Alaska Stat. § 44.23.080 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.23 / Section 44.23.080
Subpoena power of attorney general in cases involving use of an Internet service account.
Status: in_force

(a) If there is reasonable cause to believe that an Internet service account has been used in connection with a violation of AS 11.41.452 , 11.41.455, or AS 11.61.125  11.61.128, and that the identity, address, and other information about the account owner will assist in obtaining evidence that is relevant to the offense, a law enforcement officer may apply to the attorney general or the attorney general's designee for an administrative subpoena to obtain the business records of the Internet service provider located inside or outside of the state.

(b) If an application meets the requirements of (a) of this section, the attorney general or the attorney general's designee may issue an administrative subpoena to the Internet service provider requiring the production of the following records: (1) the name and other identifying information of the account holder;

(2) the address and physical location associated with the account;

(3) a description of the length of service, service start date, and types of service associated with the account.

(c) A subpoena issued under (b) of this section must prescribe a reasonable time after service for the production of the information.

(d) Service of a subpoena issued under (b) of this section may be by any method authorized by law or acceptable to the Internet service provider. At any time before the return date specified on the subpoena, the Internet service provider may petition a court of competent jurisdiction for the judicial district in which the provider resides or does business for an order modifying or quashing the subpoena or for an order sealing the court record.

(e) If the Internet service provider refuses to obey a subpoena issued under (b) of this section, the superior court may, upon application of the attorney general or the attorney general's designee, issue an order requiring the Internet service provider to appear at the office of the attorney general with the information described in the subpoena.

(f) An Internet service provider who knowingly fails to produce the information required to be produced by the subpoena or court order is guilty of contempt under AS 09.50.010 .

(g) Nothing in this section limits the authority of law enforcement from obtaining process from the court or through a grand jury subpoena to obtain the information described in (b) of this section.

(h) A person may not bring a civil action against an Internet service provider, its officers, employees, agents, or other person for complying with an administrative subpoena issued under (b) of this section or a court order issued under (e) of this section.

(i) For purposes of this section, the attorney general's designee may be the deputy attorney general of the division of the Department of Law that has responsibility for civil cases or the division of the Department of Law that has responsibility for criminal cases.
Alaska Stat. § 44.62.390 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.62 / Section 44.62.390
Notice of defense.
Status: in_force

(a) Within 15 days after service upon the respondent of the accusation, the respondent may file with the agency a notice of defense. In the notice the respondent may (1) request a hearing;

(2) object to the accusation upon the ground that it does not state acts or omissions upon which the agency may proceed;

(3) object to the form of the accusation on the ground that it is so indefinite or uncertain that the respondent cannot identify the transaction or prepare a defense;

(4) admit the accusation in whole or in part;

(5) present new matter by way of defense.

(b) Within the time specified the respondent may file one or more notices of defense upon any or all of the grounds set out in (a) of this section but all of the notices shall be filed within that period unless the agency in its discretion authorizes the filing of a later notice.

(c) The respondent is entitled to a hearing on the merits if the respondent files a notice of defense, and the notice of defense is considered a specific denial of all parts of the accusation not expressly admitted. Failure to file the notice constitutes a waiver of the respondent's right to a hearing, but the agency in its discretion may nevertheless grant a hearing. Unless objection is taken as provided in (a)(3) of this section, all objections to the form of the accusation are waived.

(d) The notice of defense must be in writing, signed by or on behalf of the respondent, and must state the respondent's mailing address. It need not be verified or follow a particular form.
Alaska Stat. § 44.77.010 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.77 / Section 44.77.010
Presentation of claims.
Status: reserved

(a) Except as provided in (d) of this section, every claim for reimbursement for money expended, or for compensation for labor, materials, or supplies furnished, or services given to or for the state, whether based on a contract or on a ratification, shall be promptly presented to the appropriate administrative or executive officer for approval and payment.

(b) [Repealed, § 14 ch 105 SLA 1986.] (c) [Repealed, § 67 ch 106 SLA 1986.] (d) A claim that is governed by AS 36.30.560  36.30.699 is not governed by this chapter.
Alaska Stat. § 44.21.020 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.21 / Section 44.21.020
Duties of department.
Status: reserved

The Department of Administration shall (1) make surveys and studies to improve administrative procedures, methods, and organization;

(2) keep general accounts;

(3) approve vouchers and disburse funds for all purposes;

(4) operate centralized purchasing and supply services, and necessary storerooms and warehouses;

(5) [Repealed, E.O. No. 122, § 35 (2022).] (6) supervise telephone, mailing, messenger, duplicating, and similar services adaptable to centralized management;

(7) administer the public employees' retirement system and teachers' retirement system;

(8) administer a statewide personnel program, including central personnel services such as recruitment, assessment, position classification, and pay administration;

(9) administer and supervise a statewide automatic data processing program;

(10) study, design, implement, and manage the telecommunications systems and services of the state under AS 44.21.305  44.21.330.

(11) [Repealed, E.O. No. 120, § 3 (2021).]
Alaska Stat. § 44.29.810 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.29 / Section 44.29.810
Composition; non-voting members.
Status: in_force

(a) The board consists of not fewer than 12 nor more than 16 members appointed by the governor, with due regard for the demographics of the state and balanced geographic representation of the state. The membership and committees of the board shall fulfill the requirements of P.L. 99-660, as amended.

(b) Not less than one-half of the members shall be persons with a mental disorder identified in AS 44.25.290 (b)(1) or members of their families.

(c) The board members (1) shall include the director of the division of the department responsible for mental health; and

(2) may include representatives of the principal state agencies with respect to education, vocational rehabilitation, criminal justice, housing, social services, medical assistance, substance abuse, and aging.

(d) Board members appointed under (c) of this section may not vote on matters before the board.

(e) The board members shall include at least two licensed mental health professionals who represent public and private providers of mental health services and at least one member who is admitted to practice law in the state. Members appointed under this subsection may also be family members identified under (b) of this section.

(f) For the purpose of this section, mental health professional has the meaning given in AS 47.30.915 .
Alaska Stat. § 44.99.240 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.99 / Section 44.99.240
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In AS 44.99.200  44.99.240, (1) publication means a written document, including books, brochures, flyers, manuals, newsletters, pamphlets, programs, reports, and similar documents, but does not include standard forms, letterhead stationery, letterhead envelopes, election ballots, construction plans and specifications, location and design study reports, the Alaska Statutes, the Alaska Administrative Code, the Alaska Rules of Court, publications produced by the University of Alaska press, and papers that are submitted to a publisher, including a publisher of journals and anthologies, that is not a state agency;

(2) state agency means (A) a department, institution, board, commission, division, authority, public corporation, or other administrative unit of the executive branch, including the University of Alaska and the Alaska Railroad Corporation;

(B) a committee, division, or administrative unit of the legislative branch, including the Alaska Legislative Council, the leadership of each house, the office of victims' rights, and the office of the ombudsman;

(C) an administrative unit of the judicial branch, including the Alaska Judicial Council and the Commission on Judicial Conduct.

Article 4. Copyrights by State Agencies.
Alaska Stat. § 44.88.680 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.88 / Section 44.88.680
Qualified energy development; powers and duties of the authority.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to the limitations of AS 44.88.690 , for qualified energy development, the authority may (1) use the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority sustainable energy transmission and supply development fund ( AS 44.88.660 ) to finance qualified energy development, insure project obligations, guarantee loans or bonds, and establish reserves;

(2) acquire real or personal property by purchase, transfer, or foreclosure when the acquisition is necessary to protect the authority's interest in financing;

(3) defer principal payments or capitalize interest on qualified energy development financing;

(4) subject to AS 36.30.085 (e), enter into lease agreements, sales-lease-back agreements, build-operate-transfer and operate-transfer agreements, or any similar project financing agreement for a qualified energy development;

(5) enter into agreements with government entities for the transfer and control of infrastructure, facilities, rights-of-way, and studies;

(6) contract for services with a professional advisor, including an attorney, bond counsel, engineer, or other technical expert necessary to fulfill the purposes of the program;

(7) subject to AS 44.88.090 , borrow money and issue bonds; and

(8) pay off the principal of and interest on bonds issued by a municipality to acquire, construct, improve, or equip a public utility if the municipality continues to pay the authority the bond payments due under the terms of the bonds; the authority shall retain the payments from the municipality in a sinking fund, and the municipality may apply to use the funds for qualified energy development.

(b) The authority shall adopt regulations to implement AS 44.88.650  44.88.690, including (1) an application process for acquiring financing under this section;

(2) qualifications for qualified energy development projects applying for financing under this section; and

(3) fiscal controls and accounting procedures for the development fund.
Alaska Stat. § 44.19.044 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.19 / Section 44.19.044
Special election in case of second vacancy in office of governor.
Status: in_force

If the regularly elected lieutenant governor succeeds to the office of governor as provided in the constitution and thereafter, during the same regular gubernatorial term, the office of governor again becomes vacant, the appointed lieutenant governor succeeds to the office of acting governor until a special election to elect a governor and lieutenant governor is held.
Alaska Stat. § 44.42.430 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.42 / Section 44.42.430
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In AS 44.42.400  44.42.430, (1) contractor means the principal construction contractor or, in the absence of an identified principal construction contractor, the person having legal authority for the design and construction of the project;

(2) naturally occurring asbestos means chrysotile, amosite, crocidolite, fibrous tremolite, fibrous anthophyllite, and fibrous actinolite asbestos-containing material that has not been processed in an asbestos mill and that, when tested using a bulk method prescribed by the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities by regulation, is determined to have a content equal to or greater than 0.25 percent naturally occurring asbestos by mass.

Article 5. General Provisions.
Alaska Stat. § 44.68.230 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.68 / Section 44.68.230
Rental fees and charges.
Status: in_force

(a) Receipts from rental fees and surcharges to the various departments for equipment rental, repair, and supplies shall be deposited in the highways equipment working capital fund. The departments of the state government shall include in their annual budgets the rental fees, equipment repairs, and supplies.

(b) Rental and surcharge rates charged by the department are subject to annual review and approval by the governor.
Alaska Stat. § 44.62.610 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.62 / Section 44.62.610
Charge.
Status: in_force

A sum authorized to be spent under AS 44.62.330  44.62.630 by an agency is a legal charge against the appropriations of the agency.
Alaska Stat. § 44.41.021 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.41 / Section 44.41.021
Grant authority.
Status: in_force

The Department of Public Safety may award grants necessary or incidental to the performance of the duties and execution of the powers of the division of fire prevention.
Alaska Stat. § 44.62.320 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.62 / Section 44.62.320
Submittal for legislative review.
Status: in_force

Article 7. Administrative Adjudication.
Alaska Stat. § 44.37.050 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.37 / Section 44.37.050
Duties of department with respect to management of mental health trust land.
Status: in_force

(a) To carry out its duties under AS 38.05.801 , the Department of Natural Resources shall establish a separate unit with responsibility for management of the mental health trust land.

(b) The employees of the unit established under this section are in the exempt service under AS 39.25.110 .
Alaska Stat. § 44.33.810 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.33 / Section 44.33.810
Local Boundary Commission.
Status: in_force

There is in the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development a Local Boundary Commission. The Local Boundary Commission consists of five members appointed by the governor for overlapping five-year terms. One member shall be appointed from each of the four judicial districts described in AS 22.10.010 and one member shall be appointed from the state at large. The member appointed from the state at large is the chair of the commission.
Alaska Stat. § 44.88.545 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.88 / Section 44.88.545
Limitations of guarantees with respect to borrowers.
Status: in_force

The authority may not provide a guarantee (1) of more than $1,000,000;

(2) to an individual borrower that cumulatively, with the outstanding principal balance of other authority guaranteed indebtedness of that borrower, exceeds $1,000,000.
Alaska Stat. § 44.19.606 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.19 / Section 44.19.606
Meetings.
Status: in_force

A majority of the members constitutes a quorum for conducting business and exercising the powers of the commission. The commission shall meet at the call of the chairperson, at the request of the majority of the members, or at a regularly scheduled time as determined by a majority of the members.
Alaska Stat. § 44.37.010 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.37 / Section 44.37.010
Commissioner of natural resources.
Status: in_force

The principal executive officer of the Department of Natural Resources is the commissioner of natural resources.
Alaska Stat. § 44.25.370 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.25 / Section 44.25.370
Legal counsel for the long term care ombudsman.
Status: in_force

The attorney general shall provide legal advice and representation in connection with any matter relating to the powers, duties, and operation of the office, and in any legal action brought against the ombudsman or an employee, volunteer, or other representative of the office. If the attorney general cannot provide legal advice or representation because of a conflict of interest, the ombudsman may employ private legal counsel.
Alaska Stat. § 44.88.800 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.88 / Section 44.88.800
Arctic infrastructure development program.
Status: in_force

The Arctic infrastructure development program is created in the authority to promote and provide financing for Arctic infrastructure development.
Alaska Stat. § 44.68.290 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.68 / Section 44.68.290
Transfer of civil defense property.
Status: in_force

(a) Title to personal property received by the state from the federal government for civil defense purposes may be transferred to political subdivisions of the state that have qualified civil defense organizations by the Department of Public Safety with the approval of the state director of civil defense and the approval of the Department of Administration. This section is applicable only when title to the property is held by the Department of Public Safety.

(b) As a condition of title transfer, the political subdivision is responsible for compliance with the federal and state restrictions on the property.

(c) A transfer of title to property may not be made if the transfer is not in compliance with federal law and with the terms of the agreement under which the property has been made available to the state by the federal government.
Alaska Stat. § 44.09.045 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.09 / Section 44.09.045
State motto.
Status: in_force

The official motto of the State of Alaska is: North to the Future.
Alaska Stat. § 44.25.230 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.25 / Section 44.25.230
Officers and staff.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall annually elect a presiding officer and other officers it considers necessary from among its membership.

(b) The board shall employ a chief executive officer who shall be selected by the board. The chief executive officer shall be compensated at no less than range of the pay plan for state employees under AS 39.27.011 (a). The chief executive officer may (1) hire additional employees;

(2) appoint hearing officers to perform the responsibilities set out in AS 44.25.240 (b)(4); and

(3) contract for the services of consultants and others.

(c) The chief executive officer is directly responsible to the board.

(d) The chief executive officer and employees hired under this section are in the exempt service under AS 39.25.110 .
Alaska Stat. § 44.21.266 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.21 / Section 44.21.266
Duties of the commission.
Status: in_force

The commission shall (1) apply for federal and private funds for public broadcasting purposes and receive all federal, state, or private funds, property, or assistance that may be appropriated, granted, or otherwise made available to the commission for public broadcasting purposes, and use and disburse funds and property for purposes consistent with the terms of AS 44.21.256  44.21.290, subject to reasonable limitations imposed by the grantor;

(2) provide consultative services in all aspects of public broadcasting to all public or private agencies in the state that request them;

(3) serve as a library and clearinghouse for public broadcasting information;

(4) through grants to qualified entities, develop an integrated public broadcasting network for the state;

(5) through grants to qualified entities, develop and distribute public broadcasting programming in the state;

(6) prepare and submit to the governor and the legislature, in compliance with the state information systems plan adopted by the commissioner of administration, a long-term plan for the development of public broadcasting stations and systems in the state, and biennially update the plan; and

(7) perform all other functions necessary to ensure the orderly and coordinated development of public broadcasting in the state.
Alaska Stat. § 44.25.047 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.25 / Section 44.25.047
Regulations.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of AS 44.25.040  44.25.048.
Alaska Stat. § 44.33.290 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.33 / Section 44.33.290
Employment preference.
Status: in_force

(a) In the performance of contracts awarded by the state in an area impacted by an economic disaster, residents of the area shall be employed where they are available and qualified so that the economic effects of alleviating the disaster will be maximized. If resident labor is not available, the contractor shall inform the Department of Labor and Workforce Development of the number of additional workers needed, the positions to be filled, and the efforts made at recruitment in the area. If the Department of Labor and Workforce Development is satisfied that a good faith effort has been made by the contractor to hire residents of the area, it may issue a certificate allowing other hire for designated positions. A clause requiring these provisions shall be part of each state contract awarded.

(b) Wages paid for employment under this section shall be in conformance with the minimum rates of pay schedule published by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development in accordance with AS 36.05.030 .
Alaska Stat. § 44.30.130 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.30 / Section 44.30.130
Compensation, per diem, or expenses.
Status: in_force

Members of the board receive no salary, but are entitled to per diem and travel expenses authorized by law for other boards.
Alaska Stat. § 44.50.066 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.50 / Section 44.50.066
Notary public's status notification.
Status: in_force

(a) Within 30 days after change of a notary public's name, mailing address, or physical address, the notary public shall, on a form provided by the lieutenant governor, submit written notification of the change, signed by the notary public.

(b) The lieutenant governor may require limited governmental notaries public commissioned under AS 44.50.010 (a)(2) who change departmental or agency employers to submit written notification of the change on a form provided by the lieutenant governor.

(c) A notary public commissioned under AS 44.50.010 (a)(1) reporting a name change shall submit to the lieutenant governor payment of the fee under AS 44.19.024 for the issuance of a replacement certificate of commission.

(d) A notary public reporting a name change under (a) and (c) of this section shall use the person's former name for the performance of notarial acts until the person has (1) provided written notification of the name change to the surety for any bond required under AS 44.50.034 ;

(2) received a replacement certificate of commission reflecting the name change from the lieutenant governor; and

(3) obtained a new seal reflecting the name change.

(e) The lieutenant governor may require a notary public to update the information required under AS 44.50.032 , including the notary public's current notarized signature and information regarding the notary public's electronic signature.
Alaska Stat. § 44.09.015 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.09 / Section 44.09.015
Use of seal without permission prohibited.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not use or make a die or impression of the state seal for any advertising or commercial purpose, unless written permission has first been obtained from the lieutenant governor.

(b) Violation of this section is a misdemeanor, and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not more than $500, or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both.
Alaska Stat. § 44.09.075 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.09 / Section 44.09.075
State marine mammal.
Status: in_force

The bowhead whale is the state marine mammal.
Alaska Stat. § 44.62.450 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.62 / Section 44.62.450
Hearings.
Status: in_force

(a) A hearing in a contested case shall be presided over by a hearing officer. Unless the hearing is conducted by the office of administrative hearings ( AS 44.64.010 ), the agency itself shall determine whether the hearing officer hears the case alone or whether the agency hears the case with the hearing officer.

(b) If the agency hears the case the hearing officer shall preside at the hearing, rule on the admission and exclusion of evidence, and advise the agency on matters of law. The agency shall exercise all other powers relating to the conduct of the hearing, but may delegate any or all of these other powers to the hearing officer. If the hearing officer hears a case alone, the hearing officer shall exercise all powers relating to the conduct of the hearing.

(c) A hearing officer or agency member shall voluntarily seek disqualification and withdraw from a case in which the hearing officer or agency member cannot accord a fair and impartial hearing or consideration. A party may request the disqualification of a hearing officer or agency member by filing an affidavit, before the taking of evidence at a hearing, stating with particularity the grounds upon which it is claimed that a fair and impartial hearing cannot be accorded. If the request concerns an agency member the issue shall be determined by the other members of the agency. If the request concerns the hearing officer, the issue shall be determined by the agency when the agency hears the case with the hearing officer, and by the hearing officer when the officer hears the case alone. An agency member may not withdraw voluntarily or be disqualified if the disqualification would prevent the existence of a quorum qualified to act in the particular case.

(d) The proceedings at the hearing shall be reported by a phonographic reporter or recorder, or other adequate means of assuring an accurate record.
Alaska Stat. § 44.21.150 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.21 / Section 44.21.150
Declaration of purpose.
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of AS 44.21.150  44.21.170 to designate the Department of Administration as the department responsible for the operation and management of automatic data processing resources and activities of the executive branch of state government and the judicial and legislative branches to the extent requested by those branches, and to provide for periodic review of state automatic data processing procedures and mechanisms. It is further the purpose of these sections to encourage cooperation between the state government and local governments in the use of automatic data processing systems.
Alaska Stat. § 44.33.950 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.33 / Section 44.33.950
Alaska microloan revolving loan fund.
Status: in_force

(a) The Alaska microloan revolving loan fund is created in the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development to carry out the purposes of AS 44.33.950  44.33.990.

(b) The Alaska microloan revolving loan fund consists of the following: (1) money appropriated to, transferred to, or received by gift, grant, devise, bequest, or donation to the fund;

(2) principal and interest payments or other income earned on loans or investments of the fund;

(3) money chargeable to principal or interest that is collected through liquidation by foreclosure or other process on loans made under AS 44.33.950  44.33.990.

(c) Money in the fund may be used by the legislature to make appropriations for costs of administering AS 44.33.950  44.33.990.
Alaska Stat. § 44.03.010 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.03 / Section 44.03.010
Offshore water and land.
Status: in_force

The jurisdiction of the state extends to water offshore from the coast of the state as follows: (1) the marginal sea to its outermost limits as those limits are from time to time defined or recognized by the United States of America by international treaty or otherwise;

(2) the high seas to the extent that jurisdiction is claimed by the United States of America, or to the extent recognized by the usages and customs of international law or by agreement to which the United States of America or the state is a party;

(3) submerged land including the subsurface of submerged land, lying under the water mentioned in this section.
Alaska Stat. § 44.88.130 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.88 / Section 44.88.130
Pledge of the state.
Status: in_force

The state pledges to and agrees with the holders of bonds issued under this chapter and with the federal agency that lends or contributes funds in respect to a project or development project financed under AS 44.88.155  44.88.159 or 44.88.172  44.88.177 that the state will not limit or alter the rights and powers vested in the authority by this chapter to fulfill the terms of a contract made by the authority with the holders or federal agency and that the state will not in any way impair the rights and remedies of the holders until the bonds, together with the interest on them with interest on unpaid installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with an action or proceeding by or on behalf of the holders are fully met and discharged. The authority is authorized to include this pledge and agreement of the state, insofar as it refers to holders of bonds of the authority, in a contract with the holders and, insofar as it relates to a federal agency, in a contract with the federal agency.
Alaska Stat. § 44.62.020 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.62 / Section 44.62.020
Authority to adopt, administer, or enforce regulations.
Status: in_force

Except for the authority conferred on the lieutenant governor in AS 44.62.130  44.62.170, AS 44.62.010  44.62.319 do not confer authority on or augment the authority of a state agency to adopt, administer, or enforce a regulation. To be effective, each regulation adopted must be within the scope of authority conferred and in accordance with standards prescribed by other provisions of law.
Alaska Stat. § 44.77.050 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.77 / Section 44.77.050
Witnesses and procedures.
Status: in_force

The Department of Administration may hear witnesses on a question of fact involved in an appeal and may authorize the deposition of an absent witness to be taken. The department may adopt regulations governing proceedings on appeal, and may administer oaths to witnesses appearing before it. False testimony before the department is perjury.
Alaska Stat. § 44.85.060 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.85 / Section 44.85.060
Compensation and expenses.
Status: in_force

The directors of the bond bank authority shall serve without compensation, but the bond bank authority shall reimburse its directors for actual expenses necessarily incurred in the discharge of their duties. Notwithstanding any other law, an officer or employee of the state need not forfeit office or employment or any benefits by reason of acceptance of appointment to the office of director of the bond bank authority.
Alaska Stat. § 44.19.142 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.19 / Section 44.19.142
Director.
Status: in_force

The office of management and budget is administered by a director who is appointed by, and serves at the pleasure of, the governor.
Alaska Stat. § 44.21.420 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.21 / Section 44.21.420
Employment of office personnel.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner of administration may employ guardians ad litem, public guardians, clerical staff, and other assistants that the commissioner determines are needed to perform the duties set out in AS 44.21.410 . Employees under this subsection are in the classified service under AS 39.25.100 .

(b) The commissioner of administration may employ attorneys needed to perform the duties set out in AS 44.21.410 . Attorneys employed by the commissioner of administration in the office of public advocacy are in the partially exempt service under AS 39.25.120 .

(c) The commissioner may contract with attorneys to provide legal representation, and with other persons to provide guardian ad litem services, as needed to perform the duties set out in AS 44.21.410 . The commissioner may determine the rate of compensation for contractual services, taking into account the time involved, the skill and experience required, and other pertinent factors.
Alaska Stat. § 44.88.212 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.88 / Section 44.88.212
Fees charged by authority; prepayments.
Status: reserved

(a) [Repealed, § 23 ch 123 SLA 1990.] (b) The commitment fee for a loan commitment by the authority may not exceed two percent of the principal amount of the loan.

(c) The authority may not limit, or charge a fee or penalty for, prepayment of a loan after five years from the inception of the loan.
Alaska Stat. § 44.09.078 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.09 / Section 44.09.078
State land mammal.
Status: in_force

The moose (Alces alces) is the state land mammal.
Alaska Stat. § 44.19.866 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.19 / Section 44.19.866
Definition.
Status: in_force

In AS 44.19.851  44.19.866, commission means the Alaska Military Affairs Commission.
Alaska Stat. § 44.85.340 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.85 / Section 44.85.340
Exemption from execution and sale.
Status: in_force

All property of the bond bank authority is exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution and no execution or other judicial process may issue against the property. A judgment against the bond bank authority may not be a charge or lien upon its property; however, nothing in this section applies to or limits the rights of the holder of bonds or notes to pursue a remedy for the enforcement of a pledge or lien given by the bond bank authority on its revenues or other money.
Alaska Stat. § 44.68.210 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.68 / Section 44.68.210
Fund established.
Status: in_force

The highways equipment working capital fund is established as an intragovernmental service fund for the use of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities.
Alaska Stat. § 44.19.649 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.19 / Section 44.19.649
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In AS 44.19.641  44.19.649, (1) commission means the Alaska Criminal Justice Data Analysis Commission;

(2) recidivism means the percentage of convicted defendants who are booked into, or who return to, a correctional facility within three years after release or the date of conviction, whichever is later;

(3) technical violation means a violation of a condition of probation or parole that does not constitute (A) a new criminal offense;

(B) failure to complete sex offender treatment; or

(C) failure to complete an intervention program for batterers.
Alaska Stat. § 44.50.039 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.50 / Section 44.50.039
Limited governmental notaries public.
Status: in_force

A state, municipal, or federal employee commissioned as a notary public under AS 44.50.010 (a)(2) (1) is designated a limited governmental notary public;

(2) may perform notarial acts only in the conduct of official government business; and

(3) may not charge or receive a fee or other consideration for notarial services provided under this chapter.
Alaska Stat. § 44.85.050 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.85 / Section 44.85.050
Bonding of members.
Status: in_force

Before the issuance of bonds or notes under this chapter, each director shall execute a surety bond in the penal sum of $25,000 and the treasurer shall execute a surety bond in the penal sum of $50,000. Each surety bond shall be conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of the office of the director or treasurer, to be executed by a surety company authorized to transact business in the state as surety and filed in the office of the lieutenant governor. After issuance of bonds or notes by the bond bank authority each director shall maintain the surety bond in force. All costs of the surety bonds shall be borne by the bond bank authority.
Alaska Stat. § 44.29.840 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.29 / Section 44.29.840
Bylaws.
Status: in_force

The board, on approval of a majority of its membership and consistent with state law, shall adopt and amend bylaws governing its composition, proceedings, and other activities consistent with state law, including provisions concerning a quorum to transact board business and other aspects of procedure, frequency and location of meetings, and establishment, functions, and membership of committees.
Alaska Stat. § 44.81.020 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.81 / Section 44.81.020
Board of directors.
Status: reserved

(a) The bank shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of seven to nine natural persons. The number is determined by the bank's bylaws. Two board members shall be appointed by the governor of the state. The other board members shall be elected by the members of the bank as provided in the bank's bylaws, except that at least one of the elected board members must be a resident farmer. The board members appointed under this section must be residents of the state and meet the requirements of AS 39.05.100 .

(b) The members of the board shall serve for terms of three years and may serve successive terms. Terms must be staggered. A member of the board who releases confidential information in violation of AS 44.81.260 , commits serious ethical misconduct that relates to the member's fitness to serve as a member of the board, or maintains a chronic substandard borrowing relationship with the bank shall be removed from the board.

(c) A majority of the members of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business and the exercise of the powers and duties of the board.

(d) A member of the board may not vote on a transaction of the bank under this chapter if the member is a party to the transaction.

(e) The members of the board shall annually elect from among themselves a chair and vice-chair and other board officers as may be provided in the bank's bylaws.

(f) [Repealed, § 10 ch 112 SLA 2014.]
Alaska Stat. § 44.99.040 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.99 / Section 44.99.040
Limitation on use of assets.
Status: in_force

(a) A state or municipal agency may not use or authorize the use of an asset to implement or aid in the implementation of a requirement of an order of the President of the United States, a federal regulation, or a law enacted by the United States Congress that is applied to (1) infringe on a person's right, under the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, to keep and bear arms;

(2) deny a person a right to due process, or a protection of due process, that would otherwise be available to the person under the Constitution of the State of Alaska or the Constitution of the United States.

(b) In this section, (1) asset means funds, facilities, equipment, services, or other resources of a state or municipal agency;

(2) state or municipal agency means the University of Alaska, the Alaska Aerospace Corporation, the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, the Alaska Energy Authority, the Alaska Railroad Corporation, or a department, institution, board, commission, division, council, committee, authority, public corporation, school district, regional educational attendance area, or other administrative unit of a municipality or of the executive, judicial, or legislative branch of state government, and includes employees of those entities.

Article 2. General State Policies.
Alaska Stat. § 44.83.970 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.83 / Section 44.83.970
Public records; open meetings.
Status: in_force

The provisions of AS 40.25.110  40.25.120 and AS 44.62.310  44.62.319 (Open Meetings Act) apply to the authority. The authority shall publish a proposed agenda of its meetings and afford the public an opportunity to be heard in accordance with AS 44.62.312 .
Alaska Stat. § 44.81.241 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.81 / Section 44.81.241
Initial notice of default.
Status: in_force

If there is a default on a loan secured by a permit pledged under AS 44.81.231 , the bank shall notify the borrowers and guarantors on the loan of the default and of the right to cure the default by sending a notice by certified mail to their last known address or addresses on file with the bank. The notice must include (1) the date of the notice;

(2) a description of the security given for the loan, including the number assigned by the commission and the name of the equitable owner of each permit pledged to secure the loan;

(3) the date and nature of the default;

(4) the amount of arrearages as of the date of the notice;

(5) the total indebtedness, including interest, penalties, and costs of collection, remaining owing on the loan as of the date of the notice;

(6) the amount of daily interest to accrue from the date of the notice;

(7) a statement that the costs of collection of the loan incurred by the bank after the date of the notice will be added to the total amount of the indebtedness owing on the loan;

(8) a statement that the default may be cured within 60 days from the date of the notice or within an extended time period that is specified in an extension notice provided by the bank within the 60-day period under AS 44.81.249 ;

(9) the place where payment of arrearages or other cure may be made; and

(10) a statement in at least 10 point bold type stating: IMPORTANT: UNLESS YOU CURE THE LOAN DEFAULT WITHIN THE TIME SPECIFIED BY THIS NOTICE, THE TOTAL INDEBTEDNESS OWING ON THE LOAN SHALL BE IMMEDIATELY DUE AND PAYABLE TO THE BANK WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE TO YOU. ALSO, THE BANK SHALL THEN BE ENTITLED TO TAKE ANY LEGAL ACTION AGAINST YOU TO COLLECT THE LOAN, INCLUDING THE INSTITUTION OF LAWSUITS AND THE FORECLOSURE OF THE PLEDGE OF ANY PERMIT PLEDGED TO SECURE THIS LOAN.
Alaska Stat. § 44.62.300 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.62 / Section 44.62.300
Judicial review of validity.
Status: in_force

(a) An interested person may get a judicial declaration on the validity of a regulation by bringing an action for declaratory relief in the superior court. In addition to any other ground the court may declare the regulation invalid (1) for a substantial failure to comply with AS 44.62.010  44.62.319; or

(2) in the case of an emergency regulation or order of repeal, upon the ground that the facts recited in the statement do not constitute an emergency under AS 44.62.250 .

(b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, a person may not bring an action in court to challenge the adoption, repeal, or amendment of a regulation by a state agency for (1) insufficiency or inaccuracy of the information provided under AS 44.62.190 (d) or (g);

(2) failure of the subject line of electronic mail or the title of a written publication to meet the requirements of AS 44.62.190 (f);

(3) failure of the brief description required by AS 44.62.200 (d) to comply with the requirements of AS 44.62.200 (d) relating to (A) the clarity and readability of the brief description; or

(B) the description of the changes made by the proposed adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation; or

(4) inaccuracy or insufficiency of the answer to a question provided by the state agency under AS 44.62.213 .
Alaska Stat. § 44.62.380 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.62 / Section 44.62.380
Service of accusation.
Status: in_force

(a) Upon filing the accusation, the agency (1) shall serve a copy of the accusation on the respondent as provided in (c) of this section;

(2) shall include with the accusation a post card or other form entitled Notice of Defense that, when signed by or on behalf of the respondent and returned to the agency, acknowledges service of the accusation and constitutes a notice of defense under AS 44.62.390 ;

(3) shall include in or with the copy of the accusation a statement that respondent may request a hearing by filing a notice of defense as provided in AS 44.62.390 within 15 days after the accusation is served on the respondent and that failure to do so constitutes a waiver of the right to a hearing;

(4) may include with the accusation any information that it considers appropriate.

(b) The statement to respondent must be substantially in the following form:

Unless a written request for a hearing signed by or on behalf of the person named as respondent in the accompanying accusation is delivered or mailed to the agency within 15 days after the accusation was personally served on you or mailed to you, (here insert name of agency) may proceed upon the accusation without a hearing. The request for a hearing may be made by delivering or mailing the enclosed form entitled Notice of Defense, or by delivering or mailing a notice of defense as provided by AS 44.62.390 to: (here insert name and address of agency).

(c) The accusation and all accompanying information may be sent to the respondent by any means selected by the agency. However, the agency may not make an order adversely affecting the rights of the respondent unless the respondent is served personally or by certified mail, files a notice of defense, or otherwise appears. Service may be proved in the manner authorized in civil actions. Service by certified mail is effective if a statute or agency regulation requires the respondent to file an address with the agency and to notify the agency of a change, and if a certified letter containing the accusation and accompanying material is mailed, addressed to respondent at the latest address on file with the agency.
Alaska Stat. § 44.21.030 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.21 / Section 44.21.030
Contracting with United States.
Status: in_force

The Department of Administration may contract with the United States for the education, medical activities, agricultural assistance and social welfare, and relief of distress of Indians and Eskimos, and spend money appropriated by Congress for these activities in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress approved April 16, 1934.
Alaska Stat. § 44.12.061 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.12 / Section 44.12.061
Walter Harper Day.
Status: in_force

Walter Harper Day is established on June 7 of each year to honor Walter Harper, who in 1913 became the first person to summit Denali, for his superb subsistence skills, his integrity, his strong sense of identity and purpose, and his ability to navigate comfortably in both the Athabascan culture and other cultures of the United States. Walter Harper Day may be observed by suitable observances and exercises by civic groups and the public.
Alaska Stat. § 44.85.310 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.85 / Section 44.85.310
Default in payment; appointment of trustee.
Status: in_force

If the bond bank authority defaults in the payment of principal or interest on an issue of notes or bonds after they become due, whether at maturity or upon call for redemption, and the default continues for 30 days, or if the bond bank authority fails or refuses to comply with this chapter or defaults in an agreement made with the holders of an issue of notes or bonds, the holders of 25 percent in the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding notes or bonds of that issue, by instrument filed in the office of the clerk of the district court of the first judicial district and executed in the same manner as a deed to be recorded, may appoint a trustee to represent the holders of those notes or bonds for the purposes provided in this chapter.
Alaska Stat. § 44.19.020 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.19 / Section 44.19.020
Duties of the lieutenant governor.
Status: in_force

The lieutenant governor shall (1) administer state election laws;

(2) appoint notaries public;

(3) adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) that establish for the broadcasting of notices under AS 44.62.190 and 44.62.310(e) the frequency of the broadcasts, appropriate broadcast times, and the locations for the broadcasts; the regulations must be reasonably calculated to provide the widest possible exposure of the notices.
Alaska Stat. § 44.21.258 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.21 / Section 44.21.258
Membership and term of office.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission consists of nine members appointed by the governor, without regard to political affiliation, subject to confirmation by a majority of the members of the legislature in joint session. In making appointments to the commission, the governor shall give due consideration to representation from such fields as higher education, elementary and secondary education, communications, commercial broadcasting, public health, public works, labor, commerce, and the professions. Members may be removed only for cause.

(b) The members of the commission shall serve staggered terms of five years.
Alaska Stat. § 44.17.020 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.17 / Section 44.17.020
Divisions.
Status: in_force

The principal executive officer of each department may, with the approval of the governor, establish divisions or other administrative or organization units within the department in the interests of economy and efficiency and in accord with sound administrative principles and practices.
Alaska Stat. § 44.09.095 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.09 / Section 44.09.095
North Star Medal.
Status: in_force

(a) The governor is authorized to award the North Star Medal directly or posthumously to any peace officer, correctional officer, firefighter, first responder, or member of a volunteer search and rescue group who dies or is seriously injured in the line of duty and has displayed exceptional bravery or heroism while performing those duties.

(b) The governor shall present recipients of the North Star Medal with a ribbon, medal, and citation during a ceremony that may not take place more than once a year. The North Star Medal will be awarded to the recipient or, in the event the recipient is no longer living, to the recipient's next of kin.

(c) Nominations for the North Star Medal must be submitted to the commissioner of public safety by the highest ranking supervisor in the department or organization of the nominee. After reviewing the nominations, the commissioner of public safety shall submit the name or names of persons recommended for the North Star Medal to the governor for approval.
Alaska Stat. § 44.23.030 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.23 / Section 44.23.030
Promotion of uniform laws.
Status: in_force

(a) The Department of Law shall examine, collect, and arrange data as to prevailing laws in the United States and other countries on marriage, divorce, insolvency, wills, executors and administrators, probate practice, taxation, commercial law, civil and criminal practice in the courts, elections, insurance, real property, all phases of corporation law, forms of notarial certificates, vital statistics, attachments, banking, partnership, and other subjects where uniformity is considered important. It shall investigate the best means to assimilate and make uniform the laws of the several states, territories, and districts of the United States, and shall investigate and report upon these matters whenever the governor or the legislature refers them to it for investigation or action.

(b) At least one member of the Department of Law shall attend each meeting of the National Conference on Uniform State Laws.
Alaska Stat. § 44.33.780 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.33 / Section 44.33.780
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In AS 44.33.740  44.33.780, (1) commissioner means the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development;

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

Article 11. Planning Assistance
Alaska Stat. § 44.12.300 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.12 / Section 44.12.300
Findings and purpose.
Status: in_force

The people of the State of Alaska find that English is the common unifying language of the State of Alaska and the United States of America, and declare a compelling interest in promoting, preserving and strengthening its use.
Alaska Stat. § 44.42.210 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.42 / Section 44.42.210
Purpose of the board.
Status: in_force

(a) The purpose of the board is to advise and provide recommendations to the commissioner on public policy related to the department's exercise of its aviation functions assigned by law.

(b) Before filling, on a permanent basis, the position of chief administrative officer of the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport or the Fairbanks International Airport, the commissioner shall consult with the board concerning candidates to fill the position.
Alaska Stat. § 44.37.025 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.37 / Section 44.37.025
Recording.
Status: reserved

(a) The Department of Natural Resources shall adopt regulations establishing, modifying, or discontinuing recording districts or precincts and prescribing the records to be maintained and the instruments to be recorded, consistent with AS 40.17 . A regulation may not impose a restriction on document recording unless the restriction is required by statute or furthers a legitimate administrative need of the recorder; a legitimate administrative need includes ensuring the legibility of the documents and identifying the parties, the capacity of each party, and the affected property.

(b) The department shall prescribe by regulation and account for recording fees and do all other things necessary to maintain the recording systems established under the laws of this state. For a document that is to be recorded for multiple purposes, the department may collect the applicable recording fee for each of the multiple purposes.

(c) The department, with the concurrence of the administrative director of the Alaska Court System, may appoint judicial employees to perform services in connection with recording, providing access to, and copying documents in locations where the department has not otherwise designated a public office to perform those functions.

(d) [Repealed, § 14 ch 119 SLA 1996.] (e) In addition to the recording system established under AS 40.17 , the commissioner of natural resources may by regulation establish a system for recording and filing documents to enable members of the public to safeguard documents. Recording or filing a document in the system established under this subsection does not provide constructive notice for any purpose.

(f) Under AS 37.05.146 (c), fees for services of the Department of Natural Resources for recording and related services under this section shall be accounted for separately, and appropriations from the account are not made from the unrestricted general fund.
Alaska Stat. § 44.39.020 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.39 / Section 44.39.020
Duties of department.
Status: in_force

The Department of Fish and Game shall administer the state program for the conservation and development of the state's commercial fisheries, sport fish, birds, game, and fur-bearing animals. The Department of Fish and Game shall issue fish and game licenses, collect fish and game license revenue, and do all other acts incidental to the performance of these functions.
Alaska Stat. § 44.62.100 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.62 / Section 44.62.100
Presumptions from filing.
Status: in_force

(a) The filing of a certified copy of a regulation or an order of repeal by the lieutenant governor raises the rebuttable presumptions that (1) it was duly adopted;

(2) it was duly filed and made available for public inspection at the day and hour endorsed on it;

(3) all requirements of this chapter and the regulations relative to the regulation have been complied with;

(4) the text of the certified copy of a regulation or order of repeal is the text of the regulation or order of repeal as adopted.

(b) The courts shall take judicial notice of the contents of the certified copy of each regulation and of each order of repeal duly filed.
Alaska Stat. § 44.62.530 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.62 / Section 44.62.530
Default.
Status: in_force

If the respondent does not file a notice of defense or does not appear at the hearing, the agency may take action based upon the respondent's express admissions or upon other evidence, and affidavits may be used as evidence without notice to the respondent. If the burden of proof is on the respondent to establish that the respondent is entitled to the agency action sought, the agency may act without taking evidence. Nothing in this chapter may be construed to deprive the respondent of the right to make a showing by way of mitigation.
Alaska Stat. § 44.12.072 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.12 / Section 44.12.072
Alaska Day of Prayer.
Status: in_force

The Alaska Day of Prayer is established on the first Thursday in May each year as an opportunity for residents of all faiths to join in united prayer to give thanks for blessings received, to request healing for wounds endured, to ask divine guidance for our leaders, and to bring wholeness to the citizens of our state and our nation.
Alaska Stat. § 44.64.020 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.64 / Section 44.64.020
Powers and duties of chief administrative law judge.
Status: in_force

(a) The chief administrative law judge shall (1) supervise the office;

(2) employ administrative staff, who shall be in the classified service;

(3) employ administrative law judges, who shall be in the partially exempt service;

(4) preside over administrative hearings handled by the office or, based upon the qualifications and expertise of the administrative law judges, assign administrative law judges to preside over hearings, and protect, support, and enhance the decisional independence of the administrative law judges;

(5) establish and implement performance standards, including provision for timeliness, and peer review programs for administrative law judges employed or retained by the office;

(6) make available and facilitate training and continuing education programs and services in administrative procedure, administrative adjudication, substantive law, alternate dispute resolution, and technical matters for administrative law judges and other administrative adjudicators;

(7) survey administrative hearing participants and use other methods to monitor the quality of administrative hearings held by the office and other state agencies, and submit to the governor and the legislature on January 31 of each year the results of the survey along with a report that includes a description of the activities of the office and recommendations for statutory changes that may be needed in relation to the administrative hearings held by the office or other state agencies;

(8) review and comment on regulations proposed by state agencies to govern procedures in administrative hearings;

(9) enter into contracts as necessary to carry out the functions of the office;

(10) annually prepare and submit to the commissioner of administration a budget for the office for the next fiscal year that shall include and separately identify funding for training and continuing education; a copy of the budget submitted to the commissioner under this paragraph shall also be submitted to the finance committee of each house of the legislature;

(11) after consulting with affected agencies, adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) to carry out the duties of the office and implement this chapter;

(12) receive and review applications from individuals seeking appointments to the Workers' Compensation Appeals Commission and submit the names of individuals to the governor for appointment as provided in AS 23.30.007 (d); and

(13) appoint a chair pro tempore for the Workers' Compensation Appeals Commission as provided in AS 23.30.007 (m).

(b) In carrying out the responsibilities of the office, the chief administrative law judge shall seek to accomplish the following goals: (1) provide for the delivery of high quality adjudication services in a timely, efficient, and cost-effective manner;

(2) ensure respect for the privacy and dignity of the individuals whose cases are being adjudicated and protect them from threats, intimidation, and harassment;

(3) foster open and clearly explained agency decisions and improve public access to the process of administrative adjudication;

(4) guarantee protection of all parties' due process rights, increase the public parties' perception of fairness in administrative adjudication, and foster acceptance of final administrative decisions by the public and affected parties;

(5) protect the integrity of the process of administrative adjudication and decisional independence of administrative adjudicators; and

(6) increase consistency in administrative procedures and decisions.
Alaska Stat. § 44.12.160 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.12 / Section 44.12.160
Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month.
Status: in_force

The month of February each year is established as Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month may be observed by schools, community groups, and other public and private agencies and individuals with appropriate activities that increase the public's awareness of teen dating violence in the state, encourage Alaskans to pursue healthy relationships and learn the signs of teen dating violence, and promote prevention of and action to end teen dating violence.
Alaska Stat. § 44.88.070 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.88 / Section 44.88.070
Purpose of the authority.
Status: in_force

The purpose of the authority is to promote, develop, and advance the general prosperity and economic welfare of the people of the state, to relieve problems of unemployment, and to create additional employment by (1) providing various means of financing and means of facilitating the financing, in cooperation with federal, state, and private institutions, of industrial, manufacturing, energy, export, small business, and business enterprises and the other facilities referred to in AS 44.88.010 (a) in the state;

(2) owning and operating or providing development project financing for the enterprises and other facilities described in AS 44.88.172 ;

(3) fostering the expansion of exports of goods, services, and raw materials of the state;

(4) cooperating and acting in conjunction with other organizations, public and private, the objects of which are the promotion and advancement of export trade activities in the state;

(5) establishing a source of funding credit guarantees and insurance, not otherwise available, to support export development;

(6) providing and cooperating or participating with federal, state, and private institutions to provide actual and potential state exporters, particularly small- and medium-sized exporters, with financial assistance in support of export transactions.
Alaska Stat. § 44.39.010 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.39 / Section 44.39.010
Commissioner of fish and game.
Status: in_force

The principal executive officer of the Department of Fish and Game is the commissioner of fish and game.
Alaska Stat. § 44.29.220 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.29 / Section 44.29.220
Administration of loan program.
Status: reserved

(a) The department may (1) adopt regulations necessary to carry out its functions under AS 44.29.210  44.29.230 and to administer the program required under 42 U.S.C. 300x-4(a), including regulations to establish reasonable fees for services provided, procedures for foreclosure proceedings, and procedures for collecting delinquent accounts;

(2) establish amortization plans for the repayment of loans;

(3) charge and collect the fees established under this subsection; and

(4) contract for the servicing of loans made under AS 44.29.210 .

(b) [Repealed, § 28 ch 90 SLA 1991.]
Alaska Stat. § 44.03.040 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.03 / Section 44.03.040
Reconciliation with other statutes.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not alter the geographic area to which a statute of the state applies if the statute specifies the area precisely in miles or by another numerical designation of distance or position. Nothing in the statute or in this chapter is a waiver or relinquishment of jurisdiction over or ownership by the state of an area to which jurisdiction or ownership extends under another provision or rule of law.
Alaska Stat. § 44.62.640 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.62 / Section 44.62.640
Definitions for AS 44.62.
Status: in_force

(a) In AS 44.62.010  44.62.319, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) lieutenant governor means the office of the lieutenant governor in the executive branch of the state government, or another agency designated by executive order under the constitution;

(2) order of repeal means a resolution, order, or other official act of a state agency that expressly repeals a regulation in whole or in part;

(3) regulation means every rule, regulation, order, or standard of general application or the amendment, supplement, or revision of a rule, regulation, order, or standard adopted by a state agency to implement, interpret, or make specific the law enforced or administered by it, or to govern its procedure, except one that relates only to the internal management of a state agency; regulation does not include a form prescribed by a state agency or instructions relating to the use of the form, but this provision is not a limitation on a requirement that a regulation be adopted under this chapter when one is needed to implement the law under which the form is issued; regulation includes manuals, policies, instructions, guides to enforcement, interpretative bulletins, interpretations, and the like, that have the effect of rules, orders, regulations, or standards of general application, and this and similar phraseology may not be used to avoid or circumvent this chapter; whether a regulation, regardless of name, is covered by this chapter depends in part on whether it affects the public or is used by the agency in dealing with the public;

(4) state agency means a department, office, agency, or other organizational unit of the executive branch, except one expressly excluded by law, but does not include an agency in the judicial or legislative branches of the state government.

(b) In AS 44.62.330  44.62.630, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) agency includes the state boards, commissions, and officers listed in AS 44.62.330 and those to which this chapter is made applicable by law or executive order involving reorganization under the constitution;

(2) agency member means a person who is a member of an agency to which AS 44.62.330  44.62.630 apply, and includes a person who individually is an agency;

(3) hearing officer means a hearing officer qualified under AS 44.62.350 ;

(4) party includes the agency, the respondent, and a person, other than an officer or an employee of the agency in an official capacity, who has been allowed to appear in the proceeding;

(5) respondent means a person against whom an accusation is filed under AS 44.62.360 or against whom a statement of issues is filed under AS 44.62.370 .

(c) In this chapter teleconferencing means information exchange by audio or video medium.
Alaska Stat. § 44.30.120 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.30 / Section 44.30.120
Composition of the board.
Status: in_force

(a) The Alaska Pioneers' Homes Advisory Board consists of (1) five members appointed by the governor from among citizens of the state;

(2) one member appointed by the governor who is a veteran of active service in the armed forces of the United States, including the Alaska National Guard or the Alaska Territorial Guard;

(3) one member who is the chair of the Alaska Commission on Aging established in AS 44.29.750 ; and

(4) one member who is chair of the Alaska Veterans Advisory Council established in AS 44.35 .

(b) The term of office of a member of the board appointed under (a)(1) of this section is four years. A member of the board may not serve more than eight consecutive years. A chair shall be elected by the voting members of the board. The members of the board appointed under (a)(1) and (2) of this section serve at the pleasure of the governor.
Alaska Stat. § 44.83.085 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.83 / Section 44.83.085
Susitna River power project annual report.
Status: in_force

The authority shall prepare, not later than the first day of each regular session of the legislature, an annual report summarizing the status of the Susitna River power project and shall notify the legislature that the report is available.
Alaska Stat. § 44.25.010 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.25 / Section 44.25.010
Commissioner of revenue.
Status: in_force

The principal executive officer of the Department of Revenue is the commissioner of revenue.
Alaska Stat. § 44.33.816 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.33 / Section 44.33.816
Minutes and records.
Status: in_force

The Local Boundary Commission shall keep minutes of all meetings and hearings. If the proceedings are transcribed, minutes shall be made from the transcription. The minutes are a public record. All votes taken by the commission shall be entered in the minutes.
Alaska Stat. § 44.12.077 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.12 / Section 44.12.077
Military Family Day.
Status: in_force

Military Family Day is established on November 1 of each year to honor military families. Military Family Day may be observed by suitable observances and exercises by civic groups and the public.
Alaska Stat. § 44.25.240 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.25 / Section 44.25.240
Regulations.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) consistent with state law and the fiduciary responsibilities imposed by law on members of boards of directors of corporations having trust responsibilities.

(b) The regulations shall address, but are not limited to, (1) the requirements of AS 44.25.290 (h) and (j);

(2) procedures by which an aggrieved person or group who believe they have not received services that should be provided from the trust may apply to the authority for redress;

(3) provisions that allow and encourage entities providing trust funded services to integrate those services with other community human services funded by other sources;

(4) administrative adjudication procedures, including but not limited to (A) the acceptance of applications under (3) of this subsection;

(B) investigations;

(C) hearings; and

(D) the issuance of administrative orders, as necessary;

(5) provisions that establish a process for long-range planning for expenditures from the mental health trust settlement income account; and

(6) criteria for determining the nature and extent of necessary services and related expenses to be funded by the trust.
Alaska Stat. § 44.62.570 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.62 / Section 44.62.570
Scope of review.
Status: in_force

(a) An appeal shall be heard by the superior court sitting without a jury.

(b) Inquiry in an appeal extends to the following questions: (1) whether the agency has proceeded without, or in excess of jurisdiction; (2) whether there was a fair hearing; and (3) whether there was a prejudicial abuse of discretion. Abuse of discretion is established if the agency has not proceeded in the manner required by law, the order or decision is not supported by the findings, or the findings are not supported by the evidence.

(c) The court may exercise its independent judgment on the evidence. If it is claimed that the findings are not supported by the evidence, abuse of discretion is established if the court determines that the findings are not supported by (1) the weight of the evidence; or

(2) substantial evidence in the light of the whole record.

(d) The court may augment the agency record in whole or in part, or hold a hearing de novo. If the court finds that there is relevant evidence which, in the exercise of reasonable diligence, could not have been produced or which was improperly excluded at the hearing, the court may (1) enter judgment as provided in (e) of this section and remand the case to be reconsidered in the light of that evidence; or

(2) admit the evidence at the appellate hearing without remanding the case.

(e) The court shall enter judgment setting aside, modifying, remanding, or affirming the order or decision, without limiting or controlling in any way the discretion legally vested in the agency.

(f) The court in which proceedings under this section are started may stay the operation of the administrative order or decision until (1) the court enters judgment;

(2) a notice of further appeal from the judgment is filed; or

(3) the time for filing the notice of appeal expires.

(g) A stay may not be imposed or continued if the court is satisfied that it is against the public interest.

(h) If further appeal is taken, the supreme court may, in its discretion, stay the superior court judgment or agency order.

(i) If a final administrative order or decision is the subject of a proceeding under this section, and the appeal is filed while the penalty imposed is in effect, finishing or complying with the penalty imposed by the administrative agency during the pendency of the proceeding does not make the determination moot.
Alaska Stat. § 44.33.849 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.33 / Section 44.33.849
Definition.
Status: in_force

In AS 44.33.840  44.33.849, commissioner means the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development.
Alaska Stat. § 44.19.017 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.19 / Section 44.19.017
International trade.
Status: in_force

(a) The Office of the Governor is authorized to foster the growth of (1) trade between Alaska and foreign countries; and

(2) international trade within the state and administer Alaska foreign offices.

(b) The governor shall maintain foreign offices, including an office located in Tokyo, Japan and Seoul, Republic of Korea. The foreign offices shall serve as outlets for information related to economic development, resources, and trade and as contact points for government and private industry of Alaska and the Pacific Rim nations of Asia and other foreign countries to promote and maintain trade between the state and those countries.

(c) The governor shall staff the foreign offices with persons the governor selects based on their experience, training, and linguistic ability. The governor shall solicit ideas from the legislature regarding desirable staff qualifications and its recommendations of persons to staff the offices. The governor may hire additional personnel as necessary.

(d) The governor shall direct all state agencies, and request the federal government and private industry, to provide necessary reports, brochures, and information requested by the governor.

(e) The governor shall prepare a report annually on the activities and accomplishments of the Office of the Governor under this section and notify the legislature that the report is available.

(f) The expenses of operating the activities of the Office of the Governor under this section, including its foreign offices, shall be included in appropriations made to the Office of the Governor.
Alaska Stat. § 44.81.010 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.81 / Section 44.81.010
Alaska Commercial Fishing and Agriculture Bank.
Status: reserved

(a) There is established the Alaska Commercial Fishing and Agriculture Bank. The exercise by the bank of the powers conferred by this chapter is considered to be for a public purpose. In the exercise of its powers under AS 44.81.215 (11), the bank is acting as an agent under the express authority and reservations of the state as the issuer of limited entry permits under AS 16.43 . The bank is exempt from the provisions of AS 06.05 (Alaska Banking Code) and AS 10.15 (Alaska Cooperative Corporation Act) in its structure and operations and in the exercise of powers granted by this chapter, and the bank is exempt from AS 45.45.010  45.45.090 when lending money under this chapter.

(b) For the purpose of acquiring and accumulating capital of the bank, the board may issue nonvoting, preferred shares of stock in the bank and determine the value of each share. The state, through the Department of Revenue, may purchase the nonvoting, preferred shares issued by the bank. Shares purchased by the state shall be repurchased by the bank within 20 years after their purchase. If the bank fails to repurchase the shares within 20 years after their purchase by the state, the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development may appoint a receiver to direct, manage, and operate the bank until the shares have been repurchased. Upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation of the bank, and upon repayment of all legal debts and obligations of the bank, all shares of nonvoting, preferred stock owned by the state have priority for redemption over all other forms and amounts of ownership of the bank.

(c) [Repealed, § 43 ch 85 SLA 1988.]
Alaska Stat. § 44.23.010 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.23 / Section 44.23.010
Attorney general.
Status: in_force

The principal executive officer of the Department of Law is the attorney general.
Alaska Stat. § 44.12.137 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.12 / Section 44.12.137
Vic Fischer and Jack Coghill Constitution of the State of Alaska Day.
Status: in_force

Vic Fischer and Jack Coghill Constitution of the State of Alaska Day is established on April 24 of each year to honor Jack Coghill, Vic Fischer, and the other delegates to the Alaska Constitutional Convention and commemorate the creation of the Constitution of the State of Alaska. Vic Fischer and Jack Coghill Constitution of the State of Alaska Day may be observed at school assemblies and by suitable observances and exercises by civic groups and the public.
Alaska Stat. § 44.09.010 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.09 / Section 44.09.010
State seal.
Status: in_force

The official seal of the State of Alaska is comprised of two concentric circles between which appear the words The Seal of the State of Alaska and within the inner circle is the design of the seal corresponding to the representation in this section.
Alaska Stat. § 44.66.060 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.66 / Section 44.66.060
Existing claims.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not cause the termination or dismissal of a claim or right of a citizen against a board, commission, or program of an agency terminated by legislative action or under this chapter that is subject to litigation. Claims and rights shall be assumed by the department to which the board or commission terminated under this chapter was attached for administrative purposes.
Alaska Stat. § 44.29.660 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.29 / Section 44.29.660
Responsibilities.
Status: in_force

The council shall: (1) serve as a forum by which issues and benefits regarding current and potential services to disabled persons may be discussed by consumer, public, private, professional, and lay interests;

(2) advocate the needs of disabled persons before the executive and legislative branches of the state government and before the public;

(3) advise the executive and legislative branches of the state government and the private sector on programs and policies pertaining to current and potential services to disabled persons and their families;

(4) submit periodic reports to the commissioner of health, the commissioner of education and early development, and to other appropriate departments, on the effects of current federal and state programs regarding services to disabled persons; these reports must include program performance reports to the governor, the federal government, and state agencies as required under 20 U.S.C. 1482 and 42 U.S.C. 15025;

(5) in conjunction with the Department of Health and the Department of Education and Early Development, develop, prepare, adopt, periodically review, and revise as necessary an annual state plan prescribing programs that meet the needs of persons with developmental disabilities as required under 42 U.S.C. 15024;

(6) review and comment to commissioners of state departments on all state plans and proposed regulations relating to programs for persons who are experiencing disabilities before the adoption of a plan or regulation; for this purpose, the appropriate departments shall submit the plans and proposed regulations to the council;

(7) recommend the priorities and specifications for the use of funds received by the state under 20 U.S.C. 1471  1482 and 42 U.S.C. 15001  15083;

(8) submit annually to the commissioner of health, the commissioner of education and early development, and the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development a proposed interdepartmental program budget for services to disabled persons that includes, insofar as possible, projected revenues and expenditures for programs implemented by state agencies, local governmental agencies, and private organizations; the interdepartmental program budget is an informational supplement to the regular annual budgetary submissions of the departments to the Office of the Governor;

(9) provide information and guidance for the development of appropriate special educational programs and services for a child with a disability as defined in AS 14.30.350 ;

(10) monitor and evaluate budgets or other implementation plans and programs for disabled persons to assure nonduplication of services and encourage efficient and coordinated use of federal, state, and private resources in the provision of services; members of the council, with the approval of the council, have access to information in the possession of state agencies subject to disclosure restrictions imposed by state or federal confidentiality or privacy laws;

(11) perform other duties required under applicable federal laws or AS 14.30.231 and as the governor may assign;

(12) govern the special education service agency and may hire personnel necessary to operate the agency; and

(13) provide to the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority for its review and consideration recommendations concerning the integrated comprehensive mental health program for the people of the state who are described in AS 44.25.290 (b)(2) 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 .
Alaska Stat. § 44.85.020 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.85 / Section 44.85.020
Municipal Bond Bank Authority.
Status: in_force

There is created the Alaska Municipal Bond Bank Authority. The authority is a public corporation of the state. The corporation is an instrumentality of the state within the Department of Revenue but has a legal existence independent of and separate from the state and has continuing succession until its existence is terminated by law. The exercise by the authority of the powers conferred by this chapter is considered an essential governmental function of the state.
Alaska Stat. § 44.19.860 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.19 / Section 44.19.860
Meetings, quorum, and administrative support.
Status: in_force

(a) A majority of the voting members of the commission constitutes a quorum for the purpose of conducting business and exercising the powers of the commission. The commission shall meet quarterly and at other times determined by the chair.

(b) Members of the commission serve without compensation but are entitled to per diem and travel expenses authorized for boards and commissions under AS 39.20.180 .

(c) The Office of the Governor shall provide administrative support to the commission.
Alaska Stat. § 44.12.155 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.12 / Section 44.12.155
Indigenous Peoples Day.
Status: in_force

Indigenous Peoples Day is established on the second Monday of October of each year. Indigenous Peoples Day may be observed by suitable observances and exercises by civic groups and the public.
Alaska Stat. § 44.19.643 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.19 / Section 44.19.643
Compensation.
Status: in_force

Members of the commission serve without compensation but are entitled to per diem and travel expenses authorized for boards and commissions under AS 39.20.180 .
Alaska Stat. § 44.12.130 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.12 / Section 44.12.130
Jay Hammond Day.
Status: in_force

Jay Hammond Day is established on July 21 of each year to honor Governor Jay Hammond. Jay Hammond Day may be observed by suitable observances and exercises by civic groups and the public.
Alaska Stat. § 44.50.078 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.50 / Section 44.50.078
Journal.
Status: in_force

(a) A notary public shall maintain a journal in which the notary public chronicles all notarial acts that the notary public performs under AS 44.50.075 . The notary public shall retain the journal for 10 years after the performance of the last notarial act chronicled in the journal.

(b) A notary public may create a journal on a tangible medium or in an electronic format. A notary public shall maintain at least one journal in a tangible medium to chronicle all notarial acts described in (a) of this section. A notary public may maintain one or more journals in an electronic format to chronicle all notarial acts described in (a) of this section. If a journal is maintained in an electronic format, the journal must be in a permanent, tamper-evident electronic format complying with the regulations of the lieutenant governor under AS 44.50.072 .

(c) A notary public shall make an entry in a journal contemporaneously with performance of the notarial act, and an entry must contain the following information: (1) the date and time of the notarial act;

(2) a description of the record, if any, and type of notarial act;

(3) the full name and address of each individual for whom the notarial act is performed;

(4) if identity of the individual is based on personal knowledge, a statement to that effect;

(5) if identity of the individual is based on satisfactory evidence, a brief description of the method of identification and the identification credential presented, if any, including the date of issuance and expiration of the identification credential; and

(6) the fee, if any, charged by the notary public.

(d) If a notary public's journal is lost or stolen, the notary public shall promptly notify the lieutenant governor upon discovering that the journal is lost or stolen.

(e) Upon resignation from, or revocation or suspension of, a notary public's commission, the notary public shall retain the notary public's journal in accordance with (a) of this section and inform the lieutenant governor where the journal is located.
Alaska Stat. § 44.12.150 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.12 / Section 44.12.150
African American Soldiers' Contribution to Building the Alaska Highway Day.
Status: in_force

African American Soldiers' Contribution to Building the Alaska Highway Day is established on October 25 each year, beginning in 2017, the 75th anniversary of completion of the Alaska Highway, to honor the sacrifices made by African American soldiers who built the Alaska Highway. African American Soldiers' Contribution to Building the Alaska Highway Day may be observed by suitable observances and exercises by civic groups and the public.
Alaska Stat. § 44.31.025 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.31 / Section 44.31.025
Building safety account.
Status: in_force

The building safety account is created in the state treasury. The legislature may appropriate money from the account for necessary costs incurred by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development in the administration of AS 05.20 , AS 18.60.180  18.60.395, 18.60.800  18.60.820, and AS 18.62 . Nothing in this section creates a dedicated fund or dedicates the money in the account for a specific purpose.
Alaska Stat. § 44.62.790 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.62 / Section 44.62.790
Relationship to other requirements.
Status: in_force

The negotiated regulation making authorized by AS 44.62.710  44.62.800 is in addition to the procedures required under AS 44.62.010  44.62.319 for adopting, amending, or repealing regulations, and, if an agency head decides to use negotiated regulation making, the negotiated regulation making shall, where possible, occur before the procedures under AS 44.62.010  44.62.319 begin.
Alaska Stat. § 44.17.030 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.17 / Section 44.17.030
Regulations.
Status: in_force

The principal executive officer of each department may adopt regulations, consistent with law or regulations established by the governor, for (1) the administration of the department;

(2) the conduct of employees;

(3) the distribution and performance of business; and

(4) the custody, use, and preservation of the records, documents, and property pertaining to department business.
Alaska Stat. § 44.62.312 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.62 / Section 44.62.312
State policy regarding meetings.
Status: in_force

(a) It is the policy of the state that (1) the governmental units mentioned in AS 44.62.310 (a) exist to aid in the conduct of the people's business;

(2) it is the intent of the law that actions of those units be taken openly and that their deliberations be conducted openly;

(3) the people of this state do not yield their sovereignty to the agencies that serve them;

(4) the people, in delegating authority, do not give their public servants the right to decide what is good for the people to know and what is not good for them to know;

(5) the people's right to remain informed shall be protected so that they may retain control over the instruments they have created;

(6) the use of teleconferencing under this chapter is for the convenience of the parties, the public, and the governmental units conducting the meetings.

(b) AS 44.62.310 (c) and (d) shall be construed narrowly in order to effectuate the policy stated in (a) of this section and to avoid exemptions from open meeting requirements and unnecessary executive sessions.
Alaska Stat. § 44.68.140 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.68 / Section 44.68.140
Authorization to accept property.
Status: in_force

The governing board, or the executive head of a department, instrumentality, or agency of the state government or of a town, city, school district, or other political subdivision may, by order or resolution, give an officer or employee of it continuing authority to get, certify, and accept the transfer to it of property under AS 44.68.120  44.68.140, and to obligate the authority for which the officer or employee acts and its funds to the extent necessary to comply with the terms and conditions of the transfers. This authority of an officer or employee remains in effect until the order or resolution is revoked and written notice of revocation is received by the Department of Administration.
Alaska Stat. § 44.29.350 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.29 / Section 44.29.350
Duties.
Status: in_force

The council shall serve in an advisory capacity to the legislature and the governor with respect to what actions can and should be taken to (1) improve health and wellness throughout the state by reducing suicide and its effect on individuals, families, and communities;

(2) broaden the public's awareness of suicide and the risk factors related to suicide;

(3) enhance suicide prevention services and programs throughout the state;

(4) develop healthy communities through comprehensive, collaborative, community-based, and faith-based approaches;

(5) develop and implement a statewide suicide prevention plan;

(6) strengthen existing and build new partnerships between public and private entities that will advance suicide prevention efforts in the state.
Alaska Stat. § 44.99.006 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.99 / Section 44.99.006
Agreement for an Alaska Maritime Academy.
Status: in_force

The governor may enter into an agreement with the federal Maritime Administration to provide for an Alaska Maritime Academy.
Alaska Stat. § 44.30.020 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.30 / Section 44.30.020
Duties of department.
Status: in_force

(a) The Department of Family and Community Services shall administer the state programs of child welfare, institutional management, and delinquency, including (1) mental health treatment and diagnosis under AS 47.30.660  47.30.915;

(2) management of state institutions, except for adult penal institutions;

(3) child welfare and delinquency services;

(4) the Alaska Pioneers' Home and the Alaska Veterans' Home.

(b) As applicable, the Department of Family and Community Services shall cooperate with the Department of Public Safety in enforcement of the prohibition on the possession, offer, display, marketing, advertising, or sale of illicit synthetic drugs under AS 17.21 .
Alaska Stat. § 44.83.710 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.83 / Section 44.83.710
Revenue mechanism.
Status: in_force

(a) The transmission organization shall hold and administer a commission-approved nondiscriminatory open access transmission tariff for the backbone transmission system.

(b) The transmission organization shall file with the commission a nondiscriminatory open access transmission tariff consistent with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission standards to remove impediments to competition in the wholesale bulk power marketplace in the state. If the transmission organization does not file a nondiscriminatory open access transmission tariff with the commission on or before July 1, 2025, the commission shall, after notice and opportunity for public comment, establish a nondiscriminatory open access transmission tariff consistent with this section.

(c) The nondiscriminatory open access transmission tariff must, as approved by the commission, (1) pool backbone transmission system costs and allocate those costs through certificated load-serving entities on a coincident peak or load ratio share basis, or a combination of both; and

(2) account for (A) required backbone transmission system ancillary services;

(B) backbone transmission system congestion;

(C) disruptions to the backbone transmission system that result in the isolation of one geographical area of the backbone transmission system from another for more than 24 hours; and

(D) costs to own and operate the backbone transmission system, as established by the commission or by contract, including transmission costs associated with the Bradley Lake hydroelectric project.

(d) A Railbelt utility shall pass the commission-approved transmission costs directly and transparently to the utility's customers.
Alaska Stat. § 44.29.730 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.29 / Section 44.29.730
Definition.
Status: in_force

In AS 44.29.700  44.29.730, council means the Statewide Independent Living Council established under AS 44.29.700 .
Alaska Stat. § 44.62.230 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.62 / Section 44.62.230
Procedure on petition.
Status: in_force

Upon receipt of a petition requesting the adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation under AS 44.62.180  44.62.290, a state agency shall, within 30 days, deny the petition in writing or schedule the matter for public hearing under AS 44.62.190  44.62.215. However, if the petition is for an emergency regulation, and the agency finds that an emergency exists, the requirements of AS 44.62.040 (c) and 44.62.190  44.62.215 do not apply, and the agency may submit the regulation to the lieutenant governor immediately after making the finding of emergency and putting the regulation into proper form.
Alaska Stat. § 44.42.085 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.42 / Section 44.42.085
Comprehensive long-range community and public transportation plan.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall (1) prepare a comprehensive long-range plan for the development and improvement of coordinated community and public transportation; and

(2) revise and update the plan at intervals determined by the commissioner.

(b) The department shall submit the comprehensive long-range plan and revisions and updates of the plan to the governor and the legislature.
Alaska Stat. § 44.09.100 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.09 / Section 44.09.100
State gem.
Status: in_force

Jade is the official state gem.
Alaska Stat. § 44.62.245 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.62 / Section 44.62.245
Material incorporated by reference.
Status: in_force

(a) In adopting a regulation that incorporates a document or other material by reference, a state agency may incorporate future amended versions of the document or other material if the adopted regulation identifies or refers to the document or other material followed by the phrase as may be amended, the phrase as amended from time to time, or a similar provision and the (1) document consists of a regulation of another agency of the state; or

(2) incorporation of a future amended version of the document or other material is explicitly authorized by a statute.

(b) When the amended version of a document or other material incorporated by reference in a regulation as described in (a) of this section becomes available, the state agency shall (1) make the amended version of the document or other material available to the public for review; and

(2) post on the Alaska Online Public Notice System and publish in a newspaper of general circulation or trade or industry publication or in a regularly published agency newsletter or similar printed publication, not later than 15 days after the amended version of the document or other material becomes available, a notice that describes the affected regulation, the effective date of the amended version of the document or other material, and how a copy of the amended version may be obtained or reviewed.

(c) The state agency shall also send the notice described in (b)(2) of this section to (1) a person who has placed the person's name on a distribution list kept by the agency that lists persons who want to receive the notice; the agency may allow a person to request that distribution of the notice be by electronic means and shall honor that request if appropriate means are available; and

(2) the regulations attorney in the Department of Law.

(d) A change in the form, format, or title in a future amended or revised version of a document or material incorporated by reference in a regulation under this section does not affect the validity of the regulation or the state agency's ability to enforce or implement the regulation. The state agency shall notify the regulations attorney in the Department of Law if the title of the document or other material changes. The regulations attorney shall correct the title in the Alaska Administrative Code under AS 44.62.125 .
Alaska Stat. § 44.19.141 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.19 / Section 44.19.141
Alaska office of management and budget.
Status: in_force

There is in the Office of the Governor the Alaska office of management and budget.
Alaska Stat. § 44.85.070 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.85 / Section 44.85.070
Staff.
Status: in_force

The bond bank authority shall employ an executive secretary who may with the approval of the bond bank authority select and employ additional staff as necessary. Employees and agents of the bond bank authority other than legal counsel and the executive secretary are in the classified service under AS 39.25 . In addition to its staff of regular employees, the bond bank authority may contract for and engage the services of the bond counsel, consultants, experts, and financial advisors the bond bank authority considers necessary for the purpose of developing information, or conducting studies, investigations, hearings, or other proceedings.
Alaska Stat. § 44.12.080 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.12 / Section 44.12.080
Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
Status: in_force

Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day is established on December 7 of each year to commemorate the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and to honor the individuals who died as a result of the attack. The governor shall issue a proclamation to commemorate the day and shall direct that the Alaska flag be flown at half-mast on that day. Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day may be observed by suitable observances and exercises by civic groups and the public.
Alaska Stat. § 44.19.035 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.19 / Section 44.19.035
Jones Act repeal.
Status: in_force

The governor shall use best efforts and all appropriate means to persuade the United States Congress to repeal those provisions of the Jones Act formerly codified at 46 U.S.C. 861, et seq.
Alaska Stat. § 44.85.190 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.85 / Section 44.85.190
Form of issuance.
Status: in_force

Bonds or notes of the bond bank authority shall be authorized by resolution of the bond bank authority and may be issued in one or more series and shall bear the date, mature at the time, bear interest at the rate of interest each year or within a maximum rate, be in the denomination, be in the form, either coupon or registered, carry the conversion or registration privileges, have the rank or priority, be executed in the manner, be payable from the sources in the medium of payment at the place inside or outside the state, and be subject to the terms of redemption, with or without premium, as the resolution of the bond bank authority provides.
Alaska Stat. § 44.12.110 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.12 / Section 44.12.110
Marmot Day.
Status: in_force

Marmot Day is established on February 2 of each year. The day may be observed by suitable observances and exercises by school programs, the Alaska Zoo, civic groups, and the public.
Alaska Stat. § 44.83.070 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.83 / Section 44.83.070
Purpose of the authority.
Status: in_force

The purpose of the authority is to promote, develop, and advance the general prosperity and economic welfare of the people of the state by providing a means of financing and operating power projects and facilities that recover and use waste energy and by carrying out the powers and duties assigned to it under AS 42.45 .
Alaska Stat. § 44.42.067 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.42 / Section 44.42.067
Retrofits and new construction for energy efficiency; energy efficiency report.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than January 1, 2020, the department shall work with other state agencies to retrofit at least 25 percent of all public facilities, starting with those it determines are the least energy efficient, if the department determines that retrofitting the public facilities will result in a net savings in energy costs to the state within 15 years after completion of the retrofits for a public facility and if funding for the retrofits is available.

(b) A retrofit or deferred maintenance of a public facility performed under this section, to the extent feasible, shall meet or exceed the most recently published edition of the ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1, Energy Standard for Buildings Except for Low-Rise Residential Buildings, as published by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers.

(c) New construction of a public facility under this section shall meet or exceed the most recently published edition of the ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1, Energy Standard for Buildings Except for Low-Rise Residential Buildings, as published by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers.

(d) Not later than January 1 of each year, the department, in consultation with the Department of Administration, shall submit a report to the legislature detailing the department's progress in meeting the requirements of this section to reduce state energy consumption and costs and carrying out the duties listed in AS 44.42.020 as they relate to energy use. The department shall include in the report an analysis of the consumption and expense data recorded by the office of management and budget under AS 37.07.040 , comparing energy consumption levels in each year with past years to determine if reductions are being achieved.

(e) In this section, public facility means a facility owned and controlled by the state for government or public use that is 10,000 square feet or more and is not a legislative building or court building.
Alaska Stat. § 44.99.105 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.99 / Section 44.99.105
Declaration of state Arctic policy.
Status: in_force

(a) It is the policy of the state, as it relates to the Arctic, to (1) uphold the state's commitment to economically vibrant communities sustained by development activities consistent with the state's responsibility for a healthy environment, including efforts to (A) ensure that Arctic residents and communities benefit from economic and resource development activities in the region;

(B) improve the efficiency, predictability, and stability of permitting and regulatory processes;

(C) attract investment through the establishment of a positive investment climate and the development of strategic infrastructure;

(D) sustain current, and develop new, approaches for responding to a changing climate, and adapt to the challenges of coastal erosion, permafrost melt, and ocean acidification;

(E) encourage industrial and technological innovation in the private and academic sectors that focuses on emerging opportunities and challenges;

(F) maintain a strong, sustainable fisheries industry and increase fisheries research and monitoring;

(G) continue to prepare the residents of the state for emerging economic activities by using multiple education and training opportunities and implementing state workforce plans;

(2) collaborate with all levels of government, tribes, industry, and nongovernmental organizations to achieve transparent and inclusive Arctic decision-making, including efforts to (A) strengthen and expand cross-border relationships and international cooperation, especially bilateral engagements with Canada and Russia;

(B) sustain and enhance state participation in the Arctic Council;

(C) pursue opportunities to participate meaningfully as a partner in the development of federal and international Arctic policies, thereby incorporating state and local knowledge and expertise;

(D) strengthen support for and collaboration with Arctic Council Permanent Participant organizations that include Indigenous peoples of the state;

(3) enhance the security of the Arctic region of the state and, thereby, the security of the entire state, including efforts to (A) enhance disaster and emergency prevention and response, oil spill prevention and response, and search and rescue capabilities in the region;

(B) provide safe, secure, and reliable maritime transportation in the areas of the state adjacent to the Arctic;

(C) sustain current, and develop new, community, response, and resource-related infrastructure;

(D) coordinate with the federal government for an increase in United States Coast Guard presence, national defense obligations, and levels of public and private sector support; and

(4) value and strengthen the resilience of communities and respect and integrate the culture, language, and knowledge of Arctic peoples, including efforts to (A) recognize Arctic Indigenous peoples' cultures and unique relationship to the environment, including traditional reliance on a subsistence way of life for food security, which provides a spiritual connection to the land and the sea;

(B) build capacity to conduct science and research and advance innovation and technology in part by providing support to the University of Alaska for Arctic research consistent with state priorities;

(C) employ integrated, strategic planning that considers scientific, local, and traditional knowledge;

(D) safeguard the fish, wildlife, and environment of the Arctic for the benefit of residents of the state;

(E) encourage more effective integration of local and traditional knowledge into conventional science and research.

(b) It is important to the state, as it relates to the Arctic, to support the strategic recommendations of the implementation plan developed by the Alaska Arctic Policy Commission and to encourage consideration of recommendations developed by the Alaska Arctic Policy Commission. Priority lines of effort for the Arctic policy of the state include (1) promoting economic and resource development;

(2) addressing the infrastructure and response capacity gap in order to support the Arctic region;

(3) supporting healthy communities; and

(4) supporting existing and fostering new science and research that aligns with state priorities for the Arctic.

(c) In this section, 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, except that, for the purpose of international Arctic policy, Arctic means the entirety of the state.
Alaska Stat. § 44.33.788 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.33 / Section 44.33.788
Other planning powers.
Status: in_force

The department may accept and expend grants from the federal government and other public or private sources, may contract with reference to them, and may enter into contracts and exercise all other powers necessary to carry out AS 44.33.782  44.33.788.
Alaska Stat. § 44.50.034 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.50 / Section 44.50.034
Bond.
Status: in_force

(a) A person applying for a commission as a notary public without limitation under AS 44.50.010 (a)(1) shall execute an official bond of $2,500 and submit the bond with the application under AS 44.50.032 . The bond must be for a term of four years from the date of commission.

(b) The lieutenant governor shall keep a bond submitted under this section for two years after the end of the term of the commission for which the bond was issued. Disposition of the bond after the end of the commission does not affect the time for commencing an action on the bond.
Alaska Stat. § 44.99.205 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.99 / Section 44.99.205
Use of pictures and messages.
Status: in_force

(a) A state agency may not place a picture of an elected state official on an application form, a warrant, or a direct deposit notice provided by the agency.

(b) A state agency may not place a message on or with an application form, a warrant, or a direct deposit notice provided by the agency unless the message is (1) from a state agency employee who is not an elected state official; and

(2) required by law, necessary for the operation of the document, related to seasonal health issues including flu shot reminders, or related to a program or activity of a state agency.

(c) In this section, (1) direct deposit notice means a written notice that a deposit has been made by the state agency;

(2) elected state official means the governor, the lieutenant governor, a lieutenant governor who serves as acting governor or who succeeds to the office of the governor, or a legislator, including a person who has been appointed a member of the legislature by the governor to fill a vacancy in the legislature;

(3) program includes the permanent fund dividend program under AS 43.23 and the longevity bonus program under AS 47.45.010 - 47.45.160;

(4) state agency has the meaning given in AS 44.99.240 (2)(A) and (B).
Alaska Stat. § 44.19.015 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.19 / Section 44.19.015
State budget.
Status: in_force

The governor shall direct the preparation and administration of the state budget.
Alaska Stat. § 44.29.760 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.29 / Section 44.29.760
Meetings and officers.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall meet at the call of the chair, at the request of a majority of the members, or at a regularly scheduled time as determined by a majority of the members. The commission shall meet at least four times each year.

(b) A majority of the members of the commission constitutes a quorum for conducting business and exercising the powers of the commission.

(c) The commission shall elect one of its members as chairperson, and may select other officers it considers necessary.
Alaska Stat. § 44.62.180 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.62 / Section 44.62.180
Effective date.
Status: in_force

A regulation or an order of repeal filed by the lieutenant governor becomes effective on the 30th day after the date of filing unless (1) otherwise specifically provided by the statute under which the regulation or order of repeal is adopted, in which event it becomes effective on the day prescribed by the statute;

(2) it is a regulation prescribing the organization or procedure of an agency, in which event it becomes effective upon filing by the lieutenant governor or upon a later date specified by the state agency in a written instrument submitted with, or as part of, the regulation or order of repeal;

(3) it is an emergency regulation or order of repeal adopted under AS 44.62.250 , in which case the finding and the statement of the facts constituting the emergency shall be submitted to the lieutenant governor, together with the emergency regulation or order of repeal, which, in that event only, becomes effective upon filing by the lieutenant governor or upon a later date specified by the state agency in a written instrument submitted with, or as part of, the regulation or order of repeal;

(4) a later date is prescribed by the state agency in a written instrument submitted with, or as part of, the regulation or order of repeal.
Alaska Stat. § 44.83.043 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.83 / Section 44.83.043
Officers and employees.
Status: in_force

The authority may, as the authority considers advisable, appoint persons as officers, including an executive director, and employ professional advisors, counsel, technical experts, agents, and other employees. The executive director and employees of the authority are in the exempt service under AS 39.25 .
Alaska Stat. § 44.85.390 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.85 / Section 44.85.390
Cooperation by government agencies.
Status: in_force

All officers, departments, boards, agencies, divisions, and commissions of the state shall render services to the bond bank authority that are within the area of their respective governmental functions and that may be requested by the bond bank authority and must comply promptly with any reasonable request by the bond bank authority relating to making of a study or review as to desirability, need, cost or expense, or financial feasibility with respect to a public project, purpose, or improvement, or the financial or fiscal responsibility or ability of a political subdivision making application for loan to the bond bank authority and for the purchase by the bond bank authority of municipal bonds to be issued by that municipality. The cost and expense of a service requested by the bond bank authority, at the request of the officer, department, board, agency, division, or commission rendering the service, shall be paid by the bond bank authority.
Alaska Stat. § 44.88.190 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.88 / Section 44.88.190
Operation of certain statutes excepted.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority may not be considered or constitute (1) a political subdivision of the state as the term is used in AS 37.10.085 , (2) a municipal corporation or political subdivision of the state as the terms are used in AS 29 , or (3) except as provided in AS 44.88.205 , a state agency as the term is used in AS 37 , but for all other purposes the authority constitutes a political subdivision and an instrumentality of the state as provided in this chapter.

(b) The funds, income, or receipts of the authority may not be considered or constitute money of the state, nor may real property in which the authority has an interest be considered land owned in fee by the state or to which the state may become entitled or in any way land belonging to the state, or state land referred to in art. VIII of the Alaska Constitution.

(c) A loan participation purchased or financed by the authority is exempt from the provisions of AS 45.45.010 .
Alaska Stat. § 44.88.535 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.88 / Section 44.88.535
Conditions of loan guarantee.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority may guarantee a loan under AS 44.88.500  44.88.599 if the (1) loan (A) is commercially reasonable;

(B) contains payment provisions satisfactory to the authority;

(C) is secured by adequate collateral; however, the authority may waive on a case-by-case basis the requirement of collateral for a loan guarantee of $100,000 or less for which the proposed loan term does not exceed five years, but the ability to waive the requirement of this subparagraph or the grant of a waiver does not prevent the financial institution that holds the loan guaranteed by the authority from requiring reasonable collateral for the loan;

(2) borrower demonstrates the ability to repay the loan from either or both of the following: (A) net cash flow from the borrower; and

(B) proceeds from the sale of current assets that are collateral for the loan if the sale, or receipt of proceeds from the sale, is an event that creates a payment obligation; in this subparagraph, current asset means property that will be or could be converted into cash in the normal operation of a business within one year;

(3) term of the loan does not exceed 20 years;

(4) loan is originated with and serviced by a state chartered or federally chartered financial institution;

(5) portion of the loan not guaranteed by the authority is held by the originating financial institution or another institution approved by the authority;

(6) loan is made to a business with a majority interest held by state residents; and

(7) loan guarantee provides a benefit to the borrower.

(b) The authority may provide a guarantee of up to 80 percent of a loan that qualifies under AS 44.88.500  44.88.599. The ratio of the guarantee to the outstanding principal of the loan may not increase over the term of the loan.

(c) The authority may guarantee the payment of interest on the guaranteed portion of a loan (1) in the manner established by the authority by regulation; and

(2) for a period of time not to exceed (A) 90 days for loans or parts of loans not made to support an export transaction;

(B) 180 days for loans or parts of loans made for a post-shipment loan guarantee to support an export transaction; in this subparagraph, post-shipment loan guarantee means a guarantee, or portion of a guarantee, that becomes effective after the export contract date that shipment of the related goods or raw materials or provision of the related services begins; or

(C) 270 days for loans or parts of loans made for a pre-shipment loan guarantee to support an export transaction; in this subparagraph, pre-shipment loan guarantee means a guarantee, or part of a guarantee, that becomes effective before the export contract date that shipment of the related goods or raw materials or provision of the related services begins.
Alaska Stat. § 44.68.270 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.68 / Section 44.68.270
Transfer of equipment to political subdivisions.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner of transportation and public facilities may transfer directly to a political subdivision of the state, including a village organized under 25 U.S.C. 461  479, the title to automotive and construction equipment that can be used in the maintenance or construction of roads and airports.

(b) Equipment may not be transferred unless it is in excess of known state requirements in the major senatorial district and is intended for use, to some extent, to maintain and construct airports or roads.

(c) The commissioner may transfer equipment that in the commissioner's judgment is not economically repairable or is obsolete, without regard to (b) of this section.

(d) The commissioner shall determine how the equipment is to be allocated in the best interests of the state. The commissioner may adopt necessary regulations to implement this section and AS 44.68.280 .
Alaska Stat. § 44.33.381 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.33 / Section 44.33.381
Telemedicine business registry.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall adopt regulations for establishing and maintaining a registry of businesses performing telemedicine services in the state.

(b) The department shall maintain the registry of businesses performing telemedicine services in the state. The registry must include the name, address, and contact information of businesses performing telemedicine services in the state. The department may renew every two years the registration of a business that meets all renewal requirements established by regulation and pays a renewal fee every two years.

(c) The department shall charge the following fees for businesses performing telemedicine services in the state: (1) initial registration fee, $100, adjusted for inflation in a manner determined by the department;

(2) renewal fee, $100, adjusted for inflation in a manner determined by the department;

(3) fee to report changes in the business's registration information, $50.

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

(2) telemedicine services means the delivery of health care services using the transfer of medical data through audio, visual, or data communications that are performed over two or more locations by a provider who is physically separated from the recipient of the health care services.

Article 7. Alaska Minerals Commission.
Alaska Stat. § 44.88.830 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.88 / Section 44.88.830
Qualified infrastructure development; powers and duties of the authority.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to the limitations of AS 44.88.840 , for Arctic infrastructure development, the authority may (1) use the Arctic infrastructure development fund ( AS 44.88.810 ) to finance Arctic infrastructure development, insure project obligations, guarantee loans or bonds, and establish reserves;

(2) acquire real or personal property by purchase, transfer, or foreclosure when the acquisition is necessary to protect the authority's interest in financing;

(3) defer principal payments or capitalize interest on Arctic infrastructure development;

(4) subject to AS 36.30.085 (e), enter into lease agreements, sales-lease-back agreements, build-operate-transfer and operate-transfer agreements, or any similar project financing agreement for a qualified Arctic infrastructure development;

(5) enter into agreements with government entities for the transfer and control of infrastructure, facilities, rights-of-way, and studies;

(6) contract for services with a professional advisor, including an attorney, bond counsel, engineer, or other technical expert necessary to fulfill the purposes of the program; and

(7) subject to AS 44.88.090 , borrow money and issue bonds.

(b) The authority shall adopt regulations to implement AS 44.88.800  44.88.840, including (1) a process for acquiring financing under this section;

(2) qualifications for Arctic infrastructure development projects applying for financing under this section; and

(3) fiscal controls and accounting procedures for the fund.
Alaska Stat. § 44.39.050 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.39 / Section 44.39.050
Removal of commissioner.
Status: in_force

The Board of Fisheries or the Board of Game may submit a resolution to the governor requesting the removal of the commissioner. The resolution shall set out the grounds for the request and the governor shall give the commissioner and both boards an opportunity to be heard. The final decision to remove or retain the commissioner shall be made by the governor. The governor may also remove the commissioner without being requested to do so by a board.
Alaska Stat. § 44.27.058 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.27 / Section 44.27.058
National endowment funds.
Status: in_force

The council is the official agency of this state to receive and disburse funds made available by the National Endowment for the Arts and shall comply with the requirements of 20 U.S.C. 951  960 (National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965), as amended, in the receipt and disbursement of the funds.
Alaska Stat. § 44.62.480 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.62 / Section 44.62.480
Official notice.
Status: in_force

In reaching a decision official notice may be taken, either before or after submission of the case for decision, of a generally accepted technical or scientific matter within the agency's special field, and of a fact that is judicially noticed by the courts of the state. Parties present at the hearing shall be informed of the matters to be noticed, and those matters shall be noted in the record, referred to in the record, or appended to it. A party present at the hearing shall, upon request, be given a reasonable opportunity to refute the officially noticed matters by evidence or by written or oral presentation of authority. The agency shall determine the manner of this refutation.
Alaska Stat. § 44.83.130 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.83 / Section 44.83.130
Nonliability on bonds.
Status: in_force

(a) Neither the members of the authority nor a person executing the bonds is liable personally on the bonds or is subject to personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance of the bonds.

(b) The bonds issued by the authority do not constitute an indebtedness or other liability of the state or of a political subdivision of the state, except the authority, but shall be payable solely from the income and receipts or other funds or property of the authority. The authority may not pledge the faith or credit of the state or of a political subdivision of the state, except the authority, to the payment of a bond and the issuance of a bond by the authority does not directly or indirectly or contingently obligate the state or a political subdivision of the state to apply money from, or levy or pledge any form of taxation whatever to the payment of the bond.
Alaska Stat. § 44.12.320 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.12 / Section 44.12.320
Scope.
Status: in_force

The English language shall be used in the preparation of all official public documents and records, including all documents officially compiled, published, or recorded by the government.
Alaska Stat. § 44.62.250 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.62 / Section 44.62.250
Emergency regulations.
Status: in_force

(a) Except for a regulation adopted under AS 11.71.125 , a regulation or order of repeal may be adopted as an emergency regulation or order of repeal if a state agency makes a written finding, including a statement of the facts that constitute the emergency, that the adoption of the regulation or order of repeal is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or general welfare. The requirements of AS 44.62.040 (c), 44.62.060, and 44.62.190  44.62.215 do not apply to the initial adoption of emergency regulations; however, upon adoption of an emergency regulation, the adopting agency shall immediately submit a copy of it to the lieutenant governor for filing and for publication in the Alaska Administrative Register, and, within five days after filing by the lieutenant governor, the agency shall give notice of the adoption in accordance with AS 44.62.190 (a). Failure to give the required notice by the end of the 10th day automatically repeals the regulation.

(b) A regulation or order of repeal may be adopted as an emergency regulation under AS 11.71.125 if the attorney general makes a written finding that the requirements of AS 11.71.125 are met. The requirements of AS 44.62.190  44.62.215 do not apply to the adoption or order of repeal by the attorney general of a regulation to schedule a substance by emergency regulation under AS 11.71.125 .
Alaska Stat. § 44.33.119 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.33 / Section 44.33.119
Purposes.
Status: in_force

The purposes of AS 44.33.119  44.33.136 are to (1) encourage the expansion and growth of the state's visitor industry for the benefit of the citizens of the state;

(2) ensure that the economic benefits to be derived from tourism in the state are retained in the state, to the greatest extent possible;

(3) ensure that a maximum number of residents of the state are employed in the tourism industry;

(4) ensure that consideration is given in the development and implementation of the tourism program to local community goals and objectives, to impacts on existing private enterprises, and to impacts on recreational and subsistence opportunities for the residents of the state;

(5) promote the development of tourism opportunities throughout the state, including along the highway system of the state, the marine highway, and in rural areas of the state.
Alaska Stat. § 44.99.005 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.99 / Section 44.99.005
Cost of radio service.
Status: in_force

The cost of the radio service is a lawful charge against the state treasury if the owner or operator of the station files an affidavit that the station has during the period covered by payment complied with AS 44.99.002  44.99.005 and has furnished the service.
Alaska Stat. § 44.21.430 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.21 / Section 44.21.430
Attorneys engaged by public advocacy office.
Status: in_force

(a) Only an attorney admitted to the practice of law in this state may be retained under contract by the office of public advocacy to provide legal representation. A person is not eligible to be an attorney employed by the office unless admitted to the practice of law in this state no later than 10 months following the commencement of the person's employment by the office.

(b) An attorney employed by the office of public advocacy may not engage in the private practice of law unless the attorney provides services to the office as an independent contractor.
Alaska Stat. § 44.42.230 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.42 / Section 44.42.230
Composition of the board.
Status: in_force

(a) The Aviation Advisory Board consists of the following 11 members, who are appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the governor: (1) a member who represents a statewide trade association of air carriers doing business in diverse regions of the state and serving both rural and international airports;

(2) a member who represents a statewide membership organization of pilots, aircraft owners, and other aviation supporters, organized to promote noncommercial aviation in the state;

(3) a member who represents air carriers signatory to the Alaska international airport system operating agreement;

(4) a member who owns or is employed by a regional air carrier in the state;

(5) a member who is a community leader residing in the unorganized borough of the state;

(6) a member who represents the mayor of the Municipality of Anchorage;

(7) a member who jointly represents the mayors of the City of Fairbanks and the Fairbanks North Star Borough;

(8) a member who represents the tenants of the Alaska international airport system, but does not represent an air carrier;

(9) a member who represents an air carrier engaged exclusively in the air cargo business in the state; and

(10) two members who represent other interests that the governor determines appropriate to advise on aviation activities in the state.

(b) To provide geographic balance on the board, the governor shall appoint at least one member from each of the four judicial districts of the state.

(c) The governor shall designate a member of the board to serve as chair of the board, or, at the governor's request, the board shall elect a chair from among its members who are not state officers or employees.

(d) Members of the board are appointed for staggered three-year terms and serve until a successor is appointed. A member appointed to fill a vacancy on the board serves for the remainder of the unexpired term of the member whose vacancy is being filled.
Alaska Stat. § 44.19.030 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.19 / Section 44.19.030
Printing governor's message.
Status: in_force

The governor shall have the governor's message printed and distributed to each member of the legislature within 24 hours after it is delivered or with all possible speed.
Alaska Stat. § 44.06.050 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.06 / Section 44.06.050
Purpose of AS 44.06.050  44.06.060.
Status: in_force

The purpose of AS 44.06.050  44.06.060 is to guarantee to the people their right to know and to approve in advance all costs of relocating the capital or the legislature; to insure that the people will have an opportunity to make an informed and objective decision on relocating the capital or the legislature with all pertinent data concerning the costs to the state; and to insure that the costs of relocating the capital or the legislature will not be incurred by the state without the approval of the electorate.
Alaska Stat. § 44.81.215 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.81 / Section 44.81.215
Lending powers of the bank.
Status: in_force

(a) The bank may (1) make loans to individuals, including married couples, who are residents of the state and who are engaged in commercial agriculture or fishing, including harvesters, processors, suppliers, and marketers, if at least one of the primary obligors on the loan is a member of the bank;

(2) make loans to corporations, partnerships, or limited liability companies engaged in commercial agriculture or fishing if the majority interest of the corporation, partnership, or limited liability company is beneficially owned by residents of the state and a majority of the owners are residents of the state, and if at least one of the primary obligors on a loan is a member of the bank; however, the bank may not make a loan under this paragraph to a corporation, partnership, or limited liability company for the purchase of a new or existing fishing boat or for the repair or renovation of an existing fishing boat if the primary purpose of the fishing boat is to commercially harvest fishery resources, unless the corporation, partnership, or limited liability company is wholly owned and controlled by residents of the state, and unless at least one of the primary obligors on the loan is a member of the bank;

(3) make loans for limited entry permits to individuals who fish commercially if the individual is a state resident; loans made under this paragraph are subject to AS 44.81.231 ;

(4) make loans to individuals, including married couples, who are residents of the state and who will use the loan proceeds to commercially engage in tourism within the state if at least one of the primary obligors on the loan is a member of the bank;

(5) make loans to corporations, partnerships, or limited liability companies that will use the loan proceeds to commercially engage in tourism within the state if the majority interest of the corporation, partnership, or limited liability company is beneficially owned by residents of the state and a majority of the owners are residents of the state, and if at least one of the primary obligors on the loan is a member of the bank;

(6) make loans to individuals, including married couples, who are residents of the state and who will use the loan proceeds to commercially engage in the development or exploitation of natural resources within the state if at least one of the primary obligors on the loan is a member of the bank;

(7) make loans to corporations, partnerships, or limited liability companies that will use the loan proceeds to commercially engage in the development or exploitation of natural resources within the state if the majority interest of the corporation, partnership, or limited liability company is beneficially owned by residents of the state and a majority of the owners are residents of the state, and if at least one of the primary obligors on the loan is a member of the bank;

(8) make a loan for capital investment or operating capital to a shore-based fish processor, a timber processor, or an agricultural processor or harvester who does not meet the residency or resident ownership requirements of (1) or (2) of this subsection but meets the other requirements of (1) or (2) of this subsection, if a facility of the processor or harvester is located in the state and the majority interest in the processor or harvester is beneficially owned by residents of the United States;

(9) make a loan to a person, regardless of residency, if the board determines that the loan is necessary to preserve the value of property held by the bank as security for a loan that was made under AS 44.81.210 or this section and that is in default;

(10) make loans, as provided in (1), (2), (4)  (8), or (15)  (18) of this subsection, that are secured by liens subordinate to valid first liens and security agreements granted to another creditor;

(11) accept the pledge of a limited entry permit as security for a loan made under this chapter subject to the conditions set out in AS 44.81.236 on pledges of limited entry permits;

(12) make loans in participation with other lenders as provided in (1), (2), (4)  (8), or (15)  (18) of this subsection, whether or not an obligor is a member of the bank;

(13) purchase or acquire participations in loans from other lenders if the participations conform to the provisions of (1), (2), (4)  (8), or (15)  (18) of this subsection, whether or not an obligor is a member of the bank;

(14) issue certificates of loan participation to members and to other individuals, corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies, but the bank may not issue a certificate of loan participation if the certificate would allow participation by the member, individual, corporation, partnership, or limited liability company in loans that individually or cumulatively involve more than 20 percent of the commercial fishery entry permits issued for one type of gear in a specific fishery resource administrative area;

(15) make a loan for a tourism-related operation to individuals, including married couples, who are not residents of the state, if (A) the individuals will use the loan proceeds to commercially engage in the operation in the state;

(B) a facility of the operation is located in the state; and

(C) at least one of the primary obligors on the loan is a member of the bank;

(16) make a loan to a corporation, partnership, or limited liability company for a tourism-related operation when a majority of the owners of the corporation, partnership, or limited liability company are not residents of the state, if (A) the corporation, partnership, or limited liability company will use the loan proceeds to commercially engage in the operation in the state;

(B) a facility of the operation is located in the state;

(C) at least one of the primary obligors on the loan is a member of the bank; and

(D) the majority interest in the corporation, partnership, or limited liability company is beneficially owned by residents of the United States;

(17) make a loan to individuals, including married couples, who are not residents of the state for an operation that is dedicated to the development or exploitation of natural resources, if (A) the individuals will use the loan proceeds to commercially engage in the operation in the state;

(B) a facility of the operation is located in the state; and

(C) at least one of the primary obligors on the loan is a member of the bank;

(18) make a loan to a corporation, partnership, or limited liability company in which a majority of the owners of the corporation, partnership, or limited liability company are not residents of the state, if the loan is for an operation that is dedicated to the development or exploitation of natural resources, and (A) the corporation, partnership, or limited liability company will use the loan proceeds to commercially engage in the operation in the state;

(B) a facility of the operation is located in the state;

(C) at least one of the primary obligors on the loan is a member of the bank; and

(D) the majority interest in the corporation, partnership, or limited liability company is beneficially owned by residents of the United States.

(b) When the bank is determining whether to make a loan, if a loan applicant intends to use the proposed loan collateral primarily in a salmon fishery, the bank shall consider, as part of its determination, whether the principles of conservation and sustained yield will limit the potential borrower's ability to repay the loan in a timely manner.

(c) Before making a loan under this section, the board must find that the loan will not result in the displacement of an existing Alaskan-owned business.
Alaska Stat. § 44.37.065 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.37 / Section 44.37.065
Commission established; membership.
Status: in_force

(a) The Alaska Seismic Hazards Safety Commission is established in the Department of Natural Resources. The Department of Natural Resources shall provide staff support to the commission.

(b) The commission is composed of 11 members appointed by the governor for terms of three years. A vacancy is filled for the unexpired term.

(c) The governor shall appoint to the commission (1) a representative from the University of Alaska;

(2) three representatives, each from a local government in a separate seismically active region of the state;

(3) a representative from the Department of Natural Resources;

(4) a representative from the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs;

(5) a representative from an appropriate federal agency;

(6) a representative of the insurance industry; and

(7) three members from members of the public who are expert in the fields of geology, seismology, hydrology, geotechnical engineering, structural engineering, emergency services, or planning.

(d) The commission shall elect annually from its members a chair and vice-chair. A majority of the commission may vote to replace an officer of the commission.

(e) Six members constitute a quorum.

(f) Members of the Alaska Seismic Hazards Safety Commission serve without compensation but are entitled to per diem and travel expenses authorized for boards and commissions under AS 39.20.180 .
Alaska Stat. § 44.28.030 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.28 / Section 44.28.030
Regulations.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may adopt regulations to carry out or assist in carrying out the powers and duties of the department.
Alaska Stat. § 44.81.245 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.81 / Section 44.81.245
Foreclosure.
Status: in_force

The bank may foreclose on a permit pledge that secures a loan by sending to the equitable owner of the permit pledged and any other borrowers and guarantors on the loan a notice of foreclosure. The notice shall be sent by certified mail to their last known address or addresses on file with the bank and must include (1) the date of the notice;

(2) a statement that the total indebtedness owing on the loan became due and payable to the bank because the loan default was not cured within the time specified in the notice of default and right to cure provided under AS 44.81.241 , and that as a result the bank is entitled to take legal action to collect the loan, including the forfeiture of a permit pledge that secures the loan and the institution of legal action;

(3) a description of the permit pledge that is being foreclosed by the notice, including an identification of the permit by the number assigned by the commission and the name of the equitable owner;

(4) the amount of the total indebtedness owing as of the date of the notice;

(5) the amount of daily interest that accrues from the date of the notice;

(6) a statement that the costs of collection of the loan incurred by the bank after the date of the notice will be added to the total amount of the indebtedness due on the loan;

(7) a statement that to avoid forfeiture of all rights of the equitable owner of the permit identified in the notice, the loan must be paid in full within 60 days from the date of the notice or within an extended time period that is specified in an extension notice provided by the bank within the 60-day period under AS 44.81.249 ;

(8) a statement that once a forfeiture of all rights of the equitable owner of a permit described in the notice occurs, the permit may not be redeemed;

(9) a statement of the right of the equitable owner to nominate a person to assume the loan under AS 44.81.250 (c);

(10) the place where payment in full may be made; and

(11) a notice in at least 10 point bold type stating: IMPORTANT: IF THE LOAN IS NOT PAID IN FULL BY THE DATE SPECIFIED, ALL RIGHTS OF THE EQUITABLE OWNER TO THE PERMIT IDENTIFIED IN THIS NOTICE WILL BE FORFEITED WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE TO YOU. IN THAT EVENT, THERE WILL NOT BE A RIGHT OF REDEMPTION OF THE PERMIT. IN ADDITION, THE BANK MAY NOW TAKE OTHER ACTION TO COLLECT THE LOAN, INCLUDING THE INSTITUTION OF LEGAL ACTION AGAINST YOU AND THE FORECLOSURE OF OTHER PERMIT PLEDGES THAT SECURE THE LOAN.
Alaska Stat. § 44.37.020 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.37 / Section 44.37.020
Duties of department with respect to natural resources.
Status: in_force

(a) The Department of Natural Resources shall administer the state program for the conservation and development of natural resources, including forests, parks, and recreational areas, land, water, agriculture, soil conservation, and minerals including petroleum and natural gas, but excluding commercial fisheries, sport fish, game, and fur-bearing animals in their natural state.

(b) The Department of Natural Resources shall administer and maintain a recording system established under the laws of this state.

(c) The Department of Natural Resources in coordination with the Department of Environmental Conservation may take actions necessary to administer and enforce any dredge and fill permitting program allowed under 33 U.S.C. 1344 (sec. 404, Clean Water Act), including the adoption of regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act).

(d) The Department of Natural Resources shall provide reasonable assistance to the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority under AS 44.88.850 (c).
Alaska Stat. § 44.99.600 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.99 / Section 44.99.600
Entry into agreement.
Status: in_force

The Compact for a Balanced Budget is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all jurisdictions legally joining it in a form substantially as contained in AS 44.99.610 .
Alaska Stat. § 44.62.630 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.62 / Section 44.62.630
Impartiality.
Status: in_force

The functions of hearing officers and those officers participating in decisions shall be conducted in an impartial manner with due regard for the rights of all parties and the facts and the law, and consistent with the orderly and prompt dispatch of proceedings. These officers, except to the extent required for the disposition of ex parte matters authorized by law, may not engage in interviews with, or receive evidence or argument from, a party, directly or indirectly, except upon opportunity for all other parties to be present. Copies of all communications with these officers shall be served upon all parties.
Alaska Stat. § 44.62.550 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.62 / Section 44.62.550
Petition for reinstatement or reduction of penalty.
Status: in_force

A person whose license is revoked or suspended may petition the agency for reinstatement or reduction of penalty after one year from the effective date of the decision or from the date of the denial of a similar petition. The agency shall give notice to the attorney general of the filing of the petition, and the attorney general and the petitioner shall be given an opportunity to present either oral or written argument before the agency. The agency shall decide the petition, and the decision must include the reasons for the decision. This section does not apply if the statutes dealing with the particular agency contain different provisions for reinstatement or reduction of penalty.
Alaska Stat. § 44.19.144 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.19 / Section 44.19.144
Powers and duties of the director.
Status: reserved

(a) The director shall (1) supervise and administer the activities of the office;

(2) advise the governor on matters of comprehensive state planning.

(3) [Repealed, § 35 ch 126 SLA 1994.] (b) The director may (1) with the written concurrence of the governor, enter into contracts and subcontracts on behalf of the state to carry out the provisions of AS 44.19.141  44.19.152; contracting under this paragraph is governed by AS 36.30 (State Procurement Code);

(2) act for the state in the initiation, investigation, evaluation of or participation in any program relative to the stated purpose of AS 44.19.141  44.19.152 that may involve more than one government or governmental unit;

(3) on behalf of the state, accept and expend any gifts or grants made to the state with the approval of the governor when the gifts or grants were made for the purposes of furthering the objectives of the office.
Alaska Stat. § 44.99.220 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.99 / Section 44.99.220
Review of publications.
Status: in_force

(a) Each state agency shall (1) compile a list of all publications the agency produces as required by law or regulation or as directed by the legislature;

(2) identify and highlight on the list compiled under (1) of this subsection the publications that are (A) outdated, duplicative, or excessive, or that could be improved or consolidated with other publications; or

(B) currently delivered physically that could be delivered electronically; and

(3) by October 31 of every even-numbered year, electronically submit the list of publications compiled under (1) of this subsection, including the highlighted publications under (2) of this subsection, to the governor and to the senate secretary and chief clerk of the house of representatives and notify the legislature that the list is available.

(b) In addition to the budget, bills, and fiscal plan submitted under AS 37.07.020 (a) and (b), in every even-numbered year, the governor shall submit a bill to eliminate or modify publication requirements for publications that have been identified under (a) of this section (1) as outdated, duplicative, or excessive, or that could be improved or consolidated with other publications; or

(2) that could be exclusively delivered electronically.

(c) In this section, state agency means a department, institution, board, commission, division, authority, public corporation, or other administrative unit of the executive branch, including the University of Alaska.
Alaska Stat. § 44.12.063 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.12 / Section 44.12.063
Katie John Day.
Status: in_force

Katie John Day is established on May 31 of each year to honor Ahtna Athabascan elder Katie John for her mentoring and advocacy in defense of Alaska Native customary and traditional hunting, fishing, and gathering rights. Katie John Day may be observed by suitable observances and exercises by civic groups and the public.
Alaska Stat. § 44.21.305 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.21 / Section 44.21.305
Commissioner's responsibility.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall (1) provide executive direction for the activities of the department related to telecommunications; and

(2) assure that department activities in no way constitute an influence on the content or airing of programming, and report to the governor and the Alaska Public Broadcasting Commission any request or attempt by an employee of the state to influence the content or airing of program material.
Alaska Stat. § 44.81.041 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.81 / Section 44.81.041
Structure and membership of the bank.
Status: in_force

(a) The bank shall be structured and operated as a cooperative corporation.

(b) The board shall issue shares of membership stock in the bank in the amounts and with the value determined by the board and stated in the articles of incorporation. The membership stock may be issued under this chapter and under the bylaws of the bank to persons determined to be eligible to transact business with the bank.

(c) The board may establish one or more mechanisms by which persons or entities, or classes of persons or entities, who transact business with the bank are required to provide or establish capital ownership in the bank. The mechanisms may include the issuance of capital stock or other equity instruments or the allocation or retention of net proceeds from the operations of the bank. The mechanisms shall be established and imposed in a manner that the board determines equitably reflects the nature and amount of business transacted with the bank.
Alaska Stat. § 44.88.810 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.88 / Section 44.88.810
Arctic infrastructure development fund.
Status: in_force

The Arctic infrastructure development fund is established in the authority. The fund consists of appropriations made to the fund by the legislature, money or other assets transferred to the fund by a majority vote of the members of the authority under AS 44.88.050 from any other fund controlled by the authority, and unrestricted loan repayments, interest, or other income earned on loans, investments, or assets of the fund. The fund is not an account in the revolving fund established in AS 44.88.060 , and the authority shall account for the fund separately from the revolving fund. The authority may create additional accounts in the fund. Subject to agreements made with the holders of the authority's bonds or with other persons, the authority may transfer amounts in an account in the fund to another account in the fund. Amounts deposited in the fund may be pledged to the payment of bonds of the authority or expended for the purposes of AS 44.88.800  44.88.840. The authority has the powers and responsibilities established in AS 37.10.071 with respect to the investment of amounts held in the fund.
Alaska Stat. § 44.09.085 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.09 / Section 44.09.085
State sport.
Status: in_force

Dog mushing is the official sport of Alaska.
Alaska Stat. § 44.62.195 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.62 / Section 44.62.195
Fiscal notes on regulations.
Status: in_force

If the adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation would require increased appropriations by the state, the department or agency affected shall prepare an estimate of the appropriation increase for the fiscal year following adoption, amendment, or repeal of the regulation and for at least two succeeding fiscal years.
Alaska Stat. § 44.62.800 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.62 / Section 44.62.800
Definitions.
Status: reserved

In AS 44.62.710  44.62.800, (1) agency means a department, an institution, or a division or other administrative unit of the executive branch of state government authorized or required by law to make regulations, except that agency does not include (A) a board, a commission, a council, an authority, or a public corporation of the executive branch of state government authorized or required by law to make regulations; or

(B) the Department of Corrections;

(2) agency head means (A) the commissioner or other head of an agency who has the authority to adopt regulations for the agency; or

(B) [Repealed, § 44 ch 24 SLA 2003.] (3) consensus means unanimous concurrence among the interests represented on a negotiated regulation making committee;

(4) convener means a person who is impartial and performs the services identified under AS 44.62.730 for an agency;

(5) facilitator means a person who is impartial and performs the services identified under AS 44.62.760 (b) for a negotiated regulation making committee;

(6) negotiated regulation making means regulation making through the use of a negotiated regulation making committee;

(7) negotiated regulation making committee means an advisory committee to consider and discuss issues for the purpose of reaching a consensus in the development of a proposed regulation;

(8) person has the meaning given in AS 01.10.060 , and expressly includes a public organization of any character;

(9) regulation has the meaning given in AS 44.62.640 and includes the amendment or repeal of a regulation.

Article 10. General Provisions.
Alaska Stat. § 44.81.249 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.81 / Section 44.81.249
Cancellation, extension, and delivery of notices.
Status: in_force

(a) The bank may cancel a notice provided under AS 44.81.241 or 44.81.245 by delivering a written notice of cancellation to the persons who were given the cancelled notice. The notice shall be given in the same manner as is required for the cancelled notice.

(b) The bank may extend the 60-day period for curing a default under AS 44.81.243 and the period before a forfeiture occurs under AS 44.81.247 by giving a written notice of extension to the persons who were given the notice. The notice shall be given in the same manner as is required for the giving of the notice being extended.

(c) The bank may give a notice required to be provided in AS 44.81.241 , 44.81.245, or 44.81.247 by personal delivery instead of by certified mail.
Alaska Stat. § 44.88.505 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.88 / Section 44.88.505
Qualifications of applicant for new loan guarantee.
Status: in_force

(a) A business enterprise may apply for a new loan guarantee under AS 44.88.500 (1).

(b) The authority may establish additional applicant qualifications by regulation. These qualifications may vary depending upon the type of business the applicant is engaged in.
Alaska Stat. § 44.85.110 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.85 / Section 44.85.110
Annual budget.
Status: in_force

The bond bank authority shall prepare and submit an annual budget under AS 37.07 (Executive Budget Act).
Alaska Stat. § 44.37.030 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.37 / Section 44.37.030
Duties of department with respect to agriculture.
Status: in_force

(a) The Department of Natural Resources shall (1) obtain and publish information electronically and in print on subjects connected with agriculture, including community seed libraries established under AS 03.20.120 ;

(2) control and regulate the entry and transportation of seeds, plants, and other horticultural products;

(3) control and eradicate the spread of pests injurious to plants, trees, vegetables, livestock, and poultry;

(4) aid in developing used and unused agricultural resources; and

(5) experiment and determine practical methods of growing, processing, soil analysis, eradication of obnoxious weeds, control of insects, and cheaper and more satisfactory methods of land clearing.

(b) The Department of Natural Resources may (1) advise persons who establish or operate a community seed library under AS 03.20.120 ; and

(2) post on the department's Internet website and annually update the following: (A) information about noncommercial giving or exchanging of seed, including information about community seed libraries established under AS 03.20.120 , community seed library locations, community seed library facilitators, and best practices for noncommercial giving or exchanging of seed;

(B) an online registration form for a person involved in noncommercial giving or exchanging of seed to submit to the department for publication, without a fee, information under AS 03.20.140 ;

(C) information provided for publication under (B) of this paragraph.
Alaska Stat. § 44.85.370 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.85 / Section 44.85.370
Surety for deposits by bank.
Status: in_force

All banks, trust companies, savings banks, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business are authorized to give to the bond bank authority a good and sufficient undertaking with such sureties as are approved by the bank to the effect that the bank or banking institution shall faithfully keep and pay over to the order of or upon the warrant of the bond bank authority or its authorized agent all those funds deposited with it by the bank and agreed interest under or by reason of this chapter, at such times or upon such demands as may be agreed with the bank or in lieu of these sureties, deposit with the bond bank authority or its authorized agent or a trustee or for the holders of bonds, as collateral, those securities as the bond bank authority may approve. The deposits of the bond bank authority may be evidenced by an agreement in the form and upon the terms and conditions that may be agreed upon by the bond bank authority and the depository bank or banking institution.
Alaska Stat. § 44.19.854 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.19 / Section 44.19.854
Commission membership.
Status: in_force

The commission is composed of nine members, as follows: (1) the lieutenant governor, who shall serve as chair of the commission;

(2) the adjutant general of the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs or the adjutant general's designee;

(3) the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development or the commissioner's designee;

(4) three members who are mayors, or their designees, from municipalities with installations of the armed forces of the United States within the municipal boundaries, appointed by the governor; the governor shall appoint members under this paragraph so that (A) the installations, collectively, represent different branches of the armed forces of the United States; and

(B) each member represents a different geographic region, to the extent possible;

(5) two public members with extensive military experience or expertise, each representing a different branch of the armed forces of the United States, appointed by the governor;

(6) one public member with statewide business or economic development experience, appointed by the governor.
Alaska Stat. § 44.42.200 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.42 / Section 44.42.200
Aviation Advisory Board.
Status: in_force

The Aviation Advisory Board is established in the department.
Alaska Stat. § 44.23.040 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.23 / Section 44.23.040
Records, reports, and recommendations on uniform laws.
Status: in_force

(a) The Department of Law shall, not less than 30 days before the beginning of each regular session of the legislature, present to the governor a report of its activities under AS 44.23.030 , together with recommendations that it considers proper. The governor shall notify the legislature when it convenes that the report is available.

(b) The Department of Law, in consultation with the Department of Public Safety, shall gather and report data on felony sex offenses to the Alaska Judicial Council. The data must include (1) the number of felony sex offenses reported to the Department of Public Safety that were not referred for prosecution;

(2) the number of felony sex offenses referred for prosecution that were not prosecuted;

(3) the number of felony sex offenses that resulted in a conviction for a crime other than a sex offense; and

(4) the number of sex offenses referred for prosecution that were charged as a felony and, under a plea agreement, resulted in a conviction for a crime other than a sex offense.
Alaska Stat. § 44.21.440 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.21 / Section 44.21.440
Conflicts of interests.
Status: in_force

(a) Services and legal representation rendered by the office of public advocacy, whether performed by a person under contract or by an employee of the office, shall be provided in a manner that avoids conflicts of interests.

(b) The office of public advocacy may not use improper pressure to influence the professional judgment of a person who is paid by the office of public advocacy to act as an attorney or a guardian ad litem for a guardianship or conservatorship established under AS 13.26 .
Alaska Stat. § 44.50.063 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.50 / Section 44.50.063
Official signature.
Status: in_force

(a) When performing a notarization, a notary public shall (1) sign in the notary public's own handwriting, on the notarial certificate, exactly and only the name indicated on the notary public's commission certificate, or sign an electronic document by electronic means as authorized by regulations adopted by the lieutenant governor; and

(2) affix the official signature only at the time the notarial act is performed.

(b) A notary public shall comply in a timely manner with a request by the lieutenant governor to supply a current sample of the notary public's official handwritten signature and information regarding the notary public's electronic signature.

(c) Within 10 days after the security of a notary public's electronic signature has been compromised, the notary public shall provide the lieutenant governor with written notification that the signature has been compromised. After the notary public has provided the lieutenant governor with the notification, the notary public shall provide the lieutenant governor with any additional information that the lieutenant governor requests about the compromise of the signature.
Alaska Stat. § 44.29.800 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.29 / Section 44.29.800
Alaska Mental Health Board.
Status: in_force

The Alaska Mental Health Board is established. For budgetary purposes, the board is located within the Department of Health. The board is the state planning and coordinating agency for the purposes of federal and state laws relating to the mental health program of the state. The purpose of the board is to assist the state in ensuring an integrated comprehensive mental health program.
Alaska Stat. § 44.33.844 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.33 / Section 44.33.844
Boundaries.
Status: in_force

The boundaries of an area studied shall conform to the boundaries indicated in the request for the study under AS 44.33.842 unless the commissioner, after a public hearing held in the area of the proposed study, determines that the boundaries should be altered. In determining the boundaries of an area to be studied, the commissioner shall consider (1) the standards applicable to the incorporation of boroughs under AS 29.05.031 ;

(2) boundaries of regional corporations established under 43 U.S.C. 1606;

(3) census divisions of the state used for the 1980 census; and

(4) boundaries of the regional educational attendance areas established under AS 14.08.031 .
Alaska Stat. § 44.12.153 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.12 / Section 44.12.153
Hmong-American Veterans Day.
Status: in_force

Hmong-American Veterans Day is established on May 15 of each year to acknowledge and commemorate the military service of Hmong-American men and women. Hmong-American Veterans Day may be observed by suitable observances and exercises by civic groups and the public.
Alaska Stat. § 44.62.460 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.62 / Section 44.62.460
Evidence rules.
Status: in_force

(a) Oral evidence may be taken only on oath or affirmation.

(b) Each party may (1) call and examine witnesses;

(2) introduce exhibits;

(3) cross-examine opposing witnesses on matter relevant to the issues, even though that matter was not covered in the direct examination;

(4) impeach a witness regardless of which party first called the witness to testify; and

(5) rebut the adverse evidence.

(c) If the respondent does not testify in behalf of the respondent, the respondent may be called and examined as if under cross-examination.

(d) The hearing need not be conducted according to technical rules relating to evidence and witnesses. Relevant evidence shall be admitted if it is the sort of evidence on which responsible persons are accustomed to rely in the conduct of serious affairs, regardless of the existence of a common law or statutory rule that makes improper the admission of the evidence over objection in a civil action. Hearsay evidence may be used to supplement or explain direct evidence but is not sufficient by itself to support a finding unless it would be admissible over objection in a civil action. The rules of privilege are effective to the same extent that they are recognized in a civil action. Irrelevant and unduly repetitious evidence shall be excluded.

(e) Unless a different standard of proof is stated in applicable law, the (1) petitioner has the burden of proof by a preponderance of the evidence if an accusation has been filed under AS 44.62.360 or if the renewal of a right, authority, license, or privilege has been denied;

(2) respondent has the burden of proof by a preponderance of the evidence if a right, authority, license, or privilege has been initially denied or not issued.
Alaska Stat. § 44.85.090 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.85 / Section 44.85.090
Limitations.
Status: in_force

Under this chapter, the bond bank authority may not (1) make loans of money to a person, firm, or corporation except as provided in this chapter;

(2) emit bills of credit, accept deposits of money for time or demand deposit, administer trusts, or engage in any form or manner in, or in the conduct of, a private or commercial banking business, or act as a savings bank or savings and loan association;

(3) be or constitute a bank or trust company within the jurisdiction or under the control of a regulatory or supervisory board or department of the state, the Comptroller of the Currency of the United States, the United States Department of the Treasury, or the Board of Governors for the Federal Reserve System;

(4) be or constitute a bank, banker, or dealer in securities within the meaning of or subject to the provisions of securities, securities exchange, or securities dealers law of the United States or of this or another state; or

(5) issue bonds or notes to a regional health organization unless (A) the remaining costs of a project are secured or delivered to the bond bank authority before the bond bank authority provides financing; and

(B) the bonds or notes do not exceed $250,000,000 for a single project.
Alaska Stat. § 44.33.755 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.33 / Section 44.33.755
Land conveyed in trust.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner (1) shall accept, administer, and dispose of land conveyed to the state in trust by village corporations under 43 U.S.C. 1613(c)(3) (Sec. 14(c)(3) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act) for the purposes specified in that section;

(2) may, with the concurrence of an appropriate village entity recognized by the commissioner under (b) of this section or, in the absence of an appropriate village entity, under procedures prescribed by regulations of the commissioner, accept, administer, and dispose of land conveyed in trust by a state or federal agency and by the dissolution of a municipality under AS 29.06.450  29.06.530.

(b) Transfer of land by sale, lease, right-of-way, easement, or permit, including transfer of surface resources, may be made by the commissioner only after approval of an appropriate village entity such as the traditional council, a village meeting, or a village referendum. This approval shall be by resolution filed with the department.

(c) Within one complete state fiscal year after the incorporation of a municipality in the village or of a municipality that includes all or part of the village, land acquired under this section shall be conveyed without cost to the municipality, and the municipality shall succeed to all the entrusted interest in the land.

(d) Separate accounts shall be maintained in the name of each village for the land, including the revenue from the land, acquired from each village corporation under this section.

(e) Upon the conveyance of land to a municipality under this section, the commissioner shall account to the municipality for all profits including interest generated from the land. The municipality may then request the governor to submit a request to the legislature for an appropriation for the amount due the municipality.

(f) Title to or an interest in land acquired by the department under this section may not be acquired by adverse possession or prescription. Notwithstanding (a)  (e) of this section, on the dissolution of a municipality under AS 29.06.450  29.06.530, unimproved land that was owned by the municipality on the date of its dissolution and received by the municipality from the state under a municipal land grant entitlement program is transferred to the commissioner of natural resources.

(g) For the purposes of this section, municipality includes only first and second class cities incorporated under the laws of the state.
Alaska Stat. § 44.88.500 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.88 / Section 44.88.500
Business and export assistance guarantees.
Status: in_force

Subject to the requirements of AS 44.88.500  44.88.599, the authority may (1) guarantee new business and export assistance loans; and

(2) guarantee new business and export assistance loans made to refinance existing loans.
Alaska Stat. § 44.62.720 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.62 / Section 44.62.720
Determination of need for negotiated regulation making committee.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the regulation adoption requirements under AS 44.62.010  44.62.319, an agency head may determine that the use of a negotiated regulation making committee to negotiate and develop a proposed regulation is in the public interest. In making that determination, the agency head is advised to consider whether (1) there is a need for a regulation, including whether any legal action is pending that might resolve the need;

(2) there are a limited number of identifiable interests that are held by more than one person and that will be significantly affected by the regulation;

(3) there is a reasonable likelihood that a committee can be convened with a balanced representation of persons who (A) can adequately represent the interests identified under (2) of this section; and

(B) are willing to negotiate in good faith to reach a consensus on the proposed regulation;

(4) there is a reasonable likelihood that a committee will reach a consensus on the proposed regulation within a fixed period of time;

(5) the negotiated regulation making procedure will not unreasonably delay the adoption of the final regulation;

(6) the agency has adequate resources and is willing to commit those resources, including technical assistance, to the committee; and

(7) the agency head, to the maximum extent possible consistent with the legal or other obligations of the agency, will use the consensus of the committee as the basis for the regulation proposed by the agency under AS 44.62.010  44.62.319.

(b) Upon determining that a negotiated regulation making committee will be formed, an agency head shall notify the public so that interested persons can apply to be appointed to the committee.
Alaska Stat. § 44.33.240 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.33 / Section 44.33.240
Child care facility revolving loan fund.
Status: in_force

(a) There is in the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development the child care facility revolving loan fund to carry out the purposes of AS 44.33.240  44.33.275. Except as provided in (b) and (c) of this section, the fund may not be used for any other purpose.

(b) The department may use money in the fund for costs of administering AS 44.33.240  44.33.275.

(c) On June 30 of each fiscal year the unexpended and unobligated cash balance of the fund that is attributable to loans owned by the fund lapses into the general fund.
Alaska Stat. § 44.19.851 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.19 / Section 44.19.851
Alaska Military Affairs Commission.
Status: in_force

The Alaska Military Affairs Commission is established in the Office of the Governor.
Alaska Stat. § 44.88.165 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.88 / Section 44.88.165
Delinquent loans.
Status: in_force

The authority shall adopt regulations to describe the circumstances under which it will discontinue purchasing loans from a financial institution because of excessive delinquencies among the loans previously purchased by the authority from the financial institution. In adopting the regulations, the authority must consider the authority's delinquency experience with loans it purchased from all financial institutions. The authority may include in the regulations other remedies it considers appropriate as alternatives to the discontinuance of purchasing loans from the financial institution.
Alaska Stat. § 44.27.054 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.27 / Section 44.27.054
Powers of chair.
Status: in_force

Subject to available appropriations, the chair may, with the concurrence of a majority of the trustees, (1) employ necessary personnel; the personnel employed by the council are exempt from AS 39.25 (State Personnel Act); and

(2) contract for the services of experts and other persons who may be needed.
Alaska Stat. § 44.88.670 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.88 / Section 44.88.670
Use of fund balance.
Status: in_force

Subject to the requirements of AS 44.88.650  44.88.690, the authority may use money in the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority sustainable energy transmission and supply development fund ( AS 44.88.660 ) to assist in the construction, improvement, rehabilitation, and expansion of qualified energy development.
Alaska Stat. § 44.29.094 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.29 / Section 44.29.094
Procedure and form of citation.
Status: in_force

(a) A citation issued under AS 44.29.092 must comply with the standards adopted under AS 12.25.175 and 12.25.200 and must contain a notice to appear in court. A person receiving the citation is not required to sign the notice.

(b) The time specified in the notice to appear in court on the citation shall be at least five working days after the issuance of the citation.

(c) The department is responsible for issuing to its agents or employees books containing the appropriate form of citations and shall maintain a record of each book issued and each form contained in the book. The department shall require and retain a receipt for each book issued under this subsection to an agent or employee of the department.

(d) The original or a copy of the form of citation shall be deposited with a court having jurisdiction over the alleged offense. Upon deposit with the court, the citation may be disposed of only by trial in the court or other official action taken by the magistrate, judge, or prosecutor. A citation, copies of a citation, or the record of issuance may not be disposed of except as required under this subsection and (e) of this section.

(e) The department shall require the return of a copy of each citation issued by an agent or employee of the department and all copies of the citation that have been spoiled or upon which an entry has been made and not issued to an alleged violator. The department shall also maintain, in connection with each citation issued by an agent or employee, a record of the disposition of the charge by the court where the original copy of the citation is deposited.

(f) A citation issued under AS 44.29.092 is considered to be a lawful complaint for the purpose of prosecution.

(g) The department shall notify the person who holds the business license endorsement required by AS 43.70.075 (a) that the person's agent or employee has received a citation for a violation of AS 11.76.100 , 11.76.106, or 11.76.107. The department may make the notification by delivering a copy of the citation or another document that includes the essential facts constituting the violation charged. The department shall accomplish the delivery by (1) hand delivery of the citation or other document to a person who confirms that the person serves in a management or supervisory position at the location, or outlet in a location, where the alleged violation occurred; or

(2) mailing the citation or other document by first class mail to the person who holds the business license endorsement; the department shall use the person's most current address that the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development has on file for the person's business license endorsement under AS 43.70.075 ; the citation or other document shall be postmarked within five business days after the citation is issued.

(h) In this section, department means the Department of Health.

Article 3. Advisory Board on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse.
Alaska Stat. § 44.83.930 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.83 / Section 44.83.930
Operation of projects.
Status: reserved

(a) When a project is operated by the authority, the authority shall enter into one or more contracts for the sale of electrical power, energy, transmission capacity, or service from the project. Unless the contract is entered into under former AS 44.83.380  44.83.425, a contract entered into under this section must meet all requirements of AS 44.83.090 .

(b) [Repealed, § 27 ch 89 SLA 1983.] (c) [Repealed, § 92 ch 36 SLA 1990.]
Alaska Stat. § 44.50.065 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.50 / Section 44.50.065
Seal impression or depiction.
Status: in_force

(a) With regard to each paper document being notarized, a sharp, legible, photographically reproducible impression or depiction of a notary public's official seal shall be affixed (1) on the notarial certificate near the notary public's official signature; and

(2) only at the time the notarial act is performed.

(b) For a notarized paper document, illegible information within a seal impression or depiction may be typed or printed legibly by the notary public adjacent to, but not within, the impression or depiction.

(c) An embossed seal impression that is not photographically reproducible may be used in addition to, but not in place of, the seal impression or depiction required by (a) of this section.

(d) A notary public may use a seal in electronic form on electronic documents notarized by the notary public as authorized by regulations adopted by the lieutenant governor. The seal shall be affixed only at the time the notarial act is performed.
Alaska Stat. § 44.33.310 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.33 / Section 44.33.310
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In AS 44.33.285  44.33.310, (1) base period means any 10 years after 1950, not necessarily continuous, and if the economic disaster is caused by a fisheries failure the period shall consist of years during which a fishery produced at economically representative levels as determined by the Department of Fish and Game;

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

(3) economic disaster means that the annual income to workers in the designated area dropped below the average annual income for the base period for workers in the designated area and the drop in income is of such magnitude that the average family income of all residents of the designated area as determined by the department is below the poverty guidelines issued by the federal Department of Health and Human Services, adjusted by the department to reflect subsistence economic patterns and appropriate cost-of-living differentials; the availability of alternate employment shall be considered in determining whether an economic disaster has occurred under this paragraph.
Alaska Stat. § 44.29.340 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.29 / Section 44.29.340
Meetings; quorum.
Status: in_force

(a) The council may meet and vote, by teleconference or otherwise, as often as considered necessary by the presiding officer of the council.

(b) Seven voting members of the council participating in a meeting in person or by teleconference constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the exercise of the powers and duties of the council.
Alaska Stat. § 44.21.330 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.21 / Section 44.21.330
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In AS 44.21.305  44.21.330, (1) commissioner means the commissioner of administration;

(2) department means the Department of Administration;

(3) public broadcasting means the delivery of radio or television noncommercial programming intended for the general public by any method of telecommunications;

(4) public telecommunications means telecommunications which serve public broadcasting, general educational, instructional, medical, safety, emergency, or public participation functions;

(5) state agencies means all departments, divisions, and offices in the executive branch of state government; it does not mean an agency of the legislative or judicial branch of government or the University of Alaska;

(6) telecommunications means the transmission and reception of messages, impressions, pictures, and signals by means of electromagnetic transmission with or without benefit of a closed transmission medium including all instrumentalities, facilities, apparatus, and services, whether conveyed by cable or wire, radiated through space, or transmitted through other media within a specified area or between designated points;

(7) telecommunications systems means those systems in which the principal service and functions are telecommunications.

Article 5. Telecommunications Information.
Alaska Stat. § 44.35.010 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.35 / Section 44.35.010
Adjutant general.
Status: in_force

The principal executive officer of the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs is the adjutant general.
Alaska Stat. § 44.12.078 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.12 / Section 44.12.078
Women Veterans Day.
Status: in_force

Women Veterans Day is established on November 9 of each year to acknowledge and commemorate the sacrifices endured and valor displayed by American women veterans and to recognize their increasing role in the military. The governor shall issue a proclamation to commemorate Women Veterans Day. The day may be observed by suitable observances and exercises by civic groups and the public.
Alaska Stat. § 44.09.020 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.09 / Section 44.09.020
State flag.
Status: in_force

The design of the official flag is eight gold stars in a field of blue, so selected for its simplicity, its originality, and its symbolism. The blue, one of the national colors, typifies the evening sky, the blue of the sea and of mountain lakes, and of wild flowers that grow in Alaskan soil, the gold being significant of the wealth that lies hidden in Alaska's hills and streams.

The stars, seven of which form the constellation Ursa Major, the Great Bear, the most conspicuous constellation in the northern sky, contains the stars which form the Dipper, including the Pointers which point toward the eighth star in the flag, Polaris, the North Star, the ever constant star for the mariner, the explorer, hunter, trapper, prospector, woodsman, and the surveyor. For Alaska the northernmost star in the galaxy of stars represents Alaska, the forty-ninth star in the national emblem.

The flag of the Territory of Alaska is the official flag of the state. The standard proportions and size graphically delineated herein shall be used in the manufacture of the official flag of Alaska. The stars shall be the color of natural yellow gold and the field of blue shall be of the same shade of blue used in the official manufacture of the national emblem of the United States. The design, standard proportions, and size are as follows:
Alaska Stat. § 44.88.550 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.88 / Section 44.88.550
Interest on guaranteed loan.
Status: in_force

(a) The maximum interest rate that may be charged by a financial institution on a loan guaranteed by the authority is two and three-quarters percentage points above the prime rate.

(b) If provision is made in the loan guarantee agreement, the interest rate on a loan guaranteed by the authority may increase or decrease in accordance with the changes in the prime rate.
Alaska Stat. § 44.99.002 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.99 / Section 44.99.002
Employment of radio stations.
Status: in_force

The governor may employ one or more radio stations, located south of the Gulf of Alaska and suitable for distribution of news, executive proclamations and inquiries, information concerning the state, general information, and other matters suitable for broadcasting that the governor prescribes and that may be of service and benefit to the people to be served.
Alaska Stat. § 44.33.245 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.33 / Section 44.33.245
Powers and duties of the department in administering the fund.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may (1) make loans for the construction, renovation, and equipping of child care facilities, including private nonprofit child care facilities;

(2) adopt regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of AS 44.33.240  44.33.275, including regulations to establish reasonable fees for services provided and charges for collecting the fee; and

(3) collect the fees and charges established under this subsection.

(b) The department shall (1) develop eligibility standards for loans to child care facilities;

(2) adopt guidelines for the determination of loan terms.
Alaska Stat. § 44.62.410 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.62 / Section 44.62.410
Time and place of hearing.
Status: in_force

(a) The agency shall determine the time and place of hearing. The hearing shall be held in Juneau or Ketchikan, whichever is closer to the place where the transaction occurred or where the respondent resides, if the transaction occurred in or the respondent resides in the First Judicial District; in Anchorage if the transaction occurred or the respondent resides within the Third Judicial District; in Fairbanks or Nome, whichever is closer to the place where the transaction occurred or where the respondent resides, if the transaction occurred in or the respondent resides in the Second or Fourth Judicial District. The agency may, if the transaction occurred in a judicial district other than that of respondent's residence, select an appropriate place of hearing in either district. The agency may select a different place nearer the place where the transaction occurred or where the respondent resides, or the parties by agreement may select any place in the state.

(b) A party may request that the party or a witness participate by telephone in a hearing. The requesting party shall pay the costs of the telephonic participation. Unless a finding is made that the telephonic participation would substantially prejudice the rights of an opposing party, the agency shall grant the request for that party or witness to participate telephonically if (1) no party objects;

(2) the witness lives more than 30 miles one way from the hearing site;

(3) the party lives more than 100 miles one way from the hearing site; or

(4) other good cause is shown to the satisfaction of the agency.
Alaska Stat. § 44.12.025 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.12 / Section 44.12.025
Holiday falling on Saturday.
Status: in_force

If a holiday listed in AS 44.12.010 falls on a Saturday, the Saturday and the preceding Friday are both legal holidays for officers and employees of the state.
Alaska Stat. § 44.21.400 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.21 / Section 44.21.400
Public advocacy office established.
Status: in_force

There is created in the Department of Administration the office of public advocacy.
Alaska Stat. § 44.23.070 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.23 / Section 44.23.070
Victim/witness assistance program.
Status: in_force

If the Department of Law maintains a victim/witness assistance program, subject to sufficient appropriations for the purpose, the services of that program shall be extended to victims of criminal offenses committed by persons under 18 years of age so that victims of these offenses may exercise the rights provided to them by law.
Alaska Stat. § 44.99.610 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.99 / Section 44.99.610
Compact terms.
Status: in_force

The terms and provisions of the compact referred to in AS 44.99.600 are as follows:
Alaska Stat. § 44.62.620 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.62 / Section 44.62.620
Power to administer oaths.
Status: in_force

In a proceeding under AS 44.62.330  44.62.630 an agency, agency member, secretary of an agency, or hearing officer may administer oaths and affirmations and certify official acts.
Alaska Stat. § 44.50.060 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.50 / Section 44.50.060
Duties.
Status: in_force

A notary public may (1) administer oaths and affirmations;

(2) take the acknowledgment of or proof of execution of instruments in writing, and give a notarial certificate of the proof or acknowledgment, included in or attached to the instrument; the notarial certificate shall be signed by the notary public in the notary public's own handwriting or by electronic means as authorized by regulations adopted by the lieutenant governor;

(3) give a notarial certificate stating that a tangible copy of an electronic record is an accurate copy of the electronic record.
Alaska Stat. § 44.85.290 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.85 / Section 44.85.290
Application of funds.
Status: in_force

Money or investments in a fund or account of the bond bank authority established or held for bonds, notes, indebtedness, or liability to be paid, funded, or refunded by issuance of bonds or notes, unless the resolution authorizing the bonds or notes provides otherwise, shall be applied to the payment or retirement of the bonds, notes, indebtedness or liability, and to no other purpose.
Alaska Stat. § 44.09.060 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.09 / Section 44.09.060
State bird.
Status: in_force

The Alaska Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus alascensis Swarth) is the official bird of the state.
Alaska Stat. § 44.77.015 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.77 / Section 44.77.015
Claims for medical services.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of filing claims for medical services provided under AS 47.07 or AS 47.25.120  47.25.300, promptly, in AS 44.77.010 (a), means within 12 months after the date of service or as provided in (b) of this section. Except as provided in (c) of this section, a claim may not be paid if it is not filed promptly; an inference to the contrary may not be drawn from AS 09.10.053 , AS 09.50.250  09.50.300, or AS 37.25.010 .

(b) In accordance with (a) of this section, a claim may be considered to be filed promptly if (1) the claim was filed more than 12 months after the date of service because the medical provider had reason to believe that the beneficiary was ineligible for service under AS 47.07 or AS 47.25.120  47.25.300; (2) a court of competent jurisdiction or an administrative hearing officer finds that the beneficiary was eligible for service under AS 47.07 or AS 47.25.120  47.25.300 on the date of service; and (3) the claim is filed within 12 months after the date that the court or administrative finding is rendered. The beneficiary is responsible for notifying the medical provider of the judicial or administrative finding. The department shall make a good faith effort to notify the medical provider of the judicial or administrative finding if the department has reason to believe that services have been provided to the beneficiary.

(c) The commissioner of health may authorize payment to a medical provider of a claim not promptly filed, upon good cause shown.

(d) In this section, (1) beneficiary means a person who is found to be eligible to receive medical services under AS 47.07 or AS 47.25.120  47.25.300;

(2) medical provider means a person, firm, corporation, association, or institution that, on the date of service, was approved to provide medical assistance, in accordance with regulations adopted by the Department of Health.
Alaska Stat. § 44.85.260 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.85 / Section 44.85.260
Presumption of validity.
Status: in_force

After issuance, all bonds or notes of the bond bank authority shall be conclusively presumed to be fully authorized and issued under the laws of the state, and a person or a municipality is estopped from questioning their authorization, sale, issuance, execution, or delivery by the bond bank authority.
Alaska Stat. § 44.25.360 — AK Code / Title 44 / Chapter 44.25 / Section 44.25.360
Interference with the long term care ombudsman and retaliation prohibited.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not intentionally interfere with the ombudsman, or an employee, volunteer, or representative of the office, in the performance of official duties under AS 44.25.310 .

(b) If a person makes a good faith complaint described in AS 44.25.310 , an employer or supervisor of the person, or a public or private agency or entity that provides benefits, services, or housing to the person, may not discharge, demote, transfer, reduce the pay or benefits or work privileges of, prepare a negative work performance evaluation of, deny or withhold benefits or services, evict, or take other detrimental action against the person because of the complaint. The person making the complaint may bring a civil action for compensatory and punitive damages against an employer, supervisor, agency, or entity that violates this subsection. In the civil action there is a rebuttable presumption that the detrimental action was retaliatory if it was taken within 90 days after the complaint was made.

(c) A person who violates this section is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.