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AK Stat § 44.50.165 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 50. Notaries Public|Sec. 44.50.165. Validity of notarial acts.

The failure of a notarial officer to perform a duty or meet a requirement specified in this chapter does not invalidate a notarial act performed by the notarial officer. The validity of a notarial act under this chapter does not prevent an aggrieved person from seeking to invalidate the record or transaction that is the subject of the notarial act or from seeking other remedies based on a law of this state other than this chapter or a law of the United States. This section does not validate a purported notarial act performed by an individual who does not have the authority to perform a notarial act.
AK Stat § 44.50.180 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 50. Notaries Public|Sec. 44.50.180. Postmasters as notaries.

(a) Each postmaster in the state may perform the functions of a notary public in the state. (b) Each official act of a postmaster as a notary public shall be signed by the postmaster, with a designation of the person's title as postmaster, shall have the cancellation stamp of the post office affixed, and shall state the name of the post office and the date on which the act was done. (c) [Repealed, § 14 ch 60 SLA 2005.]  (d) Nothing in this chapter requires a postmaster to post a bond or to have a commission.
AK Stat § 44.50.185 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 50. Notaries Public|Sec. 44.50.185. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.

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).
AK Stat § 44.50.200 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 50. Notaries Public|Sec. 44.50.200. Definitions.

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) “acknowledgment” means a declaration by an individual before a notarial officer that the individual has signed a record for the purpose stated in the record and, if the record is signed in a representative capacity, that the individual signed the record with proper authority and signed it as the act of the individual or entity identified in the record; (2) “communication technology” means an electronic device or process that (A) allows a notary public and a remotely located individual to communicate with each other simultaneously by sight and sound; and (B) when necessary and consistent with other applicable law, facilitates communication with a remotely located individual who has a visual, hearing, or speech impairment; (3) “convicted” or “conviction” means that the person has entered a plea of guilty, guilty but mentally ill, or nolo contendere, or has been found guilty or guilty but mentally ill by a court or jury; (4) “electronic” means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities; (5) “electronic signature” means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a record and executed or adopted by an individual with the intent to sign the record; (6) “identity proofing” means a process or service by which a third person provides a notary public with a means to verify the identity of a remotely located individual by a review of personal information from public or private data sources; (7) “in a representative capacity” means acting as (A) an authorized officer, agent, partner, trustee, or other representative for a person other than an individual; (B) a public officer, personal representative, guardian, or other representative in the capacity stated in a record; (C) an agent or attorney-in-fact for a principal; or (D) an authorized representative of another in any other capacity; (8) “notarial act” means an act, whether performed with respect to a tangible or electronic record, that is identified as a notarial act under AS 09.63.120 and an act that a notary public is directed to perform under AS 44.50.060; (9) “notarial officer” means a notary public or other individual authorized to perform a notarial act; (10) “notary public” means a person commissioned to perform notarial acts under this chapter; (11) “record” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form; (12) “remotely located individual” means an individual who is not in the physical presence of a notary public who performs a notarial act under AS 44.50.075; (13) “sign” means, with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record, to (A) execute or adopt a tangible symbol; or (B) attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic symbol, sound, or process; (14) “signature” means a tangible symbol or an electronic signature that evidences the signing of a record.
AK Stat § 44.64.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 64. Hearing Officers and Office of Administrative Hearings|Sec. 44.64.010. Office created.

(a) There is created in the Department of Administration an independent office of administrative hearings under the direction of the chief administrative law judge. (b) The chief administrative law judge must (1) be a resident of the state; (2) have experience in administrative law; (3) be licensed to practice law in this state and have been admitted to practice law in this state for at least five years; and (4) have experience representing clients in administrative or judicial proceedings. (c) The chief administrative law judge is appointed to a five-year term of office by the governor and is subject to confirmation by the legislature. An individual may serve not more than three full or partial terms as chief administrative law judge. The governor may remove the chief administrative law judge from office only for good cause. The basis for removal shall be stated in writing. A vacancy in the office of chief administrative law judge shall be filled by the governor, and the individual appointed serves for the remainder of the term to which appointed. (d) The chief administrative law judge shall receive a monthly salary that is not less than Step A nor more than Step F, Range 27, of the salary schedule in AS 39.27.011(a) for Juneau, Alaska. The chief administrative law judge is in the partially exempt service.
AK Stat § 44.64.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 64. Hearing Officers and Office of Administrative Hearings|Sec. 44.64.040. Administrative law judges.

(a) An administrative law judge must be admitted to practice law in this state and must have been admitted to practice in this state for at least two years before being employed or retained with the office. The chief administrative law judge shall establish additional qualifications for administrative law judges employed or retained by the office and for those administrative law judges that may be assigned to particular types of cases. An administrative law judge is in the partially exempt service. Notwithstanding AS 39.25.120(b), full-time administrative law judges employed by the office are subject to the personnel rules adopted under AS 39.25.150(7), (15), and (16). (b) An administrative law judge employed or retained by the office may, in conducting an administrative hearing for an agency, exercise the powers authorized by law for exercise by that agency in the performance of its duties in connection with the hearing. An administrative law judge may (1) engage in alternative dispute resolution under regulations adopted by the chief administrative law judge that is in addition to any alternate dispute resolution procedure used by an agency before the case is referred to the office; (2) order a party, a party's attorney, or another authorized representative of a party to pay reasonable expenses, including attorney fees, incurred by another party as a result of actions done in bad faith or as a result of tactics used frivolously or solely intended to cause unnecessary delay; (3) perform other necessary and appropriate acts in the performance of official duties. (c) An administrative law judge employed by the office must devote full time to the duties of the office unless appointed to a position that is less than full-time. An administrative law judge employed by the office may not perform duties inconsistent with the duties and responsibilities of an administrative law judge. (d) The office may enter into a contract with an individual who meets the qualifications established in (a) of this section to serve as an administrative law judge in a particular administrative hearing or in several hearings of the same type. The individual is subject to AS 39.52 (Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act). Notwithstanding AS 36.30.015(d), the office may contract for or hire an administrative law judge without notifying or securing the approval of the Department of Law.
AK Stat § 44.64.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 64. Hearing Officers and Office of Administrative Hearings|Sec. 44.64.050. Hearing officer conduct.

(a) An administrative law judge employed full time by the office or a hearing officer employed full time by an agency may not serve in any other judicial or quasi-judicial capacity or engage in the private practice of law. (b) The chief administrative law judge shall, subject to AS 39.52.920 and by regulation, adopt a code of hearing officer conduct. The code shall apply to the chief administrative law judge, administrative law judges of the office, and hearing officers of each other agency. The following fundamental canons of conduct shall be included in the code: in carrying out official duties, an administrative law judge or hearing officer shall (1) uphold the integrity and independence of the office; (2) avoid impropriety and the appearance of impropriety; (3) perform the duties of the office impartially and diligently; (4) conduct unofficial activities in ways that minimize the risk of conflict with the obligations of the office; and (5) refrain from inappropriate activity in seeking employment with another agency or employer or in seeking reappointment. (c) Except as provided in (e) of this section, the chief administrative law judge shall receive and consider all complaints against administrative law judges or hearing officers employed or retained by the office or another agency alleging violations of (a) of this section or of the code of hearing officer conduct. The chief administrative law judge shall deliver the complaint to the attorney general when the chief administrative law judge determines that the conduct alleged, if true, would constitute a violation of (1) subsection (a) of this section; or (2) the code and would warrant disciplinary action under the regulations adopted under (b) of this section. (d) If the attorney general determines that a violation has occurred, the attorney general shall submit written findings to the agency that employed or retained the administrative law judge or hearing officer who is the subject of the complaint together with recommendations for corrective or disciplinary action. If the administrative law judge is employed or retained by the office, the chief administrative law judge shall take appropriate corrective or disciplinary action. (e) The attorney general shall, by regulation, establish procedures to implement (d) of this section, including procedures for investigating and holding hearings on complaints. The attorney general shall receive and consider any complaint filed against the chief administrative law judge under this section, and may investigate or hold a hearing on the complaint in compliance with the regulations adopted under this subsection.
AK Stat § 44.64.055 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 64. Hearing Officers and Office of Administrative Hearings|Sec. 44.64.055. Reimbursement agreements.

The office may enter into agreements for reimbursement for services related to an administrative hearing from a school district, municipality, or other governmental entity if the reimbursement is authorized by other law.
AK Stat § 44.64.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 64. Hearing Officers and Office of Administrative Hearings|Sec. 44.64.070. Disqualification of administrative law judge.

(a) The chief administrative law judge or an administrative law judge employed or retained by the office is disqualified from a case in which the administrative law judge cannot accord a fair and impartial hearing or for other reasons established in the code of hearing officer conduct. (b) A party may request the disqualification of the chief administrative law judge or another administrative law judge by filing an affidavit, before the taking of evidence at a hearing, stating with particularity the grounds upon which it is claimed that a fair and impartial hearing cannot be accorded by that administrative law judge. Notwithstanding AS 44.62.450(c), upon receipt of the affidavit, the administrative law judge assigned to the administrative hearing shall make a determination. If the affiant objects to the decision, the matter shall be decided by the chief administrative law judge, whose decision is final, or if the hearing is assigned to the chief administrative law judge, by the attorney general, whose decision is final. (c) In addition to disqualification of an administrative law judge under (a) and (b) of this section, each side is entitled to change the assigned administrative law judge once. Two or more parties aligned on the same side of an action shall be treated as one side for purposes of this subsection, but the chief administrative law judge may allow an additional change to a party whose interests are adverse to the interests of another party on the same side. A party wishing to exercise the right to change the administrative law judge shall give notice to the chief administrative law judge within five days after notice is given that the case has been assigned. A party waives the right to a change in the assigned administrative law judge by participating before that administrative law judge in any proceeding or conference involving the case.
AK Stat § 44.64.080 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 64. Hearing Officers and Office of Administrative Hearings|Sec. 44.64.080. Agency cooperation.

(a) All agencies shall cooperate with the chief administrative law judge and with other administrative law judges of the office in the matters involving the duties of the office. (b) Except as provided under AS 44.64.070 or by regulation adopted under this chapter, an agency may not select or reject a particular administrative law judge for assignment to an administrative hearing. (c) After an administrative hearing is referred by an agency to the office for hearing, the agency may not take further adjudicatory action in the case, except as a party litigant or to render a final decision as provided by law. This subsection does not otherwise limit the agency's authority to take action affecting a party to the case.
AK Stat § 44.64.090 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 64. Hearing Officers and Office of Administrative Hearings|Sec. 44.64.090. Administrative hearing records.

(a) The office shall acquire and organize statistical and other information relating to administrative hearings of the office and of other agencies. The office shall acquire and organize copies of proposed and final agency decisions in administrative hearings and copies of court decisions resulting from those administrative hearings. The information and decisions shall be made available to the public, agencies, and the legislature. The office shall make final agency decisions reached after administrative hearings available online through an electronic data base. (b) This section does not apply to records that are confidential or privileged.
AK Stat § 44.64.095 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 64. Hearing Officers and Office of Administrative Hearings|Sec. 44.64.095. Federal requirements.

Federal requirements applicable to an administrative hearing prevail to the extent they conflict with any provision of AS 44.64.010 - 44.64.200.
AK Stat § 44.64.200 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 64. Hearing Officers and Office of Administrative Hearings|Sec. 44.64.200. Definitions.

In this chapter, (1) “administrative hearing” means a quasi-judicial hearing before an agency; it does not include an informal conference or review held by an agency before a final decision is issued or a rate-making proceeding or other nonadjudicative public hearing; (2) “administrative law judge” means a hearing officer who is retained or employed by the office; (3) “agency” means an agency of the executive branch of state government, including an officer, a division, or another subunit of an agency, a board or commission, a public corporation, and the University of Alaska; (4) “hearing officer” means an individual who presides over the conduct of an administrative hearing and who is retained or employed by an agency for that purpose; (5) “office” means the office of administrative hearings established in AS 44.64.010.
AK Stat § 44.66.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 66. Review of the Activities of Agencies, Boards, and Commissions|Sec. 44.66.010. Expiration of state boards and commissions.

(a) Boards and commissions listed in this subsection expire on the date set out after each: (1) Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (AS 04.06.010) - June 30, 2022; (2) Board of Parole (AS 33.16.020) - June 30, 2025; (3) Regulatory Commission of Alaska (AS 42.04.010) - June 30, 2022; (4) Alaska Commission on Aging (AS 47.45.200) - June 30, 2024; (5) Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (AS 18.66.010) - June 30, 2022; (6) special education service agency (AS 14.30.600) - June 30, 2029; (7) Statewide Suicide Prevention Council (AS 44.29.300) - June 30, 2027; (8) Alaska Seismic Hazards Safety Commission (AS 44.37.065) - June 30, 2028; (9) Alaska Health Care Commission (AS 18.09.010) - June 30, 2017; (10) Citizens' Advisory Commission on Federal Management Areas in Alaska (AS 41.37.160) - June 30, 2021; (11) Alaska Tourism Marketing Board (AS 44.33.136) - June 30, 2018; (12) Alaska Criminal Justice Commission (AS 44.19.641) - June 30, 2021; (13) Marijuana Control Board (AS 17.38.080) - June 30, 2024. (b) Upon termination, a commission listed in (a) of this section shall continue in existence until June 30 of the next succeeding year for the purpose of concluding its affairs. (c) A commission scheduled for termination under this chapter may be continued or reestablished by the legislature for a period not to exceed eight years. (d) Notwithstanding (b) of this section, the powers and duties of the Regulatory Commission of Alaska in the year following expiration are not reduced or otherwise limited, and the commission shall continue in existence after expiration for one year. The commission shall continue to exercise all its powers and perform its duties and responsibilities under AS 42 during the year following its expiration.
AK Stat § 44.66.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 66. Review of the Activities of Agencies, Boards, and Commissions|Sec. 44.66.020. Agency programs.

(a) Every year, the legislative audit division shall ensure that the review team conducts a performance review of the appropriate programs of the agencies listed in this subsection. Programs that are administered by more than one agency shall be reviewed with the agency that the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee designates. Reviews may be conducted before the dates set out in this subsection at the discretion of the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee. The first review shall occur in the calendar year set out after each agency's name, as follows, and subsequent reviews of each agency, or part of an agency, shall occur every 10 years: (1) Department of Corrections, 2014; (2) Department of Health and Social Services, 2015; (3) Department of Education and Early Development, including the foundation formula, 2016; (4) Office of the Governor, 2017; (5) agencies of the legislative branch, 2017; (6) Alaska Court System, 2017; (7) University of Alaska, 2018; (8) Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, 2019; (9) Department of Administration, 2020; (10) Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, 2020; (11) Department of Fish and Game, 2021; (12) Department of Environmental Conservation, 2021; (13) Department of Natural Resources, 2021; (14) Department of Revenue, 2022; (15) Department of Law, 2022; (16) Department of Public Safety, 2022; (17) Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs, 2023; (18) Department of Labor and Workforce Development, 2023. (b) Subject to appropriation, the legislative audit division shall hire individuals and contract with individuals or firms to form a review team or teams to complete the reviews under this section. (c) In the year before the year designated as the year for review in (a) of this section, the agency shall provide to the review team, before November 1, (1) citations to the agency's authority under the Constitution of the State of Alaska or the Alaska Statutes to administer its programs; (2) a list of programs or elements of programs that compose at least 10 percent of the general funds in the agency's budget appropriated from the general fund that could be reduced or eliminated; the agency shall consider first those programs or elements of programs that (A) do not serve a current need; (B) are not authorized by the Constitution of the State of Alaska or the Alaska Statutes; or (C) are not essential to the agency mission or delivery of the agency's core services; (3) a list of active encumbrances and an explanation of the continuing need for any encumbrance unsatisfied more than one year after it was incurred; (4) all information submitted to the legislature in the agency's most recent submission under AS 37.07.050, including agency mission, results-based measures, prioritization of core services, and all programs within the core services from the most important to the least important.
AK Stat § 44.66.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 66. Review of the Activities of Agencies, Boards, and Commissions|Sec. 44.66.060. Existing claims.

This chapter does not cause the termination or dismissal of a claim or right of a citizen against a board, commission, or program of an agency terminated by legislative action or under this chapter that is subject to litigation. Claims and rights shall be assumed by the department to which the board or commission terminated under this chapter was attached for administrative purposes.
AK Stat § 44.66.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 66. Review of the Activities of Agencies, Boards, and Commissions|Sec. 44.66.070. Definitions.

In this chapter, (1) “agency” means a state department or agency, whether in the legislative, judicial, or executive branch, and includes the University of Alaska; (2) “review team” means appropriate professionals hired by or under contract with the legislative audit division to complete a performance review under AS 44.66.020 - 44.66.040.
AK Stat § 44.77.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 77. Claims Against the State|Sec. 44.77.010. Presentation of claims.

(a) Except as provided in (d) of this section, every claim for reimbursement for money expended, or for compensation for labor, materials, or supplies furnished, or services given to or for the state, whether based on a contract or on a ratification, shall be promptly presented to the appropriate administrative or executive officer for approval and payment. (b) [Repealed, § 14 ch 105 SLA 1986.]  (c) [Repealed, § 67 ch 106 SLA 1986.]  (d) A claim that is governed by AS 36.30.560 - 36.30.699 is not governed by this chapter.