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AK Stat § 44.19.646 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 19. Office of the Governor|Article 5. Alaska Criminal Justice Commission.|Sec. 44.19.646. Methodology.

In making recommendations, the commission shall (1) solicit and consider information and views from a variety of constituencies to represent the broad spectrum of views that exist with respect to possible approaches to sentencing and administration of justice in the state; and (2) base recommendations on the following factors: (A) the seriousness of each offense in relation to other offenses; (B) the effect of an offender's prior criminal history on sentencing; (C) the need to rehabilitate criminal offenders; (D) the need to confine offenders to prevent harm to the public; (E) the extent to which criminal offenses harm victims and endanger the public safety and order; (F) the effect of sentencing in deterring an offender or other members of society from future criminal conduct; (G) the effect of sentencing as a community condemnation of criminal acts and as a reaffirmation of societal norms; (H) the elimination of unjustified disparity in sentences; (I) the sufficiency of state agency resources to administer the criminal justice system of the state; (J) the effect of criminal justice laws and practices on reducing the rate of recidivism in the state; (K) peer reviewed and data-driven research; and (L) the efficacy of evidence-based restorative justice initiatives on persons convicted of criminal violations and offenses, the victim, and the community.
AK Stat § 44.19.647 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 19. Office of the Governor|Article 5. Alaska Criminal Justice Commission.|Sec. 44.19.647. Annual report and recommendations. [Conditionally effective.]

(a) The commission shall submit to the governor and the legislature an annual report. The report must include (1) a description of its proceedings for the previous calendar year; (2) a summary of savings and recommendations on how savings from criminal justice reform should be reinvested to reduce recidivism; (3) performance metrics and outcomes from the recommendations the commission made in its December 2015 report, including recidivism rates, defined as (A) the percentage of inmates who return to prison within three years after release, broken down by offense type and risk level; and (B) the percentage of inmates who return to prison within three years after release for a new criminal conviction, broken down by offense type and risk level; (4) recommendations for additional reforms, which may include recommendations for legislative and administrative action; and (5) data reported by the Department of Law under AS 44.23.040. (b) The commission shall submit the reports, summaries, and recommendations provided under this section not later than November 1 of each year. (c) [Repealed, § 73 ch 1 4SSLA 2017.]
AK Stat § 44.19.649 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 19. Office of the Governor|Article 5. Alaska Criminal Justice Commission.|Sec. 44.19.649. Definition.

In AS 44.19.641 - 44.19.649, “commission” means the Alaska Criminal Justice Commission.
AK Stat § 44.21.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 21. Department of Administration|Article 1. Department Functions.|Sec. 44.21.010. Commissioner of administration.

The principal executive officer of the Department of Administration is the commissioner of administration.
AK Stat § 44.21.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 21. Department of Administration|Article 1. Department Functions.|Sec. 44.21.020. Duties of department.

The Department of Administration shall (1) make surveys and studies to improve administrative procedures, methods, and organization; (2) keep general accounts; (3) approve vouchers and disburse funds for all purposes; (4) operate centralized purchasing and supply services, and necessary storerooms and warehouses; (5) allot space in state buildings to the various departments according to need and available space; (6) supervise telephone, mailing, messenger, duplicating, and similar services adaptable to centralized management; (7) administer the public employees' retirement system and teachers' retirement system; (8) administer a statewide personnel program, including central personnel services such as recruitment, assessment, position classification, and pay administration; (9) administer and supervise a statewide automatic data processing program; (10) study, design, implement, and manage the telecommunications systems and services of the state under AS 44.21.305 - 44.21.330; (11) [Repealed, E.O. No. 120 § 2 (2021).]
AK Stat § 44.21.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 21. Department of Administration|Article 1. Department Functions.|Sec. 44.21.030. Contracting with United States.

The Department of Administration may contract with the United States for the education, medical activities, agricultural assistance and social welfare, and relief of distress of Indians and Eskimos, and spend money appropriated by Congress for these activities in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress approved April 16, 1934.
AK Stat § 44.21.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 21. Department of Administration|Article 1. Department Functions.|Sec. 44.21.040. Records or accounts of claims and warrants.

(a) The Department of Administration shall keep books of account in permanent form of the claims presented and of the disbursements made. These records must show (1) the name of the claimant; (2) the amount of the claim; (3) the date of its presentation; (4) the date of its allowance or disallowance; (5) the date and number of each disbursement made; (6) the name of the payee; and (7) the appropriation from which the disbursement is made. (b) The Department of Administration shall keep on file all original bills and claims presented, with the vouchers.
AK Stat § 44.21.045 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 21. Department of Administration|Article 1. Department Functions.|Sec. 44.21.045. Information services fund; charges.

(a) The information services fund is established as an internal services fund in the Department of Administration. The fund consists of money appropriated to it, money transferred to the department by political subdivisions and state agencies as reimbursement for information services provided by the department, and the proceeds from the sale of surplus or other assets of the department used for information services. (b) Money transferred to the department by a political subdivision or state agency for information services for a fiscal year that exceeds the appropriation to the department for information services provided to the political subdivision or state agency for that fiscal year constitutes program receipts that are subject to the procedures of AS 37.07.080(h). (c) Except as provided in (b) of this section, money in the fund established under (a) of this section may be expended only in accordance with legislative appropriations. Money appropriated to the fund may be used for (1) the costs of the commissioner in carrying out the commissioner's duties under AS 44.21.350 - 44.21.390, including the costs of performing reviews and studies considered necessary by the commissioner under AS 44.21.350; (2) necessary expenses of providing information services to political subdivisions and state agencies; (3) additions, replacements, or improvement of capital equipment for information services; requests by the department for capital equipment expenditures shall be included in the budget submitted by the governor to the legislature under AS 37.07; and (4) other purposes as specified in an appropriation to the fund. (d) The department may charge and collect fees and surcharges for information services provided by it to agencies and political subdivisions of the state. The department shall maintain cost accounting records to support rates and billings for information services provided by the department. The department shall submit a report on the operation of the fund to the governor at the time of submission of the departmental budget and notify the legislature that the report is available. (e) A state agency that receives information services from the department shall include in its annual budget, as an identifiable item, its expected fees and surcharges for information services provided by the Department of Administration. (f) Fees and surcharges for information services of the department are subject to annual review and approval by the commissioner of the department. (g) In this section, “information services” includes automatic data processing services provided under AS 44.21.150 - 44.21.170 and telecommunications services and operations described in AS 44.21.305 - 44.21.330.
AK Stat § 44.21.150 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 21. Department of Administration|Article 2. Automatic Data Processing.|Sec. 44.21.150. Declaration of purpose.

It is the purpose of AS 44.21.150 - 44.21.170 to designate the Department of Administration as the department responsible for the operation and management of automatic data processing resources and activities of the executive branch of state government and the judicial and legislative branches to the extent requested by those branches, and to provide for periodic review of state automatic data processing procedures and mechanisms. It is further the purpose of these sections to encourage cooperation between the state government and local governments in the use of automatic data processing systems.
AK Stat § 44.21.170 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 21. Department of Administration|Article 2. Automatic Data Processing.|Sec. 44.21.170. Definitions.

In AS 44.21.150 - 44.21.170, (1) “automatic data processing” means (A) those methods of processing data by using electrical accounting machinery (EAM) or electronic data processing equipment (EDP), including the activities and devices required to prepare data for automatic data processing; (B) data communications devices and those systems used with automatic data processing equipment in the transmission and reception of data; and (C) activities related to the design and development of automatic data processing systems; (2) “commissioner” means the commissioner of administration; (3) “department” means the Department of Administration.
AK Stat § 44.21.256 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 21. Department of Administration|Article 3. Alaska Public Broadcasting Commission.|Sec. 44.21.256. Creation of Alaska Public Broadcasting Commission.

There is created within the Department of Administration the Alaska Public Broadcasting Commission.
AK Stat § 44.21.258 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 21. Department of Administration|Article 3. Alaska Public Broadcasting Commission.|Sec. 44.21.258. Membership and term of office.

(a) The commission consists of nine members appointed by the governor, without regard to political affiliation, subject to confirmation by a majority of the members of the legislature in joint session. In making appointments to the commission, the governor shall give due consideration to representation from such fields as higher education, elementary and secondary education, communications, commercial broadcasting, public health, public works, labor, commerce, and the professions. Members may be removed only for cause. (b) The members of the commission shall serve staggered terms of five years.
AK Stat § 44.21.260 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 21. Department of Administration|Article 3. Alaska Public Broadcasting Commission.|Sec. 44.21.260. Compensation and expenses.

Members of the commission receive no salary, but are entitled to per diem and travel expenses authorized by law for other commissions.
AK Stat § 44.21.262 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 21. Department of Administration|Article 3. Alaska Public Broadcasting Commission.|Sec. 44.21.262. Chairman.

At the first meeting, the commission shall elect a chairman from among its members to serve for one year. A chairman may be elected and serve for more than one consecutive term.
AK Stat § 44.21.264 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 21. Department of Administration|Article 3. Alaska Public Broadcasting Commission.|Sec. 44.21.264. Purpose of the commission.

The commission is created to encourage and supervise the development of an integrated public broadcasting system for the state and for the coordination of all public broadcasting stations. The primary purpose of the commission is the encouragement and support of noncommercial public broadcasting in the state through the provision of operating and capital grants in support of the delivery of noncommercial programs intended for a general audience by locally controlled nonprofit broadcast stations or telecommunications entities. The commission may support stations and entities that also engage in the delivery of instructional, for-credit programs, and the commission may provide funds for those purposes, but the primary purpose of commission funds is the support of activities that result in the delivery of general audience, noncommercial material.
AK Stat § 44.21.266 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 21. Department of Administration|Article 3. Alaska Public Broadcasting Commission.|Sec. 44.21.266. Duties of the commission.

The commission shall (1) apply for federal and private funds for public broadcasting purposes and receive all federal, state, or private funds, property, or assistance that may be appropriated, granted, or otherwise made available to the commission for public broadcasting purposes, and use and disburse funds and property for purposes consistent with the terms of AS 44.21.256 - 44.21.290, subject to reasonable limitations imposed by the grantor; (2) provide consultative services in all aspects of public broadcasting to all public or private agencies in the state that request them; (3) serve as a library and clearinghouse for public broadcasting information; (4) through grants to qualified entities, develop an integrated public broadcasting network for the state; (5) through grants to qualified entities, develop and distribute public broadcasting programming in the state; (6) prepare and submit to the governor and the legislature, in compliance with the state information systems plan adopted by the commissioner of administration, a long-term plan for the development of public broadcasting stations and systems in the state, and biennially update the plan; and (7) perform all other functions necessary to ensure the orderly and coordinated development of public broadcasting in the state.
AK Stat § 44.21.268 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 21. Department of Administration|Article 3. Alaska Public Broadcasting Commission.|Sec. 44.21.268. Powers of the commission.

(a) The commission may (1) employ all consultative, technical and clerical personnel necessary for the implementation of AS 44.21.256 - 44.21.290, within the limits of available funds; (2) employ a director, who shall be directly responsible to the commission in financial and administrative matters; (3) provide grants to locally controlled non-profit telecommunications entities which lease, purchase, construct, own, operate and manage and are the licensees of public broadcasting stations, production centers, and other related equipment and facilities for the production and transmission of open circuit, closed circuit, 2,500 megahertz, and other transmission means necessary to provide fully effective public broadcasting in the state; (4) appoint unpaid advisory committees to assist in development of programs for public television broadcasts; (5) provide assistance to licensed commercial broadcasting stations for the broadcast of public affairs programming. (b) In performing its duties and exercising its authority under AS 44.21.256 - 44.21.290, the commission may not exercise control over the specific content or airing of any program material.
AK Stat § 44.21.270 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 21. Department of Administration|Article 3. Alaska Public Broadcasting Commission.|Sec. 44.21.270. Commercial broadcasting.

Nothing in AS 44.21.256 - 44.21.290 may be construed to restrict or control commercial broadcast stations or companies operating or licensed in the state.
AK Stat § 44.21.290 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 21. Department of Administration|Article 3. Alaska Public Broadcasting Commission.|Sec. 44.21.290. Definitions.

In AS 44.21.256 - 44.21.290, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) “commission” means the Alaska Public Broadcasting Commission; (2) “public broadcasting” includes, but is not limited to, television and radio transmission by 2,500 megahertz, closed circuit or microwave video and audio programming, slow-scan television programming, programming via satellite, teletype or facsimile transmission, and distribution methods, when the transmission, programming, and distribution are intended to serve a noncommercial public purpose.
AK Stat § 44.21.305 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 21. Department of Administration|Article 4. Telecommunications Services and Operations.|Sec. 44.21.305. Commissioner's responsibility.

The commissioner shall (1) provide executive direction for the activities of the department related to telecommunications; and (2) assure that department activities in no way constitute an influence on the content or airing of programming, and report to the governor and the Alaska Public Broadcasting Commission any request or attempt by an employee of the state to influence the content or airing of program material.
AK Stat § 44.21.315 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 21. Department of Administration|Article 4. Telecommunications Services and Operations.|Sec. 44.21.315. Telecommunications services.

(a) In accordance with the state information systems plan adopted by the commissioner and with the departmental information systems plan, the department shall provide (1) technical consultation to educational and public telecommunications users; (2) coordination and support to telecommunications services for instruction, including technical assistance and assistance in preparation of applications for grants related to program development as may be requested by (A) public school districts and the Department of Education and Early Development; (B) the University of Alaska; and (C) other state agencies as approved by the commissioner; (3) coordination and support for health and safety-related functions, including the administrative and client services provided by state, federal, and private agencies; (4) coordination and support to telecommunications services for public participation in state-financed services, including the public hearing process, as may be statutorily required or otherwise appropriate; (5) assistance, through design, development, and promotion, to local school districts or other local and regional education agencies for the regionalization of instructional telecommunications services; (6) establishment of operational policies for public telecommunications services other than public broadcasting; and (7) assistance to the Alaska Public Broadcasting Commission and any commission-designated subcommitteees, as necessary to perform assigned department functions; the department shall cooperate with the commission and subcommittees in order to develop policies which are responsive to the user groups which are represented on the commission. (b) Subject to available funding, the department may make grants to educational and public telecommunication users except grants for public broadcasting purposes. (c) The department shall study, plan, and develop integrated instructional telecommunications services for all residents of the state and, after public hearings, submit to the governor and the legislature an annually updated long-term development plan prepared in consultation with the Department of Education and Early Development, the University of Alaska, local school districts, and other local and regional education areas. (d) The department shall, after public hearings, submit to the governor an annually updated long-term development plan for teleconferencing facilities and services, including facilities and services used both by state agencies and groups other than state agencies. (e) The department may not own, operate, or be the licensee of a public noncommercial broadcast station or production center. (f) Nothing in this section implies department responsibility for programming content. Program design, production, and use are the responsibility of the program-sponsoring agency or other entity, not the department.
AK Stat § 44.21.320 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 21. Department of Administration|Article 4. Telecommunications Services and Operations.|Sec. 44.21.320. Telecommunications operations.

(a) Except as provided in (d) of this section, the department may, consistent with the provisions of AS 44.21.310(a)(5) (1) plan, design, construct, manage, and operate all telecommunications systems owned or leased by state agencies; (2) manage centrex and other telephone-related services of state agencies; (3) be responsible generally for telecommunications systems and design for state agencies; and (4) coordinate with state agencies in performing their data and word processing tasks. (b) Within the limits of available financing, the department shall administer and operate the satellite television project, by (1) coordinating with the satellite television user groups and entities; and (2) providing liaison, management support, and technical assistance for the satellite television project. (c) Decisions and policies relating to programming under the satellite television project, including scheduling and allocation policies, may not be made by the department, but may only be made by a network that is representative of participating rural television users, by commercial broadcast users, or by other affected participating user groups and entities under procedures provided by statute or, if no statute applies, then by agreement of the affected user networks or groups. The department shall assist users in preparing agreements that may be required under this subsection. (d) The department may not engage in any activity that interferes with a contract or program right relating to commercial television programming, including but not limited to any right protected by copyright. (e) Nothing in AS 44.21.305 - 44.21.330 prohibits a state agency from developing telecommunications systems within its own agency if the agency is in compliance with the state information systems plan adopted by the commissioner and with the agency's own information systems plan and if the commissioner gives written authorization for the agency to engage in its own design, development, management, or operation. The commissioner may authorize independent development only upon a showing of necessity. (f) A state agency authorized to develop an internal telecommunications system shall, whenever feasible, coordinate its design development, management, and operation with the department.