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2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 23. Multiple Use Management of Public Resources › Article 2. Recreation Rivers. › Sec. 41.23.470. Application of public land laws.

(a) The provisions of AS 38.04, AS 38.05, AS 38.35, and AS 38.95 apply to land described in AS 41.23.500 except to the extent that a provision of AS 41.23.400 - 41.23.510 is inconsistent.
(b) The commissioner may conduct only a negotiated timber sale under AS 38.05.115 to provide for personal use, including house logs and firewood, or for a use incidental to the construction of access, or for habitat enhancement.
(c) The commissioner may permit mining leasing under AS 38.05.205 on upland within a recreation river corridor if leasing is allowed under a management plan that has been adopted by the commissioner. The commissioner shall establish appropriate conditions for permits, operating plans, and leases to mitigate the effects of mineral development activities on the environment and to prevent to the extent practicable degradation of the recreation uses of the river.
(d) To enhance public use and enjoyment of a recreation river corridor under a management plan adopted under AS 41.23.440, the commissioner may provide for the construction and operation of commercial facilities such as lodges, campgrounds, and boat launches by
(1) leasing land under AS 38.05.070, including competitive leasing to a prequalified bidder; and
(2) contracting for the construction and operation of a facility under AS 36.30 so long as the facility is not in competition with a private facility or enterprise.
(e) The annual estimated balance in the account maintained by the commissioner of administration under AS 37.05.142 may be appropriated by the legislature to the department to carry out the purposes of AS 41.23.400 - 41.23.510.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 23. Multiple Use Management of Public Resources › Article 2. Recreation Rivers. › Sec. 41.23.480. Cooperative management agreements.

(a) The commissioner may enter into a cooperative management agreement for the management of land and water described in AS 41.23.500 or of other adjacent land and water with a federal agency, a municipality, another agency of the state, or a private landowner.
(b) The commissioner may transfer the management of a specific site within a recreation river corridor described in AS 41.23.500 to a state agency, a municipality, or a private entity to carry out a program authorized by law or to enhance the objectives of the management plan adopted under AS 41.23.440.
(c) The commissioner may not manage a recreation river corridor described in AS 41.23.500 as a unit of the state park system or as a game refuge, game sanctuary, or a critical habitat. The commissioner may assign management of a recreation facility or site such as a campground or a boat launch to the division of parks.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 23. Multiple Use Management of Public Resources › Article 3. Recreational Mining Areas. › Sec. 41.23.600. Purpose.

The purpose of AS 41.23.600 - 41.23.620 is to establish the area described in AS 41.23.620 as the Caribou Creek Recreational Mining Area. The Caribou Creek Recreational Mining Area is established to provide for a public recreational mining area to permit public recreational activities and to allow other multiple use activities to continue as long as the activities do not detract from the primary purpose for the establishment of the Caribou Creek Recreational Mining Area.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 23. Multiple Use Management of Public Resources › Article 3. Recreational Mining Areas. › Sec. 41.23.620. Caribou Creek Recreational Mining Area.

The vacant and unappropriated state-owned land and water and the state land and water acquired in the future that lie within 100 feet of either ordinary high water or mean high tide of the banks of the creeks or rivers described in this section are designated as the Caribou Creek Recreational Mining Area, are reserved from all uses incompatible with the purposes of AS 41.23.600, and are assigned to the department for control and management:
Township 20 North, Range 10 East, Seward Meridian
(1) That portion of Caribou Creek located in
Section 28: W1/2
Section 29: E1/2
(2) That portion of the Matanuska River located in
Section 32: SE1/4
Section 33: NE1/4, NW1/4, SW1/4.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 35. Historic Preservation › Article 1. Alaska Historic Preservation Act. › Sec. 41.35.010. Declaration of policy.

It is the policy of the state to preserve and protect the historic, prehistoric, and archeological resources of Alaska from loss, desecration, and destruction so that the scientific, historic, and cultural heritage embodied in these resources may pass undiminished to future generations. To this end, the legislature finds and declares that the historic, prehistoric, and archeological resources of the state are properly the subject of concerted and coordinated efforts exercised on behalf of the general welfare of the public in order that these resources may be located, preserved, studied, exhibited, and evaluated.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 35. Historic Preservation › Article 1. Alaska Historic Preservation Act. › Sec. 41.35.020. Title to historic, prehistoric, and archeological resources; local display.

(a) The state reserves to itself title to all historic, prehistoric, and archeological resources situated on land owned or controlled by the state, including tideland and submerged land, and reserves to itself the exclusive right of field archeology on state-owned or controlled land. However, nothing in AS 41.35.010 - 41.35.240 diminishes the cultural rights and responsibilities of persons of aboriginal descent or infringes upon their right of possession and use of those resources that may be considered of historic, prehistoric, or archeological value.
(b) Although title to historic, prehistoric, and archeological resources is in the state, local cultural groups may obtain from the state, or retain, for study or display, artifacts and other items of these resources from their respective cultures or areas if the commission created in AS 41.35.300 finds that (1) the group has a durable building with weatherproof and fireproof construction and humidity control and other factors necessary to serve as a museum which will assure safe preservation of the items, (2) the item sought to be obtained is not one for which there is an undue risk of damage during transportation, and (3) the item sought to be obtained or retained is not one requiring special treatment or care beyond the ability or means of the group requesting it. A group retaining such an item or obtaining one from the state shall house it in the museum building and shall make every reasonable effort to assure its safe preservation. If the commission finds that a local cultural group is not properly taking care of an item the group shall return it to the department.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 35. Historic Preservation › Article 1. Alaska Historic Preservation Act. › Sec. 41.35.030. Designation of monuments and historic sites.

Upon the recommendation of the commission, the governor may declare by public order any particular historic, prehistoric, or archeological structure, deposit, site, or other object of scientific or historic interest that is situated on land owned or controlled by the state to be a state monument or historic site, and the governor may designate as a part of the monument or site as much land as is considered necessary for the proper access, care, and management of the object or site to be protected. When an object or site is situated on land held in private ownership, it may be declared a state monument or historic site in the same manner, with the written consent of the owner.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 35. Historic Preservation › Article 1. Alaska Historic Preservation Act. › Sec. 41.35.040. Administration and financial support of monuments and historic sites.

State-owned monuments, sites, and other historic, prehistoric, or archeological properties owned or purchased by the state are under the control of the department, and their maintenance shall be covered in the appropriations made to the department. Privately owned state monuments or historic sites are eligible to receive state support for their maintenance, restoration, and rehabilitation if they are kept accessible to the general public and application for support is made in conformity with regulations adopted by the commissioner.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 35. Historic Preservation › Article 1. Alaska Historic Preservation Act. › Sec. 41.35.060. Power to acquire historic, prehistoric, or archeological properties.

(a) The department, with the recommendation of the commission, may acquire real and personal properties that have statewide historic, prehistoric, or archeological significance by gift, purchase, devise, or bequest. The department shall preserve and administer property so acquired. The department may acquire property adjacent to the property having historic, prehistoric, or archeological significance when it is determined to be necessary for the proper use and administration of the significant property.
(b) If an historic, prehistoric, or archeological property which has been found by the department, upon the recommendation of the commission, to be important for state ownership is in danger of being sold or used so that its historic, prehistoric, or archeological value will be destroyed or seriously impaired, or is otherwise in danger of destruction or serious impairment, the department may establish the use of the property in a manner necessary to preserve its historic, prehistoric, or archeological character or value. If the owner of the property does not wish to follow the restrictions of the department, the department may acquire the property by eminent domain under AS 09.55.240 - 09.55.460.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 35. Historic Preservation › Article 1. Alaska Historic Preservation Act. › Sec. 41.35.070. Preservation of historic, prehistoric, and archeological resources threatened by public construction.

(a) The department shall locate, identify, and preserve in suitable records information regarding historic, prehistoric, and archeological sites, locations, and remains. The information shall be submitted to the heads of the executive departments of the state.
(b) Before public construction or public improvement of any nature is undertaken by the state, or by a governmental agency of the state or by a private person under contract with or licensed by the state or governmental agency of the state, the department may survey the affected area to determine if the area contains historic, prehistoric, or archeological values.
(c) If the department determines that historic, prehistoric, or archeological sites, locations, or remains will be adversely affected by the public construction or improvement, the proposed public construction or improvement may not be commenced until the department has performed the necessary investigation, recording, and salvage of the site, location, or remains. All investigation, recording, and salvage work shall be performed as expeditiously as possible so that no state construction project will be unduly impaired, impeded, or delayed.
(d) If in the course of performing public construction or improvements, historic, prehistoric, or archeological sites, locations, remains, or objects are discovered, the department shall be notified and its concurrence shall be requested in continuing the construction or improvement. Upon receipt of this notice, the department shall survey the area to determine whether the area contains historic, prehistoric, or archeological data which should be preserved in the public interest. The survey shall be conducted as expeditiously as possible. If, as a result of the survey, it is determined that (1) this data exists in the area, (2) the data has exceptional historic, prehistoric, or archeological significance, and should be collected and preserved in the public interest, and (3) it is feasible to collect and preserve the data, the department shall perform the necessary work to collect and preserve the data. This work shall be performed as expeditiously as possible.
(e) If the concurrence of the department required under (b) and (c) of this section is not obtained after 90 days from the filing of a request for its concurrence to proceed with the project, the agency or person performing the construction or improvement may apply to the governor for permission to proceed without that concurrence, and the governor may take the action the governor considers best in overruling or sustaining the department.
(f) The costs of investigation, recording, and salvage of the site shall be reimbursed by the agency sponsoring the construction project.
(g) Notwithstanding (a) - (f) of this section, all actions to stop any project shall first be approved in writing by the commissioner.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 35. Historic Preservation › Article 1. Alaska Historic Preservation Act. › Sec. 41.35.080. Permits.

The commissioner may issue a permit for the investigation, excavation, gathering, or removal from the natural state, of any historic, prehistoric, or archeological resources of the state. A permit may be issued only to persons or organizations qualified to make the investigations, excavations, gatherings, or removals and only if the results of these authorized activities will be made available to the general public through institutions and museums interested in disseminating knowledge on the subjects involved. If the historic, prehistoric, or archeological resource involved is one which is, or is located on a site which is, sacred, holy, or of religious significance to a cultural group, the consent of that cultural group must be obtained before a permit may be issued under this section.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 35. Historic Preservation › Article 1. Alaska Historic Preservation Act. › Sec. 41.35.090. Notice required of private persons.

Before any construction, alteration, or improvement of any nature is undertaken on a privately owned, officially designated state monument or historic site by any person, the person shall give the department three months notice of intention to construct on, alter, or improve it. Before the expiration of the three-month notification period, the department shall either begin eminent domain proceedings under AS 41.35.060(b) or undertake or permit the recording and salvaging of any historic, prehistoric, or archeological information considered necessary.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 35. Historic Preservation › Article 1. Alaska Historic Preservation Act. › Sec. 41.35.100. Excavation and removal of historic, prehistoric, or archeological remains on private land.

Before any historic, prehistoric, or archeological remains are excavated or removed from private land by the department, the written approval of the owner shall first be secured. When the value of the private land is diminished by the excavation or removal, the owner of the land shall be compensated for the loss at a monetary sum mutually agreed on by the department and the owner or at a monetary sum set by the court.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 35. Historic Preservation › Article 1. Alaska Historic Preservation Act. › Sec. 41.35.200. Unlawful acts.

(a) A person may not appropriate, excavate, remove, injure, or destroy, without a permit from the commissioner, any historic, prehistoric, or archeological resources of the state.
(b) A person may not possess, sell, buy, or transport within the state, or offer to sell, buy, or transport within the state, historic, prehistoric, or archeological resources taken or acquired in violation of this section or 16 U.S.C. 433.
(c) [Repealed, § 3 ch 83 SLA 2001.]
(d) An historic, prehistoric, or archeological resource that is taken in violation of this section shall be seized by any person designated in AS 41.35.220 wherever found and at any time. Objects seized may be disposed of as the commissioner determines by deposit in the proper public depository.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 35. Historic Preservation › Article 1. Alaska Historic Preservation Act. › Sec. 41.35.215. Civil penalties.

In addition to other penalties and remedies provided by law, a person who violates a provision of AS 41.35.010 - 41.35.240 is subject to a maximum civil penalty of $100,000 for each violation.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 35. Historic Preservation › Article 1. Alaska Historic Preservation Act. › Sec. 41.35.220. Enforcement authority.

The following persons are peace officers of the state and shall enforce AS 41.35.010 - 41.35.240:
(1) an employee of the department authorized by the commissioner;
(2) a peace officer in the state;
(3) any other person authorized by the commissioner.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 35. Historic Preservation › Article 1. Alaska Historic Preservation Act. › Sec. 41.35.230. Definitions.

In AS 41.35.010 - 41.35.240, unless the context otherwise requires,
(1) “commission” means the Alaska Historical Commission established in AS 41.35.300;
(2) “historic, prehistoric, and archeological resources” includes deposits, structures, ruins, sites, buildings, graves, artifacts, fossils, or other objects of antiquity which provide information pertaining to the historical or prehistorical culture of people in the state as well as to the natural history of the state.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 35. Historic Preservation › Article 2. Alaska Historical Commission. › Sec. 41.35.310. Composition of commission.

The Alaska Historical Commission consists of the following persons:
(1) the lieutenant governor;
(2) the state historic preservation officer appointed under 16 U.S.C. 470 - 470n (P.L. 89-665, National Historic Preservation Act of 1966);
(3) three persons with professionally relevant backgrounds appointed from each of the following fields: history, architecture, and archeology;
(4) one person appointed to represent indigenous ethnic groups;
(5) two persons appointed from a list of recommended nominees, containing at least four names, submitted each year by the Alaska Historical Society;
(6) one other person.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 35. Historic Preservation › Article 2. Alaska Historical Commission. › Sec. 41.35.330. Term of office.

The term of office for a member of the commission is three years, except for those who are members by virtue of their positions with the state, who serve for as long as they remain in the position by virtue of which they are members of the commission. Except as provided in AS 39.05.080(4), a member appointed to fill a vacancy serves for the unexpired term of the member succeeded.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 35. Historic Preservation › Article 2. Alaska Historical Commission. › Sec. 41.35.380. Gifts and income.

(a) There is established in the state general fund a special Alaska Historical Commission receipts account into which shall be paid:
(1) all monetary gifts, grants, and bequests received by the commission;
(2) all royalties and other income that the commission receives from its projects.
(b) The legislature may appropriate funds from this account for commission projects.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 37. Citizens' Advisory Commission on Federal Areas in Alaska › Sec. 41.37.170. Membership and officers.

(a) The commission is composed of 12 members appointed in accordance with this section.
(b) The membership of the commission shall represent each region of the state to give the commission a reasonable geographic balance among regions of the state.
(c) The governor shall appoint six members of the commission.
(d) The speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint one member of the commission from the membership of the state house of representatives and two members who are residents of the state who are not legislators.
(e) The president of the senate shall appoint one member of the commission from the membership of the state senate and two members who are residents of the state who are not legislators.
(f) Each member of the commission serves at the pleasure of the appointing authority.
(g) The commission shall select a presiding officer of the commission from its membership. The commission may elect other officers.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 37. Citizens' Advisory Commission on Federal Areas in Alaska › Sec. 41.37.180. Qualifications of members.

The members of the commission appointed by the governor under AS 41.37.170(c) and members appointed under AS 41.37.170(d) and (e) who are not members of the legislature shall be representative of the diversity of users and uses of federal land in the state.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 37. Citizens' Advisory Commission on Federal Areas in Alaska › Sec. 41.37.190. Term of members of the commission.

(a) A member of the commission appointed by the governor serves for a term of four years or until a successor is appointed and qualifies.
(b) A member of the commission appointed from the legislature serves for the person's term of office as a legislator or until a successor is appointed and qualifies.
(c) Except as provided in (b) of this section, a member of the commission appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives or president of the senate serves for four years or until a successor is appointed and qualifies.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 37. Citizens' Advisory Commission on Federal Areas in Alaska › Sec. 41.37.200. Compensation, expenses, and per diem.

(a) A member of the commission who is a legislator or a full-time employee of the state or of a municipality of the state shall suffer no loss of compensation from the state or a municipality of the state as a result of service to the commission.
(b) A member of the commission is entitled to per diem and travel expenses authorized for boards and commissions under AS 39.20.180.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 37. Citizens' Advisory Commission on Federal Areas in Alaska › Sec. 41.37.220. Duties of the commission.

(a) The commission shall consider, research, and hold hearings on the consistency with federal law and congressional intent on management, operation, planning, development, and additions to federal management areas in the state.
(b) The commission shall consider, research, and hold hearings on the effect of federal regulations and federal management decisions on the people of the state.
(c) The commission may, after consideration of the public policy concerns under (a) and (b) of this section, make a recommendation on the concerns identified under (a) and (b) of this section to an agency of the state or to the agency of the United States that manages federal land in the state.
(d) The commission shall consider the views, research, and reports of advisory groups established by it under AS 41.37.230 as well as the views, research, and reports of individuals and other groups in the state.
(e) The commission shall establish internal procedures for the management of the responsibilities granted to it under this chapter.
(f) The commission shall report annually to the governor and the legislature within the first 10 days of a regular legislative session.
(g) The commission shall cooperate with each department or agency of the state or with a state board or commission in the fulfillment of its duties.
(h) All hearings of the commission are subject to AS 44.62.310. Hearings of the commission held under this section shall be noticed as provided in AS 44.62.190 and 44.62.200, and the hearings shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of AS 44.62.210.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 37. Citizens' Advisory Commission on Federal Areas in Alaska › Sec. 41.37.230. Advisory groups of the commission.

(a) The commission may establish advisory groups in the state.
(b) The commission shall invite nominations for the membership on the advisory groups and shall consider the nominations in making its appointments to the groups.
(c) The membership of each advisory group shall be broadly representative of individuals involved in activities affected by the establishment or management of units of federal land within the state.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 41. Public Resources › Chapter 98. Miscellaneous Provisions; Nuclear Compact › Sec. 41.98.150. Workers' compensation coverage.

The provisions of AS 23.30 (Alaska Workers' Compensation Act) and any benefits payable under AS 23.30 apply and are payable to persons dispatched to another state under art. VI of the compact. If the aiding personnel are officers or employees of a subdivision of this state, they are entitled to the same workers' compensation or other benefits in case of injury or death to which they would have been entitled if injured or killed while engaged in coping with a nuclear incident in their jurisdiction of regular employment.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs › Chapter 04. Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Article 1. Commission and Staff. › Sec. 42.04.010. Regulatory Commission of Alaska created.

(a) There is created within the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development as an independent agency of the state the Regulatory Commission of Alaska.
(b) The commission shall annually elect one of its members to serve as chair for the following fiscal year. When a vacancy occurs in the office of chair, the commission shall elect one of its members to serve the remaining term as chair. The term as chair is one year. The chair may be elected to not more than three successive terms as chair. After a year of not serving as chair, the commissioner is eligible for election as chair again.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs › Chapter 04. Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Article 1. Commission and Staff. › Sec. 42.04.020. Commissioners.

(a) The commission consists of five commissioners appointed by the governor and confirmed by the legislature in joint session. To qualify for appointment as a commissioner, a person must be a member in good standing of the Alaska Bar Association or have a degree from an accredited college or university with a major in engineering, finance, economics, accounting, business administration, or public administration. Actual experience for a period of five years in the practice of law or in the field of engineering, finance, economics, accounting, business administration, or public administration is equivalent to a degree.
(b) The term of office of each member is six years. A commissioner, upon the expiration of a term, shall continue to hold office until a successor is appointed and qualified.
(c) A vacancy arising in the office of a commissioner shall be filled by appointment by the governor and confirmed by the legislature in joint session, and, except as provided in AS 39.05.080(4), an appointee selected to fill a vacancy shall hold office for the balance of the full term for which the predecessor on the commission was appointed.
(d) A vacancy in the commission does not impair the authority of a quorum of commissioners to exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of the commission.
(e) The governor may remove a commissioner from office for cause, including incompetence, neglect of duty, inability to serve, or misconduct in office or because the member, while serving on the commission, is convicted of a misdemeanor for violating a statute or regulation related to public utilities or is convicted of a felony. A commissioner, to be removed for cause, shall be given a copy of the charges and afforded an opportunity to be publicly heard in person or by counsel in the commissioner's own defense upon not less than 10 days' notice. If a commissioner is removed for cause, the governor shall file with the lieutenant governor a complete statement of all charges made against the commissioner and the governor's finding based on the charges, together with a complete record of the proceedings.
(f) Members of the commission are in the exempt service and are entitled to a monthly salary equal to a step in Range 27 of the salary schedule in AS 39.27.011(a) for Juneau, Alaska. The chair of the commission is entitled to a monthly salary equal to a step in Range 27 of the salary schedule in AS 39.27.011(a) for Juneau, Alaska.
(g) Each commissioner, before entering upon the duties of office, shall take and subscribe to the oath prescribed for principal officers of the state.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs › Chapter 04. Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Article 1. Commission and Staff. › Sec. 42.04.030. Principal office; seal.

(a) The commission shall establish a principal office and branch offices necessary to discharge its business efficiently. For the convenience of the public or of parties to a proceeding, the commission may hold meetings, hearings, or other proceedings at other locations.
(b) The commission shall have an official seal.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs › Chapter 04. Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Article 1. Commission and Staff. › Sec. 42.04.040. Legal counsel.

(a) The Department of Law shall provide full-time legal counsel to the commission.
(b) The commission may, subject to the approval of the attorney general, contract for the services of specialized legal counsel or legal consultants.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs › Chapter 04. Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Article 1. Commission and Staff. › Sec. 42.04.050. Employment of commission personnel.

(a) The chair of the commission is responsible for directing the administrative functions of the commission and carrying out the policies as set by the commission. The commission chair may employ engineers, hearing examiners, administrative law judges, arbitrators, mediators, experts, clerks, accountants, a number of utilities analyst masters, not to exceed five, and other agents and assistants considered necessary. Employees of the commission who are not in the exempt service under AS 39.25.110 or the partially exempt service under AS 39.25.120 are in the classified service under AS 39.25.100.
(b) The chair of the commission may enter into a contract for no more than $5,000 to engage the services of a consultant or expert the chair considers necessary. The commission may contract for and engage the services of consultants and experts the commission considers necessary.
(c) At the request of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and to the extent workload permits, the Regulatory Commission of Alaska shall make available to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission the services of a hearing examiner.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs › Chapter 04. Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Article 1. Commission and Staff. › Sec. 42.04.060. Restrictions on members and employees.

(a) A member of the commission or an employee of the commission may not have an official connection with, hold stock or securities in, or have a pecuniary interest in a public utility or pipeline carrier within the state. Membership in a cooperative association is not a “pecuniary interest” within the meaning of this section; however, a member or employee of the commission may not be an officer, board member, or employee of a cooperative association. A member or employee may not act upon a matter in which a relationship of the member or employee with any person creates a conflict of interest.
(b) A member or employee of the commission may not, after leaving the position as a member or employee of the commission, act as agent for or on behalf of a public utility in any matter before the commission that was before the commission during the employee's employment or the member's term of office. A violation of this subsection is a class A misdemeanor.
(c) Members and employees of the commission, except clerical and secretarial staff, are subject to AS 39.50. Members and employees of the commission are subject to AS 39.52.
(d) A member of the commission is disqualified from voting upon any matter before the commission in which the member has a conflict of interest.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs › Chapter 04. Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Article 1. Commission and Staff. › Sec. 42.04.070. Powers and duties of commission chair.

(a) The chair of the commission shall
(1) employ the commission staff;
(2) establish and implement a time management system for the commission;
(3) assign the work of the commission to members and staff of the commission so that matters before the commission are resolved as expeditiously and competently as possible; when assigning a matter, the chair shall also set a date by which time the matter should be completed.
(b) The chair of the commission may appoint a hearing examiner or an administrative law judge to hear a matter that has come before the commission; a member of the commission may serve as hearing examiner or, if qualified, as an administrative law judge.
(c) The chair of the commission shall request the attorney general to participate as a party in a matter when the commission believes that it is in the public interest for the attorney general to do so.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs › Chapter 04. Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Article 1. Commission and Staff. › Sec. 42.04.080. Decision-making procedures.

(a) Except as provided in AS 42.05.171 or AS 42.06.140, when a matter comes for decision before the commission under AS 42.05, AS 42.06, or AS 42.08, the chair shall appoint a hearing panel composed of three or more members to hear, or if a hearing is not required, to otherwise consider, and decide the case. The panel shall exercise the powers of the commission with respect to the matter.
(b) The commission shall adopt regulations that establish standards of timeliness for the types of cases that come before the commission. The commission shall establish standards based in part on degrees of complexity of the cases.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs › Chapter 04. Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Article 2. Communications Carriers Section. › Sec. 42.04.100. Communications carriers section.

There is established within the commission a communications carriers section that shall develop, recommend, and administer policies and programs with respect to the regulation of rates, services, accounting, and facilities of communications common carriers within the state involving the use of wire, cable, radio, and space satellites.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs › Chapter 05. Alaska Public Utilities Regulatory Act › Article 1. Powers and Duties of the Commission. › Sec. 42.05.141. General powers and duties of the commission.

(a) The Regulatory Commission of Alaska may do all things necessary or proper to carry out the purposes and exercise the powers expressly granted or reasonably implied in this chapter, including
(1) regulate every public utility engaged or proposing to engage in a utility business inside the state, except to the extent exempted by AS 42.05.711;
(2) investigate, upon complaint or upon its own motion, the rates, classifications, rules, regulations, practices, services, and facilities of a public utility and hold hearings on them;
(3) make or require just, fair, and reasonable rates, classifications, regulations, practices, services, and facilities for a public utility;
(4) prescribe the system of accounts and regulate the service and safety of operations of a public utility;
(5) require a public utility to file reports and other information and data;
(6) appear personally or by counsel and represent the interests and welfare of the state in all matters and proceedings involving a public utility pending before an officer, department, board, commission, or court of the state or of another state or the United States and to intervene in, protest, resist, or advocate the granting, denial, or modification of any petition, application, complaint, or other proceeding;
(7) examine witnesses and offer evidence in any proceeding affecting the state and initiate or participate in judicial proceedings to the extent necessary to protect and promote the interests of the state.
(b) The commission shall perform the duties assigned to it under AS 42.45.100 - 42.45.190.
(c) In the establishment of electric service rates under this chapter the commission shall promote the conservation of resources used in the generation of electric energy.
(d) When considering whether the approval of a rate or a gas supply contract proposed by a utility to provide a reliable supply of gas for a reasonable price is in the public interest, the commission shall
(1) recognize the public benefits of allowing a utility to negotiate different pricing mechanisms with different gas suppliers and to maintain a diversified portfolio of gas supply contracts to protect customers from the risks of inadequate supply or excessive cost that may arise from a single pricing mechanism; and
(2) consider whether a utility could meet its responsibility to the public in a timely manner and without undue risk to the public if the commission fails to approve a rate or a gas supply contract proposed by the utility.
(e) The commission may not designate a local exchange carrier or long distance telephone company as the carrier of last resort. In this subsection, “local exchange carrier” and “long distance telephone company” have the meanings given in AS 42.05.890.
(f) The commission may designate an eligible telecommunications carrier consistent with 47 U.S.C. 214(e).
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs › Chapter 05. Alaska Public Utilities Regulatory Act › Article 1. Powers and Duties of the Commission. › Sec. 42.05.145. Telecommunications regulation policy; restriction on regulation of telephone directories.

(a) A utility that provides local exchange or interexchange telecommunications service in the state affects the public interest. Regulation of these utilities shall, consistent with this chapter, seek to maintain and further the efficiency, availability, and affordability of universal basic telecommunications service.
(b) Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, the commission may not regulate the production and distribution of telephone directories.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs › Chapter 05. Alaska Public Utilities Regulatory Act › Article 1. Powers and Duties of the Commission. › Sec. 42.05.151. Regulations and hearing procedures.

(a) The commission may adopt regulations, not inconsistent with the law, necessary or proper to exercise its powers and to perform its duties under this chapter.
(b) The commission shall adopt regulations governing practice and procedure, consistent with due process of law, including the conduct of formal and informal investigations, pre-hearing conferences, hearings, and proceedings, and the handling of procedural motions by a single commissioner. The regulations must provide for the hearing or, when a hearing is not required, other consideration of a matter in accordance with AS 42.04.080. Technical rules of evidence need not apply to investigations, pre-hearing conferences, hearings, and proceedings before the commission. The commission shall provide for representation by out-of-state attorneys substantially in accordance with Rule 81, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure.
(c) The commission, each commissioner, or an employee authorized by the commission may administer oaths, certify to all official acts, and issue subpoenas, subpoenas duces tecum, and other process to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of testimony, records, papers, accounts, and documents in an inquiry, investigation, hearing, or proceeding before the commission in any part of the state. Each commissioner is authorized to issue orders on procedural motions. The commission may petition a court of this state to enforce its subpoenas, subpoenas duces tecum, or other process.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs › Chapter 05. Alaska Public Utilities Regulatory Act › Article 1. Powers and Duties of the Commission. › Sec. 42.05.161. Application of Administrative Procedure Act.

(a) The administrative adjudication procedures of AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) do not apply to adjudicatory proceedings of the commission except that final administrative determinations by the commission are subject to judicial review under that Act as provided in AS 42.05.551(a).
(b) AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) applies to regulations adopted by the commission.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs › Chapter 05. Alaska Public Utilities Regulatory Act › Article 1. Powers and Duties of the Commission. › Sec. 42.05.171. Formal hearings.

A formal hearing that the commission has power to hold may be held by or before a hearing panel appointed under AS 42.04.080, a hearing examiner, or an administrative law judge designated for the purpose by the chair of the commission. In appropriate cases, a formal hearing may be held before an arbitrator or mediator designated for the purpose by the commission. The testimony and evidence in a formal hearing may be taken by the panel, by the hearing examiner, by the arbitrator, by the mediator, or by the administrative law judge to whom the hearing has been assigned. A decision of a hearing examiner, an arbitrator, a mediator, or an administrative law judge is not final until approved by the commission. A commissioner who has not heard or read the testimony, including the argument, may not participate in making a decision of a hearing panel. A party may file a petition for reconsideration of, or an administrative appeal of, a decision by a hearing examiner, an arbitrator, a mediator, or an administrative law judge that has been approved by the commission, or a decision of a hearing panel. The full commission shall act on the petition for reconsideration or the appeal. In determining the place of a hearing, the commission shall give preference to holding the hearing at a place most convenient for those interested in the subject of the hearing.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs › Chapter 05. Alaska Public Utilities Regulatory Act › Article 1. Powers and Duties of the Commission. › Sec. 42.05.181. Notice and hearing before final orders.

A final order of the commission compelling affirmative action, denying a right or privilege, or granting a right or privilege over protest of the public utility or any party of record may not be entered without giving the interested party reasonable notice and an opportunity to be heard.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs › Chapter 05. Alaska Public Utilities Regulatory Act › Article 1. Powers and Duties of the Commission. › Sec. 42.05.191. Contents and service of orders.

Every formal order of the commission shall be based upon the facts of record. However, the commission may, without a hearing, issue an order approving any settlement supported by all the parties of record in a proceeding, including a compromise settlement. Every order entered pursuant to a hearing must state the commission's findings, the basis of its findings and conclusions, together with its decision. These orders shall be entered of record and a copy of them shall be served on all parties of record in the proceeding.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs › Chapter 05. Alaska Public Utilities Regulatory Act › Article 1. Powers and Duties of the Commission. › Sec. 42.05.201. Publication of reports, orders, decisions, and regulations.

All reports, orders, decisions, and regulations of the commission shall be in writing. The commission shall apprise all affected utilities and interested parties of these reports, orders, decisions, and regulations as they are issued and adopted, and, when appropriate to do so, shall publish them in a manner that will reasonably inform the public or the affected consumers of any public utility service. The commission may set charges for costs of printing or reproducing and furnishing copies of its reports, orders, decisions and regulations. The publication requirement, as it pertains to regulations, does not supersede the requirements of AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act).
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs › Chapter 05. Alaska Public Utilities Regulatory Act › Article 1. Powers and Duties of the Commission. › Sec. 42.05.211. Annual report.

The commission shall, by November 15 of each year, publish an annual report reviewing its activities during the previous fiscal year and notify the legislature that the report is available. The report must address the regulation of public utility service in the state as of June 30 and must contain details about the commission's compliance with the requirements of AS 42.05.175(a) - (e), with the timeline extensions made by the commission under AS 42.05.175(f), and with other performance measures established by the commission.