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2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 05. Code of Military Justice › Article 2. Military Justice. › Sec. 26.05.815. Forcing a safeguard.

A member of the militia who forces a safeguard may be punished by up to 10 years of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 05. Code of Military Justice › Article 2. Military Justice. › Sec. 26.05.820. Captured or abandoned property.

(a) A member of the militia shall secure all public property taken for the service of the United States or the state and shall give notice and turn over to the proper authority without delay all captured or abandoned property in the member's possession, custody, or control.
(b) A member of the militia who
(1) fails to carry out the duties prescribed in (a) of this section and buys, sells, trades, or in any way deals in or disposes of taken, captured, or abandoned property, as a result of which the member receives or expects to receive any profit, benefit, or advantage to the member or another person directly or indirectly connected with the member may be punished by up to one year of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct; or
(2) engages in looting or pillaging may be punished by up to 10 years of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 05. Code of Military Justice › Article 2. Military Justice. › Sec. 26.05.825. Aiding the enemy.

A member of the militia who (1) aids or attempts to aid the enemy or a hostile individual or group as described in AS 26.05.070 with arms, ammunition, supplies, money, or other things, or (2) without proper authority, knowingly harbors or protects or gives intelligence to, or communicates or corresponds with or holds any intercourse with, the enemy or hostile individual or group, either directly or indirectly, may be punished by up to 10 years of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 05. Code of Military Justice › Article 2. Military Justice. › Sec. 26.05.830. Misconduct as prisoner.

A member of the militia who, while in the hands of the enemy or a hostile individual or group as described in AS 26.05.070, (1) for the purpose of securing favorable treatment by the person's captors, acts without proper authority in a manner contrary to law, custom, or regulation, to the detriment of other persons of whatever nationality held by the enemy or hostile individual or group as civilian or military prisoners, or (2) while in a position of authority over a person, maltreats the person without justifiable cause may be punished by up to 10 years of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 05. Code of Military Justice › Article 2. Military Justice. › Sec. 26.05.833. Offenses against correctional custody and restriction.

(a) A member of the militia who (1) is placed in correctional custody by a person authorized to do so, (2) is placed under physical restraint while in correctional custody, and (3) escapes from the physical restraint before the member is released from physical restraint by proper authority may be punished by up to one year of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
(b) A member of the militia who (1) is placed in correctional custody by a person authorized to do so, (2) is placed under restraint other than physical restraint while in correctional custody, and (3) goes beyond the limits of the restraint before the member is released from or relieved of the restraint by proper authority may be punished by up to one year of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
(c) A member of the militia who (1) is ordered to be restricted to certain limits by a person authorized to do so and (2) with knowledge of the limits of the restriction, goes beyond the limits before the member is released from the limitations by proper authority may be punished by up to six months of confinement, by separation with characterization up to bad-conduct discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 05. Code of Military Justice › Article 2. Military Justice. › Sec. 26.05.835. False official statements or oaths.

(a) A member of the militia who, with intent to deceive, signs a false record, return, regulation, order, or other official document made in the line of duty, knowing it to be false, or makes a false official statement in the line of duty, knowing it to be false, may be punished by up to one year of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
(b) A member of the militia who (1) takes an oath that is in a matter in which the oath is required or authorized by law and that is administered by a person who has the authority to administer the oath and (2) makes or subscribes to a statement that is false and that the person does not believe to be true at the time the person takes the oath may be punished by up to one year of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 05. Code of Military Justice › Article 2. Military Justice. › Sec. 26.05.840. Military property; loss, damage, destruction, or wrongful disposition.

A member of the militia who, without proper authority, (1) sells or otherwise disposes of, (2) wilfully or through neglect damages, destroys, or loses, or (3) wilfully or through neglect suffers to be lost, damaged, destroyed, sold, or wrongfully disposed of, military property of the United States or of any state, may be punished by up to one year of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 05. Code of Military Justice › Article 2. Military Justice. › Sec. 26.05.845. Property other than military property; waste, spoilage, or destruction.

A member of the militia who wilfully or recklessly wastes, spoils, or otherwise wilfully and wrongly destroys or damages any property other than military property of the United States or of any state may be punished by up to one year of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 05. Code of Military Justice › Article 2. Military Justice. › Sec. 26.05.850. Improper hazarding of vehicle, aircraft, or vessel.

(a) A member of the militia who wilfully and wrongfully hazards or suffers to be hazarded a vehicle, aircraft, or vessel of the armed forces of the United States or the militia of the state may be punished by up to five years of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
(b) A member of the militia who negligently hazards or suffers to be hazarded a vehicle, aircraft, or vessel of the armed forces of the United States or the militia of the state may be punished by up to one year of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 05. Code of Military Justice › Article 2. Military Justice. › Sec. 26.05.860. Drunkenness and other incapacitating offenses.

(a) A member of the militia, other than a sentinel or lookout, who (1) is found under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance while on duty, or (2) as a result of the use of any alcoholic beverage or drug, is unable to properly perform the member's duty may be punished by up to one year of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
(b) A member of the militia who, while a prisoner, is drunk or under the influence of a controlled substance other than a controlled substance taken in accordance with a valid prescription may be punished by up to one year of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 05. Code of Military Justice › Article 2. Military Justice. › Sec. 26.05.865. Misbehavior of sentinel.

A sentinel or lookout who (1) as a result of the use of any alcoholic beverage or drug, is unable to properly perform the sentinel's or lookout's duties, (2) is found sleeping on the sentinel's or lookout's post, (3) leaves the sentinel's or lookout's post before being regularly relieved, or (4) loiters or wrongfully sits down on post may be punished, if the offense is committed in time of war or emergency as described in AS 26.05.070, by confinement of not more than 10 years, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct, but if the offense is committed at any other time, by up to one year of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 05. Code of Military Justice › Article 2. Military Justice. › Sec. 26.05.867. Disrespect toward sentinel or lookout.

A member of the militia who, knowing that another person is a sentinel or lookout, uses wrongful and disrespectful language or behaves in a wrongful and disrespectful manner that is directed toward and within the hearing of the sentinel or lookout while the sentinel or lookout is executing the sentinel or lookout's duties may be punished by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge and by such other punishment, without confinement, as a court-martial may direct.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 05. Code of Military Justice › Article 2. Military Justice. › Sec. 26.05.870. Wrongful use or possession of controlled substances.

(a) A member of the militia who wrongfully uses, possesses, manufactures, distributes, or imports a controlled substance into the customs territory of the United States, exports from the United States in violation of the laws of the United States or the state, or who wrongfully introduces a controlled substance into an installation, vessel, vehicle, or aircraft used by or under the control of the armed forces of the United States or the military forces of a state may be punished by up to one year of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct if the charge is for wrongful use or possession, or by up to five years of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct if the charge is for manufacturing, distributing, or importing.
(b) A court-martial may not impose a sentence of confinement under this section if the charge is for use or possession of marijuana or any marijuana derivative or compound.
(c) [Repealed, § 41 ch 85 SLA 2018.]
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 05. Code of Military Justice › Article 2. Military Justice. › Sec. 26.05.875. Malingering.

A member of the militia who, for the purpose of avoiding work, duty, or service, (1) feigns illness, physical disablement, mental lapse, or derangement, or (2) intentionally inflicts self-injury may be punished by up to one year of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 05. Code of Military Justice › Article 2. Military Justice. › Sec. 26.05.880. Riot or breach of peace.

A member of the militia who intentionally causes or wilfully participates in a riot or breach of the peace may be punished by up to one year of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 05. Code of Military Justice › Article 2. Military Justice. › Sec. 26.05.885. Provoking speeches or gestures.

(a) A member of the militia who uses provoking or reproachful words or gestures toward another member of the militia may be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(b) A court-martial may not impose a sentence of confinement or a discharge under this section.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 05. Code of Military Justice › Article 2. Military Justice. › Sec. 26.05.893. Prohibited sexual activities with military recruit or trainee by person in position of special trust.

(a) A member of the militia who (1) is an officer, a noncommissioned officer, or a petty officer, (2) is in a training leadership position with respect to a specially protected junior member of the armed forces of the United States or of the militia of the state, and (3) engages in prohibited sexual activity with the specially protected junior member of the armed forces of the United States or of the militia of the state may be punished by up to five years of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
(b) A member of the militia who is a military recruiter and engages in prohibited sexual activity with (1) an applicant for military service or (2) a specially protected junior member of the armed forces of the United States or of the militia of the state who is enlisted under a delayed entry program may be punished by up to five years of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
(c) Consent is not a defense in a prosecution under this section.
(d) When a person is convicted of an offense under this section that requires the person to register as a sex offender under AS 12.63, the court-martial shall provide the person with information regarding sex offender registration under AS 12.63.010 and, if it can be determined by the court-martial, inform the person whether the conviction will require the person to register for life or a lesser period under AS 12.63.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 05. Code of Military Justice › Article 2. Military Justice. › Sec. 26.05.895. Stalking.

(a) A member of the militia is guilty of stalking and may be punished by up to three years of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct if the member
(1) wrongfully engages in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to fear death or bodily harm, including sexual assault, to the person or a member of the person's immediate family;
(2) has knowledge, or should have knowledge, that the specific person will be placed in reasonable fear of death or bodily harm, including sexual assault, to the person or a member of the person's immediate family;
(3) induces in a specific person reasonable fear of death or bodily harm, including sexual assault, to the person or to a member of the person's immediate family.
(b) Unless otherwise specifically defined or unless the context otherwise requires, in this section,
(1) “course of conduct” means a repeated maintenance of visual or physical proximity to a specific person or a repeated conveyance of verbal threats, written threats, or threats implied by conduct, or a combination of those threats, directed at or toward a specific person;
(2) “immediate family” means a spouse, parent, child, or sibling of the person, or any other family member, relative, or intimate partner of the person who regularly resides in the household of the person or who, within the six months preceding the commencement of the course of conduct, regularly resided in the household of the person;
(3) “repeated,” with respect to conduct, means two or more occasions of that conduct.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 05. Code of Military Justice › Article 2. Military Justice. › Sec. 26.05.897. Assault.

(a) A member of the militia commits the offense of assault if the person attempts or offers to do bodily harm to another person using unlawful force or violence, whether or not the attempt or offer is consummated. A person who commits assault may be punished by up to one year of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
(b) A member of the militia commits the offense of aggravated assault if the person (1) uses a dangerous weapon or other means or force likely to produce death or grievous bodily harm to commit the offense described in (a) of this section or (2) commits the offense described in (a) of this section and intentionally inflicts grievous bodily harm, with or without a weapon, on another person. A person who commits aggravated assault may be punished by up to five years of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 05. Code of Military Justice › Article 2. Military Justice. › Sec. 26.05.905. Larceny and wrongful appropriation.

(a) A member of the militia who wrongfully takes, obtains, or withholds, by any means, from the possession of the owner or another person any money, personal property, or article of value with intent permanently to deprive or defraud another person of the use and benefit of the property or to appropriate it for the person's own use or the use of a person other than the owner steals that property and is guilty of larceny and may be punished by up to one year of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
(b) A member of the militia who wrongfully takes, obtains, or withholds, by any means, from the possession of the owner or another person any money, personal property, or article of value with intent temporarily to deprive or defraud another person of the use and benefit of the property or to appropriate it for the person's own use or the use of a person other than the owner is guilty of wrongful appropriation and may be punished by up to six months of confinement, by separation with characterization up to a bad conduct discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 05. Code of Military Justice › Article 2. Military Justice. › Sec. 26.05.910. Forgery.

A member of the militia who, with intent to defraud, (1) falsely makes or alters a signature to or a part of any writing that would, if genuine, apparently impose a legal liability on another person or change the legal right or liability of the person to their prejudice, or (2) utters, offers, issues, or transfers that writing, which the person knows to be falsely made or altered, is guilty of forgery and may be punished by up to one year of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 05. Code of Military Justice › Article 2. Military Justice. › Sec. 26.05.913. Public records offenses.

A member of the militia who (1) wilfully and unlawfully alters, conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, or destroys a public record or (2) takes a public record with the intent to alter, conceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate, or destroy the public record may be punished by up to five years of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 05. Code of Military Justice › Article 2. Military Justice. › Sec. 26.05.915. Making, drawing, or uttering check, draft, or order without sufficient funds.

A member of the militia who makes, draws, utters, or delivers a check, draft, or order for the payment of money on a bank or other depository, knowing at the time that the maker or drawer has not or will not have sufficient funds in, or credit with, the bank or other depository for the payment of that check, draft, or order in full on its presentment, with intent to defraud for the procurement of any article or thing of value or with intent to deceive for the payment of a past due obligation or for another purpose, may be punished by up to one year of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct. The making, drawing, uttering, or delivering by a maker or drawer of a check, draft, or order, payment of which is refused by the drawee because of insufficient funds of the maker or drawer in the drawee's possession or control, is prima facie evidence of the person's intent to defraud or deceive and of the knowledge of insufficient funds in, or credit with, that bank or other depository, unless the maker or drawer pays the holder the amount due within five days after receiving notice, orally or in writing, that the check, draft, or order was not paid on presentment. In this section, “credit” means an arrangement or understanding, express or implied, with the bank or other depository for the payment of that check, draft, or order.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 05. Code of Military Justice › Article 2. Military Justice. › Sec. 26.05.920. Perjury.

A member of the militia who, in a judicial proceeding or in a course of justice, under lawful oath or in another form allowed by law to be substituted for an oath, wilfully and corruptly gives false testimony material to the issue or matter of inquiry, or who, in a declaration, certificate, verification, or statement under penalty of perjury, subscribes a false statement material to the issue or matter of inquiry is guilty of perjury and may be punished by up to one year of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 05. Code of Military Justice › Article 2. Military Justice. › Sec. 26.05.925. Fraud against the government.

(a) A member of the militia is guilty of fraud against the government if the member,
(1) knowing it to be false or fraudulent,
(A) makes a claim against the United States, the state, or an officer of the United States or the state; or
(B) presents to a person in the civil or military service of the United States, the state, or an officer of the United States or the state, for approval or payment, a claim against the United States, the state, or an officer of the United States or the state;
(2) for the purpose of obtaining the approval, allowance, or payment of a claim against the United States, the state, or an officer of the United States or the state,
(A) makes or uses a writing or other paper knowing it to contain a false or fraudulent statement;
(B) makes an oath, affirmation or certification to a fact, writing, or other paper knowing the oath, affirmation, or certification to be false; or
(C) forges or counterfeits a signature on a writing or other paper or uses the signature, knowing it to be forged or counterfeited;
(3) having charge, possession, custody, or control of money or other property of the United States or the state, that is furnished or intended for the armed forces of the United States or the militia of the state, knowingly delivers to a person having authority to receive it, any amount of the money or other property less than that for which the member receives a certificate or receipt; or
(4) being authorized to make or deliver any paper certifying the receipt of property of the United States or the state, that is furnished or intended for the armed forces of the United States or the militia of the state, makes or delivers to a person the writing without having full knowledge of the truth of the statements contained in the writing and with intent to defraud the United States or the state.
(b) A person found guilty of fraud against the government may be punished by up to one year of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 05. Code of Military Justice › Article 2. Military Justice. › Sec. 26.05.930. Conduct unbecoming an officer.

(a) A commissioned officer, warrant officer, cadet, candidate, or midshipman of the militia who is convicted of conduct unbecoming an officer may be punished by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
(b) A court-martial may not impose a sentence of confinement under this section.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 05. Code of Military Justice › Article 2. Military Justice. › Sec. 26.05.935. General article.

(a) Although not specifically mentioned in this chapter, all disorders and acts that prejudice good order and discipline in the militia of the state and all conduct of a nature to bring discredit on the militia of the state shall be considered by a court-martial and punished as a court-martial may direct.
(b) A member of the militia who commits an enumerated offense punishable under
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 05. Code of Military Justice › Article 2. Military Justice. › Sec. 26.05.940. Offenses concerning government computers.

(a) A member of the militia who (1) knowingly accesses a government computer with an unauthorized purpose, (2) by accessing the government computer obtains classified information, and (3) with reason to believe the information could be used to the injury of the United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation, intentionally communicates, delivers, or transmits the information, or causes the information to be communicated, delivered, or transmitted, to any person who is not entitled to receive the information may be punished by up to 10 years of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
(b) A member of the militia who intentionally accesses a government computer with an unauthorized purpose and by accessing the government computer obtains classified or other protected information from the government computer may be punished by up to five years of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
(c) A member of the militia who knowingly causes the transmission of a program, information, code, or command and, as a result of that conduct, intentionally and without authorization causes damage to a government computer may be punished by up to 10 years of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 05. Code of Military Justice › Article 2. Military Justice. › Sec. 26.05.945. Breach of medical quarantine.

A member of the militia who is ordered into medical quarantine by a person authorized to issue the quarantine order and who, with knowledge of the quarantine order and the limits imposed under the quarantine order, goes beyond the limits imposed under the quarantine order before the person is released from quarantine by proper authority may be punished by up to one year of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 10. Veterans › Article 1. Veterans' Services. › Sec. 26.10.040. Training in rehabilitation and service work.

The Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs may approve expenditures by veterans' organizations and may reimburse them for their expenditures in employing full time service officers, for necessary travel expenses, including travel by service officers outside of the state not more than once each year for purposes of training in veterans' rehabilitation and service work, and for per diem not exceeding that allowed state employees. The department shall limit payments to veterans' organizations to an amount that will fairly compensate them for salaries and expenses paid to their full time service officers in performing rehabilitation work for veterans, including the prosecution of their claims and solution of their problems arising out of military service. This service and assistance shall be given to all veterans and their dependents and to all beneficiaries of any military claim and shall include but not be limited to those services now given by the service departments of the respective organizations.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 10. Veterans › Article 2. Miscellaneous Provisions. › Sec. 26.10.060. Extension of Universal Military Training and Service Act provisions to Alaska employees.

(a) The provisions of 50 U.S.C. App. 459 (sec. 9, Universal Military Training and Service Act), as amended, are extended to this state and its political subdivisions.
(b) In this section, “veteran” means a person
(1) subject to the Universal Military Training and Service Act; or
(2) who served in the Alaska Territorial Guard.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 10. Veterans › Article 2. Miscellaneous Provisions. › Sec. 26.10.065. Disposition of remains of state resident armed forces personnel on duty status.

(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, if a state resident who is a member of the armed forces has executed the United States Department of Defense Military Record of Emergency Data Form (DD Form 93), or its successor form, to serve as a record of emergency data and, on that form, has designated a person who is authorized to direct the disposition of the member's remains if the member dies while in a duty status as described in 10 U.S.C. 1481, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the person authorized to direct the disposition of remains on the executed form has the right to make the decisions concerning the disposition of the member's remains.
(b) If a state resident who is a member of the United States Coast Guard has executed the United States Coast Guard Designation of Beneficiaries and Record of Emergency Data Form (CG-2020D), or its successor form, to serve as a record of emergency data and, on that form, has designated a person who is authorized to direct the disposition of the member's remains if the member dies while in a duty status as described in 10 U.S.C. 1481, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the person authorized to direct the disposition of remains on the executed form has the right to make the decisions concerning the disposition of the member's remains.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 10. Veterans › Article 2. Miscellaneous Provisions. › Sec. 26.10.070. Record of veterans of the armed forces of the United States.

(a) A veteran may record without fee the veteran's armed forces report of separation at a recorder's office of the Department of Natural Resources.
(b) [Repealed, § 2 ch 25 SLA 2001.]
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 10. Veterans › Article 2. Miscellaneous Provisions. › Sec. 26.10.080. Death gratuity.

(a) The Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs shall pay, upon application, a death gratuity in the amount of $750 to the surviving spouse of a qualified veteran who was a resident of the state at the time of death. If the veteran has no surviving spouse, the gratuity shall be paid to the personal representative of the veteran. A veteran is qualified under this subsection if the veteran's
(1) burial occurred in the state on or after May 13, 1984; or
(2) death occurred on or after September 19, 1990.
(b) A death gratuity may be paid for a veteran otherwise eligible under (a) of this section even if the veteran died while temporarily absent from the state.
(c) The Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs may not pay a death gratuity unless the veteran for whom payment is made received an honorable discharge or a general discharge under honorable conditions.
(d) In this section,
(1) “personal representative” includes administrator, executor, special administrator, successor personal representative, and persons who perform substantially the same function under the law governing their status;
(2) “veteran” means
(A) a person who served in a branch of the armed services of the United States
(i) who at the time of entry into the service was a resident of the territory or state, who had been a resident for not less than one year immediately before entry into the service, and who returned to the territory or state within one year after discharge as a resident with the intention of remaining in the territory or state; or
(ii) who was a resident of the state for not less than one year immediately preceding the time of death; or
(B) a person who served in the Alaska Territorial Guard, the Alaska Army National Guard, the Alaska Air National Guard, or the Alaska Naval Militia, or who served in a reserve unit of the United States armed forces in Alaska if the reserve unit required a minimum of one weekend of duty each month and 15 consecutive days of active duty training each year for not less than three years.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 15. Veterans' Loans › Sec. 26.15.010. Powers and duties of Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development with respect to veterans' loans.

(a) The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development shall administer the laws and regulations relating to the veterans' loan program, adopt new regulations, and recommend legislation.
(b) The department shall obtain the guarantee of the United States under the Servicemen's Re-Adjustment Act on loans as prescribed by regulations of the department. Under regulations of the department, the department may guarantee or insure loans or portions of loans not to exceed 90 percent as may be obtainable by veterans having the qualifications of beneficiaries under this chapter from any person, firm, corporation, bank, savings and loan association, or an agency or instrumentality of the United States, and may grant participating portions of the loans.
(c) Under regulations of the department, the department may grant loans to two or more qualified veterans to engage in the same business, as a partner or joint venturer with one or more other persons. However, if one or more veterans engage as a partner in a business or joint venture with a nonveteran, the department shall require the nonveteran or nonveterans to contribute equally to the capital assets of the business or joint venture.
(d) Under regulations of the department, the department may enter into contracts with insurance companies for mortgage insurance coverage on veteran loans.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 15. Veterans' Loans › Sec. 26.15.020. Validation of certain documents.

The deeds, mortgages, assignments, or other documents made, executed, and delivered in conformity with the provisions of this chapter and as otherwise required by law, in which the designation “Veterans' Affairs Commission” appears, whether as grantor, grantee, mortgagee, assignor, assignee, or otherwise, are validated and confirmed, and all obligations incurred under the provisions of any such deed, mortgage, assignment, or other instrument by the Territory of Alaska, the Alaska World War II Veterans' Board, or the commissioner of veterans' affairs, in an official capacity, are hereby declared to be good, valid, and subsisting obligations, and the covenants, conditions, and provisions, if any, prescribed to be kept, paid, performed, or observed, imposed upon any party described in any such instrument shall be discharged as herein set forth, the fact that the officer executing and delivering any such instrument added to the officer's signature the description “Veterans' Affairs Commission,” notwithstanding.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 15. Veterans' Loans › Sec. 26.15.030. Powers and duties of Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development in general.

(a) The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development shall formulate general policies and adopt regulations, including regulations to establish reasonable fees for services provided.
(b) The department may hold hearings and subpoena witnesses and documents, and administer oaths in connection with hearings.
(c) The department shall
(1) cooperate with the federal government in matters of mutual concern pertaining to loans to Alaskan veterans;
(2) make reports that the federal government may desire;
(3) cooperate with the state and its political subdivisions and agencies;
(4) adopt regulations necessary for the conduct of its business and for carrying out the provisions of this chapter, and make necessary regulations to maintain such standards;
(5) require bonds and undertakings from persons employed by it as shall in its judgment be necessary, and pay the premiums on them;
(6) establish regional and local offices and advisory groups that are necessary or considered expedient to carry out or assist in carrying out its duties and authorities;
(7) charge and collect the fees established under this section.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 15. Veterans' Loans › Sec. 26.15.050. Interest rates.

The provisions of AS 26.15.040 applying to interest rates apply only to loans made after April 1, 1967. The interest rates on loans made before April 1, 1967 shall be prescribed at the time the loan was made.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 15. Veterans' Loans › Sec. 26.15.070. Sale or transfer of mortgages and notes.

(a) The commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development may sell or transfer at par value or at a premium or discount to any bank or other private purchaser for cash or other consideration the mortgages and notes held by the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development as security for loans made under this chapter.
(b) [Repealed, § 14 ch 122 SLA 1980.]
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 15. Veterans' Loans › Sec. 26.15.085. Disposal of property acquired by default or foreclosure.

The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development shall dispose of property acquired through default or foreclosure of a loan made under this chapter. Disposal shall be made in a manner that serves the best interests of the state, and may include the amortization of payments over a period of years.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 15. Veterans' Loans › Sec. 26.15.090. Alaska World War II veterans' revolving fund.

(a) There is created the Alaska World War II veterans' revolving fund to carry out this chapter. Except as provided in (b) and (c) of this section, the fund may not be used for any other purpose.
(b) Money in the fund may be used by the legislature to make appropriations for costs of administering this chapter.
(c) On June 30 of each fiscal year the unexpended and unobligated cash balance of the fund that is attributable to loans owned by the fund lapses into the general fund.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 15. Veterans' Loans › Sec. 26.15.095. Special account established.

(a) There is established as a special account within the Alaska World War II veterans' revolving fund the foreclosure expense account. This account is established as a reserve from fund equity.
(b) The commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development may expend money credited to the foreclosure expense account when necessary to protect the state's security interest in collateral on loans made under AS 26.15.040 or to defray expenses incurred during foreclosure proceedings after a default by an obligor.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 20. Homeland Security and Civil Defense › Sec. 26.20.010. Policy and purpose.

(a) Because of the possibility of enemy or terrorist attack, sabotage, or other hostile action against or in the state, and in order to ensure adequate preparations for attack or emergencies, and generally to provide for homeland security and the common defense, it is found and declared to be necessary to
(1) provide for a state homeland security and civil defense agency;
(2) confer upon the governor the emergency powers provided in this chapter;
(3) provide for mutual aid and cooperation among the state, local, and private agencies of the state, with the other states of the United States, with the federal government, and with the provinces of another country, for carrying out homeland security and civil defense functions;
(4) authorize the taking of steps that are necessary and appropriate to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
(b) It is further declared that the purpose of this chapter and the policy of the state is that all homeland security and civil defense functions of this state be coordinated to the maximum extent with the comparable functions of the federal government, including its various departments and agencies, of the states of the United States and localities, and of private agencies of every type, so that the most effective preparation and use may be made of the state's manpower, resources, and facilities for dealing with any attack that occurs.
(c) It is further declared that the purpose of this chapter and the policy of the state is that all homeland security and civil defense functions of this state be coordinated by and through the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs, with the cooperation and assistance of all state agencies.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 20. Homeland Security and Civil Defense › Sec. 26.20.045. Compensation for property seized under AS 26.20.040.

(a) If property is taken under AS 26.20.040 for temporary use, the governor, within 10 days of the taking, shall fix the amount of compensation to be paid for it. If the property is returned to the owner in a damaged condition or is not returned to the owner, the governor shall fix within 10 days the amount of compensation to be paid for the damage or failure to return. Whenever the governor considers it advisable for the state to take title to property taken under AS 26.20.040, the governor shall immediately have the owner of the property notified in writing by registered mail, postage prepaid, and immediately have a copy of the notice filed with the attorney general.
(b) The provisions of law relating to eminent domain, when applicable, are adopted for the determination of compensation to be paid owners of all classes of private property taken under AS 26.20.040.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 20. Homeland Security and Civil Defense › Sec. 26.20.100. Traffic control.

In coordination with the Department of Public Safety and the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, the department may
(1) formulate and execute plans and regulations for the control of traffic for the rapid and safe movement of evacuation over public highways and streets of people, troops, or vehicles and materials for homeland security and civil defense; and
(2) establish and operate checkpoints along private or public roadways serving critical property or facilities in the state, at the direction of the governor when the governor determines that a sufficiently high threat of enemy or terrorist attack exists to warrant the action; the checkpoints established under this paragraph may be in conjunction with closure of the roadway under AS 19.10.100; operation of a checkpoint shall include the posting of checkpoint signs in a manner that provides advance notice of the checkpoint so that persons are afforded a reasonable opportunity to turn around without passing through the checkpoint; operation of a checkpoint shall be limited to enforcement of the roadway closure or reasonable inspection of persons and vehicles passing through the checkpoint for weapons, explosives, chemicals, biological or biochemical agents, or other instruments capable of causing widespread severe injury to persons or property; however, at a checkpoint authorized under this paragraph, a person is entitled to retain possession of an amount of deadly weapons or defensive weapons that is reasonably justifiable for the person's lawful use, so long as those weapons are not prohibited weapons; in this paragraph, “deadly weapon” and “defensive weapon” have the meanings given in AS 11.81.900(b), and “prohibited weapon” has the meaning given in AS 11.61.200.