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AK Stat § 39.52.940 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 39. Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 52. Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act|Article 6. General Provisions.|Sec. 39.52.940. Construction.

This chapter shall be construed to promote high standards of ethical conduct in state government.
AK Stat § 39.52.950 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 39. Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 52. Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act|Article 6. General Provisions.|Sec. 39.52.950. Regulations.

The attorney general may adopt regulations under the Administrative Procedure Act necessary to interpret and implement this chapter.
AK Stat § 39.52.965 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 39. Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 52. Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act|Article 6. General Provisions.|Sec. 39.52.965. Short title.

This chapter may be cited as the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act.
AK Stat § 39.90.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 39. Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 90. Miscellaneous Provisions|Article 1. Miscellaneous Prohibited Acts.|Sec. 39.90.010. Obstruction of access to public information.

(a) A public employee may not be dismissed, demoted, suspended, laid off, or otherwise made subject to any disciplinary action for communicating matters of public record or information under AS 40.25.110 and 40.25.120. (b) In this section, “public employee” means any employee receiving compensation for services provided to the state, including the University of Alaska, or any political subdivision of the state. (c) A violation of this section is a misdemeanor.
AK Stat § 39.90.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 39. Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 90. Miscellaneous Provisions|Article 1. Miscellaneous Prohibited Acts.|Sec. 39.90.020. Nepotism prohibited.

It is unlawful for a person who is the spouse of or is related by blood within and including the second degree of kindred to the executive head of a principal state department or agency to be employed in that department or agency.
AK Stat § 39.90.100 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 39. Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 90. Miscellaneous Provisions|Article 2. Protection for Whistleblowers.|Sec. 39.90.100. Persons protected.

(a) A public employer may not discharge, threaten, or otherwise discriminate against an employee regarding the employee's compensation, terms, conditions, location, or privileges of employment because (1) the employee, or a person acting on behalf of the employee, reports to a public body or is about to report to a public body a matter of public concern; or (2) the employee participates in a court action, an investigation, a hearing, or an inquiry held by a public body on a matter of public concern. (b) A public employer may not disqualify a public employee or other person who reports a matter of public concern or participates in a proceeding connected with a matter of public concern before a public body or court, because of the report or participation, from eligibility to (1) bid on contracts with the public employer; (2) receive land under a law of the state or an ordinance of the municipality; or (3) receive another right, privilege, or benefit. (c) The provisions of AS 39.90.100 - 39.90.150 do not (1) require an employer to compensate an employee for participation in a court action or in an investigation, hearing, or inquiry by a public body; (2) prohibit an employer from compensating an employee for participation in a court action or in an investigation, hearing, or inquiry by a public body; (3) authorize the disclosure of information that is legally required to be kept confidential; or (4) diminish or impair the rights of an employee under a collective bargaining agreement. (d) An employer shall post notices and use other appropriate means to inform employees of their protections and obligations under AS 39.90.100 - 39.90.150.
AK Stat § 39.90.110 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 39. Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 90. Miscellaneous Provisions|Article 2. Protection for Whistleblowers.|Sec. 39.90.110. Limitation to protections.

(a) A person is not entitled to the protections under AS 39.90.100 - 39.90.150 unless the person (1) reasonably believes that the information reported is or is about to become a matter of public concern; and (2) reports the information in good faith. (b) A person is entitled to the protections under AS 39.90.100 - 39.90.150 only if the matter of public concern (1) is not the result of conduct by the person seeking protection; or (2) is the result of conduct by the person that was required by the person's employer. (c) As part of its written personnel policy, a public employer may require that, before an employee initiates a report on a matter of public concern under AS 39.90.100, the employee shall submit a written report concerning the matter to the employer. However, the employee is not required to submit a report if the employee (1) reasonably believes that reports to the employer will not result in prompt action to remedy the matter of public concern; (2) believes with reasonable certainty that the activity, policy, or practice is already known to one or more supervisors; (3) reasonably believes that an emergency is involved; or (4) reasonably fears reprisal or discrimination as a result of disclosure.
AK Stat § 39.90.120 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 39. Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 90. Miscellaneous Provisions|Article 2. Protection for Whistleblowers.|Sec. 39.90.120. Relief and penalties.

(a) A person who alleges a violation of AS 39.90.100 may bring a civil action and the court may grant appropriate relief, including punitive damages. (b) A person who violates or attempts to violate AS 39.90.100 is also liable for a civil fine of not more than $10,000. The attorney general may enforce this subsection. (c) A person who attempts to prevent another person from making a report or participating in a matter under AS 39.90.100(a) with intent to impede or prevent a public inquiry on the matter is liable for a civil fine of not more than $10,000.
AK Stat § 39.90.130 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 39. Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 90. Miscellaneous Provisions|Article 2. Protection for Whistleblowers.|Sec. 39.90.130. Exemption for municipalities.

A municipality is not required to comply with the provisions of AS 39.90.100 - 39.90.150 if the municipality has adopted an ordinance that provides protections for its employees and other persons that are substantially similar to the protections under AS 39.90.100 - 39.90.150. Notwithstanding AS 29.25.070, the ordinance may provide for a civil penalty for violation of the ordinance not to exceed $10,000.
AK Stat § 39.90.140 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 39. Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 90. Miscellaneous Provisions|Article 2. Protection for Whistleblowers.|Sec. 39.90.140. Definitions.

In AS 39.90.100 - 39.90.150, (1) “employee” or “public employee” means a person who performs a service for wages or other remuneration under a contract of hire, written or oral, express or implied, for a public employer; (2) “employer” or “public employer” includes the state, a public or quasi-public corporation or authority established by state law, the University of Alaska, and a political subdivision of the state including a municipality, school district, and regional educational attendance area; (3) “matter of public concern” means (A) a violation of a state, federal, or municipal law, regulation, or ordinance; (B) a danger to public health or safety; (C) gross mismanagement, a substantial waste of funds, or a clear abuse of authority; (D) a matter accepted for investigation by the office of the ombudsman under AS 24.55.100 or 24.55.320; or (E) interference or any failure to cooperate with an audit or other matter within the authority of Legislative Budget and Audit Committee; (4) “public body” includes an officer or agency of (A) the federal government; (B) the state; (C) a political subdivision of the state including (i) a municipality; (ii) a school district; and (iii) a regional educational attendance area; (D) a public or quasi-public corporation or authority established by state law including the Alaska Railroad Corporation; and (E) the University of Alaska.
AK Stat § 39.90.150 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 39. Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 90. Miscellaneous Provisions|Article 2. Protection for Whistleblowers.|Sec. 39.90.150. Short title.

AS 39.90.100 - 39.90.150 may be cited as the Alaska Whistleblower Act.
AK Stat § 39.90.200 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 39. Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 90. Miscellaneous Provisions|Article 3. State Personnel Procedures Relating to Employee Access to Federal Tax.|Sec. 39.90.200. Purpose of AS 39.90.200 - 39.90.290.

It is the purpose of AS 39.90.200 - 39.90.290 to establish procedures to safeguard the confidentiality of protected federal tax information as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103(p)(4). The procedures established in AS 39.90.200 - 39.90.290 apply to a current or prospective state employee whose job duties include access to protected federal tax information.
AK Stat § 39.90.210 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 39. Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 90. Miscellaneous Provisions|Article 3. State Personnel Procedures Relating to Employee Access to Federal Tax.|Sec. 39.90.210. Background investigation for employees with access to federal tax information.

(a) In connection with an initial application or as a condition of continued employment in a position with the state for which the job duties include access to federal tax information, an agency shall require a prospective or current employee to provide information for a background investigation and request a state and national criminal history record check. (b) A current or prospective employee whose job duties include access to federal tax information shall provide fingerprints in a format requested by the agency. The agency shall submit the fingerprints and the fees required to the Department of Public Safety to obtain a report of criminal justice information under AS 12.62 and a national criminal history record check. The Department of Public Safety may submit the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history record check. (c) A background investigation under this section, including a state and national criminal history record check, is confidential. The agency that requested the criminal history record check shall use the information obtained under this section to determine whether the current or prospective employee is qualified to access federal tax information. With the written approval of the employee, an agency may share an employee's background investigation with another agency if the employee applies for employment with, or works for, another agency that has access to federal tax information and the employee's job duties will include access to federal tax information. (d) An agency that has access to federal tax information shall develop a written policy establishing procedures and criteria for a background investigation under this section and establish criteria to determine whether a current or prospective employee is qualified to access federal tax information. The policy must require that the agency conduct a reinvestigation not later than 10 years after the date of the previous background investigation.
AK Stat § 39.90.290 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 39. Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 90. Miscellaneous Provisions|Article 3. State Personnel Procedures Relating to Employee Access to Federal Tax.|Sec. 39.90.290. Definitions.

In AS 39.90.200 - 39.90.290, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) “agency” means a department, the Office of the Governor, or an entity in the executive branch, including the University of Alaska, a public or quasi- public corporation, a board or commission, and the Alaska Railroad Corporation; (2) “employee” means a permanent, probationary, seasonal, temporary, provisional, or nonpermanent employee of an agency, whether in the classified, partially exempt, or exempt service; (3) “federal tax information” means a federal tax return, return information, and information derived from the federal tax return or return information that is in an agency's possession or control and that is received directly by an agency under 26 U.S.C. 6103(d) or (l) from the Internal Revenue Service, an Internal Revenue Service authorized secondary source, or another entity acting on behalf of the Internal Revenue Service under 26 U.S.C. 6103(p)(2)(B); (4) “return” has the meaning given in 26 U.S.C. 6103; (5) “return information” has the meaning given in 26 U.S.C. 6103.
AK Stat § 40.15.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 40. Public Records and Recorders|Chapter 15. Subdivisions and Dedications|Article 1. Recording of Plats.|Sec. 40.15.010. Approval, filing, and recording of subdivisions.

Before the lots or tracts of any subdivision or dedication may be sold or offered for sale, the subdivision or dedication shall be approved by the authority having jurisdiction, as prescribed in this chapter and shall be filed and recorded in the office of the recorder. The recorder may not accept a subdivision or dedication for filing and recording unless it shows this approval.
AK Stat § 40.15.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 40. Public Records and Recorders|Chapter 15. Subdivisions and Dedications|Article 1. Recording of Plats.|Sec. 40.15.020. Plats to be acknowledged and contain certificate that taxes and assessments are paid.

Every plat shall be acknowledged before an officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds. A certificate of acknowledgment shall be endorsed on or annexed to the plat and recorded with it. A person filing and recording a plat, map, subdivision, or replat of property, or vacating the whole or any portion of an existing plat, map, subdivision, or replat shall file and record with it a certificate from the tax-collecting official or officials of the area in which the land is located that all taxes levied against the property at that date are paid.
AK Stat § 40.15.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 40. Public Records and Recorders|Chapter 15. Subdivisions and Dedications|Article 1. Recording of Plats.|Sec. 40.15.030. Dedication of streets, alleys, and thoroughfares.

When an area is subdivided and a plat of the subdivision is approved, filed, and recorded, all streets, alleys, thoroughfares, parks and other public areas shown on the plat are considered to be dedicated to public use.
AK Stat § 40.15.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 40. Public Records and Recorders|Chapter 15. Subdivisions and Dedications|Article 1. Recording of Plats.|Sec. 40.15.040. Certified copy of plat as evidence.

A copy of a plat certified by the recorder of the recording district in which it is filed or recorded as a true and complete copy of the original filed or recorded in the recording office for the district is admissible in evidence in all courts in the state with the same effect as the original.
AK Stat § 40.15.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 40. Public Records and Recorders|Chapter 15. Subdivisions and Dedications|Article 1. Recording of Plats.|Sec. 40.15.050. Plats legalized.

All plats filed or recorded with the recorder before March 30, 1953, whether executed and acknowledged in accordance with this chapter or not, are validated and all streets, alleys, or public thoroughfares shown on these plats are considered to be dedicated to public use. The last plat of the area of record on March 30, 1953, is the official plat of the area as of that date, and the streets, alleys, or thoroughfares shown on it are considered to be dedicated to public use. The streets, alleys, or thoroughfares shown on an earlier plat of the same area, or any part of it, that are in conflict with those shown on the official plat are considered to be abandoned and vacated.
AK Stat § 40.15.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 40. Public Records and Recorders|Chapter 15. Subdivisions and Dedications|Article 1. Recording of Plats.|Sec. 40.15.060. Missing plats.

When a filed or recorded plat is missing and a present record is not available except by reference to the missing plat, a counterpart copy approved by the platting authority may be filed and recorded as of the original date of the missing plat and after filing and recording has the same legal effect and notice as the original missing plat.
AK Stat § 40.15.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 40. Public Records and Recorders|Chapter 15. Subdivisions and Dedications|Article 2. Control of Plats, Subdivisions, and Dedications.|Sec. 40.15.070. Platting authority.

(a) If land proposed to be subdivided or dedicated is situated within a municipality that has the power of land use regulation and that is exercising platting authority, the proposed subdivision or dedication shall be submitted to the municipal platting authority for approval. A subdivision may not be filed and recorded until it is approved by the platting authority. (b) The Department of Natural Resources is the platting authority in the areas of the state not described in (a) of this section.
AK Stat § 40.15.200 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 40. Public Records and Recorders|Chapter 15. Subdivisions and Dedications|Article 3. Applicability.|Sec. 40.15.200. Application to state and political subdivisions.

All subdivisions of land made by the state, its agencies, instrumentalities, and political subdivisions are subject to the provisions of AS 40.15.010 - 40.15.200 and AS 29.40.070 - 29.40.160, or home rule ordinances or regulations governing subdivisions, and shall comply with ordinances and other local regulations adopted under AS 40.15.010 - 40.15.200 and AS 29.40.070 - 29.40.160 or former AS 29.33.150 - 29.33.240, or under home rule authority, in the same manner and to the same extent as subdivisions made by other landowners.
AK Stat § 40.15.300 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 40. Public Records and Recorders|Chapter 15. Subdivisions and Dedications|Article 4. Platting in Areas Outside Certain Municipalities.|Sec. 40.15.300. Purposes of AS 40.15.300 - 40.15.380.

The purposes of AS 40.15.300 - 40.15.380 are to provide the public with an improved mechanism for the recording of plats for subdivisions in areas of the state identified in AS 40.15.305(a) and to ensure that provision has been made for access to those subdivisions. AS 40.15.300 - 40.15.380 are not intended to provide the state with any authority to establish engineering or other standards for subdivisions beyond those expressly set out in AS 40.15.300 - 40.15.380.
AK Stat § 40.15.305 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 40. Public Records and Recorders|Chapter 15. Subdivisions and Dedications|Article 4. Platting in Areas Outside Certain Municipalities.|Sec. 40.15.305. Examination of plats before recording.

(a) The commissioner shall exercise the platting authority for the state except within a municipality that has the power of land use regulation and that is exercising platting authority. (b) The commissioner shall review and approve each plat under AS 40.15.300 - 40.15.380 before the plat is recorded under AS 40.17. The approval by the commissioner shall be affixed to the plat in the form of the following statement:PLAT APPROVALThis plat is approved by the commissioner of natural resources, or the commissioner's designee, in accordance with AS 40.15. Commissioner Date (c) The recorder may not accept for filing and recording a plat for which the commissioner's approval is required under this section without the approval of the commissioner endorsed on the plat. (d) Within 45 days after a plat is filed, the commissioner shall approve the plat or return it to the applicant for modification or correction. Unless the applicant for plat approval consents to an extension of time, the plat is approved and a certificate of approval shall be issued by the commissioner if the commissioner fails to act within that period. The commissioner shall state in writing reasons for disapproval of a plat. (e) A recorded plat may not be altered or replatted except on petition of the state, a municipality, a public utility, or the owner of a majority of the land affected by the proposed alteration or replat. The petition shall be filed with the commissioner and shall be accompanied by a copy of the existing plat showing the proposed alteration or replat. The provisions of AS 29.40.130 and 29.40.140(a) apply to an alteration or replat submitted under this subsection. The provisions of (d) of this section do not apply to an alteration or replat petition, but the commissioner shall state in writing reasons for disapproval of the petition.  (f) In the case of a vacation of a street, right-of-way, or other public area, the provisions of AS 29.40.140(b) and 29.40.160(a) and (b) apply. When applying these provisions to land outside a municipality, the word “municipality” should be read as “state” when the context requires.  (g) Notwithstanding another provision of AS 40.15.300 - 40.15.380, the commissioner shall approve, without review under AS 40.15.300 - 40.15.380, a plat under AS 38.04.045 that consists solely of land owned by the state. The commissioner may not charge a fee for the approval under this subsection.
AK Stat § 40.15.310 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 40. Public Records and Recorders|Chapter 15. Subdivisions and Dedications|Article 4. Platting in Areas Outside Certain Municipalities.|Sec. 40.15.310. Requirements for plat approval.

(a) Each plat must show on its face a certificate of ownership, with the names and addresses of each owner listed. Each owner of record shall sign the certificate, and the signatures shall be acknowledged. (b) The surveyor preparing the plat shall sign and affix the seal of the surveyor.
AK Stat § 40.15.320 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 40. Public Records and Recorders|Chapter 15. Subdivisions and Dedications|Article 4. Platting in Areas Outside Certain Municipalities.|Sec. 40.15.320. Monuments.

(a) In a subdivision with five or fewer lots, the existence of at least a 5/8 inch by 24 inch rebar and cap monument at controlling exterior corners of the subdivision shall be established by the surveyor. (b) In a subdivision of more than five lots, each interior corner shall be monumented with at least a 5/8 inch by 24 inch rebar and cap. (c) If a monument of record does not lie on the parcel or tract boundary, the plat shall reflect a boundary survey and tie to a monument of record.
AK Stat § 40.15.330 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 40. Public Records and Recorders|Chapter 15. Subdivisions and Dedications|Article 4. Platting in Areas Outside Certain Municipalities.|Sec. 40.15.330. Plat standards.

The commissioner shall establish plat standards by regulation.
AK Stat § 40.15.340 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 40. Public Records and Recorders|Chapter 15. Subdivisions and Dedications|Article 4. Platting in Areas Outside Certain Municipalities.|Sec. 40.15.340. Engineering standards.

Except for subdivisions of state land, the commissioner may not establish engineering standards for subdivisions.
AK Stat § 40.15.350 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 40. Public Records and Recorders|Chapter 15. Subdivisions and Dedications|Article 4. Platting in Areas Outside Certain Municipalities.|Sec. 40.15.350. Certified copy of plat as evidence.

A copy of a plat certified by the recorder of the recording district in which it is filed or recorded as a true and complete copy of the original filed or recorded in the recording office for the district is admissible in evidence in all courts in the state with the same effect as the original.