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AK Stat § 40.25.151 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 40. Public Records and Recorders|Chapter 25. Public Record Disclosures|Article 1. Inspection and Copying of Public Records.|Sec. 40.25.151. Confidentiality of retirement records.

(a) Except as provided in (b) - (d) of this section, public records, including electronic services and products involving public records, containing information about a person and maintained under AS 14.25, AS 22.25, AS 26.05.222 - 26.05.229, AS 39.35, or former AS 39.37 shall be kept confidential and are not subject to inspection or copying under AS 40.25.110 - 40.25.120. (b) Records described in (a) of this section concerning a person who is a member or former member of a state retirement system who is still living may only be released to (1) the person or the person's guardian; (2) the person's employer or former employer; (3) a state agency authorized to obtain confidential information; (4) another person if the person has (A) written authorization for release from the affected member or former member or the member's or former member's guardian; or (B) a court order or subpoena to obtain the information. (c) Records described in (a) of this section concerning a member or former member of a state retirement system who is deceased or a deceased member's named beneficiary may only be released to (1) the member's named beneficiary or the beneficiary's guardian; (2) the member's or former member's former employer; (3) a state agency authorized to obtain confidential information; (4) the personal representative of the member's or former member's estate; (5) another person if the person has (A) written authorization for release from the member or former member, the member's named beneficiary, or the personal representative of the member's or former member's estate; or (B) a court order or subpoena to secure the information. (d) The name and address of a living person who is a member or former member of a state retirement system may be released to a retirement organization representing persons receiving benefits under a state retirement system if the retirement organization is affiliated with an organization representing employees of the employer under AS 23.40.070 - 23.40.260 (Public Employment Relations Act). (e) In this section, “state retirement system” means the teachers' retirement system under AS 14.25, the judicial retirement system under AS 22.25, the retirement system for members of the national guard under AS 26.05.222 - 26.05.229, the public employees' retirement system under AS 39.35, or the elected public officers retirement system under former AS 39.37.
AK Stat § 40.25.220 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 40. Public Records and Recorders|Chapter 25. Public Record Disclosures|Article 1. Inspection and Copying of Public Records.|Sec. 40.25.220. Definitions for AS 40.25.100 - 40.25.295.

In AS 40.25.100 - 40.25.295, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) “electronic services and products” means computer-related services and products provided by a public agency, including (A) electronic manipulation of the data contained in public records in order to tailor the data to the person's request or to develop a product that meets the person's request; (B) duplicating public records in alternative formats not used by a public agency, providing periodic updates of an electronic file or data base, or duplicating an electronic file or data base from a geographic information system; (C) providing online access to an electronic file or data base; (D) providing information that cannot be retrieved or generated by the existing computer programs of the public agency; (E) providing functional electronic access to the information system of the public agency; in this subparagraph, “functional access” includes the capability for alphanumeric query and printing, graphic query and plotting, nongraphic data input and analysis, and graphic data input and analysis; (F) providing software developed by a public agency or developed by a private contractor for a public agency; (G) generating maps or other standard or customized products from an electronic geographic information system; (2) “public agency” means a political subdivision, department, institution, board, commission, division, authority, public corporation, council, committee, or other instrumentality of the state or a municipality; “public agency” includes the University of Alaska and the Alaska Railroad Corporation; (3) “public records” means books, papers, files, accounts, writings, including drafts and memorializations of conversations, and other items, regardless of format or physical characteristics, that are developed or received by a public agency, or by a private contractor for a public agency, and that are preserved for their informational value or as evidence of the organization or operation of the public agency; “public records” does not include proprietary software programs.
AK Stat § 40.25.295 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 40. Public Records and Recorders|Chapter 25. Public Record Disclosures|Article 1. Inspection and Copying of Public Records.|Sec. 40.25.295. Short title.

AS 40.25.100 - 40.25.295 may be cited as the Alaska Public Records Act.
AK Stat § 40.25.300 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 40. Public Records and Recorders|Chapter 25. Public Record Disclosures|Article 2. Personal Information in State Public Records.|Sec. 40.25.300. Notice regarding personal information.

(a) When a state agency requests personal information that may be included in a public record directly from the person who is the subject of the information, the agency shall give the person a written notice at the time of the request that states (1) the name and address of the agency; (2) the citation of the statute or regulation that authorizes the agency to request the information; (3) a statement indicating whether the person is required to supply the information; (4) the consequences to the person, if any, of not providing all or part of the requested information; (5) a statement of the agency's anticipated uses of the information, including the agency's internal uses of the information and disclosure of the information to other state agencies; (6) the fact that the information may be subject to inspection and copying under AS 40.25.110 - 40.25.120; and (7) a statement summarizing how a person may challenge under AS 40.25.310 the accuracy or completeness of personal information maintained by a state agency. (b) An agency may provide the written notice required under (a) of this section by (1) placing the notice on the form used to request the information from the person; (2) giving the person the notice on a separate sheet that accompanies the form used to request the information from the person; (3) giving the person a statement in a pamphlet, booklet, manual, or other printed matter at the time the information on the person is requested; or (4) prominently posting a sign containing the notice in a prominent location so that the sign can be easily observed and read by the person at the time the information is requested. (c) This section does not apply to a request for information on a person if (1) the request is made by a peace officer; in this paragraph, “peace officer” has the meaning given in AS 01.10.060; (2) the person is the agency's employee; (3) the information is related to litigation; (4) the information is being collected by a public agency when investigating a possible violation of law; or (5) the information is not subject to inspection and copying under AS 40.25.110 - 40.25.120, even if the information is eventually subject to inspection and copying under AS 18.50.310(f).
AK Stat § 40.25.310 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 40. Public Records and Recorders|Chapter 25. Public Record Disclosures|Article 2. Personal Information in State Public Records.|Sec. 40.25.310. Information accuracy and completeness.

(a) A person who is the subject of personal information that is maintained by a state agency and subject to public disclosure under AS 40.25.110 - 40.25.140 may challenge the accuracy or completeness of the personal information. (b) To challenge the accuracy or completeness of personal information under (a) of this section, the person must file with the state agency a written request that the personal information be changed. The request must provide (1) a description of the challenged personal information; (2) the changes necessary to make the personal information accurate or complete; and (3) the person's name and the address where the department may contact the person. (c) Within 30 days after receiving a written request made under (b) of this section, the state agency may request verification of the disputed personal information from the person who made the request. (d) Within 30 days after receiving the written request under (b) of this section or the verification under (c) of this section, the state agency shall review the request and (1) change the personal information according to the request and notify the person in writing of the change; or (2) deny the request and notify the person in writing of the reasons for the decision and the name, title, and business address of the person who denied the request. (e) If a request is denied under (d) of this section, the person may provide to the state agency a concise written statement that states the person's reasons for disagreeing with the decision. The state agency shall maintain in its records the request made under (b) of this section and the statement provided by the person under this subsection. On all of the state agency's records that contain the disputed information, the state agency shall clearly note which portions of the records are disputed. If the record is in electronic form, the state agency may note the dispute in one field of the electronic form and maintain the other information about the dispute in paper form. (f) This section does not apply to criminal intelligence or criminal investigative records, criminal justice information under AS 12.62, state agency personnel or retirement system records, records of applicants for employment with the state agency, or information in documents recorded under AS 40.17.
AK Stat § 40.25.350 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 40. Public Records and Recorders|Chapter 25. Public Record Disclosures|Article 2. Personal Information in State Public Records.|Sec. 40.25.350. Definitions.

In AS 40.25.300 - 40.25.350, (1) “person” means an individual; (2) “personal information” means information that can be used to identify a person and from which judgments can be made about a person's character, habits, avocations, finances, occupation, general reputation, credit, health, or other personal characteristics, but does not include a person's name, address, or telephone number, if the number is published in a current telephone directory, or information describing a public job held by a person; (3) “state agency” (A) means a department, institution, board, commission, division, authority, public corporation, committee, or other administrative unit of the executive, judicial, or legislative branch of state government, including the University of Alaska; (B) does not include the Alaska Railroad Corporation.
AK Stat § 41.15.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 41. Public Resources|Chapter 15. Forests|Article 1. Protection of Forested Land.|Sec. 41.15.010. Intent.

It is the intent of AS 41.15.010 - 41.15.170 to provide protection from wildland fire and other destructive agents, commensurate with the values at risk, on forested land that is owned privately, by the state, or by a municipality.
AK Stat § 41.15.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 41. Public Resources|Chapter 15. Forests|Article 1. Protection of Forested Land.|Sec. 41.15.020. Regulations.

The commissioner shall, by regulation, make provision for the protection of forested land in the state from fire and other destructive agents.
AK Stat § 41.15.025 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 41. Public Resources|Chapter 15. Forests|Article 1. Protection of Forested Land.|Sec. 41.15.025. Fire protection on mental health trust land.

Land that is in the mental health trust is, for the purpose of wild fire suppression, land owned by the state.
AK Stat § 41.15.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 41. Public Resources|Chapter 15. Forests|Article 1. Protection of Forested Land.|Sec. 41.15.030. Contracts for forest protection; emergency firefighters.

(a) The commissioner may enter into necessary protection contracts. (b) The commissioner may hire emergency firefighting personnel, and shall establish classifications and rates of pay for the emergency firefighting personnel consistent with the compensation paid by other firefighting agencies. The commissioner may adjust the classifications and rates based on findings of the federal Bureau of Land Management for Alaska. The commissioner may assign emergency firefighting personnel to conduct fire suppression, hazard reduction, fire prevention, habitat restoration or improvement, and other related activities in emergency and nonemergency circumstances. The assignment of emergency firefighting personnel to nonemergency activities may not be used to replace permanent or seasonal state employees. The commissioner may not use appropriations to the department from state general funds for emergency firefighting personnel engaged in nonemergency activities under this section.
AK Stat § 41.15.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 41. Public Resources|Chapter 15. Forests|Article 1. Protection of Forested Land.|Sec. 41.15.040. Right of entry to control and suppress fires.

(a) Upon approval by the commissioner or an authorized agent, an employee of the division of forestry, or of any organization authorized to prevent, control, or suppress a fire or a destructive agent, and others assisting in the control or suppression of a fire upon request of an officer or employee of the United States or the state may , when responding to a wildland fire or suspected wildland fire or administering the provisions of this chapter, enter upon any land, whether publicly or privately owned, for the purpose of preventing, investigating, suppressing, or controlling a wildland fire or a destructive agent.  (b) A person may not interfere with or prohibit the access authorized under (a) of this section.
AK Stat § 41.15.045 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 41. Public Resources|Chapter 15. Forests|Article 1. Protection of Forested Land.|Sec. 41.15.045. Civil immunity.

(a) Notwithstanding other provisions of law, a person may not bring a civil action for damages for death, personal injury, or property damage that results from an act or omission in performing or failing to perform activities or duties arising out of prevention, monitoring, control, or suppression of fires authorized to be performed under AS 41.15.010 - 41.15.170 against (1) the state or its officers, agents, and employees; (2) a political subdivision of the state or its officers, agents, and employees; (3) any organization authorized to prevent, control, or suppress fires; or (4) others assisting in the control or suppression of fires at the request of an officer or employee of the United States or the state. (b) This section does not apply to a civil action for damages as a result of intentional misconduct within the course and scope of employment or agency and with complete disregard for the safety and property of others.
AK Stat § 41.15.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 41. Public Resources|Chapter 15. Forests|Article 1. Protection of Forested Land.|Sec. 41.15.050. Fire season.

The period from April 1 to August 31, inclusive, of each year is designated the fire season. The commissioner may, at any time, proclaim an additional period for all or any portion of the state when weather or other conditions require action for the protection of forested land. The commissioner may also, at any time, prohibit, or allow only by permit, the setting of fires, smoking, entry, or other use on the land, when, in the judgment of the commissioner, the activities would unduly increase the fire danger.
AK Stat § 41.15.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 41. Public Resources|Chapter 15. Forests|Article 1. Protection of Forested Land.|Sec. 41.15.060. Permits.

(a) The commissioner shall, by regulation, prescribe the conditions of and the manner for obtaining a permit for the setting of fires, use of burning devices, and other activities and uses of land that increase fire danger.  (b) A person may not set fires, use burning devices, or conduct other activities or use land that increases fire danger without a permit as prescribed by the commissioner in regulation under (a) of this section.
AK Stat § 41.15.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 41. Public Resources|Chapter 15. Forests|Article 1. Protection of Forested Land.|Sec. 41.15.070. Disposal of burning materials.

During the fire season, a burn closure, or restriction established under AS 41.15.050, a person may not discard any lighted tobacco, cigar, cigarette, match, firecracker, or other burning material on forested land.
AK Stat § 41.15.090 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 41. Public Resources|Chapter 15. Forests|Article 1. Protection of Forested Land.|Sec. 41.15.090. Building or leaving fires.

(a) A person may not start a fire in or near forested land without first clearing the ground immediately around it free from materials that will carry fire. (b) A person who starts a fire in or near forested land may not leave the fire before totally extinguishing the fire.
AK Stat § 41.15.100 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 41. Public Resources|Chapter 15. Forests|Article 1. Protection of Forested Land.|Sec. 41.15.100. Setting fires without consent.

A person may not set on fire forested land or other inflammable material located or growing on land that is not owned, possessed, or controlled by the person, without the consent of the owner or lawful occupant of the land.
AK Stat § 41.15.110 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 41. Public Resources|Chapter 15. Forests|Article 1. Protection of Forested Land.|Sec. 41.15.110. Uncontrolled spread of fire; leaving fire unattended.

(a) A person who knows of a fire or sets a fire on forested land owned, possessed, or controlled by the person, shall exercise due care to prevent the uncontrolled spread of the fire. (b) A person shall make every effort possible to extinguish a fire the person knowingly sets on forested land and may not leave a fire unattended. (c) In a criminal action brought under this section, the escape of the fire may be considered by a court as evidence that the person responsible for starting the fire acted knowingly.
AK Stat § 41.15.120 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 41. Public Resources|Chapter 15. Forests|Article 1. Protection of Forested Land.|Sec. 41.15.120. Failure to assist in preventing or suppressing fires.

If an officer or employee of the United States or the state who is authorized to prevent, investigate, or suppress fires requests a person to assist in the prevention or suppression of a fire and informs the person of the officer or employee's official status, the person shall assist the officer or employee.
AK Stat § 41.15.130 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 41. Public Resources|Chapter 15. Forests|Article 1. Protection of Forested Land.|Sec. 41.15.130. Backfires and burnouts excluded.

AS 41.15.010 - 41.15.040 and 41.15.050 - 41.15.170 do not apply to the setting of backfires, burnouts, and other burning or clearing of land under the direction of an officer or employee of the United States or the state who is authorized to prevent or suppress fires.
AK Stat § 41.15.140 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 41. Public Resources|Chapter 15. Forests|Article 1. Protection of Forested Land.|Sec. 41.15.140. Penalty.

Except as provided in AS 41.15.150, a person who (1) knowingly violates a provision of AS 41.15.040 - 41.15.130 is guilty of a class A misdemeanor punishable as provided in AS 12.55; (2) without any culpable mental state, violates a provision of AS 41.15.040 - 41.15.130 or a regulation adopted under AS 41.15.040 - 41.15.130 is guilty of a violation and upon conviction is punishable by a fine under AS 12.55.
AK Stat § 41.15.150 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 41. Public Resources|Chapter 15. Forests|Article 1. Protection of Forested Land.|Sec. 41.15.150. Criminal burning of forested land in the first degree.

(a) A person commits the crime of criminal burning of forested land in the first degree if (1) the person violates AS 41.15.155; and (2) the person's actions or conduct violate a provision of AS 41.15.010 - 41.15.130 or a regulation adopted under AS 41.15.010 - 41.15.130. (b) Criminal burning of forested land in the first degree is a class B felony punishable as provided in AS 12.55.
AK Stat § 41.15.155 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 41. Public Resources|Chapter 15. Forests|Article 1. Protection of Forested Land.|Sec. 41.15.155. Criminal burning of forested land in the second degree.

(a) A person commits the crime of criminal burning of forested land in the second degree if (1) the person knowingly sets a fire; (2) with criminal negligence, the person (A) permits the fire to spread beyond the person's control; or (B) fails to prevent the fire from spreading to forested land or other flammable material; and (3) as a result, the fire burns forested land or other flammable material located or growing on land that is not owned, possessed, or controlled by the person. (b) Criminal burning of forested land in the second degree is a class C felony punishable as provided in AS 12.55.
AK Stat § 41.15.160 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 41. Public Resources|Chapter 15. Forests|Article 1. Protection of Forested Land.|Sec. 41.15.160. Double damages in civil actions.

In addition to the criminal punishment provided for by AS 11.46.400 - 11.46.450, AS 41.15.140, 41.15.150, and 41.15.155, the United States, the state, a municipality, or any person may recover in a civil action double the amount of damages sustained as a consequence of a violation of AS 11.46.400 - 11.46.450, AS 41.15.010 - 41.15.155. In a civil action brought under AS 41.15.010 - 41.15.170 or any other law relating to the subject matter of AS 41.15.010 - 41.15.170, the escape of a fire is presumptive evidence of negligence by the person responsible for starting the fire and unless rebutted is sufficient to sustain the recovery.
AK Stat § 41.15.170 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 41. Public Resources|Chapter 15. Forests|Article 1. Protection of Forested Land.|Sec. 41.15.170. Definitions.

In AS 41.15.010 - 41.15.170, (1) “criminal negligence” has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900; (2) “damages” includes costs incurred in suppressing, controlling, or extinguishing a fire; (3) “destructive agent” means an insect, pathogen, or other environmental agent that causes damage to a forest resource; (4) “forested land” includes all land on which grass, brush, timber, and other natural vegetative material grows; (5) “knowingly” has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900; (6) “wildland fire” includes the uncontrolled burning of grass, brush, timber, and other natural vegetative material.
AK Stat § 41.15.200 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 41. Public Resources|Chapter 15. Forests|Article 3. Fire Suppression Fund.|Sec. 41.15.200. Statement of purpose.

The purpose of AS 41.15.200 - 41.15.230 is to provide a readily available fund for the payment of expenses incurred by the department in suppressing fires.
AK Stat § 41.15.210 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 41. Public Resources|Chapter 15. Forests|Article 3. Fire Suppression Fund.|Sec. 41.15.210. Fire suppression fund.

A fire suppression fund is established in the state treasury for the use of the department. The fund shall be used for actual expenses incurred in the suppression of fires. The fund may not be used (1) for capital expenditures; or (2) to fund nonemergency activities of emergency firefighting personnel under AS 41.15.030.