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2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 05. Powers and Duties of Commissioners of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation › Sec. 03.05.090. Penalties for violations.

(a) A person who violates a provision of this chapter or a regulation, order, or quarantine made under authority of this chapter, or violates a provision of a permit issued under this chapter, or sells seeds failing to meet the labeling requirements, standards, and tests provided for by regulation of the commissioner of natural resources or the commissioner of environmental conservation is guilty of a class A misdemeanor for each offense.
(b) A person who violates an order issued, a regulation adopted, a permit issued, a quarantine imposed, or an embargo ordered under AS 03.05.011, or a person who directs or orders a person to commit the violation, is subject to a civil fine of not more than $500 for each violation.
(c) If the Department of Environmental Conservation issues an order regarding, adopts a regulation on, issues a permit regarding, imposes a quarantine on, or orders an embargo on an animal or animal product that the Department of Environmental Conservation reasonably believes carries pests, a contagious disease, or an infectious disease, a consignee who knowingly receives, or a carrier who knowingly transports, the animal or animal product in violation of the order, regulation, permit, quarantine, or embargo is subject to a civil fine of not more than $500 for each violation.
(d) The Department of Environmental Conservation or a court of competent jurisdiction may impose the fine authorized by (b) or (c) of this section.
(e) Each animal, animal product, or premises containing or having contained animals or animal products involved in a violation described in (b) or (c) of this section constitutes a separate violation under (b) and (c) of this section. Each day on which a violation described in (b) or (c) of this section occurs constitutes a separate violation under (b) and (c) of this section.
(f) In this section, “knowingly” has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900(a).
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 05. Powers and Duties of Commissioners of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation › Sec. 03.05.100. Definitions.

In this chapter,
(1) “agricultural products” does not include fish, fisheries products, animals, or animal products;
(2) “animal” means an animal other than a human being and includes a mammal, insect, bird, fish, and reptile, whether wild or domestic, and whether living or dead;
(3) “animal product” means a product, article, or commodity containing any part of an animal;
(4) “fish or fisheries products” means any aquatic animal, including amphibians, or aquatic plants or parts of those plants, animals, or amphibians that are usable as human food;
(5) “industrial hemp” means the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of that plant, including its seeds and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, with a delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry-weight basis.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 09. Board of Agriculture and Conservation › Sec. 03.09.010. Board of Agriculture and Conservation established.

(a) There is established in the department the Board of Agriculture and Conservation composed of members as set out in AS 03.10.050(b).
(b) Members of the board serve staggered three-year terms and until a successor is appointed. A member may be removed from office by the governor if the governor first provides a written statement of the reasons for removal to the member and makes the statement available to the public. If a vacancy occurs, the governor shall immediately appoint a member for the unexpired portion of the term.
(c) Members of the board receive no compensation, but are entitled to per diem and travel expenses authorized for boards and commissions under AS 39.20.180.
(d) While serving on the board, a board member, or an immediate family member of the board member who shares the same household and financial resources with that board member, may not obtain a lease, permit, installment contract, or loan or purchase land under AS 03.10 or under AS 38.05, or have an existing lease, permit, installment contract, or loan under AS 03.10 or under AS 38.05 modified or restructured. Notwithstanding AS 39.52.150(a), an immediate family member who does not share the same household and financial resources with the board member may obtain a lease, permit, installment contract, or loan or purchase land under AS 03.10 or under AS 38.05 or have an existing lease, permit, installment contract, or loan under AS 03.10 or under AS 38.05 modified or restructured. Notwithstanding AS 39.52.150(a), a person may be appointed to the board even though, at the time of appointment, that person, or an immediate family member, has a lease, permit, installment contract, or loan under AS 03.10 or AS 38.05. However, that person may not take or withhold any official action that affects the lease, permit, installment contract, or loan of that person or an immediate family member who shares the same household and financial resources with that person. If a person with a lease, permit, installment contract, or loan under AS 03.10 or AS 38.05 is appointed to the board, failure by that person to abide by all the terms and conditions of the lease, permit, installment contract, or loan may be the basis for removal under (b) of this section. For purposes of this subsection, “immediate family member” and “official action” have the meanings given in AS 39.52.960.
(e) The board shall elect a member to serve as chair and a member to serve as vice-chair for one-year terms. A member may be reelected to serve additional terms as chair or vice-chair.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 09. Board of Agriculture and Conservation › Sec. 03.09.020. Director of agriculture and staff.

(a) The director of the division of the department with responsibility for agriculture shall serve as the director of the Board of Agriculture and Conservation. The director may employ staff and, as directed by the board, is responsible for the daily operations of the agricultural revolving loan fund (AS 03.10.040).
(b) The director of agriculture shall be appointed to the partially exempt service by the commissioner from a list of two or more candidates submitted by the board. The commissioner may reject all candidates, in which case the board shall submit a new list. The director may be removed by the commissioner at any time, and the office shall remain vacant until a new director is appointed under this subsection.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 09. Board of Agriculture and Conservation › Sec. 03.09.040. Regulations.

(a) The Board of Agriculture and Conservation may adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) to carry out its duties.
(b) The board may, by regulation, classify loan and marketing information and make some classes of loan or marketing information confidential.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 09. Board of Agriculture and Conservation › Sec. 03.09.050. Agricultural land.

The Board of Agriculture and Conservation may recommend to the commissioner that land in the land disposal bank established under AS 38.04.020 be classified as suitable for agriculture. The board may identify state land for agricultural disposal and request the commissioner to provide for the survey and disposal of the land.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 10. Alaska Agricultural Loan Act › Sec. 03.10.020. Powers of the board.

(a) The Board of Agriculture and Conservation (AS 03.09.010) may
(1) make a loan to
(A) an individual resident farmer, homesteader, or a partnership or corporation composed of farmers and homesteaders for
(i) clearing land for agricultural purposes;
(ii) development of farms;
(iii) storage and processing of farm produce; or
(iv) the purchase of livestock or machinery;
(B) an individual state resident, or a partnership or corporation for
(i) storage and processing plants for agricultural products;
(ii) the commercial production or processing of horticultural products in the state;
(iii) the commercial production or processing of animal feed in the state; or
(iv) the raising or care of animals in the state for the purpose of marketing their fur;
(2) designate agents and delegate its powers to them as necessary;
(3) adopt regulations necessary to carry out its functions, including regulations to establish reasonable fees for services provided and charges for collecting the fees;
(4) establish amortization plans for repayment of loans, which may include delayed payments of principal and interest for not to exceed five years;
(5) enter into agreements with private lending institutions, other state agencies, or agencies of the federal government to carry out the purposes of this chapter;
(6) collect the fees and collection charges established under this subsection.
(b) In this section, “horticultural products” means vegetables, fruit plants, grass seed, sod, tree seedlings, ornamental plants, foliage, or flowering plants, grown in a greenhouse or nursery.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 10. Alaska Agricultural Loan Act › Sec. 03.10.033. Restructuring of agricultural debt.

(a) To increase the return to the state, the Board of Agriculture and Conservation may restructure loans (1) in existence on January 1, 1987, made by the former Agricultural Revolving Loan Fund Board or by the former Alaska Agricultural Action Council based upon guidelines approved by the Board of Agriculture and Conservation; (2) of a borrower in an area that has been declared a farm disaster area under AS 03.10.058; or (3) of a borrower who has experienced an agricultural disaster based upon regulations adopted by the Board of Agriculture and Conservation. Notwithstanding any other provision of law that relates to loan terms, the restructuring may only include reduction of interest to a fixed rate not less than five percent a year, an extension of the term of the loan, and an improvement to the security interest of the state. It may not reduce the amount of principal and interest owed before the loan is restructured.
(b) The maximum term of a loan modified under (a) of this section is 30 years from the date of restructuring.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Board of Agriculture and Conservation may approve an application for restructuring under this section only upon
(1) the applicant's written release of the state, including the University of Alaska, from all potential liability for actions and omissions occurring before the date of restructuring that relate in any way to a state farm project, land sale, land sale relinquishment, farm loan, or loan application or loan modification application, whether granted or denied by the state; and
(2) assignment by the applicant to the board of the proceeds from the federal government under 7 U.S.C. 1442 (Conservation Reserve Program) and P.L. 88-26 (Feed Grain Act of 1963), as amended.
(d) If the board receives proceeds under (c)(2) of this section that exceed the amount owed and credited to the loan during the year, the board shall refund the extra proceeds to the applicant.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 10. Alaska Agricultural Loan Act › Sec. 03.10.035. Use or disposal of mortgaged farm land.

(a) A borrower may not use farm land for a nonfarm use or sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of farm land if that land is encumbered by a mortgage given to secure the payment of a loan under this chapter unless the borrower either
(1) pays the outstanding balance of the loan in a lump sum or under other terms agreed to by the Board of Agriculture and Conservation that accelerate payment of the loan; or
(2) pays the outstanding principal balance for the remaining term of the loan at the prevailing rate of interest that is charged by commercial banks in the state during the calendar quarter in which the board receives notice of the change of use, sale, lease, or other disposal of the farm land.
(b) In this section, “nonfarm use” means a use of land other than for the production of domesticated plants and animals useful to humans, including forage and sod crops, grain and feed crops, fruits, vegetables, and livestock.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 10. Alaska Agricultural Loan Act › Sec. 03.10.040. Agricultural revolving loan fund.

(a) There is an agricultural revolving loan fund which may not exceed $75,000,000 to carry out the purpose of this chapter.
(b) Money in the fund may be used by the legislature to make appropriations for costs of administering this chapter and for operations of the Board of Agriculture and Conservation.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 10. Alaska Agricultural Loan Act › Sec. 03.10.050. Administration of fund; Board of Agriculture and Conservation.

(a) The Board of Agriculture and Conservation shall administer the agricultural revolving loan fund. A loan may not be made without the approval of a majority of the board, except that emergency loans based upon regulations adopted by the board and not to exceed $50,000 may be made upon the approval, by majority vote, of a committee composed of the chair of the board, another board member, and the director of the board.
(b) The board is composed of seven members appointed by the governor and confirmed by the legislature in joint session. Members shall have the following qualifications:
(1) one member shall have general business or financial experience;
(2) one member shall be a member of a statewide agriculture promotion organization;
(3) one member shall be a member of a soil and water conservation district established under AS 41.10.130(a) who is also engaged in commercial production agriculture;
(4) four members shall be engaged in commercial production agriculture; each shall represent a different agriculture enterprise from the others, such as livestock production, dairy, vegetable production, grain production, horticultural production, and greenhouse and hydroponic production.
(c) A meeting of the board to act on applications for loans is exempt from the public meeting requirements of AS 44.62.310.
(d) [Repealed, § 30 ch 81 SLA 2000.]
(e) To encourage the prompt payment of loans, the board may establish a program of credits for persons who have a loan from the agricultural revolving loan fund and maintain good financial standing. The credits may be applied against no more than two percentage points a year of the interest due on agricultural revolving loan fund loans.
(f) A credit may not be granted under (e) of this section to reduce interest due on a loan if the borrower has an agricultural loan in default, has a loan that has been rewritten, restructured, rolled over, or otherwise had its term extended or interest rate reduced, or has had a land payment or land clearing loan restructured.
(g) The board may dispose of property acquired by the agricultural revolving loan fund through foreclosure, default, or other action arising out of agricultural loans or the sale of agricultural land. Disposals shall be conducted under regulations approved by the commissioner. The regulations must ensure that the property is disposed of so as to maximize the return to the state and must require that the parcels of land that are composed primarily of cropland soils be restricted to agricultural uses and disposed of only to persons who are residents of the state.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 13. Federal Crop Insurance Contributions › Sec. 03.13.010. Agreement with Federal Crop Insurance Corporation.

The department shall enter into an agreement with the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation under which the department agrees to pay to the corporation a portion of federal crop insurance premiums paid by producers of agricultural commodities in this state. The agreement must provide for a corresponding reduction in the federal crop insurance premium paid by those producers.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 13. Federal Crop Insurance Contributions › Sec. 03.13.020. Amount of contributions.

Under the agreement, the department shall pay to the corporation for each covered producer an amount equal to the amount that the corporation pays for that producer under 7 U.S.C. 1508(b)(3) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 - 1520), except as provided otherwise in this chapter.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 13. Federal Crop Insurance Contributions › Sec. 03.13.040. Appropriations.

(a) The payments to the corporation shall be made from funds appropriated from the general fund to the department for that purpose.
(b) If for any year the amount appropriated is insufficient to fully fund the contribution required by AS 03.13.020, the department shall allocate funds on a first come basis.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 20. Agricultural and Industrial Program Support › Article 1. Agricultural and Industrial Fairs. › Sec. 03.20.010. State aid.

The state may grant aid to agricultural and industrial fair associations, incorporated under the laws of the state, to assist in the payment of (1) costs of operation and maintenance and (2) project costs for capital improvements of annual agricultural and industrial fairs.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 20. Agricultural and Industrial Program Support › Article 1. Agricultural and Industrial Fairs. › Sec. 03.20.020. Amount and conditions of aid.

(a) Fairs may be held each year in each of the house districts, and state aid for the operation and maintenance of the fairs may not exceed a basic grant of $10,000; however, fairs in existence five years or longer may receive an increment grant not to exceed $2,500 per year of existence to a maximum of $75,000. The people of each district sponsoring a fair are not eligible for state aid unless they subscribe to spend from their own funds for that purpose an amount equal to the amount of the state aid and have or organize an agricultural and industrial fair association for the operation and maintenance of the fairs. Each fair receiving state aid is open to entries by the people of the whole state, and special provision shall be made for exhibits from boys' and girls' clubs.
(b) An agricultural and industrial fair association qualifying for and applying for operation and maintenance grants may also apply for capital improvement grants.
(c) For the purpose of matching state fair aid allocations, a fair whose local resources are not sufficient to match dollar for dollar may, in preparing its annual report, place a reasonable itemized monetary value on donated labor, materials, and equipment used in the construction, repairing, and maintenance of fairgrounds, buildings, and facilities in place of dollar matching up to 50 percent of its annual requests. The commissioner shall determine when local resources are insufficient to allow the community to match the amount of state aid requested under (a) of this section, and shall approve the reasonableness of the value assigned the donations by the fair.
(d) Premiums and prizes that qualify for listing for allocation purposes under this section shall be those paid for exhibits and educational contests, displays, and demonstrations of an educational nature. This does not include prizes or premiums for promotion or entertainment activities such as queen contests, parades, dances, rodeos, or races. A listing of fund allocations under this section containing the names of all premium and prize winners, including the amount and value of all awards, shall be maintained by the fair association.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 20. Agricultural and Industrial Program Support › Article 1. Agricultural and Industrial Fairs. › Sec. 03.20.030. Application for and granting of operation and maintenance aid.

(a) Each agricultural and industrial fair association desiring to apply for an operation and maintenance grant shall apply to the commissioner before August 1 of the year preceding the fiscal year for which the grant is sought. It shall submit with the application a planned program of operation and maintenance of the proposed fair, the rules and regulations governing the fair, and a certificate signed by the president and secretary of the association certifying that the association will spend for the proposed fair a sum of money from their own funds equal in amount to the benefits requested under AS 03.20.010 - 03.20.080. When satisfied that the association is entitled to receive state aid under the provisions of AS 03.20.010 - 03.20.080, the commissioner shall make a disbursement to the association in the sum to which it is entitled. The commissioner shall pay annually the sum to be paid under the provisions of AS 03.20.010 - 03.20.080.
(b) The commissioner shall require each association receiving state operation and maintenance aid to furnish receipts for money paid to them. The commissioner may prescribe the form of the receipt. Each association shall furnish a statement executed and acknowledged by the president and secretary, covering the disbursements by the association of all operation and maintenance funds, for fairs held under AS 03.20.010 - 03.20.080. The statement must definitely set forth that wherever any state aid money has been disbursed that a like amount of fair association fund money has been expended and that in no instance has the expenditure of state money exceeded the expenditure of fair association money. The association shall make a full report of receipts and expenditures including the sums expended for prizes and awards to the commissioner and this report shall be transmitted to the next legislature.
(c) A sum equal to at least 25 percent of the state operation and maintenance aid received under AS 03.20.010 - 03.20.080 shall be used for premiums or transportation cost of exhibits.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 20. Agricultural and Industrial Program Support › Article 1. Agricultural and Industrial Fairs. › Sec. 03.20.035. Application for and granting of capital improvement aid.

(a) Each agricultural and industrial fair association desiring to apply for a capital improvement grant shall apply to the commissioner before August 1 of the year preceding the fiscal year for which the grant is sought. It shall submit with the application a proposed long-term capital improvement plan of the fair covering five years from the time the application is submitted, which shall be certified by the president and secretary of the association as having been reviewed and approved by the governing body of the association. When satisfied that the association is entitled to receive state aid under the provisions of this section, the commissioner shall make a disbursement to the association in the sum to which it is entitled.
(b) Each association receiving state capital improvement aid shall furnish receipts to the commissioner for money paid to them. The commissioner shall prescribe the form of the receipt. The association shall make a full report of its receipts and expenditures made for capital improvements and this report shall be transmitted to the next legislature following the receipts and expenditures.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 20. Agricultural and Industrial Program Support › Article 1. Agricultural and Industrial Fairs. › Sec. 03.20.040. Display of exhibits outside state.

The commissioner may collect and ship, for display outside of the state, exhibits of Alaska produce, mining, and manufacturing, and other exhibits, including the Native arts. The commissioner may expend not more than $2,000 a year for that purpose. The commissioner shall account for and report the funds disbursed under this section.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 20. Agricultural and Industrial Program Support › Article 1. Agricultural and Industrial Fairs. › Sec. 03.20.050. More than one association and fair permitted.

Nothing in AS 03.20.010 - 03.20.080 prohibits the formation of more than one agricultural and industrial fair association in each house district or the holding of an agricultural and industrial fair in several places in each district. When more than one association is formed in a house district or when a fair is held in more than one place in the district, the minimum operational aid is $250. When more than one association applies for the benefits of AS 03.20.010 - 03.20.080, the commissioner shall divide the money allotted to the district among the applicants in proportion to the amount justified at the time of application.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 20. Agricultural and Industrial Program Support › Article 1. Agricultural and Industrial Fairs. › Sec. 03.20.060. Expenditure of aid for nonperishable exhibits.

The commissioner may require an association to expend not more than 10 percent of the state operation and maintenance aid granted, for the purpose of buying nonperishable exhibits. Those exhibits shall be held by the association subject to the order of the commissioner.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 20. Agricultural and Industrial Program Support › Article 1. Agricultural and Industrial Fairs. › Sec. 03.20.070. Funds to be returned if unexpended or if no fair held.

(a) If an association has received state operation and maintenance funds under AS 03.20.010 - 03.20.080 and fails to hold a fair in accordance with its program, or does not disburse all of the state funds paid to it for that purpose, the association shall return those funds, or the unexpended portions, to the department within 60 days after the date set for the fair. If an association fails to comply with this section the attorney general shall institute proceedings to recover the funds.
(b) If an association has received state capital improvement funds under AS 03.20.010 - 03.20.080 and fails to expend them within five years for capital improvements designated in its long-term capital improvement plan in effect at the time of the grant, the commissioner may, after investigation, require that the unexpended funds be returned to the department.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 20. Agricultural and Industrial Program Support › Article 1. Agricultural and Industrial Fairs. › Sec. 03.20.080. Definitions.

For purposes of AS 03.20.010 - 03.20.080,
(1) “agricultural and industrial fair” means a fair, the major focus of which is displays, exhibitions, demonstrations, contests, or promotions of agricultural or industrial concern to the region in which the fair is located, or any fair that, before July 1, 1980, has received a grant under AS 03.20.010 - 03.20.080;
(2) “project costs for capital improvements” includes, in addition to costs directly related to the project, the sum total of all costs of financing and carrying out the project; these include, but are not limited to, the costs of all necessary studies, surveys, plans and specifications, architectural, engineering, or other special services, acquisition of real property, site preparation and development, purchase, construction, reconstruction, and improvement of real property, and the acquisition of machinery and equipment as may be necessary in connection with the project; an allocable portion of the administrative and operating expenses of the grantee; the cost of financing the project, including interest on bonds issued to finance the project; and the cost of other items, including any indemnity and surety bonds and premiums on insurance, legal fees, fees and expenses of trustees, depositaries, financial advisors, and paying agents for the bonds issued as the issuer considers necessary.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 20. Agricultural and Industrial Program Support › Article 2. Noncommercial Transfer of Seed and Community Seed Libraries. › Sec. 03.20.120. Community seed libraries.

(a) A person may establish a community seed library for individual giving or exchanging of seed that is intended for home, educational, charitable, or noncommercial use in the state and that is harvested from a plant grown
(1) outside the state and imported into the state in compliance with AS 03.05.010(a)(5); or
(2) in the state.
(b) A person may give seed to or exchange seed with another person through a community seed library established under (a) of this section.
(c) Seed given, exchanged, or offered for giving or exchanging under (b) of this section must be
(1) packaged either in the original package or repackaged; and
(2) except as provided in (d) of this section, labeled with the following information on each package:
(A) the common name of the plant from which the seed derives;
(B) the name and address of the community seed library;
(C) the statement “Not authorized for commercial use and not classified, graded, or inspected by the State of Alaska”; and
(D) if treated with a toxic substance, the statement “Treated seed-Not for consumption.”
(d) A person who is giving, exchanging, or offering a seed package at a community seed library may satisfy the labeling requirement under (c)(2) of this section by displaying a sign near the packaged seed that identifies the seed and clearly states the information required under (c)(2) of this section.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 20. Agricultural and Industrial Program Support › Article 2. Noncommercial Transfer of Seed and Community Seed Libraries. › Sec. 03.20.130. Limitations.

A person may not give seed to or exchange seed with another person under AS 03.20.110 and 03.20.120 in an amount that, for each person who receives the seed, exceeds 100 pounds.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 20. Agricultural and Industrial Program Support › Article 2. Noncommercial Transfer of Seed and Community Seed Libraries. › Sec. 03.20.140. Online publication of noncommercial giving or exchanging of seed.

A person involved in noncommercial giving or exchanging of seed under AS 03.20.110 and 03.20.120 may register online with the department under AS 44.37.030(b) and submit to the department information, including the person's name, telephone number, and electronic mail address, and the location where the person gives or exchanges seed, for publication on the department's Internet website.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 20. Agricultural and Industrial Program Support › Article 2. Noncommercial Transfer of Seed and Community Seed Libraries. › Sec. 03.20.150. Applicability of other laws.

Nothing in AS 03.20.110 - 03.20.150 authorizes a person to
(1) violate 7 U.S.C. 2321 - 2582 (Plant Variety Protection Act of 1970);
(2) give, exchange, or receive a seed
(A) from a plant that is regulated as
(i) a controlled substance under AS 11.71 or a drug under AS 17.20; or
(ii) marijuana under AS 17.38; or
(B) patented under 35 U.S.C. 161 - 164 (Plant Patent Act of 1930);
(3) possess, give, or exchange seed that is considered to be noxious, invasive, or toxic under AS 03.05 or AS 44.37 or a regulation adopted under those chapters.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 22. Plant Materials Center › Sec. 03.22.020. Purpose of center.

The objectives of the plant materials center, in cooperation with the college or department of the University of Alaska responsible for the Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, are to
(1) assemble, evaluate, select, and increase plant materials needed in soil and water conservation, agriculture, and industry, and maintain genetic purity of these materials;
(2) increase promising plant materials for field scale testing;
(3) test the promising materials in field plantings on sites that represent soil and climatic conditions not found at the center;
(4) maintain and provide for increase of basic seed stocks of plant materials for agricultural and conservation interests;
(5) make seed and plant materials available, for a fee if necessary, in such a manner as to avoid monopolistic control of basic stocks of these materials and encourage the development of a seed industry, noncommercial transfer of seed, and community seed libraries established under AS 03.20.120;
(6) support but not duplicate activities carried on by state or federally funded research programs in the state;
(7) prepare, publish, and disseminate a summary report on all studies as they are completed.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 22. Plant Materials Center › Sec. 03.22.030. Center site, buildings, and equipment.

The department shall obtain a site, either by donation, lease, or purchase, and erect suitable buildings on the site, if they are needed for the use of the plant materials center. The department shall also acquire the agricultural land, scientific instruments, and equipment necessary to carry on the work of the center. Acquisition of scientific instruments and equipment under this section is governed by AS 36.30 (State Procurement Code).
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 22. Plant Materials Center › Sec. 03.22.040. Personnel.

The department shall ensure that competent professional, secretarial, and subprofessional personnel necessary to carry on the work of the center are employed. The administrator of the plant materials center is a joint appointment between the Department of Natural Resources and the college or department of the University of Alaska responsible for the Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 22. Plant Materials Center › Sec. 03.22.050. Department to cooperate.

The department shall cooperate with the college or department of the University of Alaska responsible for the Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station and the United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, by a formal memorandum of understanding and may cooperate with any department or agency of federal, state, or local government, research organization, or other organization concerned with conservation or agriculture.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 30. Fences › Sec. 03.30.020. Duty to keep barbed wire fences in repair.

A person having a barbed wire fence shall keep it in good repair. When a domesticated animal is killed or injured by coming in contact with a barbed wire fence that is not at the time of injury kept in substantial compliance with this section and AS 03.30.030, the owner of the animal may recover from the owner of the fence a sum equal to the amount of damages sustained in the killing or injury to the animal.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 30. Fences › Sec. 03.30.060. Failure to close roadside gate used for retaining livestock.

A person failing to close a roadside gate after opening the same is presumed to be negligent and liable for all consequent damage upon proof thereof. For the purposes of this section, a “roadside gate” is a contrivance located alongside or near a public or private road made for the purpose of passing through a fence that is used for or intended to be used for the retention of livestock.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 35. Controlled Livestock Districts › Sec. 03.35.010. Establishment of controlled livestock districts; prohibition against animals at large.

(a) A district judge may establish a controlled livestock district within a municipality or in other settled areas of the state, as provided in this chapter, to consist of a contiguous area of not less than 1,280 acres.
(b) The owner and the person having custody and control of a domestic animal kept within a controlled livestock district may not with criminal negligence permit the domestic animal to graze or run at large.
(c) Violation of (b) of this section is a class B misdemeanor.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 35. Controlled Livestock Districts › Sec. 03.35.020. Petition for establishment, addition, elimination, or dissolution.

(a) A controlled livestock district may be established upon petition of not less than 60 percent of the resident owners and lessees of the land within the area to be included in the district who own or lease 30 percent of the land described in the petition. The petition must contain a statement of its purpose, define the boundaries of the area to be included within the district, be signed by the required resident owners and lessees within the area described, and be filed with the district judge for the district within which the land is situated.
(b) An addition to an established controlled livestock district may be made under the same procedures set out for creating the district if the addition has at least 160 acres and is contiguous to the established district.
(c) A portion of a controlled livestock district may be eliminated or a district may be dissolved if 60 percent of the resident owners and lessees of the land within the district who own or lease 30 percent of the land within the district petition for the elimination or dissolution under the procedure set out in this section for the establishment of a controlled livestock district.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 35. Controlled Livestock Districts › Sec. 03.35.030. Notice, hearing, and order.

Upon receipt of a petition for the establishment, addition, elimination, or dissolution of a controlled livestock district, the district judge shall set a time for hearing the petition not less than 30 days after its receipt. Notice of the time and place of the hearing and its purpose shall be posted in not fewer than three conspicuous public places within the proposed district for a period of at least 30 days before the hearing. If, at the hearing, the district judge finds that the petition meets the requirements established under AS 03.35.020 and that notice of the hearing has been given, the district judge shall enter an order granting the request contained within the petition. The boundaries of the district are those proposed within the petition. The district judge shall certify to the clerk of the superior court for the judicial district a copy of the findings and order. The district judge shall send a copy of the order to the commissioner.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 35. Controlled Livestock Districts › Sec. 03.35.035. Identification of domestic animals within controlled livestock district.

(a) Within 60 days of the establishment of a controlled livestock district or of the addition to an established controlled livestock district under AS 03.35.010, the person having custody and control of domestic animals located within the district shall identify the animals under AS 03.40, use identification collars to indicate ownership, or otherwise use a reliable system for the identification of the ownership of the animal.
(b) A person who violates (a) of this section commits a violation.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 35. Controlled Livestock Districts › Sec. 03.35.040. Liability for damages; lien.

(a) The owner of land within a controlled livestock district, whether the land is fenced or unfenced, is entitled to recover, from the owner or person having custody and control of a domestic animal, for any injury done by the animal when grazing or running at large within a controlled livestock district contrary to the provisions of this chapter, and has a lien upon the domestic animal for the amount of the damage done.
(b) A claim for damages may not exceed $500 against any one animal for any one trespass.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 35. Controlled Livestock Districts › Sec. 03.35.050. Impounding and public sale of animals running at large.

The owner of any land within a controlled livestock district may impound a domestic animal trespassing upon that land and keep the animal until damages, together with reasonable charges for keeping and feeding it, are paid. Within 24 hours after impounding an animal, the person impounding it shall give notice in writing to the owner or claimant of the animal, if the owner is known, or, if the owner is unknown, file a notice of impounding with the district judge for the district and post a copy of the notice in a public place nearest to the enclosure of the impounded animal. If, within five days after receipt of the notice of impoundment or posting of the notice of impoundment, the owner or claimant fails to claim the animal and pay the reasonable charges for keeping and feeding it, together with damages and costs, the animal may be sold at public auction as provided in AS 03.35.055.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 35. Controlled Livestock Districts › Sec. 03.35.055. Public auction.

(a) Before the sale of the animal at public auction, notice of the sale shall be given by the impounder by posting a written or printed notice of the time and place of sale in a public place nearest to the enclosure of the impounded animal not less than 10 days before the day of the sale. The owner or claimant of the animal may redeem the animal at any time before the sale by paying the reasonable charges for keeping and feeding the animal, together with damages and costs, to the person impounding the animal.
(b) The impounder, or an agent, shall sell the animal at public auction to the highest bidder in the manner provided for the sale of personal property on execution.
(c) Proceeds of the sale in excess of all reasonable charges and costs shall be paid over to the district judge for the district to be disposed of as provided in AS 34.45.070.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 40. Brands and Marks › Sec. 03.40.010. Brands and marks.

Any person owning cattle, reindeer, bison, musk oxen, elk, sheep, horses, mules, or asses may adopt a brand or mark. After recording the brand or mark as provided in AS 03.40.030, the person has the exclusive right to its use.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 40. Brands and Marks › Sec. 03.40.020. Record of ownership.

The owner may brand or mark an animal on either side with the owner's brand or mark. The animal shall be branded or marked so that the brand or mark shows distinctly. Sheep may be marked distinctly with a mark or device to distinguish them readily when they become intermixed with other flocks of sheep owned in the state. Evidence of ownership by brand or mark may not be permitted in any court in this state unless the brand or mark is recorded as provided in AS 03.40.030.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 40. Brands and Marks › Sec. 03.40.030. Recording.

(a) To adopt a brand or mark, a person shall forward to the commissioner a facsimile of the brand or mark, together with a written application, and the recording fee of $2. Upon receipt, the commissioner shall record the brand or mark unless it is of record or conflicts with or closely resembles that of some other person, in which case the commissioner shall return the facsimile and fee to the applicant. A brand described as being on either side of the animal may not be accepted or recorded.
(b) The commissioner shall file all brands or marks offered for record pending examination. The commissioner shall make an examination as promptly as possible, and, if the brand or mark is accepted, ownership thereof vests from the date of filing. The recording of the brand or mark gives the applicant ownership thereof until the next renewal period. A renewal period occurs every five years, beginning with January 1, 1960. At least 90 days before the expiration of each renewal period, the commissioner shall notify every owner of a recorded brand or mark of the renewal period and the owner shall pay to the commissioner a renewal fee of $1 and furnish other information as may be required. The renewal fee is due and payable on or before January 1 of the renewal year, and if an owner fails, refuses, or neglects to pay the renewal fee by March 1, of the renewal year, the brand or mark is forfeited and becomes available for issuance to another applicant.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 40. Brands and Marks › Sec. 03.40.070. Brand is personal property.

A recorded brand or mark is the property of the person causing the record to be made, and is subject to sale, assignment, transfer, devise, and descent, as personal property. Instruments of writing evidencing the sale, assignment, or transfer of the brand or mark shall be recorded by the commissioner, and the fee for recording the sale, assignment, or transfer is $1. The recording of the instrument is notice to all persons of the matter recorded. Certified copies are admissible in evidence.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 40. Brands and Marks › Sec. 03.40.090. Publication of record.

The commissioner shall publish, in book form, a list of all brands and marks on record at the time of the publication. The lists may be supplemented from time to time. The publication must contain a facsimile of all recorded brands and marks, together with the owner's name and mailing address. The records shall be arranged in convenient form for reference. The books and supplements may be sold to the general public at an amount not to exceed $2 a copy.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 40. Brands and Marks › Sec. 03.40.110. Animals from other states.

Any person who brings into this state for grazing purposes any animals included in AS 03.40.010 already branded or marked shall present to the commissioner a statement of the brands or marks of these animals. If these brands or marks conflict with any previously recorded, the owner or manager of the animals shall brand or mark them with a brand or mark that the commissioner considers a brand or mark distinguishable from all brands or marks recorded, and the owner shall be enjoined from further use of the conflicting brand or mark. Failure to comply with the provisions of this section renders the party liable for damages resulting from the failure. This section applies to all animals in this state whose brands or marks infringe on previously recorded brands or marks.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 40. Brands and Marks › Sec. 03.40.120. Sale of branded livestock.

A person may not sell or otherwise dispose of any branded livestock, or buy, purchase, or otherwise receive any branded livestock, unless the person selling or disposing of the stock gives, and the person buying, purchasing, or otherwise receiving the stock receives, a bill of sale in writing. A person who violates or fails to comply with this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof is punishable by a fine of not less than $25 or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 3. Agriculture, Animals, and Food › Chapter 40. Brands and Marks › Sec. 03.40.130. Exhibition of bill of sale by purchaser.

A person who purchases, receives, or possesses any branded livestock, either as principal or agent, shall exhibit, on request of any person, the bill of sale of the stock. A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable as provided in AS 03.40.120.