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AK Stat § 18.74.150 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 74. Cigarette Fire Safety|Sec. 18.74.150. Copies.

A manufacturer who certifies a cigarette under AS 18.74.080 shall provide a copy of the certification to each wholesale dealer and agent to whom the manufacturer sells the cigarette. The manufacturer shall also provide the wholesale dealer and agent with sufficient copies of an illustration of the cigarette packaging markings used by the manufacturer under AS 18.74.130 for each retail dealer to whom the wholesale dealer or agent sells cigarettes. A wholesale dealer or an agent shall provide a copy of the cigarette packaging markings received from a manufacturer to each retail dealer to whom the wholesale dealer or agent sells cigarettes.
AK Stat § 18.74.160 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 74. Cigarette Fire Safety|Sec. 18.74.160. Penalties for violations.

(a) A manufacturer, a wholesale dealer, an agent, or another person who knowingly sells or offers to sell cigarettes other than through retail sale and in violation of AS 18.74.010 is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed (1) $10,000 for a first violation; (2) $25,000 for each violation that is not a first violation. (b) A retail dealer who knowingly sells or offers to sell cigarettes in violation of AS 18.74.010 is subject, for each sale or offer to sell, to a civil penalty not to exceed (1) $500 for a first violation in which the total number of cigarettes sold or offered for sale does not exceed 1,000 cigarettes; (2) $2,000 for each violation that is not a first violation and in which the total number of cigarettes sold or offered for sale does not exceed 1,000 cigarettes; (3) $1,000 for a first violation in which the total number of cigarettes sold or offered for sale exceeds 1,000 cigarettes; (4) $5,000 for a violation that is not a first violation and in which the total number of cigarettes sold or offered for sale exceeds 1,000 cigarettes. (c) The penalties against (1) one manufacturer, wholesale dealer, agent, or other person under (a) of this section may not exceed $100,000 for violations occurring during a 30-day period; or (2) one retail dealer under (b) of this section may not exceed $25,000 for violations occurring during a 30-day period. (d) In addition to any other penalty prescribed by law, a person engaged in the manufacture of cigarettes who knowingly makes a false certification under AS 18.74.080 is subject to a civil penalty of at least $75,000 for a first violation and a civil penalty not exceeding $250,000 for each violation that is not a first violation. (e) A manufacturer who fails to make copies of reports available under AS 18.74.070 within 60 days after receiving a written request from the state fire marshal or the attorney general is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 for each day after the 60th day that the manufacturer does not make the copies available. (f) If a person violates a provision of this chapter and a civil penalty is not set for the violation, the person is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for a first violation and a civil penalty not exceeding $5,000 for each violation that is not a first violation.
AK Stat § 18.74.180 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 74. Cigarette Fire Safety|Sec. 18.74.180. Separate accounting.

The fee received under AS 18.74.080(c) and the civil penalties imposed under AS 18.74.160 shall be deposited into the general fund and separately accounted for under AS 37.05.142. The legislature may appropriate the money accounted for under this section to the fire prevention and public safety fund established under AS 18.74.210.
AK Stat § 18.74.190 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 74. Cigarette Fire Safety|Sec. 18.74.190. Seizure of cigarettes.

(a) If a person is offering for sale or has made a sale of cigarettes in violation of AS 18.74.010, the state fire marshal, the department, or a law enforcement agency shall seize and, subject to (b) of this section, dispose of the cigarettes. (b) Before disposal of cigarettes under (a) of this section, the state fire marshal or the department shall (1) provide the person from whom the cigarette was seized with notice of the seizure and an opportunity for a hearing regarding the seizure; and (2) permit the holder of the trademark rights in the cigarette brand to inspect the cigarettes.
AK Stat § 18.74.200 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 74. Cigarette Fire Safety|Sec. 18.74.200. Other remedies.

In addition to any other remedy provided by law, the state fire marshal or attorney general may file an action in superior court for a violation of this chapter, including an action for injunctive relief or to recover costs or damages suffered by the state because of a violation of this chapter, including enforcement costs relating to the specific violation. Each violation of this chapter or of the regulations adopted under this chapter constitutes a separate cause of action for which the state fire marshal or attorney general may obtain relief.
AK Stat § 18.74.210 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 74. Cigarette Fire Safety|Sec. 18.74.210. Fire prevention and public safety fund.

(a) The fire prevention and public safety fund is established. The fund consists of appropriations made to the fund. (b) The purpose of the fund is to pay the expenses of the state fire marshal and the department for implementing and enforcing this chapter. (c) Money appropriated to the fund may be spent for the purposes of the fund without further appropriation. Money appropriated to the fund does not lapse.
AK Stat § 18.74.220 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 74. Cigarette Fire Safety|Sec. 18.74.220. Implementation.

The substance of the fire safety standards for cigarettes established by the law of the state of New York and the implementation of these standards by the state of New York shall be persuasive authority in the implementation of this chapter by the state fire marshal and the attorney general.
AK Stat § 18.74.230 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 74. Cigarette Fire Safety|Sec. 18.74.230. Review by state fire marshal.

The state fire marshal shall review the effectiveness of this chapter, report the state fire marshal's findings to the legislature every three years on or by January 30 of the reporting year, and, if appropriate, recommend legislation to improve the effectiveness of this chapter.
AK Stat § 18.74.240 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 74. Cigarette Fire Safety|Sec. 18.74.240. Regulations.

The state fire marshal may adopt regulations to implement this chapter.
AK Stat § 18.74.250 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 74. Cigarette Fire Safety|Sec. 18.74.250. Inspections.

(a) The department may inspect cigarettes held by wholesale dealers, agents, and retail dealers to determine if the cigarettes are marked as required by AS 18.74.120 and 18.74.130. If the cigarettes are not marked as required, the department shall notify the state fire marshal. (b) To determine compliance with this chapter, the state fire marshal and the attorney general may examine the books, papers, invoices, and other records of a person who possesses, controls, or occupies premises where cigarettes are placed, stored, sold, or offered for sale, and the stock of cigarettes on the premises. (c) A person who possesses, controls, or occupies premises where cigarettes are placed, sold, or offered for sale shall allow the state fire marshal and the attorney general to make the inspections authorized by this section.
AK Stat § 18.74.260 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 74. Cigarette Fire Safety|Sec. 18.74.260. Sale outside the state.

This chapter may not be interpreted to prohibit a person from manufacturing or selling cigarettes that do not meet the requirements of this chapter if the cigarettes are or will be stamped for sale in another state or are packaged for sale outside the United States and the person has taken reasonable steps to ensure that the cigarettes will not be sold or offered for sale to persons located in this state.
AK Stat § 18.74.270 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 74. Cigarette Fire Safety|Sec. 18.74.270. Regulation by municipality.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a municipality may not enact or enforce an ordinance or another law of the municipality that conflicts with this chapter.
AK Stat § 18.74.280 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 74. Cigarette Fire Safety|Sec. 18.74.280. Relationship to federal law.

This chapter does not apply if a federal law is enacted that establishes a reduced cigarette ignition propensity standard and preempts this chapter.
AK Stat § 18.74.290 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 74. Cigarette Fire Safety|Sec. 18.74.290. Definitions.

In this chapter, (1) “agent” means a person authorized by the department to purchase and affix stamps on packages of cigarettes under AS 43.50.500 - 43.50.700; (2) “cigarette” means a roll for smoking of any size or shape, made wholly or in part of tobacco, whether or not the tobacco is flavored, adulterated, or mixed with another ingredient, if the wrapper or cover of the roll is made of paper or a material other than tobacco; (3) “department” means the Department of Revenue; (4) “manufacturer” means (A) a person who manufactures or otherwise produces cigarettes, or causes cigarettes to be manufactured or produced anywhere, if the manufacturer intends the cigarettes to be sold in this state, including cigarettes intended to be sold in the United States through an importer; (B) the first purchaser anywhere who intends to resell in the United States cigarettes that are manufactured anywhere and that the original manufacturer or maker does not intend to be sold in the United States; or (C) a person who becomes a successor of a person described in (A) or (B) of this paragraph; (5) “retail dealer” means a person, other than a manufacturer or wholesale dealer, who sells cigarettes or tobacco products; (6) “sale” or “sell” means a sale, exchange, barter, and any other manner of transferring the ownership of personal property; (7) “wholesale dealer” means a person who (A) sells cigarettes or tobacco products to retail dealers or other persons for resale; and (B) owns, operates, or maintains cigarette or tobacco vending machines in, at, or on premises owned or occupied by another person.
AK Stat § 18.76.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 76. Alaska Avalanche Warning System|Sec. 18.76.010. Participation in statewide avalanche warning system.

The Department of Public Safety, acting in cooperation with a municipality or with an agency of the federal government, shall participate in the development and implementation of a statewide avalanche warning system and shall represent the state in the operation of that system. The statewide system shall (1) establish and maintain a service center and primary and supplementary field stations to gather information and data concerning ground weather conditions, snow pack, and avalanche activity; (2) forecast snow avalanche conditions throughout the state; (3) coordinate a public awareness program on avalanche danger; (4) catalog a comprehensive atlas of avalanche paths and slide occurrences; and (5) assist local governments and state agencies in identifying hazardous avalanche zones and in developing snow avalanche zoning regulations.
AK Stat § 18.85.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 85. Public Defender Agency|Sec. 18.85.010. Public defender agency established.

There is created in the Department of Administration a Public Defender Agency to serve the needs of indigent defendants.
AK Stat § 18.85.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 85. Public Defender Agency|Sec. 18.85.020. Administration.

The agency is administered by the public defender.
AK Stat § 18.85.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 85. Public Defender Agency|Sec. 18.85.030. Appointment and term.

The governor shall appoint the public defender from among two or more persons nominated for that position by the judicial council. The appointment is subject to confirmation by majority of the members of the legislature in joint session. The public defender shall serve a term of four years. If the governor decides to retain the public defender for another term, the governor need not call for nominations from the judicial council; however, the retention must be approved by a majority of the members of the legislature in joint session.
AK Stat § 18.85.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 85. Public Defender Agency|Sec. 18.85.040. Removal.

The public defender is subject to removal by the governor for good cause. If the public defender is removed, the governor shall submit to the legislature a report stating the reasons for removal. The report shall be submitted within 10 days after the action has been taken if the legislature is in session, or if the legislature is not in session, within 10 days after the convening of the next regular or special session.
AK Stat § 18.85.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 85. Public Defender Agency|Sec. 18.85.050. Vacancy.

If the position of public defender becomes vacant for any reason, the governor may appoint an acting public defender to serve until the regular appointment procedures under AS 18.85.030 are complied with. The governor and the judicial council shall act under AS 18.85.030 as soon as possible after the vacancy occurs. A person appointed under that section to fill a vacancy begins a new four-year term.
AK Stat § 18.85.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 85. Public Defender Agency|Sec. 18.85.060. Eligibility.

A person is not eligible to be the public defender or an assistant public defender 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 agency.
AK Stat § 18.85.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 85. Public Defender Agency|Sec. 18.85.070. Private practice prohibited.

The public defender and assistant public defenders shall devote all of their time to the duties of their respective offices and may not engage in the practice of law except in their official capacities in the agency.
AK Stat § 18.85.080 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 85. Public Defender Agency|Sec. 18.85.080. Delegation of functions.

The public defender may assign the functions vested in the public defender or in the agency to subordinate attorneys and employees.
AK Stat § 18.85.090 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 85. Public Defender Agency|Sec. 18.85.090. Agency staff.

The public defender may appoint and remove assistant public defenders, clerks, investigators, stenographers, and other employees the public defender considers necessary to enable the public defender to carry out the responsibilities of the public defender, subject to existing appropriations. Each person appointed to a subordinate position established by the public defender is under the supervision and control of the public defender.
AK Stat § 18.85.110 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 85. Public Defender Agency|Sec. 18.85.110. Notice and provision for representation.

(a) If a person having a right to representation under AS 18.85.100 is not represented by an attorney, the court shall, at the time of the person's appearance before the court, clearly inform the person of the right of an indigent person to be represented by an attorney at public expense. (b) [Repealed, § 6 ch 85 SLA 1996.]  (c) [Repealed, § 6 ch 85 SLA 1996.]  (d) If a court determines under AS 18.85.120 that an indigent person is entitled to be represented by an attorney at public expense, the court shall promptly notify the agency or the office of public advocacy. (e) Upon notification or assignment under this section, the agency or the office of public advocacy shall represent the person with respect to whom the notification or assignment is made. (f) [Repealed, § 6 ch 85 SLA 1996.]
AK Stat § 18.85.120 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 85. Public Defender Agency|Sec. 18.85.120. Determination of indigency; repayment.

(a) The determination of a person's indigency shall be made by the court in which an action against the person is pending. The determination shall be made by the court and shall set out the basis for the finding that the person is indigent. (b) In determining whether a person is indigent and in determining the extent of the person's inability to pay, the court shall consider such factors as income, property owned, outstanding obligations, and the number and ages of dependents. Release on bail does not preclude a finding that a person is indigent. In each case, the person, subject to the penalties for perjury, shall certify under oath, and in writing or by other record, material factors relative to the person's financial resources and ability to pay that the court prescribes. (c) Upon the person's conviction, the court may enter a judgment that a person for whom counsel is appointed pay for services of representation and court costs. Enforcement of a judgment under this subsection may be stayed by the trial court or the appellate court during the pendency of an appeal of the person's conviction. Upon a showing of financial hardship, the court (1) shall allow a person subject to a judgment entered under this subsection to make payments under a payment schedule; (2) shall allow a person subject to a judgment entered under this subsection to petition the court at any time for remission, reduction, or deferral of the unpaid portion of the judgment; and (3) may remit or reduce the balance owing on the judgment or change the method of payment if the payment would impose manifest hardship on the person or the person's immediate family. Payments made under this subsection shall be paid into the state general fund. (d) Except as provided in AS 18.85.100(e), as a condition of receiving services under this chapter, a person shall affirm indigency under oath to the court and execute a general waiver authorizing the release to the court of income information regarding any income source the person has had for a period of three years immediately preceding the person's first court appearance in connection with each cause. At the conclusion of all services by the public defender to the person, the court shall upon request release to the attorney general all information received under this subsection except information that might incriminate or tend to incriminate the person.
AK Stat § 18.85.130 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 85. Public Defender Agency|Sec. 18.85.130. Contracts with private attorneys.

When the public interest requires, and a person is entitled to representation by the agency under this chapter, the public defender may contract with one or more private attorneys to assist the public defender. Except as provided in AS 18.85.155, the public defender shall pay for these services out of appropriations to the agency.
AK Stat § 18.85.140 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 85. Public Defender Agency|Sec. 18.85.140. Waiver.

A person who has been appropriately informed under AS 18.85.100 may waive in writing, or by other record, any right provided by this chapter if the court concerned, at the time of or after waiver, finds of record that the person has acted with full awareness of the person's rights and of the consequences of a waiver. The court shall consider such factors as the person's age, education, familiarity with the English language, and the complexity of the crime involved in making the finding.
AK Stat § 18.85.150 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 85. Public Defender Agency|Sec. 18.85.150. Recovery from defendant.

(a) A person who has received assistance under this chapter shall pay the state for the assistance if the person was not entitled to it at the time indigency was determined. (b) The attorney general may bring an action on behalf of the state to recover payment from a person described in (a) of this section who refuses to make the payment. The action shall be brought within six years after the conclusion of the proceeding for which the assistance was provided. (c) [Repealed, § 5 ch 16 SLA 1974.]  (d) Amounts recovered under this section shall be paid into the state general fund.
AK Stat § 18.85.155 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 85. Public Defender Agency|Sec. 18.85.155. Payment by municipality.

(a) When a municipality prosecutes a person who has been determined by the court to be indigent under AS 18.85.120 for a violation of a municipal ordinance that is a serious crime, the municipality shall pay for the services of the attorney appointed by the court to defend the indigent person. (b) A municipality shall provide for defense attorney services under (a) of this section by contracting with private attorneys or the agency or by establishing a municipal public defense agency. (c) In a prosecution subject to this section, the court may order the defendant to pay to the municipality the costs of the attorney services and other court costs to the extent that the defendant is able to do so.
AK Stat § 18.85.160 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 85. Public Defender Agency|Sec. 18.85.160. Records and reports.

(a) The public defender shall keep appropriate records respecting each needy person represented by the agency under this chapter. (b) [Repealed, § 19 ch 6 SLA 1998.]