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AK Stat § 26.23.525 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace|Chapter 23. Disasters|Article 4. Alaska Intrastate Mutual Aid System.|Sec. 26.23.525. Workers' compensation and benefits following injury to or death of emergency responder.

An emergency responder that is responding to and rendering assistance in a political subdivision that has requested assistance under AS 26.23.510 who sustains an injury or dies in the course of providing assistance to the requesting political subdivision under AS 26.23.500 - 26.23.549 is entitled to receive only the benefits otherwise authorized by law for an injury sustained, or a death that occurs, in the course of employment with, or while providing services to, the responding political subdivision. This section does not affect the right of a person to receive benefits to which the person would otherwise be entitled under any law, nor does it affect entitlement to any other benefits or compensation authorized by state or federal law.
AK Stat § 26.23.530 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace|Chapter 23. Disasters|Article 4. Alaska Intrastate Mutual Aid System.|Sec. 26.23.530. Reimbursement for assistance provided and disputes relating to reimbursement.

(a) A political subdivision that has received assistance from another political subdivision under AS 26.23.510 shall reimburse the political subdivision that provided assistance for the true and full value of the assistance provided. Requests for reimbursement shall be made in accordance with procedures and guidelines developed by the Alaska division of homeland security and emergency management under AS 26.23.040(e). However, if authorized by law, a responding political subdivision may donate its assistance provided under AS 26.23.500 - 26.23.549 to a requesting political subdivision. (b) If a dispute regarding reimbursement arises between political subdivisions, the political subdivision asserting the dispute shall provide written notice to the other political subdivision identifying the reimbursement issues in dispute. If the dispute is not resolved within 90 days after receipt of the dispute notice by the political subdivision asserting the dispute, either party to the dispute may request arbitration under AS 09.43.300 - 09.43.595 (Revised Uniform Arbitration Act) by giving written notice to the other party. Costs of the arbitration, including compensation for the arbitrator's services, must be borne equally by the political subdivisions participating in the arbitration, and each political subdivision shall bear its own costs and expenses, including legal fees and witness expenses, in connection with the arbitration proceeding.
AK Stat § 26.23.540 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace|Chapter 23. Disasters|Article 4. Alaska Intrastate Mutual Aid System.|Sec. 26.23.540. Tort liability of participating political subdivisions and emergency responders.

For purposes of liability, all persons responding under the operational control of the requesting political subdivision shall be considered to be agents of the requesting political subdivision. An action for damages for an act or omission may not be brought against a responding political subdivision, or an officer or employee of a responding political subdivision, in providing assistance under AS 26.23.500 - 26.23.549. This section does not preclude liability for civil damages that are the result of gross negligence or reckless or intentional misconduct.
AK Stat § 26.23.549 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace|Chapter 23. Disasters|Article 4. Alaska Intrastate Mutual Aid System.|Sec. 26.23.549. Definitions.

In AS 26.23.500 - 26.23.549, (1) “assistance” means emergency responders and resources provided by a responding political subdivision in response to a request from a requesting political subdivision; (2) “emergency responder” means an employee of a responding political subdivision or of a contractor under contract with a responding political subdivision or a member of a volunteer fire department registered with the state fire marshal that provides services to the responding political subdivision, who is designated in writing by that responding political subdivision as possessing skills, qualifications, training, knowledge, or experience that may be needed, under a request for assistance under AS 26.23.500 - 26.23.549, for (A) response, mitigation, or recovery activities related to a disaster; or (B) participation in drills or exercises in preparation for a disaster; (3) “operational control” (A) means the limited authority to direct tasks, assignments, and use of assistance provided pursuant to a request for assistance under AS 26.23.500 - 26.23.549 for (i) response, mitigation, or recovery activities related to a disaster; or (ii) participation in drills or exercises in preparation for a disaster; (B) does not include medical protocols or standard operating procedures observed in the responding political subdivision, or any right, privilege, or benefit of ownership or employment, including disposition, compensation, wages, salary, pensions, health benefits, leave, seniority, discipline, promotion, hiring, or firing; (4) “resources” means supplies, materials, equipment, facilities, energy, services, information systems, and other assets, except for emergency responders, that may be needed, under a request for assistance from a political subdivision, for (A) response, mitigation, or recovery activities related to a disaster; or (B) participation in drills or exercises in preparation for a disaster; (5) “state agency” has the meaning given in AS 37.05.990.
AK Stat § 26.23.900 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace|Chapter 23. Disasters|Article 5. General Provisions.|Sec. 26.23.900. Definitions.

In this chapter, (1) “commission” means the Alaska State Emergency Response Commission; (2) “disaster” means the occurrence or imminent threat of widespread or severe damage, injury, loss of life or property, or shortage of food, water, or fuel resulting from (A) an incident such as storm, high water, wind-driven water, tidal wave, tsunami, earthquake, volcanic eruption, landslide, mudslide, avalanche, snowstorm, prolonged extreme cold, drought, fire, flood, epidemic, explosion, or riot; (B) the release of oil or a hazardous substance if the release requires prompt action to avert environmental danger or mitigate environmental damage; (C) equipment failure if the failure is not a predictably frequent or recurring event or preventable by adequate equipment maintenance or operation; (D) enemy or terrorist attack or a credible threat of imminent enemy or terrorist attack in or against the state that the adjutant general of the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs or a designee of the adjutant general, in consultation with the commissioner of public safety or a designee of the commissioner of public safety, certifies to the governor has a high probability of occurring in the near future; the certification must meet the standards of AS 26.20.040(c); in this subparagraph, “attack” has the meaning given under AS 26.20.200; or  (E) an outbreak of disease or a credible threat of an imminent outbreak of disease that the commissioner of health and social services or a designee of the commissioner of health and social services certifies to the governor has a high probability of occurring in the near future; the certification must be based on specific information received from a local, state, federal, or international agency, or another source that the commissioner or the designee determines is reliable; (3) “disaster emergency” means the condition declared by proclamation of the governor or declared by the principal executive officer of a political subdivision to designate the imminence or occurrence of a disaster; (4) [Repealed, § 22 ch 179 SLA 2004.]  (5) “hazardous substance” has the meaning given in AS 46.03.826;  (6) “major disaster” has the meaning given in 42 U.S.C. 5122;  (7) “political subdivision” means (A) a municipality; (B) an unincorporated village; or (C) another unit of local government; (8) “temporary housing” has the meaning given in the federal Disaster Relief Act as amended; (9) “unorganized militia” means all persons comprising that component of the militia of the state, as described in AS 26.05.010.
AK Stat § 27.05.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 05. Administration and Services|Article 1. Department of Natural Resources.|Sec. 27.05.010. Department responsible for mineral resources.

(a) The department has charge of all matters affecting exploration, development, and mining of the mineral resources of the state, the collection and dissemination of all official information relative to the mineral resources, and mines and mining projects of the state, and the administration of the laws with respect to all kinds of mining. (b) The department is the lead agency for all matters relating to the exploration, development, and management of mining, and, in its capacity as lead agency, shall coordinate all regulatory matters concerning mineral resource exploration, development, mining, and associated activities. Before a state agency takes action that may directly or indirectly affect the exploration, development, or management of mineral resources, the agency shall consult with and draw upon the mining expertise of the department.
AK Stat § 27.05.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 05. Administration and Services|Article 1. Department of Natural Resources.|Sec. 27.05.020. Conflict of interest prohibited.

In conducting the inquiries and investigations authorized by AS 27.05.010 - 27.05.070, no officer or employee of the department may have a personal or private interest in a mine or the products of a mine under investigation or accept employment from a private party for services in the examination of private mineral property. Nothing in this section prevents employment by the department, in a consulting capacity or in the investigation of special subjects, of an engineer or other expert whose principal professional practice is not employment by the department.
AK Stat § 27.05.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 05. Administration and Services|Article 1. Department of Natural Resources.|Sec. 27.05.030. Cooperation with federal departments.

The department shall cooperate with the heads of executive departments of the United States in making investigations and in disseminating information to stimulate mining, quarrying, and metallurgical industries in the state, and in providing for the inspection of mines and protection of lives of miners.
AK Stat § 27.05.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 05. Administration and Services|Article 1. Department of Natural Resources.|Sec. 27.05.040. Negotiations with federal departments and other agencies.

The department may negotiate with the federal departments and other agencies for arrangements that it considers expedient for cooperation with those departments and agencies in formulating and carrying out policies and projects designed to encourage and assist in the development of the mineral resources of the state.
AK Stat § 27.05.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 05. Administration and Services|Article 1. Department of Natural Resources.|Sec. 27.05.050. Survey of resources and mining operations and dissemination of information.

The department shall conduct a continuing survey of the mineral resources and mining operations of the state and shall disseminate information regarding them to assist prospectors and miners, safeguard the lives and health of miners, protect investors in the mining industry, and foster and promote the best interests of the mining, mineral, and related industries of the state.
AK Stat § 27.05.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 05. Administration and Services|Article 1. Department of Natural Resources.|Sec. 27.05.060. Annual report.

The department shall make an annual report to the governor on all essential matters with regard to mining in the state. The department shall notify the legislature that the report is available.
AK Stat § 27.05.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 05. Administration and Services|Article 1. Department of Natural Resources.|Sec. 27.05.070. Assistance to miners and prospectors.

The department shall, so far as practicable, throughout the state assist miners and prospectors by (1) giving information as to mineral deposits gained from the minerals survey of the state; (2) securing and examining samples and applying tests upon the ground, or in the office or laboratory, and advising as to the nature of a mineral and as to the best methods of analysis, sampling, assay, and test; (3) reporting to the governor the location of roads, trails, and bridges as in its opinion are reasonably necessary for the development of mineral resources; (4) giving advice, information, and directions as may be of assistance to the miners and prospectors of the state.
AK Stat § 27.05.080 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 05. Administration and Services|Article 2. Assays.|Sec. 27.05.080. Public assay offices.

The department shall, for the purpose of aiding bona fide miners and prospectors and stimulating mineral discoveries, establish a public assay office. The department may adopt regulations and establish procedures considered necessary and expedient to carry out this section and AS 27.05.090.
AK Stat § 27.05.090 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 05. Administration and Services|Article 2. Assays.|Sec. 27.05.090. Appointment of assayers; information and procedure.

The department shall appoint for each public assay office a competent person to make assays and analyses of Alaskan ores and minerals. No charge shall be imposed for an assay or analysis. When an assay and analysis are made, the person requesting them shall state upon forms furnished by the department: (1) the person's permanent residence address; (2) a description, as precise as possible, of the location where the sample was taken; and (3) other information that the department by regulation may require that may be beneficial to evaluation of the state's mineral resources. Information received and assay results shall be kept confidential for a period of two years. At the end of that period the information and results shall be open to public inspection and may be published by the department.
AK Stat § 27.10.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 10. Location and Development of Mining Claims on Federal Public Domain|Article 1. Mining Claims on Federal Public Domain Generally.|Sec. 27.10.010. Claims to be located as prescribed by law.

A person who discovers upon the public domain in the state a lode or vein of rock in place, or a placer deposit that is open to location under the mining laws of the United States, may locate a lode mining claim or placer mining claim by posting a notice of location and by marking the boundaries as provided in AS 27.10.030 - 27.10.070. An attempted location of a mining claim that does not comply with AS 27.10.030 - 27.10.070 and AS 27.10.150 - 27.10.190 is void.
AK Stat § 27.10.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 10. Location and Development of Mining Claims on Federal Public Domain|Article 1. Mining Claims on Federal Public Domain Generally.|Sec. 27.10.020. Grubstake contracts to be in writing and recorded.

All contracts commonly known as “grubstaking,” except as between the parties making them, are void unless in writing, subscribed by the parties, and recorded with the recorder of the recording district in which the location is made. The contract must contain the names of the parties and the duration of the contract.
AK Stat § 27.10.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 10. Location and Development of Mining Claims on Federal Public Domain|Article 1. Mining Claims on Federal Public Domain Generally.|Sec. 27.10.030. Manner of designating a lode claim location.

The discoverer of a lode claim shall designate the location as follows: (1) by posting at the northeast corner of the claim a plain sign or notice containing (A) the name of the lode claim; (B) the name of the locator or locators; (C) the date of the location; (D) the approximate bearings of corners and angle posts of the claim and the distances between them; and (2) by erecting at each corner or angle of the claim substantial monuments of stone or setting posts, not less than three feet in height nor less than three inches in diameter hewn, and marked with the name of the claim, the position or number of the monument, and the direction of the boundary lines and by cutting out, blazing, or marking the boundary lines so that they can be readily traced; where it is impracticable to place a monument in its true position, a witness monument shall be erected and marked to indicate the true position of the corner or angle.
AK Stat § 27.10.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 10. Location and Development of Mining Claims on Federal Public Domain|Article 1. Mining Claims on Federal Public Domain Generally.|Sec. 27.10.040. Manner of designating a placer claim location.

The discoverer of a placer claim shall designate the location as follows: (1) by posting on one of the posts or monuments marking the boundaries of the claim a plain sign or notice containing (A) the name or number of the claim; (B) the name of the locator or locators; (C) the date of the location; (D) the number in feet in length and width claimed; and (2) by erecting at each corner or angle of the claim substantial monuments or posts not less than three feet in height nor less than three inches in diameter, hewn and marked with the name of the claim, the position or number of the monument, and the direction of the boundary lines and by cutting out, blazing, or marking the boundary lines so that they can be readily traced.
AK Stat § 27.10.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 10. Location and Development of Mining Claims on Federal Public Domain|Article 1. Mining Claims on Federal Public Domain Generally.|Sec. 27.10.050. Certificate of location to be recorded.

The locator of a lode claim or placer claim shall within 90 days after the date of posting the notice of location on the claim have the claim recorded by recording a certificate of location with the recorder of the recording district in which the claim is located. The certificate of location must contain (1) the name or number of the claim; (2) the number of feet in length and width of the claim; (3) the date of discovering and of posting the notice of location; (4) the name of the locator or locators; (5) a description of the claim with such reference to some natural object or permanent monument so that an intelligent person with a knowledge of the prominent natural objects and permanent monuments in the vicinity can identify the claim.
AK Stat § 27.10.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 10. Location and Development of Mining Claims on Federal Public Domain|Article 1. Mining Claims on Federal Public Domain Generally.|Sec. 27.10.060. Effect of failure to record.

Failure to record the certificate of location within the required 90 days constitutes an abandonment of the claim, and the ground is open to location.
AK Stat § 27.10.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 10. Location and Development of Mining Claims on Federal Public Domain|Article 1. Mining Claims on Federal Public Domain Generally.|Sec. 27.10.070. Changes in locations and amended notices.

Notices may be amended at any time and monuments changed to correspond with the amended location, but no change may be made that interferes with the rights of others. Whenever monuments are changed or an error is made in the notice or in the certificate of location, an amended certificate of location shall be recorded in the same manner and with the same effect as the original certificate.
AK Stat § 27.10.090 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 10. Location and Development of Mining Claims on Federal Public Domain|Article 2. Placer Claims on Federal Public Domain.|Sec. 27.10.090. Sections applicable to precious-metal placers only.

AS 27.10.100 - 27.10.140 apply only to placer deposits containing gold, silver, or other precious metals or minerals.
AK Stat § 27.10.100 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 10. Location and Development of Mining Claims on Federal Public Domain|Article 2. Placer Claims on Federal Public Domain.|Sec. 27.10.100. Limits on size of individual placer claims.

The unit of placer locations in the state is 20 acres, and no single or individual placer mining claim may be located in excess of 20 acres nor have a greater length than 1,320 feet. Where a parcel of placer ground lies between and adjoins two or more validly located claims, the restriction as to length does not apply.
AK Stat § 27.10.130 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 10. Location and Development of Mining Claims on Federal Public Domain|Article 2. Placer Claims on Federal Public Domain.|Sec. 27.10.130. Value of labor or improvements required on placer claims.

Upon each placer mining claim located after March 14, 1935, until patent is issued, not less than $100 worth of labor shall be performed or improvements made during each year for each 20 acres or excess fraction contained in the claim.
AK Stat § 27.10.140 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 10. Location and Development of Mining Claims on Federal Public Domain|Article 2. Placer Claims on Federal Public Domain.|Sec. 27.10.140. Location in violation of AS 27.10.090 - 27.10.140 is void.

A placer mining claim attempted to be located in violation of AS 27.10.090 - 27.10.140 is null and void, and the whole area of it may be located by a qualified locator as if no earlier attempt had been made, and no placer mining claim that contains a greater area or is longer than is fixed by law may be patented.
AK Stat § 27.10.150 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 10. Location and Development of Mining Claims on Federal Public Domain|Article 3. Annual Labor or Improvements.|Sec. 27.10.150. Annual labor or improvements required.

(a) During each year beginning at noon on September 1, and until patent is issued, annual labor shall be performed or improvements made on, or for the benefit of or development of, each mining claim in the state to the extent required by the laws of the United States applicable to Alaska. (b) If the owner of a mining claim fails to perform the annual labor or make the improvements required by the laws of the United States, the claim is forfeited and open to location by others as if no location of it had ever been made. (c) If the general laws of the United States requiring annual labor upon mining claims in Alaska are suspended or waived, administratively or by statute, the laws of the state requiring annual labor under this section upon mining claims are likewise suspended or waived upon the same terms and conditions.
AK Stat § 27.10.160 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 27. Mining|Chapter 10. Location and Development of Mining Claims on Federal Public Domain|Article 3. Annual Labor or Improvements.|Sec. 27.10.160. Affidavit of labor or improvements.

Within 90 days after September 1 of each year the owner of a mining claim, or some other person having knowledge of the facts, shall make and record with the recorder for the district in which the claim is located an affidavit showing the performance of labor or the making of improvements. The affidavit must contain (1) the name or number of the mining claim and where situated; (2) the number of days' work done and the character and value of the improvements made; (3) the date of the performance of the labor and of the making of improvements; (4) at whose instance the work was done or the improvements made; (5) the actual amount paid for the work and improvements, and by whom paid, when the work was not done by the owner or the lessee of the owner.