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2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 80. State Commission for Human Rights › Article 2. Commission Investigation and Hearing. › Sec. 18.80.145. Intervention by State Commission for Human Rights.

(a) When an action is brought under AS 22.10.020(i), the plaintiff shall serve a copy of the complaint on the commission. Upon timely application, the commission may intervene as a party to the action as a matter of right. If the commission certifies in writing to the court that it is presently investigating or actively dealing with the act, practice, or policy of the defendant giving rise to the cause of action, the court shall, at the request of the commission, defer proceedings for a period of not more than 45 days or such extended period as the court may allow; except that the court may enter an order or injunction if necessary to prevent irreparable injury to the plaintiff.
(b) If, within the period allowed, a hearing is conducted and a decision is reached under AS 18.80.120 and 18.80.130, the decision of the commission is binding on the parties to the court action as to all issues resolved in the hearing but not as to any issues not resolved in the hearing.
(c) When proceedings in the superior court are deferred for a hearing and decision under this section, the plaintiff may proceed, after the decision of the commission, as an aggrieved party for the purpose of obtaining judicial review under AS 18.80.135, whether or not the person was a party to, or complainant in, the administrative proceedings.
(d) If the commission does not intervene or file a certificate and conduct a hearing as provided in this section, the court has complete jurisdiction of the case, notwithstanding the provisions of AS 18.80.280.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 80. State Commission for Human Rights › Article 3. Commission Reports and Publications. › Sec. 18.80.150. Annual report.

The commission shall report annually to the governor on civil rights problems it has encountered in the preceding year, and may recommend legislative action. The commission shall provide the Legislative Affairs Agency with 40 copies of the report during the week preceding the convening of the annual legislative session for library distribution. The commission shall make copies of the report available to the public and notify the legislature that the report is available.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 80. State Commission for Human Rights › Article 3. Commission Reports and Publications. › Sec. 18.80.160. Informative publications.

The commission may prepare and distribute pamphlets and press releases to inform the public of its constitutional and statutory civil rights. The commission shall submit proposed publications to the Department of Law for a review of legal accuracy.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 80. State Commission for Human Rights › Article 4. Discriminatory Practices Prohibited. › Sec. 18.80.200. Purpose.

(a) It is determined and declared as a matter of legislative finding that discrimination against an inhabitant of the state because of race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, physical or mental disability, marital status, changes in marital status, pregnancy, or parenthood is a matter of public concern and that this discrimination not only threatens the rights and privileges of the inhabitants of the state but also menaces the institutions of the state and threatens peace, order, health, safety, and general welfare of the state and its inhabitants.
(b) Therefore, it is the policy of the state and the purpose of this chapter to eliminate and prevent discrimination in employment, in credit and financing practices, in places of public accommodation, in the sale, lease, or rental of real property because of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, changes in marital status, pregnancy or parenthood. It is also the policy of the state to encourage and enable physically and mentally disabled persons to participate fully in the social and economic life of the state and to engage in remunerative employment. It is not the purpose of this chapter to supersede laws pertaining to child labor, the age of majority, or other age restrictions or requirements.
(c) Nothing in this chapter is intended to prohibit a private employer from granting an employment preference described in AS 23.88.010.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 80. State Commission for Human Rights › Article 4. Discriminatory Practices Prohibited. › Sec. 18.80.210. Civil rights.

The opportunity to obtain employment, credit and financing, public accommodations, housing accommodations, and other property without discrimination because of sex, physical or mental disability, marital status, changes in marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, race, religion, color, or national origin is a civil right.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 80. State Commission for Human Rights › Article 4. Discriminatory Practices Prohibited. › Sec. 18.80.215. Activities in aid of housing for minority groups.

The activities of a nonprofit and noncommercial organization on a nonremunerative basis in aiding minority group members to obtain housing opportunities so as to further the purpose of this chapter are not considered a violation of AS 08.88.161.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 80. State Commission for Human Rights › Article 4. Discriminatory Practices Prohibited. › Sec. 18.80.230. Unlawful practices in places of public accommodation.

(a) It is unlawful for the owner, lessee, manager, agent, or employee of a public accommodation
(1) to refuse, withhold from, or deny to a person any of its services, goods, facilities, advantages, or privileges because of sex, physical or mental disability, marital status, changes in marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, race, religion, color, or national origin;
(2) to publish, circulate, issue, display, post, or mail a written or printed communication, notice, or advertisement that states or implies
(A) that any of the services, goods, facilities, advantages, or privileges of the public accommodation will be refused, withheld from, or denied to a person of a certain race, religion, sex, physical or mental disability, marital status, color, or national origin or because of pregnancy, parenthood, or a change in marital status, or
(B) that the patronage of a person belonging to a particular race, creed, sex, marital status, color, or national origin or who, because of pregnancy, parenthood, physical or mental disability, or a change in marital status, is unwelcome, not desired, or solicited.
(b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, a physical fitness facility may limit public accommodation to only males or only females to protect the privacy interests of its users. Public accommodation may be limited under this subsection only to those rooms in the facility that are primarily used for weight loss, aerobic, and other exercises, or for resistance weight training. Public accommodation may not be limited under this subsection to rooms in the facility primarily used for other purposes, including conference rooms, dining rooms, and premises licensed under AS 04.11. This subsection does not apply to swimming pools or golf courses.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 80. State Commission for Human Rights › Article 4. Discriminatory Practices Prohibited. › Sec. 18.80.240. Unlawful practices in the sale or rental of real property.

It is unlawful for the owner, lessee, manager, or other person having the right to sell, lease, or rent real property
(1) to refuse to sell, lease, or rent the real property to a person because of sex, marital status, changes in marital status, pregnancy, race, religion, physical or mental disability, color, or national origin; however, nothing in this paragraph prohibits the sale, lease, or rental of classes of real property commonly known as housing for “singles” or “married couples” only;
(2) to discriminate against a person because of sex, marital status, changes in marital status, pregnancy, race, religion, physical or mental disability, color, or national origin in a term, condition, or privilege relating to the use, sale, lease, or rental of real property; however, nothing in this paragraph prohibits the sale, lease, or rental of classes of real property commonly known as housing for “singles” or “married couples” only;
(3) to make a written or oral inquiry or record of the sex, marital status, changes in marital status, race, religion, physical or mental disability, color, or national origin of a person seeking to buy, lease, or rent real property;
(4) to offer, solicit, accept, use, or retain a listing of real property with the understanding that a person may be discriminated against in a real estate transaction or in the furnishing of facilities or sources in connection therewith because of a person's sex, marital status, changes in marital status, pregnancy, race, religion, physical or mental disability, color, national origin, or age;
(5) to represent to a person that real property is not available for inspection, sale, rental, or lease when in fact it is so available, or to refuse to allow a person to inspect real property because of the race, religion, physical or mental disability, color, national origin, age, sex, marital status, change in marital status, or pregnancy of that person or of any person associated with that person;
(6) to engage in blockbusting;
(7) to make, print, or publish, or cause to be made, printed, or published, any notice, statement, or advertisement with respect to the sale or rental of real property that indicates any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, physical or mental disability, sex, or national origin, or an intention to make the preference, limitation, or discrimination.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 80. State Commission for Human Rights › Article 4. Discriminatory Practices Prohibited. › Sec. 18.80.250. Unlawful financing practice.

(a) It is unlawful for a financial institution or other commercial institution extending secured or unsecured credit, upon receiving an application for financial assistance or credit for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair, or maintenance of a housing accommodation or other property or services, or the acquisition or improvement of unimproved property, or upon receiving an application for any sort of loan of money, to permit one of its officials or employees during the execution of the official's or the employee's duties
(1) to discriminate against the applicant because of sex, physical or mental disability, marital status, changes in marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, race, religion, color, or national origin in a term, condition, or privilege relating to the obtainment or use of the institution's financial assistance or credit, except to the extent of a federal statute or regulation applicable to a transaction of the same character;
(2) to make or cause to be made a written or oral inquiry or record of the sex, physical or mental disability, marital status, changes in marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, race, religion, color, or national origin of a person seeking the institution's financial assistance or credit, unless the inquiry is for the purpose of ascertaining the creditor's rights and remedies applicable to the particular extension of credit and is not made or used in order to discriminate in a determination of creditworthiness;
(3) to refuse to extend credit, issue a credit card, or make a loan to a married person or a person with a physical or mental disability, who is otherwise creditworthy, if so requested by the person;
(4) to refuse to issue a credit card to a married person in that person's name, if so requested by the person, provided, however, that the person so requesting a card may be required to open an account in that name.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of (a) of this section, any practice permitted by federal statute or regulation applicable to financial or credit transactions of the same character as those covered by this section does not constitute discrimination under this section.
(c) An action by a financial institution or other commercial institution extending credit taken in compliance with (a) of this section, including the extension of credit or the making of a loan, is not a violation of AS 06.20.240, unless done with the intent or purpose of obtaining a higher rate of interest than would otherwise be permitted by AS 06.20.230.
(d) This section does not prohibit an institution described in (a) of this section from refusing to contract with a person if the person lacks the legal capacity to contract or if the institution is reasonably in doubt about the person's legal capacity to contract.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 80. State Commission for Human Rights › Article 4. Discriminatory Practices Prohibited. › Sec. 18.80.255. Unlawful practices by the state or its political subdivisions.

It is unlawful for the state or any of its political subdivisions
(1) to refuse, withhold from, or deny to a person any local, state, or federal funds, services, goods, facilities, advantages, or privileges because of race, religion, sex, color, or national origin;
(2) to publish, circulate, issue, display, post, or mail a written or printed communication, notice, or advertisement that states or implies that any local, state, or federal funds, services, goods, facilities, advantages, or privileges of the office or agency will be refused, withheld from, or denied to a physically or mentally disabled person or a person of a certain race, religion, sex, color, or national origin or that the patronage of a physically or mentally disabled person or a person belonging to a particular race, creed, sex, color, or national origin is unwelcome, not desired, or solicited; it is not unlawful to post notice that facilities to accommodate the physically or mentally disabled are not available;
(3) to refuse or deny to a person any local, state, or federal funds, services, goods, facilities, advantages, or privileges because of physical or mental disability.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 80. State Commission for Human Rights › Article 4. Discriminatory Practices Prohibited. › Sec. 18.80.260. Aiding, abetting, or coercing a violation of chapter.

It is unlawful for a person to aid, abet, incite, compel, or coerce the doing of an act forbidden under this chapter or to attempt to do so.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 80. State Commission for Human Rights › Article 4. Discriminatory Practices Prohibited. › Sec. 18.80.270. Penalty.

A person, employer, labor organization, or employment agency, who or that wilfully engages in an unlawful discriminatory practice prohibited by this chapter, or wilfully resists, prevents, impedes, or interferes with the commission or any of its authorized representatives in the performance of duty under this chapter, or who or that wilfully violates an order of the commission, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction, is punishable by a fine of not more than $500, or by imprisonment in a jail for not more than 30 days, or by both.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 80. State Commission for Human Rights › Article 4. Discriminatory Practices Prohibited. › Sec. 18.80.280. Acquittal bars other actions.

The acquittal of a person by the commission or a court of competent jurisdiction of any alleged violation of this chapter is a bar to any other action, civil or criminal, based on the same act or omission.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 80. State Commission for Human Rights › Article 4. Discriminatory Practices Prohibited. › Sec. 18.80.290. Local human rights commissions.

(a) The legislative body of a municipality may, by ordinance or resolution, authorize the establishment of membership in and support of a local human rights commission. The number and qualifications of the members of a local commission and their terms and method of appointment or removal shall be as determined by the legislative body, except that a member may not hold office in a political party.
(b) The legislative body of a municipality has the authority to appropriate funds in amounts as considered necessary for the purpose of contributing to the operation of a local commission, including the payment of its share of the salary of an investigator or staff member acting jointly for it and one or more other local commissions.
(c) The local commission has the power to appoint employees and staff as it considers necessary to fulfill its purpose, including the power to appoint an investigator or staff member to act jointly for it and one or more other local commissions.
(d) The governing body of a municipality has the authority under AS 29.20.320 to grant to local commissions powers and duties similar to those exercised by the commission under the provisions of this chapter.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 80. State Commission for Human Rights › Article 4. Discriminatory Practices Prohibited. › Sec. 18.80.295. Apprenticeship programs.

The provisions of this chapter affecting discrimination in employment on the basis of age do not apply to apprenticeship programs registered by the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, United States Department of Labor, or apprenticeship programs that meet standards equivalent to apprenticeship programs registered by the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 85. Public Defender Agency › Sec. 18.85.030. Appointment and term.

The governor shall appoint the public defender from among two or more persons nominated for that position by the judicial council. The appointment is subject to confirmation by majority of the members of the legislature in joint session. The public defender shall serve a term of four years. If the governor decides to retain the public defender for another term, the governor need not call for nominations from the judicial council; however, the retention must be approved by a majority of the members of the legislature in joint session.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 85. Public Defender Agency › Sec. 18.85.040. Removal.

The public defender is subject to removal by the governor for good cause. If the public defender is removed, the governor shall submit to the legislature a report stating the reasons for removal. The report shall be submitted within 10 days after the action has been taken if the legislature is in session, or if the legislature is not in session, within 10 days after the convening of the next regular or special session.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 85. Public Defender Agency › Sec. 18.85.050. Vacancy.

If the position of public defender becomes vacant for any reason, the governor may appoint an acting public defender to serve until the regular appointment procedures under AS 18.85.030 are complied with. The governor and the judicial council shall act under AS 18.85.030 as soon as possible after the vacancy occurs. A person appointed under that section to fill a vacancy begins a new four-year term.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 85. Public Defender Agency › Sec. 18.85.090. Agency staff.

The public defender may appoint and remove assistant public defenders, clerks, investigators, stenographers, and other employees the public defender considers necessary to enable the public defender to carry out the responsibilities of the public defender, subject to existing appropriations. Each person appointed to a subordinate position established by the public defender is under the supervision and control of the public defender.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 85. Public Defender Agency › Sec. 18.85.110. Notice and provision for representation.

(a) If a person having a right to representation under AS 18.85.100 is not represented by an attorney, the court shall, at the time of the person's appearance before the court, clearly inform the person of the right of an indigent person to be represented by an attorney at public expense.
(b) [Repealed, § 6 ch 85 SLA 1996.]
(c) [Repealed, § 6 ch 85 SLA 1996.]
(d) If a court determines under AS 18.85.120 that an indigent person is entitled to be represented by an attorney at public expense, the court shall promptly notify the agency or the office of public advocacy.
(e) Upon notification or assignment under this section, the agency or the office of public advocacy shall represent the person with respect to whom the notification or assignment is made.
(f) [Repealed, § 6 ch 85 SLA 1996.]
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 85. Public Defender Agency › Sec. 18.85.120. Determination of indigency; repayment.

(a) The determination of a person's indigency shall be made by the court in which an action against the person is pending. The determination shall be made by the court and shall set out the basis for the finding that the person is indigent.
(b) In determining whether a person is indigent and in determining the extent of the person's inability to pay, the court shall consider such factors as income, property owned, outstanding obligations, and the number and ages of dependents. Release on bail does not preclude a finding that a person is indigent. In each case, the person, subject to the penalties for perjury, shall certify under oath, and in writing or by other record, material factors relative to the person's financial resources and ability to pay that the court prescribes.
(c) Upon the person's conviction, the court may enter a judgment that a person for whom counsel is appointed pay for services of representation and court costs. Enforcement of a judgment under this subsection may be stayed by the trial court or the appellate court during the pendency of an appeal of the person's conviction. Upon a showing of financial hardship, the court (1) shall allow a person subject to a judgment entered under this subsection to make payments under a payment schedule; (2) shall allow a person subject to a judgment entered under this subsection to petition the court at any time for remission, reduction, or deferral of the unpaid portion of the judgment; and (3) may remit or reduce the balance owing on the judgment or change the method of payment if the payment would impose manifest hardship on the person or the person's immediate family. Payments made under this subsection shall be paid into the state general fund.
(d) Except as provided in AS 18.85.100(e), as a condition of receiving services under this chapter, a person shall affirm indigency under oath to the court and execute a general waiver authorizing the release to the court of income information regarding any income source the person has had for a period of three years immediately preceding the person's first court appearance in connection with each cause. At the conclusion of all services by the public defender to the person, the court shall upon request release to the attorney general all information received under this subsection except information that might incriminate or tend to incriminate the person.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 85. Public Defender Agency › Sec. 18.85.130. Contracts with private attorneys.

When the public interest requires, and a person is entitled to representation by the agency under this chapter, the public defender may contract with one or more private attorneys to assist the public defender. Except as provided in AS 18.85.155, the public defender shall pay for these services out of appropriations to the agency.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 85. Public Defender Agency › Sec. 18.85.140. Waiver.

A person who has been appropriately informed under AS 18.85.100 may waive in writing, or by other record, any right provided by this chapter if the court concerned, at the time of or after waiver, finds of record that the person has acted with full awareness of the person's rights and of the consequences of a waiver. The court shall consider such factors as the person's age, education, familiarity with the English language, and the complexity of the crime involved in making the finding.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 85. Public Defender Agency › Sec. 18.85.150. Recovery from defendant.

(a) A person who has received assistance under this chapter shall pay the state for the assistance if the person was not entitled to it at the time indigency was determined.
(b) The attorney general may bring an action on behalf of the state to recover payment from a person described in (a) of this section who refuses to make the payment. The action shall be brought within six years after the conclusion of the proceeding for which the assistance was provided.
(c) [Repealed, § 5 ch 16 SLA 1974.]
(d) Amounts recovered under this section shall be paid into the state general fund.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 85. Public Defender Agency › Sec. 18.85.155. Payment by municipality.

(a) When a municipality prosecutes a person who has been determined by the court to be indigent under AS 18.85.120 for a violation of a municipal ordinance that is a serious crime, the municipality shall pay for the services of the attorney appointed by the court to defend the indigent person.
(b) A municipality shall provide for defense attorney services under (a) of this section by contracting with private attorneys or the agency or by establishing a municipal public defense agency.
(c) In a prosecution subject to this section, the court may order the defendant to pay to the municipality the costs of the attorney services and other court costs to the extent that the defendant is able to do so.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender › Chapter 85. Public Defender Agency › Sec. 18.85.170. Definitions.

In this chapter,
(1) “agency” means the public defender agency created by AS 18.85.010;
(2) “detain” means to have in custody or otherwise deprive of freedom of action;
(3) “expenses,” when used with reference to representation under this chapter, includes an expense of investigation, other preparation, and trial;
(4) “indigent person” means a person who, at the time need is determined, does not have sufficient assets, credit, or other means to provide for payment of an attorney and all other necessary expenses of representation without depriving the party or the party's dependents of food, clothing, or shelter and who has not disposed of any assets since the commission of the offense with the intent or for the purpose of establishing eligibility for assistance under this chapter;
(5) “serious crime” includes
(A) a criminal matter in which a person is entitled to representation by an attorney under the Constitution of the State of Alaska or the United States Constitution;
(B) an act that, but for the age of the person involved, would otherwise be a serious crime.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 19. Highways and Ferries › Chapter 05. Administration › Article 1. Department of Transportation and Public Facilities. › Sec. 19.05.020. Regulations.

The department shall adopt regulations necessary to carry out the purpose of AS 19.05 - AS 19.25. The regulations may not conflict with AS 36.30 (State Procurement Code) or regulations adopted by the Department of Administration to implement that chapter.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 19. Highways and Ferries › Chapter 05. Administration › Article 1. Department of Transportation and Public Facilities. › Sec. 19.05.030. Duties of department.

The department has the following duties:
(1) direct approved highway planning and construction and maintenance, protection, and control of highways;
(2) employ assistants and employees;
(3) certify and approve vouchers;
(4) provide a program of highway research;
(5) prepare a budget;
(6) review the annual highway program;
(7) develop and implement an avalanche control plan to protect persons who use public highways;
(8) review and respond to recommendations regarding the statewide transportation improvement program that are made by the Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board established under AS 19.65.110;
(9) report, in a manner that is easily available to the public and the media, including on the department's Internet website, on the progress of the Alaska marine highway system in meeting the performance goals established by the Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board under AS 19.65.011.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 19. Highways and Ferries › Chapter 05. Administration › Article 1. Department of Transportation and Public Facilities. › Sec. 19.05.040. Powers of department.

The department may
(1) acquire property;
(2) exercise the power of eminent domain;
(3) take immediate possession of real property, or any interest in real property under a declaration of taking or by other lawful means;
(4) acquire rights-of-way for present or future use;
(5) control access to highways;
(6) regulate roadside development;
(7) preserve and maintain the scenic beauty along state highways;
(8) dispose of property acquired for highway purposes;
(9) accept and dispose of federal funds or property available for highway construction, maintenance, or equipment;
(10) enter into contracts or agreements relating to highways with the federal government, municipalities, a political subdivision, or with a foreign government, if the contract is approved by the federal government;
(11) establish, levy, and collect tolls, fees, charges, and rentals for the use of state roads, highways, bridges, tunnels, crossings, and causeways;
(12) award and administer grants authorized by appropriation by the legislature; and
(13) exercise any other power necessary to carry out the purpose of AS 19.05 - AS 19.25.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 19. Highways and Ferries › Chapter 05. Administration › Article 1. Department of Transportation and Public Facilities. › Sec. 19.05.043. Child safety device loan program.

(a) There is established a child safety device loan program in the highway safety planning agency in the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities.
(b) The director of the highway safety planning agency shall design the child safety device loan program to work in conjunction with private and federal programs operating in the state and shall
(1) provide to every hospital and birthing center in the state, subject to the availability of funds, child safety devices for infants and children to be loaned to the public at nominal fees;
(2) disseminate materials, printed advertisements, and radio and television messages to educate the public about the risks of injury to and death of unrestrained infants and children in motor vehicles and to explain to the public the provisions of AS 28.05.095.
(c) A peace officer who stops a driver for an alleged violation of AS 28.05.095 shall inform the driver about the loan program.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 19. Highways and Ferries › Chapter 05. Administration › Article 1. Department of Transportation and Public Facilities. › Sec. 19.05.060. Sale of obsolete equipment and material.

The department may sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of obsolete machinery, equipment, and material no longer needed, required, or useful for construction or maintenance purposes. Money derived from the sale of the property shall be credited to the funds from which the purchase was originally made.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 19. Highways and Ferries › Chapter 05. Administration › Article 1. Department of Transportation and Public Facilities. › Sec. 19.05.070. Vacating and disposing of land and rights in land.

(a) The department may vacate land, or part of it, or rights in land acquired for highway purposes, by executing and filing a deed in the appropriate recording district. Upon filing, title to the vacated land or interest in land inures to the owners of the adjacent real property in the manner and proportion considered equitable by the commissioner and set out in the deed.
(b) If the department determines that land or rights in land acquired by the department are no longer necessary for highway purposes the department may
(1) transfer the land or rights in land to the Department of Natural Resources for disposal; or
(2) sell, contract to sell, lease, or exchange land or rights in land according to terms, standards, and conditions established by the commissioner.
(c) Proceeds received from disposal of land or rights in land as authorized by this section shall be credited to the funds from which the purchase of the land was made originally.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 19. Highways and Ferries › Chapter 05. Administration › Article 2. Acquisition of Property. › Sec. 19.05.080. Acquisition of land, easements, and materials by purchase or eminent domain.

The department on behalf of the state and as part of the cost of constructing or maintaining a highway may purchase in the open market, acquire, take over, or condemn under the right and power of eminent domain land in fee simple or easements that it considers necessary for present public use, either temporary or permanent, or that it considers necessary and reasonable for the public use. By the same means, the department may obtain material, including clay, gravel, sand, or rock, or the land necessary to obtain material, including access to it. The department may acquire the land or materials notwithstanding the fact that title to it is vested in the state or a department, agency, commission, or institution of the state. Acquisition of materials by purchase in the open market under this section is governed by AS 36.30 (State Procurement Code).
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 19. Highways and Ferries › Chapter 05. Administration › Article 2. Acquisition of Property. › Sec. 19.05.090. Declaration of taking.

A declaration of taking in the form of an order signed by the commissioner, or by a designee of the commissioner within the department, declaring that the real property, or interest in it, or an easement, is necessary for the public use of the state vests title in the state. However, a declaration of taking is not effective until eminent domain proceedings have been instituted in the proper court, and a copy of the declaration of taking has been recorded in the office of the recorder in the district where the land is located. The department shall pay from the appropriate fund into court the amount it considers represents a reasonable valuation for the land, easement, or materials taken.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 19. Highways and Ferries › Chapter 05. Administration › Article 2. Acquisition of Property. › Sec. 19.05.100. Acquisition of excess land.

When a part of a parcel of land is taken and the remainder is in a shape or condition that is of little value to its owner, or gives rise to claims or litigation concerning severance or other damage, the department may acquire the whole parcel and may sell the remainder or exchange it for other property needed for state highway rights-of-way.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 19. Highways and Ferries › Chapter 05. Administration › Article 2. Acquisition of Property. › Sec. 19.05.110. Authority to condemn property for purpose of exchange for public land.

When property that is devoted to or held for another public use for which the power of eminent domain may be exercised is taken for highway purposes, the department may, with the consent of the person or agency in charge of the other public use, condemn real property to be exchanged with such person or agency for the real property so taken. This section does not limit the authorization of the department to acquire, other than by condemnation, property for that purpose in any other manner.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 19. Highways and Ferries › Chapter 05. Administration › Article 2. Acquisition of Property. › Sec. 19.05.120. Authority to purchase property for the purpose of exchange.

When the commissioner formally declares that it is in the best public interest of the state to do so, the department may acquire by purchase or otherwise privately or publicly owned land or an interest in it for the purpose of exchanging it for privately or publicly owned land which the department is authorized by law to acquire.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 19. Highways and Ferries › Chapter 05. Administration › Article 2. Acquisition of Property. › Sec. 19.05.123. Fairbanks - Seward Peninsula transportation and utility corridor.

(a) Subject to legislative appropriation, the department shall identify and delineate a proposed transportation and utility corridor between Fairbanks and the western end of the Seward Peninsula.
(b) In performing the work required by (a) of this section,
(1) the railroad alignment and identification of a railroad right-of-way of not less than 500 feet, together with adjacent sites that can be developed for necessary construction materials, shall guide the identification and delineation of the corridor; and
(2) the department shall consider the following factors:
(A) grade and alignment standards that are commensurate with rail and road construction standards;
(B) availability of construction materials;
(C) safety;
(D) impacts on and service to adjacent communities;
(E) environmental concerns;
(F) use of public land to the maximum degree possible;
(G) minimization of probable construction costs;
(H) the location of, and the opportunity to obtain access to, identified natural resources that could contribute significantly to the state's economic development; and
(I) prior and established traditional uses.
(c) Within 90 days after receiving a report transmitting the work of the department under (a) of this section, the commissioner shall, in conformity with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act), if necessary, adopt a regulation approving, modifying, or rejecting the proposed corridor.
(d) If the commissioner approves or modifies the proposed corridor when presented under (c) of this section,
(1) the Department of Natural Resources shall promptly classify, or reclassify, and reserve any state land within the corridor and at adjacent sites that can be developed for necessary construction materials for use as a corridor; and
(2) the department shall
(A) subject to legislative appropriation, exercise its authority under AS 19.05.040 to acquire rights-of-way across land within the corridor that is subject to the state's power of condemnation; and
(B) work with federal officials to secure reclassification and withdrawal of federal land in the corridor for reservations and rights-of-way across the federal land for use as a corridor.
(e) The requirements of AS 38.05 (Alaska Land Act) relating to classification and reclassification of land are inapplicable to actions taken under this section.
(f) To complete the work required by this section, the commissioner may accept any legal gifts and grants and may enter into contracts or other transactions or agreements relating to it with the federal government, an agency or instrumentality of the state, a municipality, or a private organization.
(g) In this section, “corridor” means the transportation and utility corridor required to be identified and delineated by (a) of this section.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 19. Highways and Ferries › Chapter 05. Administration › Article 3. General Provisions. › Sec. 19.05.125. Purpose.

The purpose of AS 19.05 - AS 19.25 is to establish a highway department capable of carrying out a highway planning, construction, and maintenance program that will provide a common defense to the United States and the state, a network of highways linking together cities and communities throughout the state (thereby contributing to the development of commerce and industry in the state, and aiding the extraction and utilization of its resources), and otherwise improve the economic and general welfare of the people of the state.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 19. Highways and Ferries › Chapter 10. State Highway System › Article 1. Designation, Marking, and Use. › Sec. 19.10.010. Dedication of land for public highways.

A tract 100 feet wide between each section of land owned by the state, or acquired from the state, and a tract four rods wide between all other sections in the state, is dedicated for use as public highways. The section line is the center of the dedicated right-of-way. If the highway is vacated, title to the strip inures to the owner of the tract of which it formed a part by the original survey.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 19. Highways and Ferries › Chapter 10. State Highway System › Article 1. Designation, Marking, and Use. › Sec. 19.10.015. Establishment of highway widths.

(a) It is declared that all officially proposed and existing highways on public land not reserved for public uses are 100 feet wide. This section does not apply to highways that are specifically designated to be wider than 100 feet.
(b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, a municipality may designate the width of a road that is not a part of the state highway system if the municipality maintains the road.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 19. Highways and Ferries › Chapter 10. State Highway System › Article 1. Designation, Marking, and Use. › Sec. 19.10.020. Designation of state highway system.

The department may designate, locate, create, and determine what highways constitute the state highway system. In designating, locating, creating, and determining the several routes of the state highway system, the department shall strive to attain the purposes and objectives set out in AS 19.05.125.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 19. Highways and Ferries › Chapter 10. State Highway System › Article 1. Designation, Marking, and Use. › Sec. 19.10.040. Uniform system of marking and posting.

The department shall classify, designate, and mark highways under its jurisdiction and shall provide a uniform system of marking and posting these highways. The system of marking and posting must correlate with and, as far as possible, conform to the recommendations of the Manual on Traffic Control Devices as adopted by the American Association of State Highway Officials.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 19. Highways and Ferries › Chapter 10. State Highway System › Article 1. Designation, Marking, and Use. › Sec. 19.10.050. Traffic control signals.

The department shall prescribe types of traffic control signals to regulate traffic on highways. These signals must correlate with and, as far as possible, conform to the recommendations of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices as adopted by the American Association of State Highway Officials. The department shall adopt uniform regulations for the placing and installation of traffic control signals.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 19. Highways and Ferries › Chapter 10. State Highway System › Article 1. Designation, Marking, and Use. › Sec. 19.10.060. Size, weight, and load provisions; restriction on use of highways; regulations.

(a) The department, with respect to highways under its jurisdiction, may
(1) establish limitations on weight, size, and load of vehicles, except as otherwise provided in AS 19.10.065;
(2) prohibit the operation or impose restrictions on vehicular use of highways during certain seasons of the year.
(b) The department shall operate motor vehicle weighing stations, issue special written permits authorizing the operation of overweight and oversize vehicles, establish fees for the overweight and oversize vehicle special permits, enforce the size, weight, and load limitations adopted under this section, and establish regulations relating to pilot car services and the enforcement of the size, weight, and load limitations adopted under this section.
(c) Except for requirements relating to a commercial motor vehicle driver's licensing program under AS 28, the department shall adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) that are necessary to implement federal statutes or regulations that relate to commercial motor vehicles.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 19. Highways and Ferries › Chapter 10. State Highway System › Article 1. Designation, Marking, and Use. › Sec. 19.10.065. Operation of farm equipment on highways.

(a) Implements of husbandry, as defined by regulation under AS 28.05.011, are not subject to restrictions adopted under AS 19.10.060(a)(1) unless the implement is the load of another vehicle. Implements of husbandry may be operated on highways subject to the department's jurisdiction without obtaining a permit, as provided in this section.
(b) The incidental operation of an implement of husbandry up to 12 feet wide on a state highway is authorized without a permit if the implement
(1) is operated only during the period from one-half hour after sunrise to one-half hour before sunset;
(2) displays a slow-moving vehicle emblem on the rear of the implement;
(3) displays a red flag on the implement in a location that affords greatest visibility; and
(4) is moving from one farm operation to another within 50 miles of the home base of the implement of husbandry.
(c) An implement of husbandry that is more than 12 feet wide may be operated on a state highway without a permit if it meets the provisions of (b) of this section and is preceded by a pilot car during operation on the highway.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 19. Highways and Ferries › Chapter 10. State Highway System › Article 1. Designation, Marking, and Use. › Sec. 19.10.072. Procedures for determination of speed limits and zones.

(a) In determining safe speed limits and safe speed zones, the department shall consider the following factors in the order of priority listed:
(1) neighborhood safety, including the presence of children and pedestrian traffic;
(2) the presence of schools, houses, parks, and crosswalks;
(3) the presence of driveways, parked vehicles, and multiple turn locations;
(4) that speed at which safe and prudent drivers could pass through the speed zone; and
(5) the effectiveness of local enforcement of the speed zone.
(b) In determining safe speed limits and safe speed zones within a municipality, the department shall consult with that municipality. In determining safe speed limits and safe speed zones on highways and other roadways under its jurisdiction, the department shall also consult with community councils or other community organizations in the affected area if the community councils or other community organizations request in writing to participate in the determination. The department shall provide notice and opportunity for a hearing before establishing a speed limit or speed zone other than as recommended by a municipality, community council, or other community organization.