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AK Stat § 19.25.080 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 25. Utilities, Advertising, Encroachments, and Memorials|Article 2. Outdoor Advertising.|Sec. 19.25.080. Purpose.

The purposes of AS 19.25.080 - 19.25.180 are (1) to protect the public safety and the welfare of persons using the highways of the state by having outdoor advertising signs, displays, and devices along the highways controlled; (2) to prevent unreasonable distraction of operators of motor vehicles; to prevent confusion with regard to traffic lights, signs, or signals, or other interference with the effectiveness of traffic regulations, and to promote the safety, convenience, and enjoyment of travel on, and protection of the public investment in, highways in this state; to preserve and enhance the natural scenic beauty or aesthetic features of the highways and adjacent areas; and to attract tourists; (3) to regulate outdoor advertising signs, displays, and devices in areas adjacent to the rights-of-way of the interstate, primary, and secondary systems within this state in accordance with this chapter and the regulations adopted under this chapter; (4) to provide that outdoor advertising signs, displays, and devices that are not in conformity with the requirements of this chapter are a public nuisance; (5) to provide a statutory basis for regulation of outdoor advertising signs, displays, and devices consistent with the public policy declared by the Congress relating to areas within and adjacent to the right-of-way of a highway of the interstate, primary, or secondary systems.
AK Stat § 19.25.090 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 25. Utilities, Advertising, Encroachments, and Memorials|Article 2. Outdoor Advertising.|Sec. 19.25.090. Outdoor advertising prohibited.

Except as provided in AS 19.25.105, all outdoor advertising is prohibited.
AK Stat § 19.25.105 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 25. Utilities, Advertising, Encroachments, and Memorials|Article 2. Outdoor Advertising.|Sec. 19.25.105. Limitations of outdoor advertising signs, displays, and devices.

(a) Outdoor advertising may not be erected or maintained within 660 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way and visible from the main-traveled way of the interstate, primary, or secondary highways in this state except the following: (1) directional and other official signs and notices which include, but are not limited to, signs and notices pertaining to natural wonders, scenic and historic attractions, which are required or authorized by law, and which shall conform to federal standards for interstate and primary systems; (2) signs, displays, and devices advertising the sale or lease of property upon which they are located or advertising activities conducted on the property; (3) signs determined by the state, subject to concurrence of the United States Department of Transportation, to be landmark signs, including signs on farm structures or natural surfaces of historic or artistic significance, the preservation of which would be consistent with the provisions of this chapter; (4) directional signs and notices pertaining to schools; (5) advertising on bus benches or bus shelters, and adjacent trash receptacles, if the state determines that the advertising conforms to local, state, and federal standards for interstate and primary highways. (b) [Repealed, § 21 ch 94 SLA 1980.]  (c) Outdoor advertising may not be erected or maintained beyond 660 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of the main traveled way of the interstate, primary, or secondary highways in this state with the purpose of their message being read from that travel way except those outdoor advertising signs, displays, or devices allowed under (a) of this section. (d) Outdoor advertising may not be erected or maintained within the right-of-way of an interstate, primary, or secondary highway except that outdoor advertising (1) on bus benches and bus shelters, and adjacent trash receptacles, located within the right-of-way under the authority of a permit issued under AS 19.25.200 is allowed if the bus benches or bus shelters are located within a borough or unified municipality and the buses that stop at that location operate during the entire year; or (2) present in the right-of-way on January 1, 2005, may remain, subject only to removals required by federal highway funding requirements imposed on the state by federal law, until or unless an encroachment permit for the outdoor advertising is denied under AS 19.25.200(c). (e) [Repealed, § 4 1998 Ballot Measure No. 5.]
AK Stat § 19.25.130 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 25. Utilities, Advertising, Encroachments, and Memorials|Article 2. Outdoor Advertising.|Sec. 19.25.130. Penalty for violation.

A person who violates AS 19.25.080 - 19.25.180, or a regulation adopted under AS 19.25.080 - 19.25.180, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $5,000.
AK Stat § 19.25.140 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 25. Utilities, Advertising, Encroachments, and Memorials|Article 2. Outdoor Advertising.|Sec. 19.25.140. Compensation for removal of advertising.

(a) The department is authorized to acquire by purchase, gift, or condemnation all advertising devices and any property rights pertaining to them when the advertising devices are required to be removed under AS 19.25.150. (b) Damages resulting from a taking in eminent domain shall be ascertained in the manner provided by law.
AK Stat § 19.25.150 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 25. Utilities, Advertising, Encroachments, and Memorials|Article 2. Outdoor Advertising.|Sec. 19.25.150. Unlawful advertising.

An advertising sign, display, or device that violates the provisions of AS 19.25.080 - 19.25.180 is a public nuisance. The department shall give 30 days' notice, by certified mail, to the owner of the land on which the advertising sign, display, or device is located, ordering its removal if it is prohibited by AS 19.25.080 - 19.25.180 or ordering the owner to cause it to conform to regulations if it is authorized by AS 19.25.080 - 19.25.180. If the owner of the property fails to comply within 30 days as required in the notice, the department shall remove the outdoor advertising sign, display, or device at the expense of the owner of the land or the person who erected it.
AK Stat § 19.25.160 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 25. Utilities, Advertising, Encroachments, and Memorials|Article 2. Outdoor Advertising.|Sec. 19.25.160. Definitions.

In AS 19.25.080 - 19.25.180, (1) “billboards” means any signboards, signs, displays, notices, or forms of outdoor advertising that do not strictly comply with the provisions of AS 19.25.075 - 19.25.180, or with any permit or permits issued pursuant to AS 19.25.075 - 19.25.180; (2) “interstate system” means that portion of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways located in this state, as officially designated, or as may hereafter be so designated, by the commissioner, and approved by the secretary of transportation (or by the secretary of commerce before the effective date of the transfer of functions under Public Law 89-670 (80 Stat. 931)), under the provisions of 23 U.S.C.; (3) “outdoor advertising” includes any outdoor sign, display, or device used to advertise, attract attention, or inform and which is visible to a person on the main-traveled way of a highway of the interstate, primary, or secondary systems in this state, whether by printing, writing, painting, picture, light, drawing, or whether by the use of figures or objects, or a combination of these, or any other thing designed, intended, or used to advertise, inform, or attract attention; (4) “primary system” or “secondary system” means that portion of connected main highways, as officially designated, or as may hereafter be so designated, by the commissioner, and approved by the secretary of transportation (or by the secretary of commerce before the effective date of the transfer of functions under Public Law 89-670 (80 Stat. 931)), under the provisions of 23 U.S.C.
AK Stat § 19.25.170 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 25. Utilities, Advertising, Encroachments, and Memorials|Article 2. Outdoor Advertising.|Sec. 19.25.170. Agreements with the United States; regulations.

The department is authorized to enter into agreements in conformity with the provisions of this title with the United States Secretary of Transportation as provided by 23 U.S.C. relating to the control of outdoor advertising signs, displays, and devices in areas adjacent to interstate and primary systems and to take action in the name of the state to comply with the terms of the agreements, and to adopt required regulations.
AK Stat § 19.25.180 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 25. Utilities, Advertising, Encroachments, and Memorials|Article 2. Outdoor Advertising.|Sec. 19.25.180. Applicability of municipal enactments.

Notwithstanding AS 19.25.080 - 19.25.180, a municipality may enact ordinances that regulate outdoor advertising in a way that is more restrictive than the provisions of AS 19.25.080 - 19.25.180.
AK Stat § 19.25.210 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 25. Utilities, Advertising, Encroachments, and Memorials|Article 3. Encroachments in Highways.|Sec. 19.25.210. Relocation or removal of encroachment.

If, incidental to the construction or maintenance of a state highway, the department determines and orders that an encroachment previously authorized by written permit must be changed, relocated, or removed, the owner of the encroachment shall change, relocate, or remove it at no expense to the state, except as provided in AS 19.25.020, within a reasonable time set by the department. If the owner does not change, relocate, or remove an encroachment within the time set by the department, the encroachment shall be considered an unauthorized encroachment and subject to the provisions of AS 19.25.220 - 19.25.250.
AK Stat § 19.25.220 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 25. Utilities, Advertising, Encroachments, and Memorials|Article 3. Encroachments in Highways.|Sec. 19.25.220. Unauthorized encroachments.

If an unauthorized encroachment exists in, on, under, or over a state highway, the department may require the removal of the encroachment in the manner provided in AS 19.25.230 - 19.25.250.
AK Stat § 19.25.230 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 25. Utilities, Advertising, Encroachments, and Memorials|Article 3. Encroachments in Highways.|Sec. 19.25.230. Notice of removal.

Except as otherwise provided in AS 19.25.200, 19.25.210 and 19.25.240, notice shall be given the owner, occupant, or person in possession of the encroachment, or to any other person causing or permitting the encroachment to exist, by serving upon any of them a notice demanding the removal of the encroachment. The notice must describe the encroachment complained of with reasonable certainty as to its character and location. Service of the notice may be made by certified mail.
AK Stat § 19.25.240 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 25. Utilities, Advertising, Encroachments, and Memorials|Article 3. Encroachments in Highways.|Sec. 19.25.240. Summary removal.

The department may at any time remove from a state highway or road an encroachment that obstructs or prevents the use of the highway or road by the public.
AK Stat § 19.25.250 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 25. Utilities, Advertising, Encroachments, and Memorials|Article 3. Encroachments in Highways.|Sec. 19.25.250. Removal after noncompliance; removal expense.

After a failure of the owner of an encroachment to comply with a notice or demand of the department under the provisions of AS 19.25.200, 19.25.210 and 19.25.230, the department may remove, or cause to be removed, the encroachment, and the owner of the encroachment shall pay to the department (1) the expenses of the removal of the encroachment; (2) all costs and expenses paid by the state as a result of a claim or claims filed against the state by third parties for damages due to delays because the encroachment was not changed, removed, or relocated according to the order of the department; and (3) costs and expenses of suit.
AK Stat § 19.25.260 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 25. Utilities, Advertising, Encroachments, and Memorials|Article 4. Roadside Memorials.|Sec. 19.25.260. Roadside memorials permitted.

(a) Notwithstanding AS 19.25.090, 19.25.105, and 19.25.200, a person may, for a period of not more than two years, place in the right-of-way but outside of the traveled way of a state highway a temporary memorial for a decedent who died as a result of a traffic accident, or other incident in the right-of-way, at or reasonably near the site where the memorial is located. (b) A memorial must not interfere with the use of the highway, with other uses of the right-of-way, with the visibility of directional and other official signs and notices, or with highway safety, construction, or maintenance. (c) The person who places a memorial in the right-of-way of a state highway shall (1) post the person's contact information on the memorial; (2) inform the department of the location within seven days of placement of the memorial; and (3) provide the person's contact information to the department. (d) A person may not place a political or commercial message on a memorial. (e) A person may not place reflective material or another item on a memorial if that material or item would be distracting to drivers and other users of the right-of-way. (f) The state is not liable for damage to, or damage or injury resulting from the presence of, a memorial in the right-of-way of a state highway. (g) In this section, “memorial” means decorations, flags, flowers, and other lightweight objects or ornamentation commonly used at funerals or at gravesides as a tribute to a decedent.
AK Stat § 19.25.270 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 25. Utilities, Advertising, Encroachments, and Memorials|Article 4. Roadside Memorials.|Sec. 19.25.270. Relocation or removal of memorial.

(a) If, incidental to the construction or maintenance of a state highway, the department determines that a memorial authorized by AS 19.25.260 must be changed, relocated, or removed, the person who placed the memorial within the right-of-way shall change, relocate, or remove the memorial at no expense to the state within a reasonable time set by the department. If the owner does not change, relocate, or remove a memorial within the time set by the department, the memorial is an unauthorized encroachment and subject to the provisions of AS 19.25.230 - 19.25.250. (b) If a memorial in the right-of-way of a state highway does not comply with the requirements of AS 19.25.260, the memorial is an unauthorized encroachment. The department may require removal of the encroachment in the manner provided in AS 19.25.230 - 19.25.250.
AK Stat § 19.30.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 30. Access Roads and Local Service Roads and Trails|Article 1. Roads to Areas Rich in Mineral Resources.|Sec. 19.30.020. Purpose.

The purpose of AS 19.30.020 - 19.30.051 is to facilitate the commercial development of mineral resources, except oil and gas, by authorizing funds to participate in construction of developmental access roads into areas where mining prospects of valid commercial promise are inaccessible to truck haulage. These access roads are to be constructed as rudimentary truck roads and to standards that can be readily improved for general public use. It is the intent of the state to participate with mineral resource developers up to 50 percent for the cost of construction and maintenance of developmental access roads under AS 19.30.020 - 19.30.051.
AK Stat § 19.30.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 30. Access Roads and Local Service Roads and Trails|Article 1. Roads to Areas Rich in Mineral Resources.|Sec. 19.30.030. Commissioner of natural resources to approve application.

(a) The commissioner of natural resources may approve applications for construction of developmental access roads under AS 19.30.020 - 19.30.051. (b) A request for construction assistance shall be submitted to the commissioner of natural resources by the resource developer, setting out the scope of the development and the resources to be developed. (c) The commissioner of natural resources shall review the application and, if found feasible and participating funds are available, may enter into a contract in which the state will participate with the applicant in the cost of construction of the road, up to $50,000 or up to 50 percent of the cost, whichever is lower; however, the applicant shall pay for all right-of-way acquisition. (d) For purposes of (c) of this section, “cost of construction” includes, in addition to costs directly related to the project, the sum total of all costs of financing and carrying out the project. These include, but are not limited to, the costs of all necessary studies, surveys, plans and specifications, architectural, engineering or other special services, acquisition of real property, site preparation and development, purchase, construction, reconstruction, and improvement of real property and the acquisition of machinery and equipment as may be necessary in connection with the project; an allocable portion of the administrative and operating expenses of the grantee; the cost of financing the project, including interest on bonds issued to finance the project; and the cost of other items, including any indemnity and surety bonds and premiums on insurance, legal fees, fees and expenses of trustees, depositaries, financial advisors, and paying agents for the bonds issued as the issuer considers necessary.
AK Stat § 19.30.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 30. Access Roads and Local Service Roads and Trails|Article 1. Roads to Areas Rich in Mineral Resources.|Sec. 19.30.040. Construction and maintenance.

(a) Upon approval of an application and agreement as to state participation, the applicant resource developer shall submit to the commissioner of natural resources road plans and specifications for the standard of construction the applicant believes to be necessary to develop the mineral resource and protect the fish and game resources that may be affected by the road construction. Plans and specifications submitted by each applicant shall be forwarded by the commissioner of natural resources to the commissioner of transportation and public facilities and the commissioner of fish and game and, upon approval by them, the applicant may proceed with construction. (b) The applicant shall be allowed credit for the use of the applicant's workers and equipment or those of the applicant's contractor as the applicant's share of cost participation. The applicant must submit documentation satisfactory to the commissioner of transportation and public facilities to support the applicant's participation for this credit. (c) If the total cost of the road is less than the original estimate, the state shall match only half of the actual cost. (d) If the total cost of the road is greater than the original estimate, the applicant resource developer shall be responsible for all costs in excess of the agreed upon state participation. (e) The road becomes the property of the state, and, so long as the road is used by the applicant resource developer, is open to public use, and the applicant shall bear one-half the cost of maintenance.
AK Stat § 19.30.045 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 30. Access Roads and Local Service Roads and Trails|Article 1. Roads to Areas Rich in Mineral Resources.|Sec. 19.30.045. Canadian minerals.

The state may elect, at the joint discretion of the commissioners of transportation and public facilities and natural resources, to authorize participation in a similar manner to that authorized in AS 19.30.020 - 19.30.040, in construction and maintenance of developmental access roads to the state border for the development of mineral resources that are in adjacent Canadian land if access roads are the most feasible way of developing those mineral resources, and if it is considered by the commissioners to be in the interest of the state to construct the roads; however, the state may participate up to $50,000, or up to one-third of the cost of construction and of the maintenance of these roads in the state, whichever is lower.
AK Stat § 19.30.051 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 30. Access Roads and Local Service Roads and Trails|Article 1. Roads to Areas Rich in Mineral Resources.|Sec. 19.30.051. Regulations.

The commissioner of natural resources and the commissioner of transportation and public facilities shall adopt regulations to implement the purposes of AS 19.30.020 - 19.30.051.
AK Stat § 19.30.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 30. Access Roads and Local Service Roads and Trails|Article 2. Roads to State Land Programmed for Surface Disposal.|Sec. 19.30.060. Purpose.

It is the purpose of AS 19.30.060 - 19.30.100 to provide access to state land that is programmed for surface disposal, and to provide access roads at the lowest possible cost.
AK Stat § 19.30.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 30. Access Roads and Local Service Roads and Trails|Article 2. Roads to State Land Programmed for Surface Disposal.|Sec. 19.30.070. Contracts for construction of roads.

The director of the division of lands may contract with private persons for the construction of roads to and on state land programmed for surface disposal that are not more than six miles from existing roads or highways. Contracts under this section are governed by AS 36.30 (State Procurement Code).
AK Stat § 19.30.080 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 30. Access Roads and Local Service Roads and Trails|Article 2. Roads to State Land Programmed for Surface Disposal.|Sec. 19.30.080. Construction standards and maintenance.

An access road constructed under AS 19.30.060 - 19.30.100 shall be of low standard, not necessarily suitable for all weather use. The state is not under obligation to maintain an access road constructed under AS 19.30.060 - 19.30.100. If an access road is constructed outside a municipality that has zoning ordinances, the right-of-way width for the road shall be determined by the division of lands and the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities. If an access road is constructed within the boundaries of a municipality that has zoning ordinances, the right-of-way width shall conform to the subdivision control ordinances of the municipality. Contracts for the work on an access road are governed by AS 36.30 (State Procurement Code).
AK Stat § 19.30.090 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 19. Highways and Ferries|Chapter 30. Access Roads and Local Service Roads and Trails|Article 2. Roads to State Land Programmed for Surface Disposal.|Sec. 19.30.090. Payment of construction costs in land credit certificates.

The cost of constructing access roads to state land shall be paid in freely transferable land credit certificates which may be applied toward the purchase or lease of any state land under the jurisdiction of the division of lands, except tide, submerged, and shoreland and land belonging to the state which have been obtained by escheat, purchase, or any means other than by general land grant. A land credit certificate is valid for a period of 20 years after issue. After the expiration of 20 years from date of issue the holder may not start an action against the state or any person based upon the certificate. The method of disposing of land and resources and restrictions upon their disposal established by law or regulation are in no way affected by the use of land credit certificates.