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AK Stat § 45.56.660 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 56. Alaska Securities Act|Article 4. Administration and Judicial Review.|Sec. 45.56.660. Applicability of the chapter.

(a) Unless the persons are exempt elsewhere in this chapter, this chapter applies to persons who buy or offer to buy when an offer to (1) buy is made in this state; or (2) sell is made and accepted in this state. (b) Unless the person is exempt elsewhere in this chapter, this chapter applies to a person who sells or offers to sell when an offer to (1) sell is made in this state; or (2) buy is made and accepted in this state. (c) For the purpose of this section, an offer to sell or to buy is made in this state, whether or not either party is then present in this state, when the offer (1) originates from this state; (2) is directed by the offeror to this state and received at the place to which it is directed or at a post office in this state in the case of a mailed offer; (3) is for an interest or participation in an oil, gas, or mining right, title, or lease on land in this state, including submerged land, regardless of where the offer is made; (4) is for an interest or participation in payments out of production under an oil, gas, or mining right, title, or lease on land in this state, including submerged land, regardless of where the offer is made; (5) is for an interest or participation in real property located in this state, or in a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability company, a limited partnership, a limited liability partnership, an association, or a joint-stock company; jurisdiction under this paragraph may be exercised only when the exercise is consistent with the constitution of this state or of the United States. (d) For the purpose of this section, an offer to buy or to sell is accepted in this state when acceptance is communicated to the offeror in this state and has not previously been communicated to the offeror, orally or in writing, outside this state. Acceptance is communicated to the offeror in this state, whether or not either party is then present in this state, when the offeree directs the acceptance to the offeror in this state reasonably believing the offeror to be in this state and the acceptance is received at the place to which it is directed or, in the case of a mailed acceptance, at a post office in this state. (e) This chapter applies to investment advisers, federal covered advisers, and investment adviser representatives when any act instrumental in effecting prohibited conduct is done in this state, regardless of whether either party is then present in this state.
AK Stat § 45.56.670 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 56. Alaska Securities Act|Article 4. Administration and Judicial Review.|Sec. 45.56.670. Regulations, forms, orders, interpretative opinions, and hearings.

(a) The administrator may (1) issue forms and orders; after notice and comment, adopt and amend regulations necessary or appropriate to carry out this chapter; and repeal regulations, including regulations and forms governing registration statements, applications, notice filings, reports, and other records; (2) by regulation, define terms, whether or not used in this chapter, but those definitions may not be inconsistent with this chapter; and (3) by regulation, classify securities, persons, and transactions and adopt different requirements for different classes. (b) Under this chapter, a regulation or form may not be adopted or amended, or an order issued or amended, unless the administrator finds that the regulation, form, order, or amendment is necessary or appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors and is consistent with the purposes intended by this chapter. In adopting, amending, and repealing regulations and forms, AS 45.56.630 applies to achieve uniformity among the states and coordination with federal laws in the form and content of registration statements, applications, reports, and other records, including the adoption of uniform rules, forms, and procedures. (c) Subject to 15 U.S.C. 78o(i) and 80b-18a, the administrator may require that a financial statement filed under this chapter be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States and comply with other requirements specified by regulation adopted or order issued under this chapter. A regulation adopted or order issued under this chapter may establish (1) subject to 15 U.S.C. 78o(i) and 80b-18a, the form and content of financial statements required under this chapter; (2) whether unconsolidated financial statements must be filed; and (3) whether required financial statements must be audited by an independent certified public accountant. (d) The administrator may provide interpretative opinions or issue determinations that the administrator will not institute a proceeding or an action under this chapter against a specified person for engaging in a specified act, practice, or course of business if the determination is consistent with this chapter. A regulation adopted or order issued under this chapter may establish a reasonable charge for interpretative opinions or determinations that the administrator will not institute an action or a proceeding under this chapter. (e) A hearing in an administrative proceeding under this chapter shall be conducted in public unless the administrative law judge or the administrator for good cause consistent with this chapter determines that the hearing may not be conducted in public. (f) AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) applies to all regulations adopted or authorized under this chapter.
AK Stat § 45.56.730 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 56. Alaska Securities Act|Article 4. Administration and Judicial Review.|Sec. 45.56.730. Criminal enforcement.

(a) A person who intentionally violates this chapter, except AS 45.56.550 or the notice filing requirements of AS 45.56.200 or 45.56.360, is guilty of a class C felony punishable by imprisonment under AS 12.55.125 or by a fine of not more than $100,000, or by both. (b) A person who intentionally alters, destroys, shreds, mutilates, or conceals a record, document, or other object, or attempts to do so, with the intent to alter or impair the record, document, or object for use in an official proceeding under this chapter, is guilty of a class C felony. A person convicted of violating this subsection is punishable by imprisonment as provided in AS 12.55.125, by a fine of not more than $500,000, or by both. (c) The attorney general, with or without a reference from the administrator, may institute criminal proceedings under this chapter. (d) This chapter does not limit the power of this state to punish a person for conduct that constitutes a crime under other laws of this state. (e) In this section, “intentionally” has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900(a).
AK Stat § 45.56.740 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 56. Alaska Securities Act|Article 4. Administration and Judicial Review.|Sec. 45.56.740. Judicial review.

(a) A person may obtain judicial review by the superior court of a final order issued by the administrator under this chapter by filing a notice of appeal in accordance with the applicable rules of court governing appeals in civil matters. The notice of appeal shall be filed within 30 days after the order becomes final under AS 44.64.060. (b) A regulation adopted under this chapter is subject to judicial review under AS 44.62.300.
AK Stat § 45.56.800 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 56. Alaska Securities Act|Article 4. Administration and Judicial Review.|Sec. 45.56.800. Reimbursement of expenses incident to examination or investigation.

(a) The administrator may require an issuer, broker-dealer, agent, investment adviser representative, federal covered adviser, or investment adviser to reimburse the administrator for actual travel expenses and per diem incurred in connection with an examination or investigation under this chapter. (b) The administrator may by regulation or order adopt a schedule of charges for examination and investigation of issuers, broker-dealers, agents, investment adviser representatives, federal covered advisers, and investment advisers. (c) If an issuer, broker-dealer, agent, investment adviser representative, federal covered adviser, or investment adviser fails to pay the fees and expenses provided for in this section, the fees and expenses shall be paid out of funds of the administrator in the same manner as other disbursements made by the administrator. The amounts paid from the funds of the administrator are a lien on all of the assets and property of the issuer, broker-dealer, agent, investment adviser representative, federal covered adviser, or investment adviser, and the amount may be recovered by the attorney general on behalf of this state. (d) Failure of the issuer, broker-dealer, agent, investment adviser representative, federal covered adviser, or investment adviser to pay fees and expenses under this section is a willful violation of this chapter, and the violation falls within the provisions of AS 45.56.220, 45.56.350, and 45.56.620.
AK Stat § 45.56.810 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 56. Alaska Securities Act|Article 4. Administration and Judicial Review.|Sec. 45.56.810. Electronic records and signatures.

This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes 15 U.S.C. 7001 - 7031 (Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act), but does not modify, limit, or supersede 15 U.S.C. 7001(c) or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in 15 U.S.C. 7003(b). This chapter authorizes the filing of records and signatures, when specified by provisions of this chapter or by a regulation adopted or order issued under this chapter, in a manner consistent with 15 U.S.C. 7004(a).
AK Stat § 45.56.820 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 56. Alaska Securities Act|Article 4. Administration and Judicial Review.|Sec. 45.56.820. References to federal statutes.

In this chapter, a reference to the following federal statutes, including a statute within a spanned reference, means those statutes and the rules and regulations adopted under those statutes, as in effect on the date of enactment of this chapter: (1) 7 U.S.C. 1 - 27 (Commodity Exchange Act); (2) 15 U.S.C. 77a - 77aa (Securities Act of 1933); (3) 15 U.S.C. 77b, 77k, 77m, 77p, 77r, 77v, 77z-1 - 77z-3, 77aa, 77ccc, 77ddd, 77mmm, 77sss, 78a, 78c, 78d, 78g, 78n, 78o, 78o-4, 78o-5, 78s, 78t, 78u, 78u-4, 78z, 78bb, 78ee, 78kk, 78ll, 80a-2, 80a-3, 80a-12, 80a-18, 80a-29, 80a-30, 80b-3, and 80b-18a (Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998); (4) 15 U.S.C. 78a - 78pp (Securities Exchange Act of 1934); (5) 15 U.S.C. 80a-1 - 80a-64 (Investment Company Act of 1940); (6) 15 U.S.C. 80b-1 - 80b-21 (Investment Advisers Act of 1940); (7) 15 U.S.C. 661 - 697g (Small Business Investment Act of 1958); (8) 15 U.S.C. 7001 - 7031 (Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act); (9) 26 U.S.C. (Internal Revenue Code); (10) 29 U.S.C. 1001 - 1461 (Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974); (11) 42 U.S.C. 16451 - 16481 (Energy Policy Act of 2005).
AK Stat § 45.56.830 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 56. Alaska Securities Act|Article 4. Administration and Judicial Review.|Sec. 45.56.830. References to federal agencies.

A reference in this chapter to an agency or department of the United States is also a reference to a successor agency or department.
AK Stat § 45.56.995 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 56. Alaska Securities Act|Article 4. Administration and Judicial Review.|Sec. 45.56.995. Short title.

This chapter may be cited as the Alaska Securities Act.
AK Stat § 45.65.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 65. Handicrafts and Works of Art|Article 1. Handicrafts.|Sec. 45.65.010. Identification seals and emblems.

(a) An Alaska Native person who creates or crafts an original article of authentic Alaska Native art in the state may obtain an identification seal as specified in AS 45.65.030(a) to identify the article. The identification seal may be affixed only to original articles of authentic Alaska Native art created or crafted in the state. (b) A person may use an emblem described under AS 45.65.030(c) to identify an article that is made in the state. The emblem may not be used to identify an article made outside the state.
AK Stat § 45.65.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 65. Handicrafts and Works of Art|Article 1. Handicrafts.|Sec. 45.65.020. Administration of chapter.

(a) The commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development is responsible for the administration of the provisions of AS 45.65.010 - 45.65.070 relating to the emblem that is authorized under AS 45.65.010(b), including (1) the supervision of the use of the emblem; (2) subject to AS 45.65.030(c), the design, issuance, and control of emblems; (3) the issuance of permits to agents to issue permits to use the emblems; and (4) the enforcement of AS 45.65.010 - 45.65.070 regarding the emblem authorized under AS 45.65.010(b). (b) The Alaska State Council on the Arts (AS 44.27.040) is responsible for the administration of the provisions of AS 45.65.010 - 45.65.070 relating to identification seals for authentic Alaska Native art, including (1) subject to AS 45.65.030(a), the design, method of affixing, preparation, issuance, and control of identification seals; (2) the issuance of permits to use identification seals and the collection of the fees established under AS 45.65.040(c); (3) the supervision of the use of identification seals; and (4) the enforcement of AS 45.65.010 - 45.65.070 regarding identification seals.
AK Stat § 45.65.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 65. Handicrafts and Works of Art|Article 1. Handicrafts.|Sec. 45.65.030. Design of identification seals and emblems.

(a) The official symbol for the identification seal is the silver hand symbol. It must bear the words: “Authentic Alaska Native Art from Alaska” and include space for the artist's name and the place of origin of the article. (b) [Repealed, § 5 ch 104 SLA 1992.]  (c) The official emblem for an article that is made in the state is a design approved by the commissioner under AS 45.65.020(a)(2) that depicts a mother bear with a cub and states the words “Made in Alaska.”
AK Stat § 45.65.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 65. Handicrafts and Works of Art|Article 1. Handicrafts.|Sec. 45.65.040. Identification seal.

(a) The identification seal may only be used after receiving a permit from the council. (b) [Repealed, § 14 ch 16 SLA 2008.]  (c) The council shall establish forms and fees for the applications and permits to be used or issued under this section, the period for which the permits are valid, and the procedures for renewing the permits. (d) Before issuing a permit to a person under (a) of this section, the council shall determine that the person is eligible under AS 45.65.010(a) to obtain the identification seal and that the article for which the person is applying for the permit is eligible under AS 45.65.010(a) for the identification seal. (e) A person may report alleged violations of AS 45.65.010 - 45.65.070 regarding identification seals to the council.
AK Stat § 45.65.045 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 65. Handicrafts and Works of Art|Article 1. Handicrafts.|Sec. 45.65.045. Emblem and emblem agent permits.

(a) The emblem authorized under AS 45.65.010(b) may not be used without receiving a permit from the commissioner or from an agent who possesses a current permit under (b) of this section. (b) A resident of the state may apply to the commissioner for a permit to act as an agent to issue permits to use the emblem. An agent may report alleged violations of AS 45.65.010 - 45.65.070 regarding emblems to the commissioner. (c) The commissioner shall establish forms and fees for the applications and permits to be used or issued under this section, the period for which the permits are valid, and the procedures for renewing the permits. (d) Before issuing a permit for an article under this section, the commissioner or the agent shall determine that the article is eligible for the emblem.
AK Stat § 45.65.055 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 65. Handicrafts and Works of Art|Article 1. Handicrafts.|Sec. 45.65.055. Prohibited conduct.

An individual may not (1) affix or attach the identification seal to an article that is not an original article of authentic Alaska Native art created or crafted in the state; (2) sell or offer for sale an article that has an identification seal affixed or attached but that is not an original article of authentic Alaska Native art created or crafted in the state; or (3) alter, change, or counterfeit an identification seal.
AK Stat § 45.65.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 65. Handicrafts and Works of Art|Article 1. Handicrafts.|Sec. 45.65.060. Penalties.

(a) A person who knowingly violates AS 45.65.055 is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. In this subsection, “knowingly” has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900. (b) [Repealed, § 14 ch 16 SLA 2008.]  (c) A person who knowingly or wilfully alters, changes, or counterfeits an emblem is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. (d) A person who knowingly or wilfully sells or offers for sale an article that is not made in the state but that bears the emblem is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. (e) A person who knowingly or wilfully uses the emblem for an article that is not made in the state is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. (f) [Repealed, § 14 ch 16 SLA 2008.]  (g) A person who has been issued a permit under AS 45.65.045 to issue permits to use the emblem, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if the person knowingly or wilfully issues a permit for an article that is not made in the state.
AK Stat § 45.65.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 65. Handicrafts and Works of Art|Article 1. Handicrafts.|Sec. 45.65.070. Definitions.

In AS 45.65.010 - 45.65.070, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) “Alaska Native person” means an individual who is a state resident and who is an enrolled member of an Alaska tribe; in this paragraph, “state resident” means an individual who is physically present in the state with the intent to remain indefinitely in the state under the requirements of AS 01.10.055, or, if the individual is not physically present in the state, intends to return to the state and remain indefinitely in the state under the requirements of AS 01.10.055; (2) “Alaska tribe” means an organized group or community in Alaska that is an Indian tribe; in this paragraph, “Indian tribe” has the meaning given in 25 U.S.C. 450b(e) (Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act); (3) “authentic Alaska Native art ” means a work of art that is created or crafted in the state by an Alaska Native person; (4) “commissioner” means the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development; (5) “council” means the Alaska State Council on the Arts (AS 44.27.040); (6) “emblem” means the emblem that is authorized under AS 45.65.010(b); (7) “identification seal” means the seal authorized by AS 45.65.010(a); (8) “original” means new, unique, not a reproduction, and created or crafted by one person without the use of mechanized duplication instruments, electronic duplication instruments, or other devices or systems for copying large numbers of articles, except that “original” includes etched prints, lithographic prints, serigraphic prints, and prints from photographs, if the prints are made by hand by the person who created or crafted the etched plate, etched drawing, etched design, lithographic plate, lithographic stone, silkscreen, or photograph from which the prints were made; (9) “work of art” means a creation or crafting of (A) a visual article, including a painting, a sculpture, a drawing, a mosaic, a photograph, an etching, a lithograph, and a serigraph; (B) calligraphy; (C) clay, textile, fiber, wood, metal, plastic, or glass, or a combination of these materials; (D) traditional Alaska Native materials, including ivory, bone, grass, baleen, animal skins, wood, or furs; or (E) a collage or combination of two or more of the categories identified in (A) - (D) of this paragraph.
AK Stat § 45.65.200 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 65. Handicrafts and Works of Art|Article 2. Artists and Works of Art.|Sec. 45.65.200. Artists and art dealer relationships.

(a) When an artist delivers or causes to be delivered a work of art of the artist's own creation to an art dealer for the purpose of sale, or exhibition and sale, on a commission, fee, or other basis of compensation, the acceptance of the work of art by the art dealer is a consignment, and (1) the art dealer is, with respect to the work of art, the agent of the artist; (2) the work of art is trust property in the hands of the art dealer for the benefit of the artist; (3) proceeds from the sale of the work of art are trust funds in the hands of the art dealer for the benefit of the artist; (4) the art dealer shall return an unsold work of art on demand of the artist; (5) the art dealer is strictly liable for loss or damage to a work of art while the work of art is in the possession of the art dealer; the value of a lost or damaged work of art is the value established by written agreement between the artist and art dealer before the loss or damage of the work of art; if no written agreement establishing the value of the work of art exists, the value is the fair market value of the work of art less the art dealer's commission or fee; and (6) the dealer shall transmit the proceeds to the artist within 30 days of receipt by the dealer; if the sale is on installment, the money from each installment shall first be applied to pay any balance due the artist on the sale, unless the artist expressly agrees in writing that the proceeds on each installment are to be paid according to a percentage established by the consignment agreement. (b) A work of art initially received as a consignment remains trust property notwithstanding the subsequent purchase of the artwork by the art dealer directly or indirectly for the art dealer's own account until the consignment price due to the artist is paid in full. The trusteeship continues until the fiduciary obligation of the art dealer with respect to the transaction is discharged in full.
AK Stat § 45.65.210 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 45. Trade and Commerce|Chapter 65. Handicrafts and Works of Art|Article 2. Artists and Works of Art.|Sec. 45.65.210. Waiver.

(a) A provision of a contract or agreement whereby the artist waives a provision of AS 45.65.200 is void except as provided in this subsection. An artist may waive the provisions of AS 45.65.200 if the waiver is clear, conspicuous, and agreed to in writing by the artist. A waiver under this subsection is not valid with respect to the proceeds of a work of art initially received as a consignment but subsequently purchased by the art dealer directly or indirectly for the art dealer's own account. (b) A waiver under (a) of this section may not inure to the benefit of the art dealer's creditors in a manner that is inconsistent with the artist's rights under AS 45.65.200.