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2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 16. Broadband. › Sec. 44.33.910. Office of broadband; purpose, powers, and duties. [See delayed repeal note]

(a) The office of broadband is established in the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development.
(b) The purpose of the office of broadband is to
(1) expand broadband access and digital equity in the state through federal, tribal, and local partnerships;
(2) focus on broadband infrastructure projects that meet certain speed, latency, reliability, and scalability requirements, while maintaining technological neutrality within those requirements;
(3) identify scalable and sustainable technologies that meet the needs of state residents into the future; and
(4) support broadband equity and affordability for all state residents.
(c) The office of broadband shall
(1) prioritize broadband service expansion in the following order of priority:
(A) unserved areas;
(B) underserved areas; and
(C) anchor institutions;
(2) make grants to eligible grantees and prioritize grants to grantees with in-state experience, qualifications, and expertise needed to deploy, operate, repair, and maintain broadband infrastructure;
(3) develop a procedure for issuance of grants;
(4) develop a procedure for adoption of broadband service maps that
(A) incorporates the Federal Communications Commission maps developed in accordance with P.L. 116-130 (Broadband DATA Act) to define unserved and underserved areas;
(B) allows for broadband parity adjustments; and
(C) provides for a process to challenge adoption of broadband service maps, including a public notice and comment period;
(5) administer and set criteria for the broadband parity adjustment program under AS 44.33.915;
(6) streamline permitting to support broadband deployment;
(7) encourage local workforce development with in-state partners through the University of Alaska, technical, vocational, or trade schools, and apprenticeship programs; and
(8) review and consider the recommendations of the Statewide Broadband Advisory Board established under AS 44.33.920.
(d) The office of broadband shall adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) to carry out its duties.
(e) In this section, “anchor institution” means a school, library, health care facility, health care provider, public safety entity, institution of higher education, public housing organization, community support organization, or other entity that facilitates greater use of broadband service by low-income individuals, unemployed individuals, or elderly individuals.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 16. Broadband. › Sec. 44.33.915. Broadband parity adjustment fund. [See delayed repeal note]

(a) The broadband parity adjustment fund is created as a separate fund in the treasury for the purpose of
(1) offsetting the costs of broadband services for consumers under (b) of this section; and
(2) making grants to eligible beneficiaries under (c) of this section to improve the performance of and access to broadband across the state.
(b) The office of broadband shall set the criteria for offsetting the costs of broadband services for consumers in the state by regulation.
(c) An eligible beneficiary may include a resident, business, nonprofit organization, local government, tribal organization as defined in 25 U.S.C. 5304(l), or Native entity as defined in 15 U.S.C. 9501(10) in the state, but may not include a school district, library, or health care facility.
(d) The broadband parity adjustment fund shall be administered by the office of broadband. The fund consists of
(1) money appropriated by the legislature;
(2) gifts, bequests, contributions from other sources, and federal money; and
(3) interest earned on the fund balance.
(e) The legislature may appropriate money from the broadband parity adjustment fund to the office of broadband to carry out the purposes of the fund.
(f) The broadband parity adjustment fund is not a dedicated fund.
(g) In this section,
(1) “health care facility” has the meaning given in AS 18.23.400(n).
(2) “school district” has the meaning given in AS 14.30.350.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 16. Broadband. › Sec. 44.33.920. Statewide Broadband Advisory Board. [See delayed repeal note]

(a) The Statewide Broadband Advisory Board is established.
(b) The purpose of the advisory board is to provide technology-neutral input, recommendations, and advice regarding
(1) state broadband policy, goals, and objectives;
(2) project proposal processes and criteria for project selection;
(3) mapping and data collection and sharing efforts; and
(4) progress made on the recommendations of the Governor's Task Force on Broadband established under Administrative Order No. 322.
(c) The advisory board is composed of
(1) the commissioner of education and early development or the commissioner's designee;
(2) the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development or the commissioner's designee;
(3) two members from the legislature, serving as ex officio nonvoting members, one of whom shall be appointed by the president of the senate and one by the speaker of the house of representatives; and
(4) 11 additional members, at least two of whom live in an unserved or underserved area, appointed by the governor to three-year terms
(A) representing a local government;
(B) representing an Alaska Native corporation;
(C) representing a tribal government;
(D) representing a school district;
(E) representing the University of Alaska;
(F) representing the health care community;
(G) representing the business community;
(H) representing the broadband industry;
(I) a broadband consumer;
(J) representing rural energy systems; and
(K) a technology neutral consultant.
(d) The advisory board shall establish a broadband technical working group to provide technical recommendations to the advisory board. The advisory board shall appoint individuals to the broadband technical working group who collectively have expertise in the different technologies that provide broadband service in the state and who manage and deliver projects in the state. The broadband technical working group is composed of eight members appointed by the advisory board to three-year terms as follows:
(1) one member who is a mechanical engineer;
(2) one member who is a civil engineer;
(3) one member who is an aerospace engineer;
(4) one member who has expertise in telecommunications;
(5) one member who has expertise in fiber optics;
(6) one member who has expertise in satellite technology;
(7) one member who has expertise in microwave technology; and
(8) the advisory board broadband industry representative.
(e) Members of the advisory board shall elect a chair from among the members listed in or appointed under (c)(1), (2), or (4) of this section.
(f) Members of the advisory board and the broadband technical working group are not entitled to compensation, per diem, or reimbursement of travel expenses.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 16. Broadband. › Sec. 44.33.930. Definitions. [See delayed repeal note]

In AS 44.33.910 - 44.33.930,
(1) “underserved area” means an area that does not have broadband speeds of at least 100 Megabits per second downstream and at least 20 Megabits per second upstream with a latency sufficient to support real-time interactive applications;
(2) “unserved area” means an area that does not have broadband speeds of at least 25 Megabits per second downstream and at least 3 Megabits per second upstream with a latency sufficient to support real-time interactive applications.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 17. Alaska Microloan Revolving Loan Fund. › Sec. 44.33.950. Alaska microloan revolving loan fund.

(a) The Alaska microloan revolving loan fund is created in the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development to carry out the purposes of AS 44.33.950 - 44.33.990.
(b) The Alaska microloan revolving loan fund consists of the following:
(1) money appropriated to, transferred to, or received by gift, grant, devise, bequest, or donation to the fund;
(2) principal and interest payments or other income earned on loans or investments of the fund;
(3) money chargeable to principal or interest that is collected through liquidation by foreclosure or other process on loans made under AS 44.33.950 - 44.33.990.
(c) Money in the fund may be used by the legislature to make appropriations for costs of administering AS 44.33.950 - 44.33.990.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 17. Alaska Microloan Revolving Loan Fund. › Sec. 44.33.955. Powers and duties of the department.

The department may
(1) make loans to eligible applicants under AS 44.33.950 - 44.33.990 to be used for working capital, equipment, construction, or other commercial purposes by a business located in the state;
(2) receive, take, hold, and administer any appropriation, transfer, gift, grant, bequest, devise, or donation of money for the fund;
(3) establish amortization plans for repayment of loans, including extensions of the terms of loans;
(4) allow an assumption of a loan if
(A) the applicant meets the requirements established under this section; and
(B) approval of the assumption would be consistent with the purposes of AS 44.33.950 - 44.33.990;
(5) establish the rate of interest for loans consistent with law;
(6) charge and collect fees for services provided under AS 44.33.950 - 44.33.990;
(7) adopt regulations under AS 44.62 necessary to carry out the provisions of AS 44.33.950 - 44.33.990, including regulations to establish reasonable fees for services provided; and
(8) designate agents and delegate powers as necessary to the agents.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 17. Alaska Microloan Revolving Loan Fund. › Sec. 44.33.960. Eligibility.

(a) For an applicant to be eligible for a loan under AS 44.33.950 - 44.33.990, the applicant shall
(1) be a resident of the state, as determined under (b) of this section;
(2) provide a reasonable amount of money from other nonstate sources for use on any project or enterprise for which money from a loan will be used; and
(3) if the requested loan amount is more than $35,000, provide to the department a document from a state financial institution stating that
(A) the applicant has been denied a loan for the same purpose; or
(B) a loan from the financial institution is contingent on the applicant also receiving a loan from the fund.
(b) To meet the residency requirements of (a) of this section, the applicant
(1) shall physically reside in this state and maintain a domicile in this state during the 12 consecutive months preceding the date of application for the program; and
(2) may not have
(A) declared or established residency in another state; or
(B) received residency or a benefit based on residency from another state.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 17. Alaska Microloan Revolving Loan Fund. › Sec. 44.33.965. Limitations on loans.

(a) The department may use money from the Alaska microloan revolving loan fund to make loans of up to $35,000 to a person or loans of up to $70,000 to two or more persons.
(b) A loan under AS 44.33.950 - 44.33.990
(1) may not exceed a term of 12 years, except for extensions under AS 44.33.955;
(2) may not bear interest at a rate greater than the prime rate, as defined in AS 44.88.599, plus two percentage points, but that may not be less than four percent a year or more than eight percent a year;
(3) must be secured by collateral acceptable to the commissioner; and
(4) may not be made to a person who has a past due child support obligation established by court order or by the child support services agency under AS 25.27.160 - 25.27.220 at the time of application.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 17. Alaska Microloan Revolving Loan Fund. › Sec. 44.33.970. Special account established.

(a) The foreclosure expense account is established as a special account in the Alaska microloan revolving loan fund.
(b) The department may expend money credited to the foreclosure expense account when necessary to protect the state's security interest in collateral on loans granted under AS 44.33.960 or to defray expenses incurred during foreclosure proceedings after an obligor defaults.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 17. Alaska Microloan Revolving Loan Fund. › Sec. 44.33.975. Default.

If the borrower defaults on a note, the department shall notify the borrower of the default and the consequences of default by mailing a notice to the borrower's most recent address provided to the department by the borrower or obtained by the department.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 17. Alaska Microloan Revolving Loan Fund. › Sec. 44.33.980. Disposal of property acquired after default.

The department shall dispose of property acquired through default of a loan made under AS 44.33.950 - 44.33.990. Disposal must be made in a manner that serves the best interest of the state and may include the amortization of payments over a period of years.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 17. Alaska Microloan Revolving Loan Fund. › Sec. 44.33.990. Definitions.

In AS 44.33.950 - 44.33.990,
(1) “commissioner” means the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development;
(2) “department” means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 35. Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs › Article 1. Department Functions; Memorials and Cemeteries. › Sec. 44.35.020. Duties and powers of department.

(a) The Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs shall
(1) conduct the military affairs of the state as prescribed by AS 26.05;
(2) cooperate with the federal government in matters of mutual concern pertaining to the welfare of Alaska veterans, including establishing, extending, or strengthening services for veterans in the state;
(3) annually, not later than February 1, make available a report to the legislature, through the governor, outlining the department's activities during the previous calendar year; the department shall notify the legislature that the report is available; and
(4) cooperate with the Department of Public Safety to develop and implement missing vulnerable adult prompt response and notification plans under AS 44.41.060.
(b) The Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs may administer training and pre-employment training programs.
(c) The Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs may establish and operate the Alaska Military Youth Academy as part of the National Guard Youth Challenge Program established under 32 U.S.C. 509 to assist in intervening in and reclaiming the lives of at-risk youth in the state and to produce graduates of the program with the values, skills, education, and self-discipline necessary to succeed as adults.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 35. Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs › Article 1. Department Functions; Memorials and Cemeteries. › Sec. 44.35.030. Construction of memorials to Alaska veterans.

The Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs may construct memorials to Alaska veterans. A memorial constructed under this section is not subject to AS 35.15 or AS 35.27.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 35. Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs › Article 1. Department Functions; Memorials and Cemeteries. › Sec. 44.35.035. Alaska veterans' cemeteries.

(a) The department may, subject to the requirements of 38 U.S.C. 2408, establish and maintain Alaska veterans' cemeteries in the state to serve state veterans and spouses and eligible dependents of state veterans.
(b) The department may accept gifts, donations, and grants, including land, under AS 26.10.030 for the purpose of establishing and maintaining Alaska veterans' cemeteries. Land received by the department for an Alaska veterans' cemetery shall be owned by the state.
(c) The department shall, in consultation with the Alaska Veterans' Advisory Council,
(1) receive the plot or interment allowance on behalf of the state under 38 U.S.C. 2303;
(2) comply with all requirements for a state veterans' cemetery grant established by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs under 38 U.S.C. 2408; and
(3) apply to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs for state veterans' cemetery grants under 38 U.S.C. 2408.
(d) The department may
(1) adopt regulations necessary to administer Alaska veterans' cemeteries;
(2) enter into agreements with political subdivisions of the state and other persons for the maintenance and operation of Alaska veterans' cemeteries; and
(3) solicit gifts, donations, and grants in addition to a state veterans' cemetery grant in (c) of this section that may be designated for the establishment and maintenance of an Alaska veterans' cemetery and received by the department under AS 26.10.030.
(e) In this section, “department” means the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 35. Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs › Article 1. Department Functions; Memorials and Cemeteries. › Sec. 44.35.040. Fees for certain training.

The Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs may adopt regulations establishing reasonable fees for training provided by the department to persons relating to the transportation, storage, or other management of hazardous substances, and establishing procedures for the collection of the fees.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 35. Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs › Article 2. Alaska Veterans Advisory Council. › Sec. 44.35.120. Duties.

(a) The council shall annually make recommendations to the governor and the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs concerning the needs of and benefits for the state's veterans, for developing public and private partnerships to meet those needs, for providing information regarding veterans' benefits and services, for improving recognition of state veterans, and on other matters concerning state veterans, their dependents, and their survivors.
(b) The council shall hold meetings and establish committees and internal procedures as necessary and appropriate to carry out its duties. Meetings shall be held quarterly or less frequently as the council determines is appropriate. To the extent possible, the council shall use teleconferencing or other electronic means to minimize the costs of meeting and to maximize public participation.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 35. Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs › Article 2. Alaska Veterans Advisory Council. › Sec. 44.35.130. Composition.

(a) The council consists of 13 members who are appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the governor. The council shall include one or more persons from a veterans organization, one or more persons from a state agency that manages programs affecting veterans, and one or more persons from the general public who are familiar with veterans' issues.
(b) Members of the council who are not state officers or employees are appointed for staggered three-year terms and serve until a successor is appointed. A member appointed to fill a vacancy on the council serves for the remainder of the unexpired term of the member whose vacancy is being filled.
(c) The council shall elect a chair from among its members who are not state officers or employees.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 37. Department of Natural Resources › Article 1. Department Functions. › Sec. 44.37.011. Additional procedures for administrative appeals and petitions for reconsideration to the commissioner of natural resources.

(a) This section applies to administrative appeals or petitions for reconsideration of a decision in an administrative appeal to the commissioner of natural resources, except for those administrative appeals or petitions done under AS 38.35 or AS 43.82. If a conflict occurs between this section and other state law existing at the time of enactment of this section, the provisions of this section control.
(b) If a person is aggrieved by a decision of the Department of Natural Resources not made by the commissioner and is otherwise eligible to seek the commissioner's review of the decision, the person may appeal to the commissioner. The person may not file a petition for reconsideration of the commissioner's decision on the appeal. The commissioner's decision on the administrative appeal is a final administrative order for purposes of filing an appeal of the administrative decision to the court.
(c) If a person is aggrieved by a decision of the department made by the commissioner and is otherwise eligible to seek the commissioner's review of the decision, the person may not appeal that decision to the commissioner; however, the person may petition the commissioner for reconsideration of the commissioner's decision. The commissioner's decision made upon reconsideration or the commissioner's failure to act on the petition for reconsideration is a final administrative order for purposes of filing an appeal of the administrative decision to the court.
(d) If a person has a right to petition for reconsideration under AS 44.62.540 or this section, the person has a total of 20 days, including the time available under AS 44.62.540, in which to file a petition for reconsideration with the commissioner.
(e) The department may adopt regulations to implement and interpret this section.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 37. Department of Natural Resources › Article 1. Department Functions. › Sec. 44.37.020. Duties of department with respect to natural resources.

(a) The Department of Natural Resources shall administer the state program for the conservation and development of natural resources, including forests, parks, and recreational areas, land, water, agriculture, soil conservation, and minerals including petroleum and natural gas, but excluding commercial fisheries, sport fish, game, and fur-bearing animals in their natural state.
(b) The Department of Natural Resources shall administer and maintain a recording system established under the laws of this state.
(c) The Department of Natural Resources in coordination with the Department of Environmental Conservation may take actions necessary to administer and enforce any dredge and fill permitting program allowed under 33 U.S.C. 1344 (sec. 404, Clean Water Act), including the adoption of regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act).
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 37. Department of Natural Resources › Article 1. Department Functions. › Sec. 44.37.025. Recording.

(a) The Department of Natural Resources shall adopt regulations establishing, modifying, or discontinuing recording districts or precincts and prescribing the records to be maintained and the instruments to be recorded, consistent with AS 40.17. A regulation may not impose a restriction on document recording unless the restriction is required by statute or furthers a legitimate administrative need of the recorder; a “legitimate administrative need” includes ensuring the legibility of the documents and identifying the parties, the capacity of each party, and the affected property.
(b) The department shall prescribe by regulation and account for recording fees and do all other things necessary to maintain the recording systems established under the laws of this state. For a document that is to be recorded for multiple purposes, the department may collect the applicable recording fee for each of the multiple purposes.
(c) The department, with the concurrence of the administrative director of the Alaska Court System, may appoint judicial employees to perform services in connection with recording, providing access to, and copying documents in locations where the department has not otherwise designated a public office to perform those functions.
(d) [Repealed, § 14 ch 119 SLA 1996.]
(e) In addition to the recording system established under AS 40.17, the commissioner of natural resources may by regulation establish a system for recording and filing documents to enable members of the public to safeguard documents. Recording or filing a document in the system established under this subsection does not provide constructive notice for any purpose.
(f) Under AS 37.05.146(c), fees for services of the Department of Natural Resources for recording and related services under this section shall be accounted for separately, and appropriations from the account are not made from the unrestricted general fund.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 37. Department of Natural Resources › Article 1. Department Functions. › Sec. 44.37.027. Uniform commercial code filing.

(a) The Department of Natural Resources shall maintain a central filing office for the filing of documents relating to secured transactions under AS 45.29.
(b) The Department of Natural Resources may adopt regulations prescribing the records to be maintained and the documents to be filed, consistent with AS 45.29, and regulations authorizing the forms to be used under AS 45.29.516(b)(8).
(c) The Department of Natural Resources shall prescribe in regulation, and account for, filing fees and shall do all other things necessary to maintain the central filing office. For a document that is to be filed for multiple purposes, the department may collect the applicable filing fee for each of the multiple purposes.
(d) To keep the filing office regulations and practices of the filing office in harmony with the regulations and practices of filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact laws that are substantially similar to AS 45.29.501 - 45.29.525, and to keep the technology used by the filing office compatible with the technology used by filing offices in those other jurisdictions, the Department of Natural Resources, so far as is consistent with the purposes, policies, and provisions of AS 44.37.010 - 44.37.050, in adopting, amending, and repealing filing office regulations, shall
(1) consult with filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact laws that are substantially similar to AS 45.29.501 - 45.29.525; and
(2) consult the most recent version of the model rules promulgated by the International Association of Corporate Administrators or any successor organization; and
(3) take into consideration the regulations and practices of, and the technology used by, filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact laws that are substantially similar to AS 45.29.501 - 45.29.525.
(e) The Department of Natural Resources shall report annually on or before January 15 to the governor on the operation of the filing office described in AS 45.29.501(a)(2). The report must contain a statement of the extent to which the filing office regulations are not in harmony with
(1) the regulations of filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact laws that are substantially similar to AS 45.29.501 - 45.29.525 and the reasons for these variations; and
(2) the most recent version of the model rules promulgated by the International Association of Corporate Administrators, or any successor organization, and the reasons for these variations.
(f) Under AS 37.05.146(c), fees for services of the Department of Natural Resources related to uniform commercial code filing under this section shall be accounted for separately, and appropriations from the account are not made from the unrestricted general fund.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 37. Department of Natural Resources › Article 1. Department Functions. › Sec. 44.37.030. Duties of department with respect to agriculture.

(a) The Department of Natural Resources shall
(1) obtain and publish information electronically and in print on subjects connected with agriculture, including community seed libraries established under AS 03.20.120;
(2) control and regulate the entry and transportation of seeds, plants, and other horticultural products;
(3) control and eradicate the spread of pests injurious to plants, trees, vegetables, livestock, and poultry;
(4) aid in developing used and unused agricultural resources; and
(5) experiment and determine practical methods of growing, processing, soil analysis, eradication of obnoxious weeds, control of insects, and cheaper and more satisfactory methods of land clearing.
(b) The Department of Natural Resources may
(1) advise persons who establish or operate a community seed library under AS 03.20.120; and
(2) post on the department's Internet website and annually update the following:
(A) information about noncommercial giving or exchanging of seed, including information about community seed libraries established under AS 03.20.120, community seed library locations, community seed library facilitators, and best practices for noncommercial giving or exchanging of seed;
(B) an online registration form for a person involved in noncommercial giving or exchanging of seed to submit to the department for publication, without a fee, information under AS 03.20.140;
(C) information provided for publication under (B) of this paragraph.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 37. Department of Natural Resources › Article 1. Department Functions. › Sec. 44.37.040. Duties of department with respect to historic preservation and archeology.

The Department of Natural Resources shall
(1) sponsor, engage in, and direct fundamental research into the archeology of the state and encourage and coordinate archeological research and investigation undertaken in the state;
(2) cooperate with the Alaska Historical Commission in performing their functions under AS 41.35;
(3) ensure that historic, prehistoric, and archeological resources are properly reported by persons or agencies engaged in public construction work, and protect sites and objects of significance discovered at state sites or discovered during the course of public construction, and encourage the protection of sites and objects discovered during the course of any other construction work;
(4) investigate reported historic, prehistoric, or archeological resources and appraise them for any future excavation, preservation, and interpretation;
(5) serve as a central clearinghouse for information on all historic, prehistoric, and archeological resource excavation in the state.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 37. Department of Natural Resources › Article 1. Department Functions. › Sec. 44.37.050. Duties of department with respect to management of mental health trust land.

(a) To carry out its duties under AS 38.05.801, the Department of Natural Resources shall establish a separate unit with responsibility for management of the mental health trust land.
(b) The employees of the unit established under this section are in the exempt service under AS 39.25.110.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 37. Department of Natural Resources › Article 2. Alaska Seismic Hazards Safety Commission. › Sec. 44.37.065. Commission established; membership.

(a) The Alaska Seismic Hazards Safety Commission is established in the Department of Natural Resources. The Department of Natural Resources shall provide staff support to the commission.
(b) The commission is composed of 11 members appointed by the governor for terms of three years. A vacancy is filled for the unexpired term.
(c) The governor shall appoint to the commission
(1) a representative from the University of Alaska;
(2) three representatives, each from a local government in a separate seismically active region of the state;
(3) a representative from the Department of Natural Resources;
(4) a representative from the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs;
(5) a representative from an appropriate federal agency;
(6) a representative of the insurance industry; and
(7) three members from members of the public who are expert in the fields of geology, seismology, hydrology, geotechnical engineering, structural engineering, emergency services, or planning.
(d) The commission shall elect annually from its members a chair and vice-chair. A majority of the commission may vote to replace an officer of the commission.
(e) Six members constitute a quorum.
(f) Members of the Alaska Seismic Hazards Safety Commission serve without compensation but are entitled to per diem and travel expenses authorized for boards and commissions under AS 39.20.180.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 37. Department of Natural Resources › Article 2. Alaska Seismic Hazards Safety Commission. › Sec. 44.37.067. Powers and duties.

(a) The commission shall
(1) recommend goals and priorities for seismic hazard mitigation to the public and private sectors;
(2) recommend policies to the governor and the legislature, including needed research, mapping, and monitoring programs;
(3) offer advice on coordinating disaster preparedness and seismic hazard mitigation activities of government at all levels, review the practices for recovery and reconstruction after a major earthquake, and recommend improvements to mitigate losses from similar future events;
(4) gather, analyze, and disseminate information of general interest on seismic hazard mitigation;
(5) establish and maintain necessary working relationships with other public and private agencies;
(6) review predictions and warnings issued by the federal government, research institutions, and other organizations and persons and suggest appropriate responses at the state and local levels; and
(7) review proposed seismic hazard notifications and supporting information from state agencies, evaluate possible socioeconomic consequences, recommend that the governor issue formal seismic hazard notifications when appropriate, and advise state and local agencies of appropriate responses.
(b) The commission may
(1) advise the governor and the legislature on disaster preparedness and seismic hazard mitigation and on budgets for those activities and may recommend legislation or policies to improve disaster preparedness or seismic hazard mitigation;
(2) conduct public hearings;
(3) appoint committees from its membership and appoint external advisory committees of ex-officio members; and
(4) accept grants, contributions, and appropriations from public agencies, private foundations, and individuals.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 37. Department of Natural Resources › Article 2. Alaska Seismic Hazards Safety Commission. › Sec. 44.37.069. Definitions.

In AS 44.37.065 - 44.37.069,
(1) “commission” means the Alaska Seismic Hazards Safety Commission;
(2) “disaster preparedness” means establishing plans and programs for responding to and distributing funds to alleviate losses from a disaster as defined in AS 26.23.900;
(3) “seismic hazard” means an earthquake-induced geologic condition that is a potential danger to life and property; in this paragraph, “geologic condition” includes strong ground shaking, landslide, avalanche, liquefaction, tsunami inundation, fault displacement, and subsidence;
(4) “seismic hazard mitigation” or “mitigation” mean activities that prevent or alleviate the harmful effects of seismic hazards to persons and property, including identification and evaluation of the seismic hazards, assessment of the risks, and implementation of measures to reduce potential losses before a damaging event occurs;
(5) “tsunami” means a large ocean wave produced by an earthquake, landslide, or volcanic eruption.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 39. Department of Fish and Game › Sec. 44.39.020. Duties of department.

The Department of Fish and Game shall administer the state program for the conservation and development of the state's commercial fisheries, sport fish, birds, game, and fur-bearing animals. The Department of Fish and Game shall issue fish and game licenses, collect fish and game license revenue, and do all other acts incidental to the performance of these functions.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 39. Department of Fish and Game › Sec. 44.39.030. Appointment of commissioner.

The governor shall appoint the commissioner of fish and game from a list of qualified persons nominated by the Board of Fisheries and the Board of Game meeting in joint session, subject to the right of the governor to request additional nominations. The appointment shall be confirmed by a majority of the members of the legislature in joint session. The commissioner of fish and game serves at the pleasure of the governor and may not be appointed for a fixed term.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 39. Department of Fish and Game › Sec. 44.39.050. Removal of commissioner.

The Board of Fisheries or the Board of Game may submit a resolution to the governor requesting the removal of the commissioner. The resolution shall set out the grounds for the request and the governor shall give the commissioner and both boards an opportunity to be heard. The final decision to remove or retain the commissioner shall be made by the governor. The governor may also remove the commissioner without being requested to do so by a board.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 41. Department of Public Safety › Sec. 44.41.020. Powers and duties of department.

(a) The Department of Public Safety shall administer functions relative to the protection of life and property, including functions relating to transfer of a firearm. The department may enter into agreements with nonprofit organizations and federal and local government agencies to train personnel of those agencies in the protection of life and property. The department may charge a reasonable fee for services provided under a training agreement or for services relating to transfer of a firearm.
(b) The department may enter into agreements with federal and local government agencies to provide a statewide criminal justice information system. Reasonable fees may be charged by the department to cover the costs of providing services under these agreements, including maintenance of terminal hardware and network connect charges.
(c) The department shall establish, and may require state and local law enforcement agencies to use, standardized methods of collecting and recording law enforcement and crime statistics.
(d) The Department of Public Safety may operate state housing in support of the department's statutory responsibilities and charge rent consistent with applicable collective bargaining agreements, or, if no collective bargaining agreement is applicable, competitive with market conditions.
(e) [Repealed, § 8 ch 55 SLA 2012]
(f) The Department of Public Safety shall establish by regulation standardized forms for citations issued by law enforcement officers and other persons authorized by law to issue citations in the state.
(g) The Department of Public Safety shall manage and administer the peace officer and firefighter survivors fund established in AS 39.60.010 in cooperation with the Department of Administration. The Department of Public Safety shall establish standardized procedures and forms for use in administering the peace officer and firefighter survivors fund.
(h) The Department of Public Safety shall provide administrative services to the Violent Crimes Compensation Board.
(i) The Department of Public Safety shall publish on the department's Internet website the department's current policies and procedures related to the conduct of peace officers employed by the deprtment and village public safety officers.
(j) The Department of Public Safety is not required to publish policies and procedures under (i) of this section if publishing the policies and procedures
(1) would disclose confidential techniques and procedures for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions;
(2) would disclose guidelines for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions and the disclosure could reasonably be expected to risk circumvention of the law; or
(3) could reasonably be expected to endanger the life or physical safety of an individual.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 41. Department of Public Safety › Sec. 44.41.025. Fingerprints.

(a) The Department of Public Safety may maintain an automated fingerprint system.
(b) The commissioner of public safety may establish by regulation and the Department of Public Safety may charge a reasonable fee to be paid by a person requesting information from the Alaska automated fingerprint system and by a person submitting fingerprints under (d) of this section.
(c) The department may enter into the Alaska automated fingerprint identification system the fingerprints of a minor whose fingerprints are taken under AS 47.12.210.
(d) Each of the following may submit a complete set of fingerprints of the person designated for inclusion in the Alaska automated fingerprint system:
(1) a person may submit the person's own fingerprints;
(2) the parent or guardian of a minor who is two years of age or older may submit the minor's fingerprints; and
(3) the guardian or conservator of a person under AS 13.26 may submit the fingerprints of the person protected by the guardian or conservator.
(e) The commissioner may maintain the fingerprint sets of minors who are under 14 years of age submitted under (d)(2) of this section in a file separate from the general file for all other fingerprints maintained under (a) of this section.
(f) Upon request by a person who is 18 years of age or older, the commissioner shall remove from the records of the Alaska automated fingerprint system the complete set of the person's fingerprints submitted by the parent or guardian of the person under (d)(2) of this section. The regulations must establish a procedure for the submission of a request under this subsection and for notification that the fingerprint set has been removed from the records in response to the request.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 41. Department of Public Safety › Sec. 44.41.045. Reports and records concerning involuntary commitment and adjudication of mental illness or mental incompetence.

(a) Upon receiving information under AS 47.30.907, the Department of Public Safety shall transmit the information to the United States Department of Justice for inclusion in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System established under P.L. 103-159, 107 Stat. 1536 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act).
(b) In transmitting information to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System under (a) of this section, the Department of Public Safety may not disclose diagnostic or treatment information regarding the person.
(c) The Department of Public Safety may not use or permit the use of the information obtained or retained under this section for a purpose not specified in this section, except that the department may use the information to determine whether a person is qualified to receive and hold a permit to carry a concealed handgun under AS 18.65.705.
(d) Information obtained or retained under this section is confidential and is not a public record.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 41. Department of Public Safety › Sec. 44.41.050. Uniform homicide reporting.

(a) A law enforcement agency shall report each homicide or suspected homicide committed within the jurisdiction of the agency to the Department of Public Safety within 25 days of the homicide's discovery. The report shall be on a form approved by the commissioner of public safety and must contain information as determined by the commissioner to be necessary to aid law enforcement personnel in comparing homicides and suspected homicides and discovering those that exhibit similar characteristics. If the Department of Public Safety determines that a homicide or suspected homicide meets the Violent Criminals Apprehension Program criteria, the department shall notify the law enforcement agency that submitted the report, and the agency shall complete and forward to the department within 30 days a Federal Bureau of Investigation Violent Criminals Apprehension Program form.
(b) The Department of Public Safety shall enter the information submitted under (a) of this section into a file and shall compare the information to information on other homicides or suspected homicides for the purpose of discovering similarities in criminal methods and suspect descriptions. If the Department of Public Safety finds homicides exhibiting similar criminal methods or suspect descriptions, the department shall notify the concerned law enforcement agencies of the discoveries.
(c) If a law enforcement agency terminates active investigation of a homicide or suspected homicide due to the arrest of a suspect, death of the primary suspect, or other reason, the agency shall notify the Department of Public Safety of the termination and the reason for the termination within 30 days following the termination.
(d) The Department of Public Safety shall participate in the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Violent Criminals Apprehension Program. The Department of Public Safety shall transmit each Violent Criminals Apprehension Program report received under (a) of this section concerning homicides or suspected homicides, discoveries under (b) of this section of homicides exhibiting similar criminal methods or suspect descriptions, and notices of and reasons for termination of investigations of homicides received under (c) of this section to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Violent Criminals Apprehension Program manager, at least on a quarterly basis.