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AK Stat § 13.75.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 75. Disposition of Human Remains|Sec. 13.75.010. Directions by decedent.

(a) A person may provide directions for the disposition of the person's remains by placing the directions in a disposition document. The directions may include or be limited to designating an agent to control the disposition of the person's remains. (b) A disposition document must be signed by the person and acknowledged before a notary public, and contain the form and contents required by AS 13.75.030. A disposition document may be a separate document or it may be contained in another document, including a will or prepaid funeral or burial contract. The disposition document may be modified or revoked only by a subsequent disposition document that complies with this subsection.
AK Stat § 13.75.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 75. Disposition of Human Remains|Sec. 13.75.040. Agent's appointment.

The person appointed as an agent in a disposition document may sign the disposition document at any time, but the agent's authority to act is not effective until the agent signs the instrument.
AK Stat § 13.75.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 75. Disposition of Human Remains|Sec. 13.75.050. Exercise of authority.

If a person fails to exercise the person's authority to control disposition under AS 13.75.020 within 48 hours after receiving notification of the decedent's death or within 48 hours after the decedent's death, whichever is earlier, the person may not control the disposition of the decedent's remains, and the right to control the disposition of the decedent's remains passes to the person who is next listed in priority under AS 13.75.020. If the person to whom the right to control the disposition passes under this section fails to exercise the person's authority to control the disposition within 48 hours after being notified that the authority to control the disposition has passed to the person, the authority to control the disposition passes to the person who is next listed in priority under AS 13.75.020.
AK Stat § 13.75.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 75. Disposition of Human Remains|Sec. 13.75.060. Certain persons prohibited from control.

If a person is charged with a felonious killing in connection with a decedent's death and if the funeral director or the cemetery knows about the charge, then the person may not control disposition, and the right to control disposition passes to the person who is next listed in priority under AS 13.75.020.
AK Stat § 13.75.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 75. Disposition of Human Remains|Sec. 13.75.070. Prohibition of cremation; written instructions.

A person may not authorize cremation for a decedent's remains if a decedent has left directions in a disposition document that the decedent does not wish to be cremated.
AK Stat § 13.75.080 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 75. Disposition of Human Remains|Sec. 13.75.080. Implementation of directions.

(a) The person authorized to control the disposition shall carry out the directions of the decedent to the extent that the decedent's estate or the person is financially able to carry out the directions. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision in AS 13.06 - AS 13.36 (Uniform Probate Code), if a person provides directions in a disposition document that is contained in a will, the directions shall be carried out immediately without the necessity of probate. If the will is not probated or is declared invalid for testamentary purposes, the directions are valid to the extent to which they have been acted on in good faith.
AK Stat § 13.75.090 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 75. Disposition of Human Remains|Sec. 13.75.090. Misrepresentation; liability.

If a person represents that the person knows the identity of a decedent and, with the intent to procure the disposition of the decedent's remains, signs a statement, other than a death certificate, that identifies the decedent, the person guarantees the identity of the decedent and is liable for any damages that result, directly or indirectly, from that guarantee.
AK Stat § 13.75.100 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 75. Disposition of Human Remains|Sec. 13.75.100. Liability.

(a) A disposition organization is not liable for carrying out the directions of a decedent if the disposition organization carries out the directions of a decedent or a person who establishes that the person is entitled to control the disposition. (b) This section may not be construed to reduce or eliminate the liability of a disposition organization for its negligence or reckless acts.
AK Stat § 13.75.110 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 75. Disposition of Human Remains|Sec. 13.75.110. Disputes.

(a) A person listed in AS 13.75.020 who is involved in a dispute with one or more persons listed in AS 13.75.020 about which of the persons has the authority to control disposition may bring an action in the superior court to resolve the dispute. (b) If there is a dispute with one or more persons listed in AS 13.75.020 about which person has the authority to control disposition, a cemetery organization or funeral establishment is not liable for refusing to accept, to inter, or otherwise to dispose of the decedent's remains until the cemetery organization or funeral establishment receives a court order or another suitable confirmation that the dispute has been resolved.
AK Stat § 13.75.120 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 75. Disposition of Human Remains|Sec. 13.75.120. Exemptions.

The disposition of the remains of a member of the organized militia under AS 26.05.262, the disposition of the remains of a member of the armed forces under AS 26.10.065(a), and the disposition of the remains of a member of the United States Coast Guard under AS 26.10.065(b) are exempt from this chapter.
AK Stat § 13.75.190 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 75. Disposition of Human Remains|Sec. 13.75.190. Definitions.

In this chapter, (1) “control” means the authority to control disposition; (2) “directions” means (A) instructions for the disposition of a person's remains; (B) the appointment of an agent to handle the disposition of a person's remains; or (C) both (A) and (B) of this paragraph; (3) “disposition” means disposition of a decedent's remains, including cremation, but does not include an anatomical gift; in this paragraph, “anatomical gift” has the meaning given in AS 13.52.390; (4) “disposition document” means a disposition document authorized by AS 13.75.010 (A) in which a person provides directions regarding the disposition of the person's remains; and (B) that complies with AS 13.75.030; (5) “disposition organization” means (A) a cemetery association formed under AS 10.30.010; (B) a nonprofit cemetery corporation authorized by AS 10.30.055; (C) a person operating a crematory; (D) a person operating a columbarium; (E) a funeral home or other type of funeral establishment; (F) a funeral director or an embalmer.
AK Stat § 13.75.195 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 75. Disposition of Human Remains|Sec. 13.75.195. Short title.

This chapter may be cited as the Disposition of Human Remains Act.
AK Stat § 14.08.011 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 08. Education in the Unorganized Borough|Sec. 14.08.011. Purpose.

(a) It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for public education in the unorganized borough and the military reservations in the state. (b) Nothing in this chapter prohibits an organized borough, city, village, community, or settlement in an unorganized area of the state from becoming part of or being formed into an organized political subdivision authorized under AS 29.
AK Stat § 14.08.021 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 08. Education in the Unorganized Borough|Sec. 14.08.021. Authority.

The legislature delegates to school boards for each regional educational attendance area the authority to operate the public schools in those areas in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, subject to the provisions of this title and the regulations adopted under it that apply to all school districts in the state.
AK Stat § 14.08.031 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 08. Education in the Unorganized Borough|Sec. 14.08.031. Regional educational attendance areas.

(a) The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development in consultation with the Department of Education and Early Development and local communities shall divide the unorganized borough into educational service areas using the boundaries or sub-boundaries of the regional corporations established under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, unless by referendum a community votes to merge with another community contiguous to it but within the boundaries or sub-boundaries of another regional corporation. (b) An educational service area established in the unorganized borough under (a) of this section constitutes a regional educational attendance area. As far as practicable, each regional educational attendance area shall contain an integrated socio-economic, linguistically and culturally homogeneous area. In the formation of the regional educational attendance areas, consideration shall be given to the transportation and communication network to facilitate the administration of education and communication between communities that comprise the area. Whenever possible, municipalities, other governmental or regional corporate entities, drainage basins, and other identifiable geographic features shall be used in describing the boundaries of the regional school attendance areas. (c) Military reservation schools shall be included in a regional educational attendance area. However, operation of military reservation schools by a city or borough school district may be required by the department under AS 14.12.020(a) and AS 14.14.110. Where the operation of the military reservation schools in a regional educational attendance area by a city or borough school district is required by the department, the military reservation is not considered part of the regional educational attendance area for the purposes of regional school board membership or elections. (d) [Repealed, § 42 ch 12 SLA 2006.]
AK Stat § 14.08.041 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 08. Education in the Unorganized Borough|Sec. 14.08.041. Regional school boards.

(a) A regional educational attendance area shall be operated on an areawide basis under the management and control of a regional school board. (b) The qualified voters of the communities receiving educational services in each regional educational attendance area shall elect a regional school board of not less than five nor more than eleven members to be elected for the same term, in the same manner, and with the same qualifications as a city or borough school district board under AS 14.12. The initial number of regional school board members shall be determined by the department in consultation with the local communities in the regional educational attendance areas. However, the qualified voters in a regional educational attendance area may increase or decrease the number of regional school board members established under this section by placing the question on the ballot at a regular school board election in the manner prescribed by law. A change in the number of school board members is not effective until the next regular school board election. (c) A regional school board shall consist of five, seven, nine or 11 members. (d) Subject to (f) of this section, a regional school board member shall be elected at large by the qualified voters of the communities receiving educational services in the entire regional educational attendance area. However, each seat on the regional school board shall be designated by letter or number, and when the declaration of candidacy or other nomination papers of a candidate for the regional school board are filed those papers must indicate the seat that the candidate seeks. A newly elected board member takes office at the first regional school board meeting after certification of the election. If no candidate files for election to a seat on the regional school board, the seat is considered vacant at the time a newly elected member would have taken office. (e) [Repealed, § 8 ch 129 SLA 1990.]  (f) The voters residing within a regional educational attendance area may petition in accordance with AS 14.08.051(b) to have each regional school board member elected from a section of the area by the voters of that section.
AK Stat § 14.08.045 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 08. Education in the Unorganized Borough|Sec. 14.08.045. Vacancies.

(a) The regional school board shall declare a regional school board seat vacant when the person elected (1) fails to qualify within 30 days of certification of the election; (2) notifies the school board in writing of the person's refusal to take office; (3) resigns and the resignation is accepted by the school board; (4) is convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude or of an offense involving a violation of the oath of office while serving as a school board member; or (5) no longer physically resides within the boundaries of the regional educational attendance area, or if the regional educational attendance area has been divided into sections, within the section from which the person was elected, and the school board by a two-thirds vote, declares the seat vacant. (b) A vacancy on a regional school board shall be filled under AS 14.12.070.
AK Stat § 14.08.061 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 08. Education in the Unorganized Borough|Sec. 14.08.061. Term of office.

(a) Members elected to a regional school board shall serve staggered three-year terms. However, (1) the term of office of all of the members of a regional school board elected from the same multi-member section may not expire at the same time; and (2) for the first board elected, the term of office of each member shall be determined by lot, according to the following schedule: (A) the members of the first five-member school board shall hold office for terms as follows: one member for a one-year term; two for a two-year term and two for a three-year term; (B) the members of the first seven-member school board hold office for terms as follows: two members for a one-year term; two for a two-year term and three for a three-year term; (C) the members of the first nine-member school board hold office for terms as follows: three for a one-year term; three for a two-year term and three for a three-year term; (D) the members of the first 11-member school board hold office for terms as follows: three for a one-year term, four for a two-year term and four for a three-year term. (b) If a regional educational attendance area is divided into sections under AS 14.08.051 where the school board formerly was elected at large, or if the number of regional school board members is increased or decreased by the qualified voters in the regional educational attendance area under AS 14.08.041(b), the term of office of all members of the existing board shall terminate on the date on which the new board members take office, and the provisions of (a) of this section are applicable to the determination of the terms of office of the new members of the regional school boards. (c) Nothing in this section precludes a board member from being reelected.
AK Stat § 14.08.071 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 08. Education in the Unorganized Borough|Sec. 14.08.071. Elections; advisory votes.

(a) In each regional educational attendance area in the unorganized borough, the lieutenant governor, within not less than 60, nor more than 90 days after the establishment of the regional educational attendance area, shall provide for the election of a regional school board. (b) Except for the first election of regional school board members under (a) of this section, elections shall be held annually on the first Tuesday in October. Elections shall be supervised by the director of elections in the office of the lieutenant governor, but shall be administered within second class cities as part of the regular municipal election. The lieutenant governor shall adopt regulations for the conduct of the election of regional school board members comparable, as far as practicable, to those prescribed for election of school board members under AS 14.12 and AS 29.20.300 except that the majority election requirements of AS 29.26.060 do not apply to, nor may the regulations require runoff elections for, the first election of regional school board members under (a) of this section or, if a school board by resolution so requests, to subsequent elections in the regional educational attendance area served by that school board. (c) The cost of each regional school board election, or recall election under AS 14.08.081, shall be borne by the state. (d) If a regional school board adopts a resolution requesting that an advisory question relating to education be placed on that regional school board's next election ballot, the division of elections shall place the advisory question on that regional school board's next election ballot. A resolution described in this subsection must be filed with the division of elections on or before the first Friday in August of the year in which the advisory question is required to be placed on the ballot. An advisory question authorized under this subsection may not consist of more than 100 words and shall be worded in a manner that allows the advisory question to be answered with a “yes” to favor the question or “no” to oppose the question. (e) The lieutenant governor may provide for the election of an advisory school board established under AS 14.08.115. An election conducted under this subsection shall be held on the first Tuesday in October. The lieutenant governor may adopt regulations governing an election conducted under this subsection.
AK Stat § 14.08.081 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 08. Education in the Unorganized Borough|Sec. 14.08.081. Recall.

The members of a regional school board are subject to recall in accordance with AS 29.26.240 - 29.26.360, except that the director of elections shall perform the functions of a municipal clerk, the lieutenant governor shall perform the functions of the assembly or council under those sections, and the last regular election is the last regularly scheduled election held within the regional educational attendance area.
AK Stat § 14.08.091 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 08. Education in the Unorganized Borough|Sec. 14.08.091. Organization; oath and bond.

(a) The regional school boards shall be organized in accordance with AS 14.14.070, and, before taking office, each school board member shall take and sign the oath or affirmation prescribed by AS 14.12.090. (b) The officer of the board responsible for the custody of regional educational attendance area funds shall execute a bond of $50,000 with the commissioner.
AK Stat § 14.08.101 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums|Chapter 08. Education in the Unorganized Borough|Sec. 14.08.101. Powers.

A regional school board may (1) sue and be sued; (2) contract with the department, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, or any other school district, agency, or regional board for the provision of services, facilities, supplies, or utilities; (3) determine its own fiscal procedures, including policies and procedures for the purchase of supplies and equipment; the regional school boards are exempt from AS 37.05 (Fiscal Procedures Act) and AS 36.30 (State Procurement Code); (4) appoint, compensate, and otherwise control all school employees in accordance with this title; these employees are not subject to AS 39.25 (State Personnel Act); (5) adopt regulations governing organization, policies, and procedures for the operation of the schools; (6) establish, maintain, operate, discontinue, and combine schools subject to the approval of the commissioner; (7) recommend to the department projects for construction, rehabilitation, and improvement of schools and education-related facilities as specified in AS 14.11.011(b), and plan, design, and construct the project when the responsibility for it is assumed under AS 14.11.020; (8) by resolution adopted by a majority of all the members of the board and provided to the commissioner of the department, assume ownership of all land and buildings used in relation to the schools in the regional educational attendance area, as provided for in AS 14.08.151(b); (9) provide housing for rental to teachers, by leasing existing housing from a local agency or individual, by entering into contractual arrangements with a local agency or individual to lease housing that will be constructed by the local agency or individual for that purpose, or, without using for the purpose that portion of public school funding that consists of state aid provided under AS 14.17, by constructing or otherwise acquiring housing that is owned and managed by the regional educational attendance area for rental to teachers; (10) employ a chief school administrator; (11) apply for and use the proceeds of a loan from the Alaska energy efficiency revolving loan fund (AS 18.56.855); (12) exercise those other functions that may be necessary for the proper performance of its responsibilities.