contracts, agreements, resolutions, or other matters that directly concern the development, maintenance, and operation of a project.
Alaska Stat. § 44.33.118 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.33 / Section 44.33.118
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In AS 44.33.010  44.33.118, (1) commissioner means the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development;

(2) department means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development.

Article 2. Tourism.
Alaska Stat. § 44.12.068 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.12 / Section 44.12.068
Vietnam Veterans Day.
Status: in_force

Vietnam Veterans Day is established on March 29 of each year to acknowledge and commemorate the military service of American men and women in Vietnam. The day may be observed by suitable observances and exercises by civic groups and the public.
Alaska Stat. § 44.09.097 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.09 / Section 44.09.097
Honor and Remember Flag.
Status: in_force

(a) The Honor and Remember Flag is designated as an official symbol of the state for the purpose of recognizing and honoring members of the armed forces of the United States who have died in the line of duty and their families.

(b) The design of the Honor and Remember Flag is a red field signifying the blood spilled by brave men and women who sacrificed their lives for freedom, a blue star symbolizing active service in military conflict, a white border representing the purity of sacrifice, a gold star signifying the ultimate sacrifice of a warrior in active service who is not returning home and reflecting the value of a life given, a folded flag element signifying the final tribute to a fallen member of the armed forces and highlighting a family's sacrifice, and a flame signifying the eternal spirit of the departed.

(c) The Honor and Remember Flag may be displayed at the locations listed in (d) of this section on any day, including (1) the third Saturday in May, known as Armed Forces Day;

(2) the last Monday in May, known as Memorial Day;

(3) the Friday immediately preceding Memorial Day, known as Alaska Veterans' Poppy Day;

(4) the 14th of June, known as Flag Day;

(5) the fourth of July, known as Independence Day;

(6) the third Friday in September, known as National POW/MIA Recognition Day;

(7) the last Sunday in September, known as Gold Star Mother's Day; and

(8) the 11th of November, known as Veterans Day.

(d) The Honor and Remember Flag may be displayed at the following locations on the days listed under (c) of this section: (1) the state capitol;

(2) a court facility; in this paragraph, court facility has the meaning given in AS 22.05.025 (b);

(3) the main municipal office location of each municipality;

(4) memorials to Alaska veterans constructed under AS 44.35.030 ; and

(5) Alaska veterans' cemeteries established and maintained under AS 44.35.035 .

(e) An employee of the state or a municipality may not be required to report to work solely for the purpose of displaying the Honor and Remember Flag.

(f) The commissioner of administration may adopt regulations to implement this section.
Alaska Stat. § 44.77.060 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.77 / Section 44.77.060
Request for attorney general's opinion.
Status: in_force

If a question of law is involved in a case before the Department of Administration, it may request a written opinion from the attorney general.
Alaska Stat. § 44.83.700 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.83 / Section 44.83.700
Railbelt Transmission Organization.
Status: in_force

(a) The Railbelt Transmission Organization is created for the purpose of establishing an open access transmission tariff that (1) provides for recovery of transmission costs and related ancillary services; and

(2) replaces wholesale charges assessed by unit by each utility in the Railbelt with a new mechanism that fairly recovers and equitably allocates the costs of operating the backbone transmission system.

(b) For administrative purposes, the transmission organization is a division of the Alaska Energy Authority.

(c) To assist in administering the open access transmission tariff, the governance structure for the transmission organization must be made up of a representative from the authority, a representative from each Railbelt utility, and, as an ex officio nonvoting representative, the chief executive officer of the applicable electric reliability organization or the chief executive officer's designee.

(d) Notwithstanding AS 42.05.711 (b) and AS 44.83.090 (b), the transmission organization is subject to the jurisdiction of the commission for the purposes of AS 44.83.700  44.83.720. The commission shall require the transmission organization to apply for a certificate under AS 42.05.221 and file tariffs to achieve the purposes of AS 44.83.700  44.83.720.
Alaska Stat. § 44.29.600 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.29 / Section 44.29.600
Governor's council on disabilities and special education.
Status: in_force

There is established the Governor's Council on Disabilities and Special Education. For budgetary purposes, the council is located within the Department of Health but is the interdepartmental planning and coordinating agency of the Department of Health, the Department of Education and Early Development, and other departments that deliver services to persons who are experiencing a disability. In addition, except as provided in AS 44.29.700  44.29.730, the council is the state planning council and interagency coordinating council for purposes of federal laws relating to persons who are experiencing a disability.
Alaska Stat. § 44.85.010 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.85 / Section 44.85.010
Legislative policy.
Status: in_force

(a) It is the policy of the state to (1) foster and promote by all reasonable means the provision of adequate capital markets and facilities for borrowing money by municipalities in the state to finance capital improvements or for other authorized purposes, to assist these municipalities in fulfilling their capital needs and requirements by use of borrowed money within statutory interest rate or cost of borrowing limitations, to the greatest extent possible to reduce costs of borrowed money to taxpayers and residents of the state, and equally to encourage continued investor interest in the purchase of bonds or notes of municipalities as sound and preferred securities for investment;

(2) encourage municipalities to continue their independent undertakings and financing of capital improvements and other authorized purposes and to assist them by making capital funds available at reduced interest costs for orderly financing of capital improvements and other purposes especially during periods of restricted credit or money supply, particularly for those municipalities not otherwise able to borrow for capital needs;

(3) assist municipalities to provide for adequate insurance coverage by authorizing the Alaska Municipal Bond Bank Authority to issue negotiable or nonnegotiable revenue bonds, notes, or certificates of participation either directly or through an entity it may create for the purpose of providing a self-insurance program for municipalities or municipal joint insurance arrangements organized under AS 21.76 ;

(4) assist governmental employers to prepay all or a portion of their share of unfunded accrued actuarial liabilities of retirement systems in an effort to reduce their costs of satisfying their contractual obligations to provide retirement and other benefits to public employees through the issuance of bonds, notes, commercial paper, or other obligations by the bond bank authority or by a subsidiary corporation created by the bond bank authority under AS 44.85.085 , but only after submitting a proposal to the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee and if the state bond rating is the equivalent of AA- or better; this assistance is limited as provided in AS 37.15.903 ;

(5) assist the University of Alaska by providing capital funds through loans that minimize costs and the effects on the debt capacity of the University of Alaska;

(6) assist regional health organizations to provide health care facilities by providing capital funds through loans that minimize costs and the effects on the debt capacity of regional health organizations when the commissioner of health anticipates a state financial benefit and an increase in regional quality of care;

(7) assist joint action agencies in providing public utilities, including hydroelectric power projects, through loans and bonds that minimize costs and the effects on the debt capacity of public utilities and joint action agencies.

(b) The legislature further declares that (1) the exercise of the powers of the state in the interest of its municipalities and in the interest of public employees of the state and of its municipalities is required to further and implement the policies declared in (a) of this section by authorizing the creation of a state bond bank authority as a body corporate and politic that will have full powers to borrow money and to issue its bonds and notes to make capital funds available for borrowing by municipalities and for borrowing by or on behalf of governmental employers, by authorizing governmental employers to contract with the bond bank authority or with a subsidiary created under AS 44.85.085 for the purpose of reducing future costs of providing retirement and other benefits to employees, and by granting broad powers to the bond bank authority to carry out the declared policies, which are in the public interest of the state and its taxpayers and residents;

(2) state funds should be applied or authorized to be paid to a state bond bank authority only to provide adequate assurance and security to the holders of the bonds or notes of the bond bank authority;

(3) the bond bank authority should conduct its operations to provide the lowest rates in terms of borrowing to municipalities as is consistent with a self-supporting operation with no expectation of subsidization with state funds; the legislature does not intend that the bond bank authority be utilized as a means to finance municipalities beyond their capability to meet repayment schedules and debt service requirements of bonds or notes;

(4) the bond bank authority or its subsidiary should conduct its operations to provide the lowest rates in terms of borrowing to governmental employers under AS 44.85.085 and 44.85.086 as is consistent with a self-supporting operation with no expectation of subsidization with state funds; the legislature does not intend that the bond bank authority or its subsidiary be utilized as a means to finance governmental employers under AS 44.85.085 and 44.85.086 beyond their capability to meet repayment schedules and debt service requirements of bonds, notes, commercial paper, or other obligations to the bond bank authority or its subsidiary.
Alaska Stat. § 44.81.101 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.81 / Section 44.81.101
Pledge of the state.
Status: in_force

(a) The state pledges to and agrees with any lender to the bank that the state will not limit or alter the rights and powers given to the bank by this chapter to fulfill the terms of a contract made by the bank with the lender to the bank, or in any way impair the rights and remedies of the lender to the bank. The bank is authorized to include this pledge and agreement of the state in a contract with any lender to the bank.

(b) The pledge of the state is limited to the express provisions of (a) of this section and is not a guarantee, surety, promise, undertaking, or assurance of repayment or performance of any obligation of the bank.
Alaska Stat. § 44.25.020 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.25 / Section 44.25.020
Duties of department.
Status: in_force

The Department of Revenue shall (1) enforce the tax laws of the state;

(2) collect, account for, have custody of, invest, and manage all state funds and all revenues of the state except revenues incidental to a program of licensing and regulation carried on by another state department, funds managed and invested by the Alaska Retirement Management Board, and as otherwise provided by law;

(3) invest and manage the balance of the power development fund in accordance with AS 44.83.386 ;

(4) administer the surety bond program for licensure as a fish processor or primary fish buyer;

(5) provide reasonable assistance to the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority under AS 44.88.850 (c).
Alaska Stat. § 44.33.760 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.33 / Section 44.33.760
Loan information officers.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may provide itinerant loan information officers to serve persons who reside outside the major population centers of the state.

(b) The loan information officers shall be trained, to the extent that the department considers necessary, in a program administered by the department and approved by the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, and the principal departments of the executive branch that administer loan programs.

(c) A majority of the loan information officers shall be persons who are conversant in Alaska Native languages that are spoken by a significant number of Alaska Natives. The department shall provide brochures and other printed materials, written in easily understandable English and in the Alaska Native languages that are spoken by a significant number of Alaska Natives, for distribution by the loan information officers. The brochures and printed materials must explain the purposes of the various state loan programs, the minimum qualifications under the programs, the method for obtaining assistance in the completion of applications for the programs, and other information the department determines will improve the access of persons in rural areas to the state's loan programs.

(d) The department shall coordinate its efforts under this section with local financial institutions and community groups to determine the proper itinerary and travel schedule of the loan information officers and to provide adequate notice to persons in rural areas of the itinerary and travel schedule of the loan information officers.

(e) The department shall assign the loan information officers to rural areas based on the current and potential future demands for loans in those areas and shall establish offices for the loan information officers in rural areas if the department determines it is necessary to provide familiarity with the area served by the loan information officers and to reduce travel costs.
Alaska Stat. § 44.81.243 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.81 / Section 44.81.243
Bank remedies after failure to cure.
Status: in_force

If the borrowers and guarantors on a loan secured by a permit pledged under AS 44.81.231 fail to cure a default within the time stated in the notice given under AS 44.81.241 , the total indebtedness owing on the loan immediately becomes due and payable to the bank, and the bank shall be entitled to take any legal action to collect the loan, including the foreclosure under AS 44.81.245 of the permit pledge that secures the loan and the institution of legal action. If the bank forecloses the permit pledge, the bank may proceed in the order the bank selects, whether before, after, or concurrent with other action taken to collect the loan.
Alaska Stat. § 44.35.105 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.35 / Section 44.35.105
Alaska Veterans Advisory Council.
Status: in_force

There is created in the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs the Alaska Veterans Advisory Council.
Alaska Stat. § 44.29.670 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.29 / Section 44.29.670
Legislative findings related to persons with disabilities; policy.
Status: in_force

(a) The legislature finds that: (1) self-direction and autonomy enhance quality of life, support independence, build self-confidence, and generate skills that help people protect themselves from abuse;

(2) the people of the state share a vision of a flexible system of support for persons with physical and mental disabilities that allows persons with physical and mental disabilities to participate actively, with assistance based on each person's strengths and abilities, in managing their own support services so that all persons with physical and mental disabilities can achieve a meaningful life in their homes, jobs, and communities; and

(3) as a part of this vision, professional staff and support services should be made available to families of persons with physical and mental disabilities throughout the state now and into the future.

(b) It is the policy of the state that the department and the legislature consider the vision of support services described in (a) of this section when determining the need for new and existing services for persons with physical and mental disabilities and establishing priorities among those needs. It is also the policy of the state to encourage and enable persons with physical and mental disabilities to participate fully in the social and economic life of the state.

(c) Nothing in this section (1) creates a right;

(2) supersedes another law relating to eligibility for programs for persons with physical or mental disabilities; or

(3) authorizes the department to apply for a waiver under 42 U.S.C. 1396n(j) to provide medical assistance payments for self-directed personal assistance services.

Article 7. Statewide Independent Living Council.
Alaska Stat. § 44.62.125 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.62 / Section 44.62.125
Regulations attorney.
Status: in_force

(a) In the Department of Law a particular attorney, called the regulations attorney, shall be assigned, as the attorney's primary responsibility, the functions relating to the handling of administrative regulations.

(b) The department shall (1) advise all state administrative agencies of the nature and use of administrative regulations;

(2) alert the agencies to statutes that need to be implemented, interpreted, or made clear by regulation;

(3) continually review the regulations, make recommendations to the respective agencies concerning deficiencies, conflicts, and obsolete provisions in and the need for reorganization or revision of the regulations, and prepare regulations to be adopted by the agencies, correcting or removing the deficiencies, conflicts, and obsolete provisions;

(4) work with all administrative agencies possessing regulation-making power in drafting all new regulations, advising the agencies of legal problems encountered, and ensuring compliance with the drafting manual for administrative regulations prepared by the Department of Law under AS 44.62.050 ;

(5) assist the agencies in holding public hearings under AS 44.62.210 ;

(6) to the extent necessary after regulations have been filed by the lieutenant governor, edit and revise them for consolidation into the Alaska Administrative Code in the manner provided for the revisor of statutes under AS 01.05.031 ;

(7) draft bills for consideration by the governor to transfer matter that should be statutory law from the Alaska Administrative Code to the Alaska Statutes and to clarify agency regulatory power when clarification is needed.

Article 3. The Alaska Administrative Register and Code.
Alaska Stat. § 44.42.010 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.42 / Section 44.42.010
Commissioner of transportation and public facilities.
Status: in_force

The principal executive officer of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities is the commissioner of transportation and public facilities.
Alaska Stat. § 44.41.020 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.41 / Section 44.41.020
Powers and duties of department.
Status: reserved

(a) The Department of Public Safety shall administer functions relative to the protection of life and property, including functions relating to transfer of a firearm. The department may enter into agreements with nonprofit organizations and federal and local government agencies to train personnel of those agencies in the protection of life and property. The department may charge a reasonable fee for services provided under a training agreement or for services relating to transfer of a firearm.

(b) The department may enter into agreements with federal and local government agencies to provide a statewide criminal justice information system. Reasonable fees may be charged by the department to cover the costs of providing services under these agreements, including maintenance of terminal hardware and network connect charges.

(c) The department shall establish, and may require state and local law enforcement agencies to use, standardized methods of collecting and recording law enforcement and crime statistics.

(d) The Department of Public Safety may operate state housing in support of the department's statutory responsibilities and charge rent consistent with applicable collective bargaining agreements, or, if no collective bargaining agreement is applicable, competitive with market conditions.

(e) [Repealed, § 8 ch 55 SLA 2012] (f) The Department of Public Safety shall establish by regulation standardized forms for citations issued by law enforcement officers and other persons authorized by law to issue citations in the state.

(g) The Department of Public Safety shall manage and administer the peace officer and firefighter survivors fund established in AS 39.60.010 in cooperation with the Department of Administration. The Department of Public Safety shall establish standardized procedures and forms for use in administering the peace officer and firefighter survivors fund.

(h) The Department of Public Safety shall provide administrative services to the Violent Crimes Compensation Board.

(i) The Department of Public Safety shall publish on the department's Internet website the department's current policies and procedures related to the conduct of peace officers employed by the deprtment and village public safety officers.

(j) The Department of Public Safety is not required to publish policies and procedures under (i) of this section if publishing the policies and procedures (1) would disclose confidential techniques and procedures for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions;

(2) would disclose guidelines for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions and the disclosure could reasonably be expected to risk circumvention of the law; or

(3) could reasonably be expected to endanger the life or physical safety of an individual.

(k) Within 60 days after the first report concerning a missing person is filed with a local or state law enforcement agency, if the person's location has not been determined, the Department of Public Safety shall submit a missing person report to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System database.
Alaska Stat. § 44.62.430 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.62 / Section 44.62.430
Subpoenas; witness fees.
Status: in_force

(a) Before the hearing begins the agency shall issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum at the request of a party in accordance with the rules of civil procedure. After the hearing begins the agency hearing a case or a hearing officer sitting alone may issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum.

(b) A subpoena issued under (a) of this section extends to all parts of the state and shall be served in accordance with the rules of civil procedure. A witness is not obliged to attend at a place out of the house district in which the witness resides unless the distance is less than 100 miles from the place of residence, except that the agency, upon affidavit of a party showing that the testimony of the witness is material and necessary, may endorse on the subpoena an order requiring the attendance of the witness.

(c) A witness who is not a party and who appears under a subpoena is entitled to receive (1) fees as prescribed for a witness in court actions, unless the witness is an officer or employee of the state or a political subdivision of the state;

(2) reimbursement of transportation expenses in accordance with standards established by the Department of Administration under AS 39.20.160 , for required travel in excess of 30 miles round trip from the witness's residence; and

(3) reimbursement of food and lodging expenses in accordance with standards established by the Department of Administration under AS 39.20.160 for each day of actual attendance and for each day of reasonable and necessary travel to and from the place of the hearing if the witness attends a hearing or deposition at a point so distant from the residence of the witness that a return to the residence from day to day is not practicable.

(d) Fees, transportation expenses, and food and lodging expenses shall be paid by the party at whose request the witness is subpoenaed.
Alaska Stat. § 44.25.320 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.25 / Section 44.25.320
Training and certification of staff.
Status: in_force

(a) The ombudsman shall provide for the training and certification of office staff, including volunteers and other representatives of the office. Training must include instruction in federal, state, and local laws and policies relating to long term care facilities in the state, and in investigative techniques. The ombudsman may require other appropriate training. The ombudsman may decertify a person under this section for good cause in accordance with regulations adopted by the authority.

(b) An employee, volunteer, or other representative of the office may not investigate a complaint under AS 44.25.310 unless certified as having completed training under this section and approved by the ombudsman as qualified to investigate the complaint.
Alaska Stat. § 44.29.790 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.29 / Section 44.29.790
Powers, duties, and limitations.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall (1) subject to review by the department, approve a comprehensive statewide plan that identifies and addresses the concerns and needs of older Alaskans and, with reference to the approved plan, prepare and submit to the governor and legislature an annual analysis and evaluation of the services that are provided to older Alaskans;

(2) make recommendations directly to the governor and the legislature with respect to legislation, regulations, and appropriations for programs or services that benefit older Alaskans;

(3) encourage the development of municipal commissions serving older Alaskans and community-oriented programs and services for the benefit of older Alaskans;

(4) employ an executive director who serves at the pleasure of the commission;

(5) help older Alaskans lead dignified, independent, and useful lives;

(6) request and receive reports and audits from state agencies and local institutions concerned with the conditions and needs of older Alaskans;

(7) give assistance, on request, to the senior housing office in the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation in administration of the senior housing loan program under AS 18.56.710  18.56.799 and in the performance of the office's other duties under AS 18.56.700 ; and

(8) provide to the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority, for its review and consideration, recommendations concerning the integrated comprehensive mental health program for persons who are described in (d) of this section and the use of the money in the mental health trust settlement income account in a manner consistent with regulations adopted under AS 44.25.240 .

(b) To accomplish its duties, the commission may (1) review, evaluate, and comment upon state programs concerned with the problems and the needs of older Alaskans;

(2) collect facts and statistics, and make studies of conditions and problems pertaining to the employment, health, housing, financial security, social welfare, and other concerns that bear upon the well-being of older Alaskans;

(3) provide information about public programs that would be of interest or benefit to older Alaskans;

(4) appoint special committees, which may include persons who are not members of the commission, to complete necessary studies;

(5) promote community education efforts regarding the problems and concerns of older Alaskans;

(6) contract for necessary services;

(7) consult and cooperate with persons, organizations, and groups interested in or concerned with programs of assistance to older Alaskans;

(8) advocate improved programs of benefit to older Alaskans; and

(9) recommend standards for levels of services for older Alaskans for programs administered by the department.

(c) The commission may not investigate, review, or undertake any responsibility for the longevity bonus program under AS 47.45.010  47.45.160 or the Alaska Pioneers' Home or Alaska Veterans' Home under AS 47.55 .

(d) When the commission formulates a comprehensive statewide plan under (a) of this section, it shall include within the plan specific reference to the concerns and needs of older Alaskans who have a disorder described in AS 44.25.290 (b)(4).
Alaska Stat. § 44.37.040 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.37 / Section 44.37.040
Duties of department with respect to historic preservation and archeology.
Status: in_force

The Department of Natural Resources shall (1) sponsor, engage in, and direct fundamental research into the archeology of the state and encourage and coordinate archeological research and investigation undertaken in the state;

(2) cooperate with the Alaska Historical Commission in performing their functions under AS 41.35 ;

(3) ensure that historic, prehistoric, and archeological resources are properly reported by persons or agencies engaged in public construction work, and protect sites and objects of significance discovered at state sites or discovered during the course of public construction, and encourage the protection of sites and objects discovered during the course of any other construction work;

(4) investigate reported historic, prehistoric, or archeological resources and appraise them for any future excavation, preservation, and interpretation;

(5) serve as a central clearinghouse for information on all historic, prehistoric, and archeological resource excavation in the state.
Alaska Stat. § 44.12.075 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.12 / Section 44.12.075
Family day and family preservation month.
Status: in_force

Family Day is established on May 1 of each year to celebrate the institution of the family. The month of May each year is established as Preservation of the Family Month to encourage the preservation of the institution of the family. Family Day and Preservation of the Family Month may be observed by suitable observances by families, such as a family discussion of the role of families, the rights and responsibilities of children and parents, and appropriate methods for the resolution of violent feelings in family conflict, and by exercises by civic groups and the public. In observance of Family Preservation Month, the Department of Family and Community Services shall encourage the prevention of child abuse and neglect in Alaska families.
Alaska Stat. § 44.21.320 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.21 / Section 44.21.320
Telecommunications operations.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in (d) of this section, the department may, consistent with the provisions of AS 44.21.310 (a)(5) (1) plan, design, construct, manage, and operate all telecommunications systems owned or leased by state agencies;

(2) manage centrex and other telephone-related services of state agencies;

(3) be responsible generally for telecommunications systems and design for state agencies; and

(4) coordinate with state agencies in performing their data and word processing tasks.

(b) Within the limits of available financing, the department shall administer and operate the satellite television project, by (1) coordinating with the satellite television user groups and entities; and

(2) providing liaison, management support, and technical assistance for the satellite television project.

(c) Decisions and policies relating to programming under the satellite television project, including scheduling and allocation policies, may not be made by the department, but may only be made by a network that is representative of participating rural television users, by commercial broadcast users, or by other affected participating user groups and entities under procedures provided by statute or, if no statute applies, then by agreement of the affected user networks or groups. The department shall assist users in preparing agreements that may be required under this subsection.

(d) The department may not engage in any activity that interferes with a contract or program right relating to commercial television programming, including but not limited to any right protected by copyright.

(e) Nothing in AS 44.21.305  44.21.330 prohibits a state agency from developing telecommunications systems within its own agency if the agency is in compliance with the state information systems plan adopted by the commissioner and with the agency's own information systems plan and if the commissioner gives written authorization for the agency to engage in its own design, development, management, or operation. The commissioner may authorize independent development only upon a showing of necessity.

(f) A state agency authorized to develop an internal telecommunications system shall, whenever feasible, coordinate its design development, management, and operation with the department.
Alaska Stat. § 44.12.390 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.12 / Section 44.12.390
Severability.
Status: in_force

The provisions of AS 44.12.300  44.12.390 are independent and severable, and if any provision of AS 44.12.300  44.12.390, or the applicability of any provision to any person or circumstance, shall be held to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of AS 44.12.300  44.12.390 shall not be affected and shall be given effect to the fullest extent practicable.
Alaska Stat. § 44.29.225 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.29 / Section 44.29.225
Disposal of property acquired by default or foreclosure.
Status: in_force

The department shall dispose of property acquired through default or foreclosure on a loan made under AS 44.29.210 . Disposal shall be made in a manner that serves the best interests of the state and may include the amortization of payments over a period of years.
Alaska Stat. § 44.19.143 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.19 / Section 44.19.143
Personnel.
Status: in_force

The director shall employ such personnel as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of AS 44.19.141  44.19.152 and the relevant provisions of AS 37.07 .