reglab/statecodes huggingface dataset:
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 27 - Insurance. › Chapter 9A - Independent Adjusters. › Section 27-9A-13 - Continuing Education.

Section 27-9A-13
Continuing education.
(a) An individual who holds an independent adjuster license and who is not exempt under subsection (b) shall satisfactorily complete a minimum of 24 hours of continuing education courses as may be approved by the commissioner, of which three hours must be in ethics, reported to the commissioner on a biennial basis in conjunction with the license renewal cycle.
(b) This section shall not apply to:
(1) Licensees not licensed for one full year prior to the end of the applicable continuing education biennium.
(2) Licensees holding nonresident independent adjuster licenses who have met the continuing education requirements of their designated home state and whose home state gives credit to residents of this state on the same basis.
(3) Licensees holding a certification from a person or entity approved by the commissioner that provides adjuster education and training and that requires, as a condition to maintenance of such certification, continuing education coursework substantially equivalent to that of this state.
(c) Only continuing education courses and providers approved by the commissioner shall be used to satisfy the continuing education requirements of this section. Continuing education providers and courses shall be subject to the same requirements and fees set forth in Chapter 8A of this title.
(d) The commissioner shall prescribe the number of hours of continuing education credit for each continuing education course approved. Continuing education courses submitted in accordance with a reciprocal agreement the commissioner enters with other states shall be approved according to the provisions of the reciprocal agreement.
(e) If a continuing education course requires successful completion of a written examination, no continuing education credit shall be given to licensees who do not successfully complete the written examination.
(f) An individual teaching any approved continuing education course shall qualify for the same number of hours of continuing education credit as would be granted to a licensee taking and satisfactorily completing the course.
(Act 2011-637, p. 1544, §1; Act 2017-431, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 27 - Insurance. › Chapter 9A - Independent Adjusters. › Section 27-9A-14 - Record Retention.

Section 27-9A-14
Record retention.
An independent adjuster shall maintain a copy of each contract between the independent adjuster and the insurer and comply with the record retention policy as agreed to in that contract. Records retained by an independent adjuster shall be made available for review or inspection if requested by the commissioner or authorized representatives of the commissioner.
(Act 2011-637, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 27 - Insurance. › Chapter 9A - Independent Adjusters. › Section 27-9A-15 - Standards of Conduct of Independent Adjusters.

Section 27-9A-15
Standards of conduct of independent adjusters.
In the conduct of business in this state, each independent adjuster, apprentice adjuster, and emergency independent adjuster shall:
(1) Be honest and fair in all communications with the insured, the insurer, and the public.
(2) Give policyholders and claimants prompt, knowledgeable service, and courteous, fair, and objective treatment at all times.
(3) Not give legal advice or engage in activities which are the unauthorized practice of law, and not deal directly with any policyholder or claimant who is represented by legal counsel without the consent of the legal counsel involved.
(4) Comply with all local, state, and federal privacy and information security laws, if applicable.
(5) Identify himself or herself as an independent adjuster and, if applicable, identify his or her employer when dealing with any policyholder or claimant.
(6) Not have any financial interest in any adjustment or acquire any interest or title in salvage without first receiving written authority from the principal.
(7) Comply with Chapter 12 of this title and any regulations implementing that chapter.
(Act 2011-637, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 27 - Insurance. › Chapter 9A - Independent Adjusters. › Section 27-9A-16 - Reporting of Actions.

Section 27-9A-16
Reporting of actions.
(a) An independent adjuster shall report to the commissioner any administrative action taken against the independent adjuster by a governmental agency in another jurisdiction or by another governmental agency in this state within 30 days of the final disposition of the matter. This report shall include a copy of the order, consent order, and any other relevant legal documents.
(b) Within 30 days of the initial pretrial hearing date, an independent adjuster shall report to the commissioner any criminal action taken against the independent adjuster in this or any jurisdiction. The report shall include a copy of the initial complaint filed, the order resulting from the hearing, and any other relevant legal documents.
(Act 2011-637, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 27 - Insurance. › Chapter 9A - Independent Adjusters. › Section 27-9A-17 - Fingerprints.

Section 27-9A-17
Fingerprints.
(a) In order to make a determination of license eligibility, the commissioner may require fingerprints of applicants and to submit the fingerprints and the fee required to perform the criminal history record checks to the Alabama Department of Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for state and national criminal history record checks.
(b) The commissioner may require a criminal history record check on each applicant in accordance with this section. The commissioner shall require each applicant to submit a full set of fingerprints, including a scanned file from a hard copy fingerprint, in order for the commissioner to obtain and receive national criminal history records from the Criminal Justice Information Services Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In the case of business entity applicants, the commissioner shall require the submission of fingerprints of all of the following:
(1) All executive officers and directors of the applicant.
(2) Any individual owning, directly or indirectly, 51 percent or more of the outstanding voting securities of the applicant.
(3) All executive officers and directors of entities owning 51 percent or more of the outstanding voting securities of the applicant.
(c) The commissioner may contract for the collection, transmission, and resubmission of fingerprints required under this section. If the commissioner does so, the fee for collecting, transmitting, and retaining fingerprints shall be payable directly to the contractor by the person. The commissioner may agree to a reasonable fingerprinting fee to be charged by the contractor.
(d) The commissioner may receive criminal history record information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation in lieu of the information being submitted to the Alabama Department of Public Safety.
(e) The commissioner shall treat and maintain an applicant's fingerprints and any criminal history record information obtained under this section as confidential and shall apply security measures consistent with the Criminal Justice Information Services Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation standards for the electronic storage of fingerprints and necessary identifying information and limit the use of records solely to the purposes authorized in this section. The fingerprints and any criminal history record information shall not be subject to subpoena, other than one issued in a criminal action or investigation, and shall be confidential.
(f) The commissioner, by regulation, may provide for the delayed enforcement of this section for up to 24 months April 8, 2014, to allow for implementation.
(Act 2011-637, p. 1544, §1; Act 2014-296, p. 1072, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 27 - Insurance. › Chapter 9A - Independent Adjusters. › Section 27-9A-18 - Rules.

Section 27-9A-18
Rules.
(a) The commissioner may promulgate reasonable rules as are necessary or proper to carry out the purposes of this chapter in accordance with Chapter 2 of this title.
(b) The commissioner, by regulation, may provide for delayed enforcement dates of up to 24 months following the effective date of this chapter to allow for implementation of the provisions of this chapter relating to apprentice independent adjuster licensing, fingerprinting, the prelicensing course and examination, and continuing education.
(Act 2011-637, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 27 - Insurance. › Chapter 10 - Unauthorized Insurers and Surplus Lines. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 27-10-1 - Representing or Aiding Unauthorized Insurer Not Allowed; Exceptions; Validity of Contracts.

Section 27-10-1
Representing or aiding unauthorized insurer not allowed; exceptions; validity of contracts.
(a) No person shall in this state, directly or indirectly, act as agent for, or otherwise represent or aid on behalf of another, any insurer not then authorized to transact such insurance in this state in the solicitation, negotiation, or effectuation of insurance or annuity contracts, forwarding of applications, delivery of policies or contracts, inspection of risks, fixing of rates, investigation or adjustment of losses, collection of premiums, or in any other manner in the transaction of insurance with respect to subjects of insurance resident, located or to be performed in this state.
(b) This section shall not apply to:
(1) Acceptance of service of process by the commissioner under Section 27-10-52;
(2) Surplus lines insurance or coverage specified in Section 27-10-34 and other transactions as to which a certificate of authority is not required of an insurer;
(3) Adjustment of losses as authorized in Section 27-10-35;
(4) Transactions for which a certificate of authority to do business is not required of an insurer under the laws of this state;
(5) Reinsurance effectuated in accordance with this title; or
(6) The property and operations of the shipbuilding and/or ship repair industry engaged in interstate or foreign commerce and vessels, cargoes, watercraft, piers, wharves, graven docks, dry docks, marine railways and building ways, commonly known as wet marine.
(c) This section shall not be deemed to render invalid, as between the parties thereto, any insurance contract entered into in violation of this section.
(Acts 1963, No. 521, p. 1112, §4; Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §191.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 27 - Insurance. › Chapter 10 - Unauthorized Insurers and Surplus Lines. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 27-10-2 - Liability of Persons Violating Section 27-10-1; Liability of Adjusters.

Section 27-10-2
Liability of persons violating Section 27-10-1; liability of adjusters.
(a) Any person who in this state willfully represents or aids an unauthorized insurer in violation of Section 27-10-1 shall, in addition to any other applicable penalty, be liable for the full amount of any loss sustained by the insured under any such contract and for the amount of any premium taxes which may be payable under Section 27-10-35 by reason of such contract.
(b) Any adjuster who, directly or indirectly, enters into an investigation or adjustment of any loss arising under a contract of insurance or annuity issued by an unauthorized insurer and covering at time of issuance a subject of insurance resident, located or to be performed in this state shall be liable for the full amount of any loss suffered by the insured under such contract. The commissioner may, after hearing, revoke the license of such an adjuster. This subsection does not apply as to surplus lines contracts lawfully written under this chapter, or exempted under Section 27-10-34, or to insurance contracts procured by the insured on his own behalf and on which the tax is paid as required by Section 27-10-35 or to transactions as to which the insurer is not required to have a certificate of authority.
(Acts 1963, No. 521, p. 1112, §5; Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §192.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 27 - Insurance. › Chapter 10 - Unauthorized Insurers and Surplus Lines. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 27-10-3 - Actions by Unauthorized Insurers Not Allowed; Exceptions.

Section 27-10-3
Actions by unauthorized insurers not allowed; exceptions.
(a) No unauthorized insurer shall institute or file, or cause to be instituted or filed, any action or proceeding in this state to enforce any right, claim, or demand arising out of any insurance transaction in this state until such insurer has obtained a certificate of authority to transact such insurance in this state.
(b) This section does not apply as to:
(1) Transactions for which a certificate of authority is not required;
(2) Surplus line coverages written under this chapter; or
(3) Coverages exempted from the surplus line law under Section 27-10-34.
(Acts 1963, No. 521, p. 1112, §6; Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §193.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 27 - Insurance. › Chapter 10 - Unauthorized Insurers and Surplus Lines. › Article 2 - Surplus Line Insurance. › Section 27-10-20 - Procuring of Surplus Lines From Unauthorized Insurers.

Section 27-10-20
Procuring of surplus lines from unauthorized insurers.
If certain insurance coverages cannot be procured on terms acceptable to the insureds from authorized insurers, such coverages, designated "surplus lines," may be procured from unauthorized insurers subject to the terms and conditions of either subdivisions (1) or (2) of this section:
(1)a. The insurance must be procured through a licensed surplus line broker;
b. The full amount of insurance required must not be procurable, after diligent effort has been made to do so, from among the insurers authorized to transact and actually transacting that kind and class of insurance in this state or has been procured to the full extent such insurers are willing to insure;
c. The insurance must not be procured for the purpose of securing advantages as to a lower premium rate than would be accepted by an authorized insurer; and
d. This section, and this surplus line law, does not apply as to life insurance or disability insurance.
(2) The contracts of insurance are issued to an industrial insured, defined as an insured:
a. Which procures the insurance of any risk by use of services of a full-time employee acting as an insurance manager or buyer or the services of a regularly and continuously retained, qualified insurance consultant;
b. Whose aggregate annual premiums for insurance on all risks other than workmen's compensation and group insurance total at least $25,000.00; and
c. Which has at least 25 employees.
(Acts 1963, No. 521, p. 1112, §7; Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §195.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 27 - Insurance. › Chapter 10 - Unauthorized Insurers and Surplus Lines. › Article 2 - Surplus Line Insurance. › Section 27-10-21 - Report of Surplus Line Broker.

Section 27-10-21
Report of surplus line broker.
Within 30 days after the effective date of any such insurance, the surplus line broker shall file a written report with the commissioner setting forth facts from which it can be determined whether under Section 27-10-20 the coverage has been lawfully placed as a surplus line. If so required by the commissioner, the report shall be in the form of the broker's affidavit. If so required by the commissioner, the report shall be accompanied by a written statement signed by the insured to the effect that the coverage was placed in an unauthorized insurer with the insured's knowledge and consent.
(Acts 1963, No. 521, p. 1112, §8; Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §196.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 27 - Insurance. › Chapter 10 - Unauthorized Insurers and Surplus Lines. › Article 2 - Surplus Line Insurance. › Section 27-10-22 - Endorsement of Surplus Line Contract.

Section 27-10-22
Endorsement of surplus line contract.
Every insurance contract procured and delivered as a surplus line coverage pursuant to this article shall be initialed by, or bear the name and license number of, the surplus line broker who procured it and shall have stamped upon it the following:
"This contract is registered and delivered as a surplus line coverage under the Alabama Surplus Line Insurance Law."
(Acts 1963, No. 521, p. 1112, §9; Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §197.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 27 - Insurance. › Chapter 10 - Unauthorized Insurers and Surplus Lines. › Article 2 - Surplus Line Insurance. › Section 27-10-23 - Validity and Enforceability of Surplus Line Contracts.

Section 27-10-23
Validity and enforceability of surplus line contracts.
Insurance contracts procured as "surplus line" coverages from unauthorized insurers in accordance with this article shall be fully valid and enforceable as to all parties and shall be given acceptance and recognition in all matters and respects to the same effect and extent as like contracts issued by authorized insurers.
(Acts 1963, No. 521, p. 1112, §10; Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §198.)
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 1. General Provisions › Chapter 05. Alaska Statutes › Sec. 01.05.006. Adoption of Alaska Statutes; notes, headings, and references not law.

The bulk formal revision of the laws of Alaska which was authorized by AS 24.20.070 and prepared under the direction of the Alaska Legislative Council and published by The Michie Company, legal publishers, of Charlottesville, Virginia, and titled “Alaska Statutes,” as set out in the 47 titles of the Alaska Statutes, but not including the table of contents, indexes, citations to Alaska Compiled Laws Annotated, 1949, and session laws, chapter, article, section, subsection, and paragraph headings, annotations, collateral references, notes, and decisions, is adopted and enacted as the general and permanent law of Alaska.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 1. General Provisions › Chapter 05. Alaska Statutes › Sec. 01.05.011. Designation and citation.

The bulk formal revision of Alaska law adopted and enacted into law by AS 01.05.006 and as amended and supplemented is known as the “Alaska Statutes” and may be cited “AS” followed by the number of the title, chapter, and section, separated by periods. For example, this title may be cited “AS 01”; this chapter may be cited “ AS 01.05”; this section may be cited “ AS 01.05.011.” Except as otherwise indicated by the context, citations in accordance with this section include amendments and reenactments of the provision cited.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 1. General Provisions › Chapter 05. Alaska Statutes › Sec. 01.05.016. Effect of adoption.

(a) The adoption and enactment of the Alaska Statutes do not repeal, affect, or modify
(1) a special, local, or temporary law;
(2) a law making an appropriation;
(3) a law affecting a bond issue or by which a bond issue may have been authorized;
(4) the running of the statutes of limitations in force at the time the Alaska Statutes become effective;
(5) the continued existence and operation of a department, agency, or office legally established or held;
(6) a bond of a public officer;
(7) a tax, fee, assessment, or other charge incurred or imposed;
(8) a statute authorizing, ratifying, confirming, approving, or accepting a compact or contract with another state or with the United States or an agency or instrumentality of them.
(b) All laws, rights, and obligations set out in (a) of this section continue to exist in all respects as if the Alaska Statutes had not been adopted and enacted.
(c) In addition to their general application, the provisions of AS 01.10, as far as applicable, apply to this chapter, which enacts the Alaska Statutes.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 1. General Provisions › Chapter 05. Alaska Statutes › Sec. 01.05.021. Effect of repeal on prior offenses and punishments.

(a) No fine, forfeiture, or penalty incurred under laws existing before the time the Alaska Statutes take effect is affected by repeal of the existing law, but the recovery of the fines and forfeitures and the enforcement of the penalties are effected as if the law repealed had still remained in effect.
(b) In the case of an offense committed before the time the Alaska Statutes take effect, the offender is punished under the law in effect when the offense was committed.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 1. General Provisions › Chapter 05. Alaska Statutes › Sec. 01.05.026. Supplements and pamphlets prima facie evidence of law; temporary and special acts; authentication.

The laws contained in the most recent cumulative supplement to and replacement pamphlets for the Alaska Statutes constitute prima facie a part of the Alaska Statutes, and the laws contained in the Temporary and Special Act pamphlets constitute prima facie the temporary and special law of Alaska, when prepared in accordance with this chapter and authenticated by the lieutenant governor.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 1. General Provisions › Chapter 05. Alaska Statutes › Sec. 01.05.031. Revision of statutes.

(a) Subject to the general policies that may be adopted by the legislative council for the preparation and publication of the annual cumulative supplement to and replacement pamphlets for the Alaska Statutes and of the accompanying Temporary and Special Act pamphlets, the revisor of statutes shall revise for consolidation into the Alaska Statutes and the accompanying pamphlets all laws of a general and permanent nature and all laws of a temporary or special nature enacted by the legislature.
(b) The revisor shall edit and revise the laws for consolidation without changing the meaning of any law in the following manner:
(1) renumber sections, parts of sections, articles, chapters, and titles;
(2) change the wording of section or subsection titles, or delete subsection titles, and change or provide new titles for articles, chapters, and titles;
(3) change capitalization for the purpose of uniformity;
(4) substitute the proper designation for the terms “the preceding section,” “this Act,” and like terms;
(5) substitute the proper calendar date for “effective date of this Act,” “date of passage of this Act,” and other phrases of similar import;
(6) strike out figures if they are merely a repetition of written words or vice versa, or substitute figures for written words or vice versa for the purpose of uniformity;
(7) correct manifest errors that are clerical, typographical, or errors in spelling, or errors by way of additions or omissions;
(8) correct manifest errors in references to laws;
(9) rearrange sections, combine sections or parts of sections with other sections or parts of sections, divide long sections into two or more sections, and rearrange the order of sections to conform to a logical arrangement of subject matter as may most generally be followed in the Alaska Statutes;
(10) change all sections, when possible, to read in the present tense, indicative mood, active voice and if the use of personal pronouns cannot be avoided in a section change the section to read in the third person, and singular number, or any other necessary grammatical change in the manner generally followed in the Alaska Statutes;
(11) delete or change sections or parts of sections if a deletion or change is necessary because of other legislative amendments that did not specifically amend or repeal them;
(12) omit all temporary laws, all titles to acts, all enacting and repealing clauses, all declarations of emergency, and all purpose, validity, and construction clauses unless, from their nature, it may be necessary to retain some of them to preserve the full meaning and intent of the law.
(c) The revisor shall edit and revise the laws as they are enacted by the legislature, without changing the meaning of any law, so as to avoid the use of pronouns denoting masculine or feminine gender.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 1. General Provisions › Chapter 05. Alaska Statutes › Sec. 01.05.036. Improvement of statutes.

The Legislative Affairs Agency, working in cooperation with the revisor, shall make recommendations to the legislative council concerning deficiencies, conflicts, or obsolete provisions in and the need for reorganization or revision of the statutes, and, at the direction of the legislative council, shall prepare for submission to the legislature legislation for the correction or removal of the deficiencies, conflicts, or obsolete provisions, or to otherwise improve the form or substance of any portion of the statute law of this state. Each title of the Alaska Statutes shall be systematically reviewed at least once each two years for deficiencies, conflicts, or obsolete provisions.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 1. General Provisions › Chapter 10. Laws and Statutes › Article 2. General Definitions, Residency, and Rules of Statutory Construction. › Sec. 01.10.020. Applicability of AS 01.10.040 - 01.10.090.

The provisions of AS 01.10.040 - 01.10.090 shall be observed in the construction of the laws of the state unless the construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the legislature.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 1. General Provisions › Chapter 10. Laws and Statutes › Article 2. General Definitions, Residency, and Rules of Statutory Construction. › Sec. 01.10.030. Severability.

Any law heretofore or hereafter enacted by the Alaska legislature which lacks a severability clause shall be construed as though it contained the clause in the following language: “If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this Act and the application to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.”
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 1. General Provisions › Chapter 10. Laws and Statutes › Article 2. General Definitions, Residency, and Rules of Statutory Construction. › Sec. 01.10.040. Words and phrases; meaning of “including”.

(a) Words and phrases shall be construed according to the rules of grammar and according to their common and approved usage. Technical words and phrases and those that have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning, whether by legislative definition or otherwise, shall be construed according to the peculiar and appropriate meaning.
(b) When the words “includes” or “including” are used in a law, they shall be construed as though followed by the phrase “but not limited to.”
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 1. General Provisions › Chapter 10. Laws and Statutes › Article 2. General Definitions, Residency, and Rules of Statutory Construction. › Sec. 01.10.050. Tense, number, and gender.

(a) Words in the present tense include the past and future tenses, and words in the future tense include the present tense.
(b) Words in the singular number include the plural, and words in the plural number include the singular.
(c) Words of any gender may, when the sense so indicates, refer to any other gender.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 1. General Provisions › Chapter 10. Laws and Statutes › Article 2. General Definitions, Residency, and Rules of Statutory Construction. › Sec. 01.10.055. Residency.

(a) A person establishes residency in the state by being physically present in the state with the intent to remain in the state indefinitely and to make a home in the state.
(b) A person demonstrates the intent required under (a) of this section
(1) by maintaining a principal place of abode in the state for at least 30 days or for a longer period if a longer period is required by law or regulation; and
(2) by providing other proof of intent as may be required by law or regulation, which may include proof that the person is not claiming residency outside the state or obtaining benefits under a claim of residency outside the state.
(c) A person who establishes residency in the state remains a resident during an absence from the state unless during the absence the person establishes or claims residency in another state, territory, or country, or performs other acts or is absent under circumstances that are inconsistent with the intent required under (a) of this section to remain a resident of this state.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 1. General Provisions › Chapter 10. Laws and Statutes › Article 2. General Definitions, Residency, and Rules of Statutory Construction. › Sec. 01.10.060. Definitions.

(a) In the laws of the state, unless the context otherwise requires,
(1) “action” includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal;
(2) “daytime” means the period between sunrise and sunset;
(3) “month” means a calendar month unless otherwise expressed;
(4) “municipality” means a political subdivision incorporated under the laws of the state that is a home rule or general law city, a home rule or general law borough, or a unified municipality;
(5) “nighttime” means the period between sunset and sunrise;
(6) “oath” includes affirmation or declaration;
(7) “peace officer” means
(A) an officer of the state troopers;
(B) a member of the police force of a municipality;
(C) a village public safety officer;
(D) a regional public safety officer;
(E) a United States marshal or deputy marshal; and
(F) an officer whose duty it is to enforce and preserve the public peace;
(8) “person” includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person;
(9) “personal property” includes money, goods, chattels, things in action, and evidences of debt;
(10) “property” includes real and personal property;
(11) “real property” is coextensive with land, tenements, and hereditaments;
(12) “signature” or “subscription” includes the mark of a person who cannot write, with the name of that person written near the mark by a witness who writes the witness's own name near the name of the person who cannot write; but a signature or subscription by mark can be acknowledged or can serve as a signature or subscription to a sworn statement only when two witnesses so sign their own names to the sworn statement;
(13) “state” means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories;
(14) “writing” includes printing.
(b) In the laws of the state, “lewd conduct,” “lewd touching,” “immoral conduct,” “indecent conduct,” and similar terms do not include the act of a woman breast-feeding a child in a public or private location where the woman and child are otherwise authorized to be. Nothing in this subsection may be construed to authorize an act that is an offense under AS 11.61.123.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 1. General Provisions › Chapter 10. Laws and Statutes › Article 3. Effect and Effective Date of Statutes. › Sec. 01.10.100. Effect of repeals or amendments.

(a) The repeal or amendment of a law does not release or extinguish any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred or right accruing or accrued under that law, unless the repealing or amending act so provides expressly. The law shall be treated as remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any proper action or prosecution for the enforcement of the right, penalty, forfeiture, or liability.
(b) The expiration of a temporary law does not release or extinguish a penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred or right accruing or accrued under that law unless the temporary law so provides expressly, and that law shall be treated as still remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any proper action or prosecution for the enforcement of the penalty, forfeiture, or liability or right accruing or accrued.
(c) When an act repealing a former act, section, or provision is itself repealed, that repeal does not revive the former act, section, or provision, unless it is expressly so provided.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 1. General Provisions › Chapter 10. Laws and Statutes › Article 4. The Statehood Act. › Sec. 01.10.110. Effect of amendments to Statehood Act.

No amendment (enacted after September 16, 1976) that affects an interest of the state under the Alaska Statehood Act (72 Stat. 339) is effective as to the state unless approved by law enacted by the legislature or the people of the state.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 1. General Provisions › Chapter 15. State-Tribal Relations › Sec. 01.15.100. Recognition of tribes.

The state recognizes the special and unique relationship between the United States government and federally recognized tribes in the state. The state recognizes all tribes in the state that are federally recognized under 25 U.S.C. 5130 and 5131. Nothing in this section diminishes the United States government's trust responsibility or other obligations to federally recognized tribes in the state or creates a concurrent trust relationship between the state and federally recognized tribes. In this section, “federally recognized tribe” has the meaning given in AS 23.20.520.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 2. Aeronautics › Chapter 10. Aeronautics and Communication › Sec. 02.10.010. Supervision over aeronautics and communication; regulations.

(a) The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities shall supervise aeronautics and communications inside the state, and shall make recommendations for the establishment, location, maintenance, operation, and use of airports, landing fields, air markings, air beacons, and other navigation facilities.
(b) The department shall, whenever it considers the action necessary in the interest of general safety or the safety of those engaged in aeronautics, adopt regulations establishing minimum standards with which all air navigation facilities shall comply, and shall adopt and enforce regulations to safeguard from accident and to protect the safety of persons operating or using aircraft and persons and property on the ground, and to develop and promote aeronautics and communications in the state. However, the regulations may not duplicate or conflict with the aeronautical and communications regulations adopted by the United States Department of Transportation or the Federal Communications Commission.
(c) The department shall adopt regulations governing the proper protection of the records of the proceedings of the department and the filing and publicizing of its regulations so that they are accessible to and generally known by the interested public.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 2. Aeronautics › Chapter 10. Aeronautics and Communication › Sec. 02.10.040. Regulations governing radio ground stations.

The department shall adopt regulations governing the following:
(1) the establishment of ground radio transmitters, adapted to the use of phone or code, of the power and on the frequencies needed, and for which permits can be obtained from the Federal Communications Commission, at or in the cities of Ketchikan, Juneau, Cordova, Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Nome, or as many of the cities as the department considers necessary for thorough communications coverage;
(2) the establishment of schedules for operation of the ground stations, together with the necessary arrangements for the stations to receive weather and other data available through other communication agencies;
(3) the use of the ground stations for commercial purposes, other than aviation, where no other communications service is available, provided that commercial use shall be limited to communications to the nearest United States Signal Corps station, or to its destination where no Signal Corps station is located;
(4) other uses to which the ground stations can be put, on the frequencies, and under the licenses, on which they are authorized to operate;
(5) the proper protection of the records of the proceedings of the department and the filing and publicizing of its regulations so that they are accessible to and generally known by the interested public;
(6) the fixing of tolls to be charged for use of ground stations for commercial purposes, and the manner and method of accounting for the tolls;
(7) the establishment of additional radio telephone stations, or the relocation of stations already established, which, in the opinion of the department are necessary, and from which the benefits and advantages expected to be derived, justify the cost of installation and maintenance.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 2. Aeronautics › Chapter 15. Alaska Aeronautics Act of 1949 › Article 1. Aeronautics Functions. › Sec. 02.15.010. Purpose.

The purpose of this chapter is to encourage and develop aeronautics and the establishment and operation of a state system of airports through cooperation with municipalities, and otherwise, including cooperation with the federal government and acceptance and utilization of federal funds allotted for this purpose.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 2. Aeronautics › Chapter 15. Alaska Aeronautics Act of 1949 › Article 1. Aeronautics Functions. › Sec. 02.15.020. Powers of department.

(a) The department may perform acts, issue and amend orders, adopt reasonable general or special regulations and procedures, and establish minimum standards, consistent with the provisions of this chapter, as it considers necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
(b) The department may enter into contracts necessary or advisable to the execution of the powers granted it by this chapter. Where the planning, acquisition, construction, improvement, maintenance, or operation of an airport or air navigation facility is financed wholly or partially with federal money, the department, as agent of the state, or of a municipality, or person, may let contracts in the manner prescribed by the federal authorities acting under the laws and rules and regulations of the United States.
(c) The department may accept federal money and money from other public or private sources to accomplish in whole or in part any of the purposes of this chapter. All federal money accepted under this chapter shall be accepted and expended by the department upon the terms and conditions prescribed by the United States.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 2. Aeronautics › Chapter 15. Alaska Aeronautics Act of 1949 › Article 1. Aeronautics Functions. › Sec. 02.15.030. Conformity to federal law.

The department may not adopt a regulation, order, or standard that is inconsistent or contrary to any act of the Congress of the United States or regulations promulgated or standards established. A regulation, order, or standard may not be adopted that duplicates any current rules or regulations issued by a federal agency, or that applies to aircraft, airports, or air navigation facilities owned or operated by the federal government.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 2. Aeronautics › Chapter 15. Alaska Aeronautics Act of 1949 › Article 1. Aeronautics Functions. › Sec. 02.15.040. Cooperation with federal agencies.

The department shall cooperate with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the armed forces of the United States government, and the Federal Aviation Administration for the purpose of coordinating aviation activities in carrying out the civil defense program.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 2. Aeronautics › Chapter 15. Alaska Aeronautics Act of 1949 › Article 1. Aeronautics Functions. › Sec. 02.15.050. Miscellaneous powers and duties of department.

(a) The department may confer with and hold joint hearings with agencies of the United States in connection with matters arising under this chapter or relating to the sound development of aeronautics.
(b) The department may avail itself of the cooperation, services, records, and facilities of the agencies of the United States as fully as may be practicable in the administration and enforcement of this chapter. The department shall, upon request, furnish to the agencies of the United States its cooperation, services, records, and facilities, insofar as may be practicable.
(c) The department or a state or municipal police officer shall report to the appropriate agency of the United States all accidents in aeronautics in this state of which it or the police officer is informed, and shall, insofar as practicable, preserve, protect, and prevent the removal of the component parts of an aircraft involved in an accident being investigated until the federal agency institutes an investigation.
(d) [Repealed, § 14 ch 56 SLA 2001.]
(e) The department may report to the appropriate federal agencies and agencies of states proceedings instituted charging violation of any sections of this chapter and penalties, of which it has knowledge, imposed upon an airman or the owner or operator of an aircraft for violation of the law of this state relating to aeronautics, or for violation of the regulations or orders of the department. The department may receive reports of penalties and other data from agencies of the federal government and states and, when necessary, enter into agreements with federal agencies and the agencies of states governing the delivery, receipt, exchange, and use of reports and data. The department may make the reports and data available to a court of this state and to a state or municipal officer authorized to enforce the aeronautics laws.
(f) The department may draft and recommend suitable legislation to advance the interests of the state in aeronautics; represent the state in aeronautical matters before the federal agencies and other state agencies; and participate as party plaintiff or defendant on behalf of the state or as intervenor in a controversy that involves the interests of the state in aeronautics.
(g) The department may acquire data on passenger enplanements from air carriers; however, the department may not obtain passenger manifests from air carriers except for matters concerning public safety.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 2. Aeronautics › Chapter 15. Alaska Aeronautics Act of 1949 › Article 2. State Airports. › Sec. 02.15.070. Acquisition and disposal of property.

(a) For the purposes specified in AS 02.15.060 the department may, by purchase, gift, devise, lease, condemnation, or otherwise, acquire real or personal property, or any interest in the property including easements in airport hazards or land outside the boundaries of an airport or airport site, necessary to permit the removal, elimination, obstruction-marking, or obstruction-lighting of airport hazards, or to prevent the establishment of airport hazards. The department may acquire existing airports and air navigation facilities in the same manner except it may not acquire or take over an airport or air navigation facility owned or controlled by a municipality or person without the consent of the municipality or person.
(b) The department may, by sale, lease, or otherwise, dispose of all, a portion of, or an interest in a property, airport, or air navigation facility described in (a) of this section. The proceeds of any disposition shall be used for the purposes set out in this chapter.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 2. Aeronautics › Chapter 15. Alaska Aeronautics Act of 1949 › Article 2. State Airports. › Sec. 02.15.091. Sale and delivery of in-bond merchandise at international airports.

(a) Under (b) and (c) of this section, the department shall allow the sale and delivery of in-bond merchandise at an international airport only by an exclusive contract.
(b) While the exclusive contracts for the sale and delivery of in-bond merchandise at international airports that exist on June 15, 1982 are in effect, the department may not permit or confer a right on any other person to offer to sell, sell, or deliver in-bond merchandise at an international airport.
(c) After the exclusive contracts existing on June 15, 1982 are no longer in effect, the department shall enter into one exclusive contract and, on its expiration, additional successive exclusive contracts for the sale and delivery of in-bond merchandise at each international airport. Except under the existing and future exclusive contracts described in this section, the department may not permit or confer a right upon any person to offer to sell, sell, or deliver in-bond merchandise at an international airport.
(d) The department shall offer the exclusive contracts required by this section by competitive bid or by competitive proposals. If the department offers the exclusive contracts by competitive bid, the department shall award the contracts after considering the generation of maximum revenue for the International Airports Revenue Fund established by AS 37.15.430. If the department offers the exclusive contracts by competitive proposals, the department shall award the contracts after considering factors that include depth of management, financial ability, demonstrated experience at other locations, quality of services and products, success in marketing programs, character and improvements of proposed facilities, and the generation of optimum revenue for the fund.
(e) The department shall actively supervise the operations under each exclusive contract for the sale and delivery of in-bond merchandise in order to ensure the effectiveness of the operations. To supervise contract operations under this section, the department shall develop and implement guidelines that provide for review of the reasonableness of price schedules, quality and assortment of merchandise, and customer service.
(f) Nothing in this section applies to deliveries of in-bond merchandise as cargo to airlines.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 2. Aeronautics › Chapter 15. Alaska Aeronautics Act of 1949 › Article 2. State Airports. › Sec. 02.15.095. Courtesy cars and airport parking shuttles.

Notwithstanding the provisions of AS 02.15.090(a), the department may not exclude from the streets, roads, highways, parking facilities, or other portions of a state-operated airport designated for operation or parking of ground transportation vehicles, nor may the department prohibit from picking up and discharging passengers those motor vehicles commonly known as “courtesy cars,” which are owned or operated by hotels, motels, or other similar places of public accommodation for the transportation of their guests to and from the airport at the request of the guest and for which service no charge is made to the guest, and “airport parking shuttles,” which provide transportation services between the airport and off-airport rental car offices and remote vehicle parking locations.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 2. Aeronautics › Chapter 15. Alaska Aeronautics Act of 1949 › Article 2. State Airports. › Sec. 02.15.100. Liens.

The department may enforce the payment of any charges for repairs, improvements, storage, or care of personal property made or furnished by the department or its agents, in connection with the operation of an airport or air navigation facility owned or operated by the state. The state has those lien rights generally allowed by law to secure payment for those services.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 2. Aeronautics › Chapter 15. Alaska Aeronautics Act of 1949 › Article 3. Utilities and Encroachments at State Airports. › Sec. 02.15.102. Use of airports for utilities.

A utility facility may be constructed, placed, or maintained across, along, over, under, or within a state airport only in accordance with regulations adopted or procedures prescribed by the department and only if authorized by a written permit issued by the department. The department may charge a fee for a permit issued under this section.