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2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 2. Tourism. › Sec. 44.33.119. Purposes.

The purposes of AS 44.33.119 - 44.33.136 are to
(1) encourage the expansion and growth of the state's visitor industry for the benefit of the citizens of the state;
(2) ensure that the economic benefits to be derived from tourism in the state are retained in the state, to the greatest extent possible;
(3) ensure that a maximum number of residents of the state are employed in the tourism industry;
(4) ensure that consideration is given in the development and implementation of the tourism program to local community goals and objectives, to impacts on existing private enterprises, and to impacts on recreational and subsistence opportunities for the residents of the state;
(5) promote the development of tourism opportunities throughout the state, including along the highway system of the state, the marine highway, and in rural areas of the state.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 2. Tourism. › Sec. 44.33.120. Duties of the department.

(a) [Repealed, § 84 ch 58 SLA 1999.]
(b) The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development shall
(1) cooperate with organizations in the private sector for the promotion and development of tourism into and within the state;
(2) coordinate with municipal, state, and federal agencies for the development of tourism resources in the state;
(3) promote and develop the state's tourist industry;
(4) cooperate with the private sector and the Alaska Tourism Marketing Board in the planning and execution of a destination tourism marketing campaign that is in the public interest;
(5) promote the development of visitor industry facilities, both in the public sector and the private sector, through the use of state resources as appropriate;
(6) plan and advocate for tourism and tourism development in coordination with the private sector, municipalities, state, and federal agencies;
(7) administer a visitor information center located in Tok; and
(8) conduct research related to tourism.
(c) [Repealed, § 28 ch 90 SLA 1991.]
(d) [Repealed, § 5 ch 76 SLA 2014.]
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 2. Tourism. › Sec. 44.33.135. Grants for promotion or development of visitor travel.

(a) A municipality, a nonprofit corporation formed under AS 10.20, or a bona fide nonprofit civic, fraternal, or service organization may receive, as a grant, matching money from the state for up to 50 percent of the costs of a program or project that the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development determines is consistent with the purposes of AS 44.33.119 and is likely to promote or develop visitor travel, including
(1) the promotion of conventions;
(2) the construction, improvement, or operation of visitor destination facilities and tourist attractions; and
(3) the development and preservation of attractions of historical, contemporary, recreational, or cultural interest.
(b) The commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.
(c) A grant awarded under this section may not be used for tourism marketing.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 2. Tourism. › Sec. 44.33.136. Alaska Tourism Marketing Board.

(a) The Alaska Tourism Marketing Board is created in the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development.
(b) The board consists of 21 members as follows:
(1) 18 members appointed by the governor who are members of the leading statewide nonprofit tourism association and who represent different segments of the tourism industry and company sizes and the following regions of the state:
(A) Southeast;
(B) Southcentral;
(C) Southwest;
(D) Interior; and
(E) Far North;
(2) the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development or the commissioner's designee;
(3) one member of the senate appointed by the president of the senate, who shall serve ex officio as a nonvoting member of the board; and
(4) one member of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, who shall serve ex officio as a nonvoting member of the board.
(c) Before making the appointments under (b)(1) of this section, the governor shall identify the leading statewide nonprofit tourism marketing association.
(d) The governor may appoint the members under (b)(1) of this section from a list of nominees for each seat submitted by the leading statewide nonprofit tourism marketing association. The governor may reject a list for any seat submitted under this subsection and request that another list be submitted.
(e) The term of office of a member of the board appointed under (b)(1) of this section is three years.
(f) The board shall annually elect a chair and vice-chair from among its members. Nine members of the board including at least one member representing each region listed under (b)(1) of this section constitute a quorum. The board shall meet at least twice a year. The chair shall set the time and place of the meeting, either on the chair's own motion or on written request by three members of the board. The board is encouraged to meet electronically.
(g) The members of the board do not receive a salary for service on the board. The members of the board appointed under (b)(2) - (4) of this section are entitled to per diem and travel expenses authorized by law for other boards and commissions under AS 39.20.180. The members of the board appointed under (b)(1) of this section are not entitled to per diem or travel expenses.
(h) The board shall
(1) cooperate with the department to plan and execute a destination tourism marketing campaign that is in the public interest; and
(2) make recommendations to the department regarding tourism marketing.
(i) In this section,
(1) “board” means the Alaska Tourism Marketing Board;
(2) “department” means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 3. Film Production Promotion Program. › Sec. 44.33.231. Film production promotion program.

(a) The film production promotion program is established in the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development.
(b) The purpose of the film production promotion program is to
(1) work with organizations in the private sector for the expansion and development of film production industries in the state;
(2) promote Alaska as an appropriate location for film production;
(3) provide production assistance through connecting film directors, makers, and producers with Alaska location scouts and contractors, including contractors providing assistance with permit applications; and
(4) certify Alaska film production internship training programs and promote the employment of program interns by eligible productions.
(c) [Repealed, § 7 ch 35 SLA 2015.]
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 4. Child Care Facility Revolving Loan Fund. › Sec. 44.33.240. Child care facility revolving loan fund.

(a) There is in the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development the child care facility revolving loan fund to carry out the purposes of AS 44.33.240 - 44.33.275. Except as provided in (b) and (c) of this section, the fund may not be used for any other purpose.
(b) The department may use money in the fund for costs of administering AS 44.33.240 - 44.33.275.
(c) On June 30 of each fiscal year the unexpended and unobligated cash balance of the fund that is attributable to loans owned by the fund lapses into the general fund.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 4. Child Care Facility Revolving Loan Fund. › Sec. 44.33.242. Special account established.

(a) There is established as a special account within the child care facility revolving loan fund the foreclosure expense account. This account is established as a reserve from fund equity.
(b) The commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development may expend money credited to the foreclosure expense account when necessary to protect the state's security interest in collateral on loans made under AS 44.33.245 or to defray expenses incurred during foreclosure proceedings after a default by an obligor.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 4. Child Care Facility Revolving Loan Fund. › Sec. 44.33.245. Powers and duties of the department in administering the fund.

(a) The department may
(1) make loans for the construction, renovation, and equipping of child care facilities, including private nonprofit child care facilities;
(2) adopt regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of AS 44.33.240 - 44.33.275, including regulations to establish reasonable fees for services provided and charges for collecting the fee; and
(3) collect the fees and charges established under this subsection.
(b) The department shall
(1) develop eligibility standards for loans to child care facilities;
(2) adopt guidelines for the determination of loan terms.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 4. Child Care Facility Revolving Loan Fund. › Sec. 44.33.255. Loan terms.

(a) A loan to a child care facility under AS 44.33.240 - 44.33.275 may not exceed $50,000.
(b) The rate of interest charged shall be seven percent a year on the unpaid balance of the loan.
(c) The duration for repayment of a loan may not exceed 20 years.
(d) All principal and interest payments, and any money chargeable to principal or interest that is collected through liquidation by foreclosure or other process on loans made under AS 44.33.240 - 44.33.275, shall be paid into the child care facility revolving loan fund.
(e) If a child care facility ceases operation, any loan to the facility from the fund is due on the date the facility ceases operation.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 4. Child Care Facility Revolving Loan Fund. › Sec. 44.33.260. Eligibility for loans.

A child care facility is eligible for a loan under AS 44.33.240 - 44.33.275 if
(1) the applicant submits to the department a plan for the use of the loan funds that is approved by the commissioner;
(2) [Repealed, § 9 ch 112 SLA 1981.]
(3) [Repealed, § 7 ch 153 SLA 1978.]
(4) [Repealed, § 7 ch 153 SLA 1978.]
(5) the applicant meets additional eligibility standards established by the department under AS 44.33.245(b)(1).
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 4. Child Care Facility Revolving Loan Fund. › Sec. 44.33.270. Sale or transfer of mortgages and notes.

(a) The commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development may sell or transfer at par value or at a premium to a bank or other private purchaser for cash or other consideration the mortgages and notes held by the department as security for loans made under AS 44.33.240 - 44.33.275.
(b) [Repealed, § 14 ch 122 SLA 1980.]
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 4. Child Care Facility Revolving Loan Fund. › Sec. 44.33.272. Disposal of property acquired by default or foreclosure.

The department shall dispose of property acquired through default or foreclosure of a loan made under AS 44.33.240 - 44.33.275. Disposal shall be made in a manner that serves the best interests 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 4. Child Care Facility Revolving Loan Fund. › Sec. 44.33.275. Definitions.

In AS 44.33.240 - 44.33.275,
(1) “child care facility” means an establishment the principal purpose of which is to provide care for children not related by blood, marriage, or legal adoption, including but not limited to day care centers, family day care homes, and schools for preschool age children;
(2) “department” means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 5. Areas Impacted by Economic Disaster. › Sec. 44.33.285. Action by governor.

The governor may, upon recommendation of the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development, designate by proclamation an area as an area impacted by an economic disaster. When an area is so designated, the legislature may appropriate money for assistance grants and the governor may recommend in the governor's budget submission that capital projects planned for the area be accelerated and that new projects be funded for the area. The proclamation may provide that waivers of capital projects requirements, as authorized in AS 44.33.300, become effective only to the extent set out in the proclamation.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 5. Areas Impacted by Economic Disaster. › Sec. 44.33.290. Employment preference.

(a) In the performance of contracts awarded by the state in an area impacted by an economic disaster, residents of the area shall be employed where they are available and qualified so that the economic effects of alleviating the disaster will be maximized. If resident labor is not available, the contractor shall inform the Department of Labor and Workforce Development of the number of additional workers needed, the positions to be filled, and the efforts made at recruitment in the area. If the Department of Labor and Workforce Development is satisfied that a good faith effort has been made by the contractor to hire residents of the area, it may issue a certificate allowing other hire for designated positions. A clause requiring these provisions shall be part of each state contract awarded.
(b) Wages paid for employment under this section shall be in conformance with the minimum rates of pay schedule published by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development in accordance with AS 36.05.030.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 5. Areas Impacted by Economic Disaster. › Sec. 44.33.295. Contractors' preference.

If the department determines that there are contractors in an area designated as an area impacted by an economic disaster and who are qualified to perform a contract, preference to the extent feasible shall be given to those contractors under regulations adopted by the department.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 5. Areas Impacted by Economic Disaster. › Sec. 44.33.300. Waiver of certain provisions.

When the governor has by proclamation declared an area impacted by an economic disaster, the following provisions regarding public contracts may be waived to the extent specified in the proclamation:
(1) the requirement of a contractor's bond as prescribed in AS 36.25.010 may be waived if the contract amount does not exceed $100,000;
(2) the public bid requirements as contained in AS 19.10.170, AS 19.30.191(b), AS 35.15.010 - 35.15.020, and AS 36.30 (State Procurement Code) may be waived if the contract is to be performed by a contractor whose principal office is in the designated area and the contract amount does not exceed $50,000;
(3) the general policy to require all construction to be under bid contract as contained in AS 19.10.170, AS 35.15.010, and AS 36.30 (State Procurement Code) may be waived if the contract is to be performed by the state, another governmental entity, or a nonprofit entity.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 5. Areas Impacted by Economic Disaster. › Sec. 44.33.310. Definitions.

In AS 44.33.285 - 44.33.310,
(1) “base period” means any 10 years after 1950, not necessarily continuous, and if the economic disaster is caused by a fisheries failure the period shall consist of years during which a fishery produced at economically representative levels as determined by the Department of Fish and Game;
(2) “department” means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development;
(3) “economic disaster” means that the annual income to workers in the designated area dropped below the average annual income for the base period for workers in the designated area and the drop in income is of such magnitude that the average family income of all residents of the designated area as determined by the department is below the poverty guidelines issued by the federal Department of Health and Human Services, adjusted by the department to reflect subsistence economic patterns and appropriate cost-of-living differentials; the availability of alternate employment shall be considered in determining whether an economic disaster has occurred under this paragraph.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 5. Areas Impacted by Economic Disaster. › Sec. 44.33.381. Telemedicine business registry.

(a) The department shall adopt regulations for establishing and maintaining a registry of businesses performing telemedicine services in the state.
(b) The department shall maintain the registry of businesses performing telemedicine services in the state. The registry must include the name, address, and contact information of businesses performing telemedicine services in the state.
(c) In this section,
(1) “department” means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development;
(2) “telemedicine services” means the delivery of health care services using the transfer of medical data through audio, visual, or data communications that are performed over two or more locations by a provider who is physically separated from the recipient of the health care services.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 6. Telemedicine Business Registry. › Sec. 44.33.431. Alaska Minerals Commission established.

(a) The Alaska Minerals Commission is established in the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development.
(b) The commission is composed of 11 members. The commission shall be composed of individuals who have at least five years' experience in the various aspects of the minerals industries in the state. The governor shall appoint five members of the commission, one of whom must reside in a rural community. The president of the Senate shall appoint three members of the commission. The speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint three members of the commission. Each member serves at the pleasure of the appointing authority.
(c) The commission shall make recommendations to the governor and to the legislature on ways to mitigate the constraints, including governmental constraints, on development of minerals, including coal, in the state.
(d) The commission shall report its recommendations each year to the governor during the first 10 days of the regular session of the legislature. The commission shall notify the legislature that the report is available.
(e) Members of the commission are appointed for staggered terms of three years. Except as provided in AS 39.05.080(4), a member of the commission serves until a successor is appointed. Except as provided in AS 39.05.080(4), an appointment to fill a vacancy on the commission is for the remainder of the unexpired term. A member who has served all or part of two successive terms on the commission may not be reappointed to the commission unless three years have elapsed since the person has last served on the commission.
(f) The commission shall elect two of its members to serve as chair and vice-chair. When a vacancy occurs in the office of chair or vice-chair, the commission shall elect one of its members to serve the remaining term as chair or vice-chair. The term as chair or vice-chair is three years. The chair and vice-chair may be elected to not more than two successive terms as chair or vice-chair. After three years of not serving as chair or vice-chair, the member is eligible for election as chair or vice-chair again.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 8. Native Art Competitions. › Sec. 44.33.501. Program of competitions.

(a) The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development shall direct a continuing program of competitions. The competitions shall be held each summer to select outstanding examples of Alaskan Native arts and crafts.
(b) The Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development, after consulting with a committee from the Alaska Native Brotherhood and Sisterhood appointed by their councils from among the memberships of those organizations, shall adopt regulations for the competitions, providing for, but not limited to the following:
(1) eligibility requirements for entrants;
(2) categories for entry, such as basketwork, wood carving, pottery, stone work, ivory work, painting, etc.;
(3) criterion for selecting category winners and grand prize winners;
(4) transportation and display of entries;
(5) prizes and awards for winning entrants which are restricted to ribbons, cups, plaques, etc.;
(6) preparation of entry forms that
(A) give the name and mailing address of the entrant,
(B) show that each entry is the work of the entrant,
(C) give the minimum price that the entrant will accept for the entry,
(D) provide the entrant with a choice of having the entry sold, retained for display by the state, or returned to the entrant, and
(E) identify and describe the entry; and
(7) restricting the entrant from entering competitions in more than one region.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 8. Native Art Competitions. › Sec. 44.33.502. Regional competitions.

Four regional competitions shall be held each summer in the first, second, third, and fourth judicial districts established in AS 22.10.010. First place and honorable mention awards shall be made in each category and one grand prize award and one honorable mention award shall be made for each region.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 8. Native Art Competitions. › Sec. 44.33.503. Place of competition.

The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development shall solicit invitations from the larger communities in each of the regions for holding the regional competition. The community in each region which offers the best facilities and the greatest measure of cooperation for conducting the competition shall be selected as the location of the regional competition.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 8. Native Art Competitions. › Sec. 44.33.504. Judges.

Judges at the regional competitions shall be selected by the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development and composed of a panel of five, two of whom shall be selected from nominees of the Alaska Native Brotherhood and Sisterhood and three of whom shall be selected by the department on the basis of their knowledge and appreciation of Alaskan Native arts and crafts and of art in general.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 8. Native Art Competitions. › Sec. 44.33.505. Sale of entries.

If authorized by the entrant, an entry not selected for display may be sold for not less than the price set by the entrant on the entry form. The entry shall be transferred to the purchaser by competition officials on receipt of a money order or cashier's check made out to the entrant.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 8. Native Art Competitions. › Sec. 44.33.512. Temporary custody.

In order that the competitions may be held without undue disruption and in order that winning items may be displayed at other places, all entries submitted for judging shall be held in temporary custody by the state until they are no longer needed for display, at which time they shall be disposed of in accordance with the wishes of the entrant as set out on the entry form.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 8. Native Art Competitions. › Sec. 44.33.520. Alaska Native Language Preservation and Advisory Council.

(a) The Alaska Native Language Preservation and Advisory Council is established in the department for the purpose of recommending the establishment or reorganization of programs to support the preservation, restoration, and revitalization of Alaska Native languages.
(b) The council established under this section shall
(1) advise both the governor and legislature on programs, policies, and projects to provide for the cost-effective preservation, restoration, and revitalization of Alaska Native languages in the state;
(2) meet at least twice a year to carry out the purposes of the council; members may participate in meetings telephonically; and
(3) prepare reports of its findings and recommendations for the governor's and the legislature's consideration on or before January 1 of each even-numbered year.
(c) The governor shall appoint to the council established in this section five voting members who are professional language experts and who represent diverse regions of the state. In addition, one member of the senate appointed by the president of the senate and one member of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives shall serve on the council as nonvoting members. In appointing the nonvoting members of the council, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint a member of the bush caucus, if a bush caucus exists. In this subsection, “bush caucus” means a group of legislators that represents rural areas of the state.
(d) The members appointed by the governor shall serve at the pleasure of the governor.
(e) Members of the council shall serve without compensation but are entitled to per diem and travel expenses as provided under AS 39.20.180.
(f) The department shall provide staff as needed to support the council; the staff must demonstrate competency in an Alaska Native language.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 10. Rural Development. › Sec. 44.33.740. Powers and duties.

To promote development of rural areas of the state, the department is authorized to
(1) investigate social and economic conditions of rural areas to determine the need to expand economic opportunities and improve living conditions;
(2) formulate a coordinated program to broaden and diversify the economic base of rural areas;
(3) coordinate administration of emergency relief, surplus food distribution, or other public assistance programs, except the regular relief and assistance programs of the federal government in rural areas;
(4) formulate and conduct a program of construction of basic facilities to improve health, welfare, and economic security and provide employment and income in the rural areas;
(5) promote training and educational programs designed to expand employment opportunities for residents of rural areas;
(6) enter into agreements with other state agencies and departments to provide for the distribution in rural communities of surplus electrical power from state-owned power sources located in those communities and to expend funds for this purpose;
(7) make grants to communities for bulk fuel storage facilities;
(8) cooperate with the Department of Environmental Conservation and other agencies to provide technical assistance to communities in the installation, operation, and management of bulk fuel storage facilities.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 10. Rural Development. › Sec. 44.33.750. Bulk fuel storage facilities grant fund.

(a) There is established in the department the bulk fuel storage facilities grant fund. Grants may be made by the department from this fund to a community to acquire and install community bulk storage facilities.
(b) Grants made under this section for the acquisition and installation of a bulk fuel storage facility may not exceed $100,000 per community.
(c) If the governing body of two or more communities determine that their fuel requirements may be served by a single bulk fuel storage facility, the communities may jointly apply for grants to acquire and install a single bulk fuel storage facility. When communities apply jointly under this subsection, the limitation in (b) of this section is multiplied by the number of communities that submit the joint application.
(d) Before a grant is made under this section, the city council or, if the community is not incorporated, a reasonable representative body in the community shall agree in writing to maintain and operate the bulk storage facility to be constructed with the proceeds of the grant.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 10. Rural Development. › Sec. 44.33.755. Land conveyed in trust.

(a) The commissioner
(1) shall accept, administer, and dispose of land conveyed to the state in trust by village corporations under 43 U.S.C. 1613(c)(3) (Sec. 14(c)(3) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act) for the purposes specified in that section;
(2) may, with the concurrence of an appropriate village entity recognized by the commissioner under (b) of this section or, in the absence of an appropriate village entity, under procedures prescribed by regulations of the commissioner, accept, administer, and dispose of land conveyed in trust by a state or federal agency and by the dissolution of a municipality under AS 29.06.450 - 29.06.530.
(b) Transfer of land by sale, lease, right-of-way, easement, or permit, including transfer of surface resources, may be made by the commissioner only after approval of an appropriate village entity such as the traditional council, a village meeting, or a village referendum. This approval shall be by resolution filed with the department.
(c) Within one complete state fiscal year after the incorporation of a municipality in the village or of a municipality that includes all or part of the village, land acquired under this section shall be conveyed without cost to the municipality, and the municipality shall succeed to all the entrusted interest in the land.
(d) Separate accounts shall be maintained in the name of each village for the land, including the revenue from the land, acquired from each village corporation under this section.
(e) Upon the conveyance of land to a municipality under this section, the commissioner shall account to the municipality for all profits including interest generated from the land. The municipality may then request the governor to submit a request to the legislature for an appropriation for the amount due the municipality.
(f) Title to or an interest in land acquired by the department under this section may not be acquired by adverse possession or prescription. Notwithstanding (a) - (e) of this section, on the dissolution of a municipality under AS 29.06.450 - 29.06.530, unimproved land that was owned by the municipality on the date of its dissolution and received by the municipality from the state under a municipal land grant entitlement program is transferred to the commissioner of natural resources.
(g) For the purposes of this section, “municipality” includes only first and second class cities incorporated under the laws of the state.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 10. Rural Development. › Sec. 44.33.760. Loan information officers.

(a) The department may provide itinerant loan information officers to serve persons who reside outside the major population centers of the state.
(b) The loan information officers shall be trained, to the extent that the department considers necessary, in a program administered by the department and approved by the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, and the principal departments of the executive branch that administer loan programs.
(c) A majority of the loan information officers shall be persons who are conversant in Alaska Native languages that are spoken by a significant number of Alaska Natives. The department shall provide brochures and other printed materials, written in easily understandable English and in the Alaska Native languages that are spoken by a significant number of Alaska Natives, for distribution by the loan information officers. The brochures and printed materials must explain the purposes of the various state loan programs, the minimum qualifications under the programs, the method for obtaining assistance in the completion of applications for the programs, and other information the department determines will improve the access of persons in rural areas to the state's loan programs.
(d) The department shall coordinate its efforts under this section with local financial institutions and community groups to determine the proper itinerary and travel schedule of the loan information officers and to provide adequate notice to persons in rural areas of the itinerary and travel schedule of the loan information officers.
(e) The department shall assign the loan information officers to rural areas based on the current and potential future demands for loans in those areas and shall establish offices for the loan information officers in rural areas if the department determines it is necessary to provide familiarity with the area served by the loan information officers and to reduce travel costs.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 10. Rural Development. › Sec. 44.33.780. Definitions.

In AS 44.33.740 - 44.33.780,
(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 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 11. Planning Assistance › Sec. 44.33.782. Planning assistance to platting authorities.

To facilitate planning in municipalities that exercise planning and zoning authority, the department may provide planning assistance, including but not limited to surveys, land use studies, urban renewal plans, technical services, model acts that include regulations designed to encourage development and use of energy systems not dependent on oil or gas, and other planning work to a city, borough, or other platting authority. In an area under the jurisdiction, for planning purposes, of a city, borough, or other platting authority, the department may not perform the planning work except at the request or with the consent of the local authority.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 11. Planning Assistance › Sec. 44.33.784. Assistance by cities and platting authorities.

A city or platting authority may make funds under its control available to the department for the purposes of obtaining planning work or planning assistance, or both, for its area. The department may contract for, accept, and expend the funds for urban planning for the local jurisdiction.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 11. Planning Assistance › Sec. 44.33.786. Land use planning and state facility procurement plan.

The department shall make recommendations to the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities and to appropriate program agencies concerning the effect upon the comprehensive plan or other land use plans or proposals of municipalities and unincorporated communities with respect to the facility procurement plan required to be prepared in accordance with AS 35.10.170.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 11. Planning Assistance › Sec. 44.33.788. Other planning powers.

The department may accept and expend grants from the federal government and other public or private sources, may contract with reference to them, and may enter into contracts and exercise all other powers necessary to carry out AS 44.33.782 - 44.33.788.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 12. Local Boundary Commission. › Sec. 44.33.810. Local Boundary Commission.

There is in the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development a Local Boundary Commission. The Local Boundary Commission consists of five members appointed by the governor for overlapping five-year terms. One member shall be appointed from each of the four judicial districts described in AS 22.10.010 and one member shall be appointed from the state at large. The member appointed from the state at large is the chair of the commission.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 12. Local Boundary Commission. › Sec. 44.33.812. Powers and duties.

(a) The Local Boundary Commission shall
(1) make studies of local government boundary problems;
(2) adopt regulations providing standards and procedures for municipal incorporation, annexation, detachment, merger, consolidation, reclassification, and dissolution; the regulations providing standards and procedures are subject to AS 29.04 - AS 29.10;
(3) consider a local government boundary change requested of it by the legislature, the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development, or a political subdivision of the state; “boundary change” may not be construed to include a borough incorporation; and
(4) develop standards and procedures for the extension of services and ordinances of incorporated cities into contiguous areas for limited purposes upon majority approval of the voters of the contiguous area to be annexed and prepare transition schedules and prorated tax mill levies as well as standards for participation by voters of these contiguous areas in the affairs of the incorporated cities furnishing services.
(b) The Local Boundary Commission may
(1) conduct meetings and hearings to consider local government boundary changes and other matters related to local government boundary changes, including extensions of services by incorporated cities into contiguous areas and matters related to extension of services; and
(2) present to the legislature during the first 10 days of a regular session proposed local government boundary changes, including gradual extension of services of incorporated cities into contiguous areas upon a majority approval of the voters of the contiguous area to be annexed and transition schedules providing for total assimilation of the contiguous area and its full participation in the affairs of the incorporated city within a period not to exceed five years.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 12. Local Boundary Commission. › Sec. 44.33.816. Minutes and records.

The Local Boundary Commission shall keep minutes of all meetings and hearings. If the proceedings are transcribed, minutes shall be made from the transcription. The minutes are a public record. All votes taken by the commission shall be entered in the minutes.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 12. Local Boundary Commission. › Sec. 44.33.818. Notice of public hearings.

Public notice of a hearing of the Local Boundary Commission shall be given in the area in which the hearing is to be held at least 15 days before the date of the hearing. The notice of the hearing must include the time, date, place, and subject of the hearing. The commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development shall give notice of the hearing at least three times in the press, through other news media, or by posting in a public place, whichever is most feasible.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 12. Local Boundary Commission. › Sec. 44.33.828. When boundary change takes effect.

When a local government boundary change is proposed to the legislature during the first 10 days of any regular session, the change becomes effective 45 days after presentation or at the end of the session, whichever is earlier, unless disapproved by a resolution concurred in by a majority of the members of each house.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 13. Borough Feasibility Studies. › Sec. 44.33.840. Borough feasibility studies.

The commissioner may contract for studies of the feasibility of establishing boroughs in the unorganized borough. A study may be conducted under this section only if
(1) appropriations are available for that purpose; and
(2) the study is requested by a person residing in the area to be studied or by a city located in the area to be studied.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 13. Borough Feasibility Studies. › Sec. 44.33.842. Requests for studies.

A request for a study of the feasibility of establishing a borough in the unorganized borough shall be submitted to the commissioner in writing and must include
(1) a description of the boundaries of the area of the proposed study; and
(2) an indication of local interest in the proposed study consisting of either
(A) a petition requesting the study containing the signatures and addresses of five percent of the voters residing in the area of the proposed study based on the number of voters who voted in the area in the last statewide election; or
(B) resolutions requesting the study adopted by the governing bodies of at least five percent of the cities within the area of the proposed study.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 13. Borough Feasibility Studies. › Sec. 44.33.844. Boundaries.

The boundaries of an area studied shall conform to the boundaries indicated in the request for the study under AS 44.33.842 unless the commissioner, after a public hearing held in the area of the proposed study, determines that the boundaries should be altered. In determining the boundaries of an area to be studied, the commissioner shall consider
(1) the standards applicable to the incorporation of boroughs under AS 29.05.031;
(2) boundaries of regional corporations established under 43 U.S.C. 1606;
(3) census divisions of the state used for the 1980 census; and
(4) boundaries of the regional educational attendance areas established under AS 14.08.031.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 13. Borough Feasibility Studies. › Sec. 44.33.846. Contracts.

(a) The commissioner shall contract for a study of the feasibility of establishing a borough in the unorganized borough by following the procedures under AS 36.30 (State Procurement Code). The commissioner shall include terms in the contract that provide for
(1) public participation in the preparation of the study;
(2) completion of the study not later than June 30 of the third year after the year the contract is executed.
(b) A study under this section must include
(1) a recommendation for or against incorporation of a borough containing all or part of the area studied;
(2) an evaluation of the economic development potential of the area studied;
(3) an evaluation of capital facility needs of the area studied;
(4) an evaluation of demographic, social, and environmental factors affecting the area studied;
(5) an evaluation of the relationships among regional educational attendance areas, coastal resource service areas, and other regional entities responsible for providing services in the area studied;
(6) an evaluation of the relationships between the existing cities within the area studied and regional entities responsible for providing services in the area; and
(7) specific recommendations for
(A) organization of a home rule or general law borough government if one is recommended;
(B) changes in organization of cities in the area studied; or
(C) the improvement of the delivery of services to the public by the state in the area studied.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 44. State Government › Chapter 33. Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Article 15. Alaska Forest Products Research and Marketing Program. › Sec. 44.33.900. Alaska forest products research and marketing program.

(a) The Alaska Forest Products Research and Marketing Program is established in the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development.
(b) The program is established to provide a statewide information clearinghouse and coordinator to gather and disseminate information relating to research and development, including technical, logistical, financing, marketing, and other relevant information regarding the manufacture of specific value-added wood products and the establishment of new high value-added manufacturing facilities in the state, and to assist in coordinating existing research and development efforts by state and federal agencies and other public and private entities.
(c) The program coordinator shall identify unfilled needs and problems impeding the development of a high value-added wood products industry in the state, gather information and conduct analyses, and propose solutions by exploring successful models in other states and nations.