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AK Stat § 26.23.100 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace|Chapter 23. Disasters|Article 1. Alaska Disaster Act.|Sec. 26.23.100. Temporary housing.

(a) Whenever the governor has proclaimed a disaster emergency, or the President, at the request of the governor, has declared an emergency or a major disaster to exist in this state, the governor may (1) purchase, lease, or make other arrangements with any agency of the United States or state for temporary housing units to be occupied by disaster victims and to make those units available to any political subdivision of the state; (2) assist any political subdivision of this state that is the location of temporary housing for disaster victims to acquire sites necessary for the temporary housing and do all things necessary to prepare the site to receive and use temporary housing units by (A) advancing or lending funds available to the governor from an appropriation made by the legislature or from any other source; (B) passing through funds made available by any agency, public or private; or (C) becoming a copartner with a political subdivision for the execution and performance of any temporary housing for disaster-victim projects and, for those purposes, pledging the credit of the state on terms considered appropriate, having due regard for current debt transactions of the state; (3) under whatever relevant regulations the governor may adopt, temporarily suspend or modify, for not more than 60 days, any public health, safety, zoning, transportation, or other requirement of law or regulation of the state, when by proclamation, the governor declares a suspension or modification essential to provide temporary housing for disaster victims. (b) A political subdivision of this state may acquire, temporarily or permanently, by purchase, lease, or otherwise, sites required for installation of temporary housing units for disaster victims, and to enter into whatever arrangements, including purchase of temporary housing units and payment of transportation charges, that are necessary to prepare or equip those sites to receive and use the housing units.
AK Stat § 26.23.110 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace|Chapter 23. Disasters|Article 1. Alaska Disaster Act.|Sec. 26.23.110. Debris and wreckage removal in disaster emergency or major disaster.

(a) When the governor has declared a disaster emergency, or the President, at the request of the governor, has declared a major disaster or emergency to exist in this state, the governor may (1) through the use of state agencies, clear from publicly or privately owned land or water, debris and wreckage that may threaten public health, safety, or property; (2) apply for and accept funds from the federal government and use those funds to make grants to a political subdivision for the purpose of removing debris or wreckage from publicly or privately owned land or water. (b) Authority under (a)(1) of this section may not be exercised unless the affected political subdivision, corporation, organization, or individual unconditionally authorizes the removal of the debris or wreckage from public and private property and, in the case of removal of debris or wreckage from private property, first agrees to indemnify the state government against claims arising from the removal.
AK Stat § 26.23.135 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace|Chapter 23. Disasters|Article 1. Alaska Disaster Act.|Sec. 26.23.135. Emergency Management Assistance Compact enacted and entered into.

The Emergency Management Assistance Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all jurisdictions legally joining in it in a form substantially as contained in AS 26.23.136.
AK Stat § 26.23.140 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace|Chapter 23. Disasters|Article 1. Alaska Disaster Act.|Sec. 26.23.140. Local disaster emergencies.

(a) A local disaster emergency may be declared only by the principal executive officer of a political subdivision. It may not be continued or renewed for a period in excess of seven days, except by or with the consent of the governing board of the political subdivision. An order or proclamation declaring, continuing, or terminating a local disaster emergency shall be given prompt and general publicity, and shall be filed promptly with the Alaska division of homeland security and emergency management and the appropriate municipal clerk. (b) The effect of a declaration of a local disaster emergency is to activate the response and recovery aspects of any and all applicable local or interjurisdictional disaster emergency plans, and to authorize the furnishing of aid and assistance under those plans. (c) A representative of an interjurisdictional disaster planning and service area may not declare a local disaster emergency unless expressly authorized by the principal executive officer of each political subdivision in the emergency area.
AK Stat § 26.23.150 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace|Chapter 23. Disasters|Article 1. Alaska Disaster Act.|Sec. 26.23.150. Disaster prevention.

(a) In addition to disaster prevention measures as included in the state, local, and interjurisdictional disaster plans, the governor shall consider, on a continuing basis, steps that could be taken to prevent or reduce the harmful consequences of disasters. At the governor's direction, and under any other authority and competence they have, state agencies, including but not limited to those charged with responsibilities in connection with flood plain management, stream encroachment and flow regulation, weather modification, fire prevention and control, environmental quality, public works, land use and land use planning, and construction standards, shall make studies of disaster-prevention-related matters. The governor, from time to time, shall make recommendations to the legislature, local governments, and other appropriate public and private entities as may facilitate measures for the prevention or reduction of the harmful consequences of disasters. (b) Appropriate departments, in conjunction with the Alaska division of homeland security and emergency management, shall keep land uses and location of structures and other facilities under continuing study, and identify areas that are particularly susceptible to severe land shifting, subsidence, flood, or other catastrophic occurrence. The studies under this subsection shall concentrate on means of reducing or avoiding the dangers caused by this occurrence or the consequences of it. (c) If the Alaska division of homeland security and emergency management believes, on the basis of the studies or other competent evidence and after consultation with the appropriate local planning agencies, that an area is susceptible to a disaster of catastrophic proportions without adequate warning, that existing building standards and land use controls in that area are inadequate and could add substantially to the magnitude of the disaster, and that changes in zoning regulations, other land use regulations, or building requirements are essential in order to further the purposes of this section, it shall specify the essential changes to the governor.
AK Stat § 26.23.160 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace|Chapter 23. Disasters|Article 1. Alaska Disaster Act.|Sec. 26.23.160. Compensation.

(a) Personal services may not be compensated by the state or a political subdivision or agency of it, except in accordance with Alaska law or a local ordinance. (b) Compensation for property shall be made only if the property was commandeered or otherwise used in coping with a disaster emergency, and its use or destruction was ordered by the governor or by a member of the disaster emergency forces of this state who is authorized by the Alaska division of homeland security and emergency management to issue such an order. (c) A person claiming compensation for the use, damage, loss, or destruction of property occasioned by action taken under AS 26.23.010 - 26.23.220 shall file a claim for that compensation with the Alaska division of homeland security and emergency management in the form and manner required by the division. (d) Unless the amount of compensation resulting from property damaged, lost, or destroyed is agreed upon between the claimant and the Alaska division of homeland security and emergency management, the amount of compensation shall be calculated in the same manner as compensation due for a taking of property under the condemnation laws of this state.
AK Stat § 26.23.170 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace|Chapter 23. Disasters|Article 1. Alaska Disaster Act.|Sec. 26.23.170. Communications.

(a) The Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs shall ascertain what means exist for rapid and efficient communications in times of disaster emergency. The department shall consider the desirability of supplementing these communications resources, or of integrating them into a comprehensive state or state-federal telecommunications network or other communication system or network. In studying the character and feasibility of any system or its several parts, the department shall evaluate the possibility of multi-purpose use of it or its parts for general state and local governmental purposes. The department shall make recommendations to the governor as appropriate. (b) A statewide 911 coordinator is established within the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs to coordinate and facilitate the implementation of 911 systems throughout the state. The 911 coordinator shall (1) participate in efforts to set uniform statewide standards for automatic number identification and automatic location identification data transmission for telecommunications systems; (2) make recommendations as necessary for implementation of basic and enhanced 911 service.
AK Stat § 26.23.180 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace|Chapter 23. Disasters|Article 1. Alaska Disaster Act.|Sec. 26.23.180. Mutual aid.

(a) Political subdivisions not participating in interjurisdictional arrangements under AS 26.23.010 - 26.23.220 nevertheless shall be encouraged and assisted by the Alaska division of homeland security and emergency management to conclude suitable arrangements for furnishing mutual aid in coping with disasters. The arrangements must include provision of aid by persons and units in public employment. (b) In concurring with local disaster plans, the governor shall consider whether they contain adequate provisions for the rendering and receipt of mutual aid. (c) It is a sufficient reason for the governor to require an interjurisdictional agreement or arrangement under AS 26.23.070 that the area involved and political subdivisions in it have available equipment, supplies, and forces necessary to provide mutual aid on a regional basis, and that the political subdivisions have not already made adequate provision for mutual aid; but in requiring an interjurisdictional arrangement in order to accomplish the purpose of this section, the governor need not require establishment and maintenance of an interjurisdictional disaster planning and service area or arrangement for any other disaster purposes.
AK Stat § 26.23.190 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace|Chapter 23. Disasters|Article 1. Alaska Disaster Act.|Sec. 26.23.190. Emergency powers.

(a) If entry is reasonably necessary to actually alleviate or prevent the disaster, all persons authorized to carry out emergency measures directed under the provisions of AS 26.23.010 - 26.23.220 shall be accorded free access to all public and private land and public buildings within the areas specified, and are authorized to enter them and to perform work and take measures that are appropriate without the consent of the owners of the land or buildings. (b) [Repealed, § 28 ch 32 SLA 1994.]
AK Stat § 26.23.200 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace|Chapter 23. Disasters|Article 1. Alaska Disaster Act.|Sec. 26.23.200. Limitations.

Nothing in AS 26.23.010 - 26.23.220 (1) interferes with or allows interference with the course or conduct of a labor dispute, except that actions otherwise authorized by AS 26.23.010 - 26.23.220 or other laws may be taken when necessary to forestall or mitigate imminent or existing danger to public health or safety; (2) interferes with or allows interference with dissemination of news or comment on public affairs; but any communications facility or organization, including but not limited to radio and television stations, wire services, and newspapers, may be requested to transmit or print public service messages furnishing information or instructions in connection with a disaster emergency, in a manner that encroaches as little as possible upon the normal functions of the news media; (3) affects the jurisdiction or responsibilities of police forces, firefighting forces, units of the armed forces of the United States, or of any personnel of them, when on active duty; but state, local, and interjurisdictional disaster emergency plans shall place reliance upon the forces available for performance of functions related to disaster emergencies; (4) limits, modifies, or abridges the authority of the governor to proclaim martial law, or exercise any other powers vested in the governor under the constitution, statutes, or common law of this state independent of, or in conjunction with, any provision of AS 26.23.010 - 26.23.220; or (5) authorizes the confiscation of a firearm lawfully owned, possessed, or carried by a law-abiding citizen.
AK Stat § 26.23.205 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace|Chapter 23. Disasters|Article 1. Alaska Disaster Act.|Sec. 26.23.205. Confiscation of firearms.

(a) A person convicted of official misconduct under AS 11.56.850, or interference with constitutional rights under AS 11.76.110, as a result of confiscating, attempting to confiscate, or ordering the confiscation of a firearm, under color of law, during a disaster emergency, (1) forfeits any appointed government position and, if under the jurisdiction of the Alaska Police Standards Council, is subject to revocation of the person's police certification; (2) is subject to impeachment under art. II, sec. 20, Constitution of the State of Alaska; or (3) is subject to having the person's elected municipal office declared vacant under AS 29.20.170 or 29.20.280. (b) This section does not apply if the person is acting as a private citizen who has been directed to confiscate a firearm by another whom the person reasonably believes to be a peace officer or active member of the armed forces or militia. (c) A conviction described in (a) of this section is an offense involving a violation of the oath of office for purposes of AS 29.20.170 or 29.20.280.
AK Stat § 26.23.210 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace|Chapter 23. Disasters|Article 1. Alaska Disaster Act.|Sec. 26.23.210. Relationship to homeland security and civil defense laws.

(a) In the event of a conflict between this chapter and AS 26.20, including in the event the governor declares a disaster under this chapter due to an attack or credible threat of imminent enemy or terrorist attack as described in AS 26.23.900(2), the provisions of this chapter shall govern. (b) The provisions of AS 26.20.140, providing for immunity of government, employees, and other authorized persons in certain circumstances, apply when the entities or persons covered by AS 26.20.140 perform duties under AS 26.23.010 - 26.23.220, except as otherwise provided in AS 26.23.136 for entities or other persons providing assistance to the state under a compact in a form substantially as contained in AS 26.23.136.
AK Stat § 26.23.220 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace|Chapter 23. Disasters|Article 1. Alaska Disaster Act.|Sec. 26.23.220. Administration.

AS 26.23.010 - 26.23.220 shall be administered by the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs, which is responsible to, and which may receive delegations of authority from, the governor.
AK Stat § 26.23.240 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace|Chapter 23. Disasters|Article 1. Alaska Disaster Act.|Sec. 26.23.240. Short title.

AS 26.23.010 - 26.23.240 and 26.23.900 may be cited collectively as the Alaska Disaster Act.
AK Stat § 26.23.300 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace|Chapter 23. Disasters|Article 2. Disaster Relief Fund.|Sec. 26.23.300. Disaster relief fund.

(a) There is in the Office of the Governor a disaster relief fund. The Department of Revenue is custodian of the fund. (b) Subject to the restrictions of AS 26.23.020(h) - (k), the governor may expend the assets of the disaster relief fund for the following purposes: (1) to implement provisions of law relating to disaster relief in the case of a disaster or an incident; (2) to alleviate the effects of a disaster or an incident by making grants or loans to persons or political subdivisions on terms the governor considers appropriate or by other means the governor considers appropriate. (c) [Repealed, § 7 ch 4 SLA 2000.]  (d) The governor shall present to the legislature an annual accounting of money expended from the disaster relief fund. (e) The governor shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.
AK Stat § 26.23.400 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace|Chapter 23. Disasters|Article 3. Fuel Emergency.|Sec. 26.23.400. Fuel emergency fund.

There is established in the Office of the Governor the fuel emergency fund. When the governor determines that a shortage of fuel is sufficiently severe to justify state assistance, the governor may make a grant from the fuel emergency fund to a political subdivision to purchase emergency supplies of fuel.
AK Stat § 26.23.500 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace|Chapter 23. Disasters|Article 4. Alaska Intrastate Mutual Aid System.|Sec. 26.23.500. Alaska intrastate mutual aid system established.

(a) The Alaska intrastate mutual aid system is established to provide for mutual assistance among participating political subdivisions of the state in preparing for and responding to a disaster. Except as provided in (b) of this section, all political subdivisions of the state shall participate in the system. (b) A political subdivision may withdraw from participation in the Alaska intrastate mutual aid system established in (a) of this section. To withdraw, the governing board of a political subdivision shall adopt a resolution declaring that the political subdivision elects not to participate in the system and provide a copy of the resolution to the Alaska division of homeland security and emergency management. A political subdivision that withdraws may later elect to participate by adopting a resolution declaring the election of the political subdivision to participate and by delivering a copy of the resolution to the Alaska division of homeland security and emergency management. (c) The provisions in AS 26.23.500 - 26.23.549 may not be construed to affect other mutual aid systems or agreements authorized elsewhere by law, do not prohibit a participating political subdivision from entering into other agreements with another political subdivision, including agreements entered into under AS 26.23.070 - 26.23.077, 26.23.180, AS 46.04.200, or 46.04.210, and do not affect any other agreement to which a political subdivision may be a party now or in the future. (d) The provisions of AS 26.23.500 - 26.23.549 may not be interpreted to preclude the eligibility of a political subdivision for state or federal disaster funding or disaster readiness funding.
AK Stat § 26.23.510 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace|Chapter 23. Disasters|Article 4. Alaska Intrastate Mutual Aid System.|Sec. 26.23.510. Requests for assistance from another political subdivision.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a political subdivision of the state that is a participating political subdivision under AS 26.23.500(a) may request and receive assistance from another participating political subdivision for (1) response, mitigation, or recovery activities related to a local disaster emergency declared under AS 26.23.140; (2) response to a disaster emergency declared by the governor under AS 26.23.020; (3) disaster prevention training exercises conducted under AS 26.23.150; or (4) other drills or exercises conducted in preparation for a disaster. (b) The principal executive officer or an authorized designee of the principal executive officer of a participating political subdivision that is requesting assistance shall request assistance directly from the principal executive officer or authorized designee of the principal executive officer of another participating political subdivision. Requests may be made orally or in writing and shall be reported directly to the Alaska division of homeland security and emergency management as soon as is practicable. A request for assistance that is made orally must be confirmed in writing within 30 days after the date of the initial oral request. (c) A responding political subdivision shall have sole discretion to withhold or withdraw requested assistance to provide reasonable protection and services within its own territorial limits. (d) Consistent with guidelines and procedures developed by the Alaska division of homeland security and emergency management under AS 26.23.040(e), a responding political subdivision shall document all assistance that is being provided to a requesting political subdivision at the time the assistance is provided and deliver copies of the documentation to the political subdivision that requested assistance within 30 days after the assistance is provided. (e) The political subdivision requesting assistance shall have sole operational control over assistance provided under AS 26.23.500 - 26.23.549. This subsection does not prohibit a responding political subdivision from withdrawing assistance.
AK Stat § 26.23.515 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace|Chapter 23. Disasters|Article 4. Alaska Intrastate Mutual Aid System.|Sec. 26.23.515. Qualifications of emergency responders.

An emergency responder holding a license, certificate, or other permit issued by a state agency or a political subdivision of the state evidencing the responder's qualification in a professional, mechanical, or other skill shall be considered to be licensed, certified, or permitted in the requesting political subdivision during the emergency, disaster, drill, or exercise, subject to limitations and conditions prescribed by the principal executive officer of the requesting political subdivision in writing.
AK Stat § 26.23.520 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace|Chapter 23. Disasters|Article 4. Alaska Intrastate Mutual Aid System.|Sec. 26.23.520. Emergency responder not an employee of a requesting political subdivision.

An emergency responder from a political subdivision that responds to a political subdivision requesting assistance is not an employee of the political subdivision requesting assistance and is not entitled to any right, privilege, or benefit of employment from the requesting political subdivision, including compensation, wages, salary, leave, pension, health, or another benefit.