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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 9 - State Telecommunications Modernization Plan › 3 AAC 53.700 - Applicability, purpose, and extensions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The provisions
				  of 3 AAC 53.700 -
				  3 AAC 53.720 apply to all local exchange carriers and
				  facilities-based intrastate interchange carriers certificated by the
				  commission.
(b) The purpose of
				  3 AAC 53.700 -
				  3 AAC 53.720 is to
(1)
				  establish a plan defining requirements for the modernization of the
				  public-switched telephone network in the state;
(2) improve the quality and availability of
				  telecommunications services uniformly deployed throughout the rural and
				  non-rural areas of the state;
(3)
				  assure the establishment of telecommunications services and facilities that may
				  be required by the public convenience and necessity and the furnishing of
				  service at rates that are just and reasonable; and
(4) lead to uniform deployment of an
				  intelligent telecommunications network throughout the rural and non-rural areas
				  of the state.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 9 - State Telecommunications Modernization Plan › 3 AAC 53.705 - Modernization requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A
				  telecommunications provider shall design its telephone network to allow for the
				  expeditious deployment and integration of emerging technologies as they become
				  commercially feasible.
(b) A
				  telecommunications provider may develop affordable tariff rates specifically
				  for medical links and distance learning services, provided that they comply
				  with AS
				  42.05.361-42.05.421.
(c) A telephone company shall provide
				  reliable powering of ordinary voice telephone service operating over those
				  portions of the telecommunications network that are not network
				  powered.
(d) After February 13,
				  1997, a telephone company shall only place
(1) new wireline facilities into service that
				  can provide
(A) every subscriber with
				  one-party service; and,
(B)
				  as-built or with additional equipment, transmission and reception of data at a
				  rate no lower than one megabit per second; and
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 9 - State Telecommunications Modernization Plan › 3 AAC 53.720 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless the context indicates otherwise,
				  in 3 AAC 53.700 -
				  3 AAC 53.720,
(1) "bit
				  rate" means the rate of transmission of telecommunications signals or
				  intelligence in binary (two-state) form in bits per unit of time; for example,
				  megabits per second (Mb/sec), kilobits per second (kb/sec);
(2) "commercially feasible" means equipment
				  is available and its cost and installation are reasonable;
(3) "emerging technologies" means new or not
				  fully developed methods of telecommunications;
(4) "E911 service" or "enhanced 911 service"
				  means a service that provides call routing to an emergency response answering
				  point based upon the calling telephone number, provides for the display of the
				  physical location of the calling telephone at the answering point, and is
				  authorized in
				  AS
				  29.35.131-29.35.137;
(5) "intrastate interexchange carrier" means
				  a carrier as defined in
				  3 AAC 52.340;
(6) "telephone company" means a carrier that
				  provides telephone local exchange service as defined in
				  3 AAC 48.820;
(7) "telecommunications" has the meaning
				  given in AS 42.05.990;
(8) "telecommunications provider" means a
				  telephone company as defined in (6) of this subsection and an intrastate
				  interexchange carrier as defined in
				  3 AAC 52.340 that is facilities based;
(9) "wireline service" means
				  telecommunications service provided over telephone lines, characterized by a
				  wire or wirelike connection carrying electricity or light between the
				  subscriber and the public switched network, and implies a physical connection;
				  although radio may form part of the circuit, radio may not be the major method
				  of transmission, such as in radiotelephone.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 11 - Criteria for the Provision of Private Pay Telephone Service › 3 AAC 53.800 - Applicability and waiver

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The provisions
				  of 3 AAC 53.810 -
				  3 AAC 53.899 apply to private pay telephone service.
				  However, the provisions of
				  3 AAC 52.200 -
				  3 AAC 52.340, which set out service standards for the
				  furnishing of telecommunications services and facilities to the public, do not
				  apply to private pay telephone service.
(b) Unless otherwise required under AS 42.05,
				  any requirement in
				  3 AAC 53.800 -
				  3 AAC 53.899 may be modified or waived, in whole or in
				  part, by order of the commission upon application and a showing of good cause
				  or on the commission's own motion in compliance with
				  3 AAC 48.805.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS
						42.05.291
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 11 - Criteria for the Provision of Private Pay Telephone Service › 3 AAC 53.810 - Certification requirements for private pay telephone service providers

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person
				  may not provide private pay telephone service without obtaining a certificate
				  of public convenience and necessity from the commission.
(b) To obtain a certificate of public
				  convenience and necessity to provide private pay telephone service, the person
				  shall file the following information on a form available from the commission:
(1) the applicant's legal name, type of
				  business structure, and any other name under which the applicant proposes to do
				  business;
(2) the address of the
				  applicant's principal national place of business and, if different, its place
				  of business in this state;
(3) the
				  name, title, and telephone number of the individual who is available to provide
				  the commission with information about the application;
(4) proof of authority to do business in this
				  state;
(5) a list of the owners of
				  five percent or more of the applicant's equity;
(6) a list of persons or entities that are
				  affiliated interests of the applicant;
(7) the name of any operator-service provider
				  that the applicant will use in providing private pay telephone service, and
				  proof that the operator-service provider is registered with or certificated by
				  the commission;
(8) a list, and a
				  report on the current status, of all complaints and reports of violations
				  regarding private or public pay telephone service that the applicant or any
				  affiliated interest has received in this or any other state in the two years
				  before application is made;
(9) a
				  verification by an individual authorized to sign on behalf of the applicant
				  that all of the information provided in the application is accurate and
				  complete.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 11 - Criteria for the Provision of Private Pay Telephone Service › 3 AAC 53.820 - Limits on rates and charges

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A private pay
				  telephone service provider may not charge more than $.25 for each local
				  call.
(b) A private pay telephone
				  must provide access free of charge and without the use of a coin to
(1) repealed 7/15/98;
(2) the 911 emergency number; and
(3) the operator.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 11 - Criteria for the Provision of Private Pay Telephone Service › 3 AAC 53.830 - Service requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A private pay telephone service provider
				  shall use coin telephone instruments registered with the Federal Communications
				  Commission, under the provisions of  47 C.F.R. 68  in effect on October 11,
				  1995.
(b) Repealed
				  1/1/2016.
(c) A private pay
				  telephone must accept incoming calls unless the premises owner or
				  tenant-in-charge requests, or the commission orders under
				  AS
				  42.05.291, the private pay telephone service
				  provider to block incoming calls.
(d) The private pay telephone service
				  provider may limit the duration of incoming calls; however, the limit may not
				  be less than three minutes. For a limited duration call, a disconnection
				  warning must be given one minute before disconnection and 30 seconds before
				  disconnection. No other calls may be limited in duration.
(e) A private pay telephone service provider
				  must use a positive acceptance system for an automated collect call. A positive
				  acceptance system permits completion of the call only if the called party
				  affirmatively accepts the call by an oral statement or a signal entered from
				  the called party's telephone keypad.
(f) A private pay telephone must be
				  compatible with hearing-aid devices.
(g) A private pay telephone must be
				  accessible to persons with disabilities as required by the following federal
				  statutes and regulations, in effect as of October 11, 1995:
(1)
											42 U.S.C.
				  12101 -
				  12213 (Americans with Disabilities
				  Act of 1990);
(2) 36 C.F.R. 1191 ;
				  and
(3) 28 C.F.R. 36.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 11 - Criteria for the Provision of Private Pay Telephone Service › 3 AAC 53.840 - Operation and maintenance requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A private pay
				  telephone service provider shall maintain, in a clean and operable condition,
				  all private pay telephones that the provider has installed.
(b) A private pay telephone must be lit
				  adequately to enable a caller to read all posted notices and keypads or dials
				  on the instrument.
(c) Upon
				  request, a private pay telephone service provider shall make available to the
				  commission and the public a list of currently installed instruments that
				  identifies the telephone number, the location, and the operator-service
				  provider for each private pay telephone in service.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS
						42.05.151
AS
						42.05.291
AS
						42.05.451
AS
						42.05.461
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 11 - Criteria for the Provision of Private Pay Telephone Service › 3 AAC 53.850 - Access to interexchange carriers; charges

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A private pay
				  telephone must provide a caller making a credit card, calling card, or other
				  type of operator-assisted call access to all authorized interexchange carriers
				  providing 0-plus and 0-minus services within the area where the private pay
				  telephone is located.
(b) A private
				  pay telephone service provider may not block a caller from dialing an access
				  code or a toll-free number. The private pay telephone service provider may not
				  impose a greater charge for dialing access codes and toll-free numbers than the
				  provider charges for calls using the presubscribed operator-services
				  provider.
(c) Repealed
				  7/15/98.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.291
AS 42.05.311
AS
						42.05.321
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 11 - Criteria for the Provision of Private Pay Telephone Service › 3 AAC 53.860 - Operator-service provider requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A private pay
				  telephone shall route an intrastate call only to an operator-service provider
				  registered with or certificated by the commission.
(b) A private pay telephone service provider
				  using a presubscribed operator-service provider shall supply the
				  operator-service provider with complete and accurate information on the
				  location of each private pay telephone, as well as the location and telephone
				  number of the nearest emergency services, including police, fire protection,
				  and ambulance services.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS
						42.05.291
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 11 - Criteria for the Provision of Private Pay Telephone Service › 3 AAC 53.870 - Interconnection and directory assistance requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A local
				  exchange carrier shall permit a private pay telephone service provider to have
				  access to the telephone network by means of an access line at a local tariffed
				  rate. The local exchange carrier shall require the private pay telephone
				  service provider to furnish proof of its operating authority as a condition of
				  receiving the access line.
(b) A
				  private pay telephone must be connected to one-party service. Only one private
				  pay telephone per line is permitted.
(c) A local exchange carrier shall make
				  directory assistance available to a private pay telephone service provider as
				  part of the local tariffed rate in (a) of this section.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.291
AS 42.05.311
AS
						42.05.321
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 11 - Criteria for the Provision of Private Pay Telephone Service › 3 AAC 53.880 - Posting and notice requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
A private pay telephone shall conspicuously display the
					 following information:
(1) the name
				  and address of the private pay telephone service provider responsible for that
				  equipment;
(2) a statement that
				  calls can be made at no charge and without the use of a coin to the 911
				  emergency number or the operator;
(3) specific dialing and coin deposit and
				  return information, including instructions for reaching the interexchange
				  carrier operator and directory assistance;
(4) a statement that, under
				  3 AAC 53.820(a), the rate for a local
				  call may not exceed $.25;
(5) the
				  identity of the presubscribed operator-service provider and instructions for
				  reaching other operator-service providers by dialing an access code or
				  toll-free number;
(6) a toll-free
				  number at which the caller may obtain information on the rates, terms, or
				  conditions applicable to calls placed from the private pay telephone;
(7) a toll-free number at which the caller
				  may attempt to resolve billing or service complaints arising from use of the
				  private pay telephone;
(8) a
				  statement that, upon the caller's request, the operator servicing the call is
				  required to supply rate information free of charge;
(9) if the private pay telephone blocks or
				  limits the duration of incoming calls, a notice that incoming calls cannot be
				  received, or a statement of the applicable time limit;
(10) a number for contacting the
				  commission.
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS
						42.05.291
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 11 - Criteria for the Provision of Private Pay Telephone Service › 3 AAC 53.890 - Complaint procedures; enforcement

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A private pay
				  telephone service provider shall have simple procedures to accept, investigate,
				  and resolve complaints promptly about its private pay telephone
				  service.
(b) A private pay
				  telephone service provider shall maintain accurate complaint records, including
				  at least the following information:
(1) the
				  date of the complaint;
(2) the name
				  and address of the complainant;
(3)
				  the location and phone number of the private pay telephone involved in the
				  complaint;
(4) a description of the
				  complaint;
(5) a description of how
				  the complaint was resolved.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 11 - Criteria for the Provision of Private Pay Telephone Service › 3 AAC 53.899 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless the context indicates otherwise,
				  in 3 AAC 53.800 -
				  3 AAC 53.899,
(1)
				  "access code" means a sequence of numbers that, when dialed, connects the
				  caller to the operator-service provider associated with that sequence, rather
				  than the operator-service provider presubscribed to the originating
				  line;
(2) "affiliated interests"
				  has the meaning given in
				  AS
				  42.05.990;
(3) "commission" means the Regulatory
				  Commission of Alaska;
(4)
				  "operator-service provider" means either an interexchange carrier certificated
				  to provide intrastate operator services or an alternative operator providing
				  intrastate services under
				  AS
				  42.05.325;
(5) "private pay telephone" or
				  "privately-owned pay telephone" means a type of pay telephone instrument, other
				  than a public telephone, that can be connected to an ordinary local exchange
				  carrier telephone line and can provide local exchange and interexchange service
				  by use of a coin, credit card, or other means of payment.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 53 - Telecommunications › Article 12 - Regulation of Cable Television › 3 AAC 53.900 - Adoption of applicable rules

Current through May 31, 2024
The Cable Television Service rules, Subpart N - Cable Rate
					 Regulation, as set out in Part 76 of the Federal Communications Commission
					 rules (  47 C.F.R. 76.900  - 76.985), in effect as of May 15,
					 1994, are adopted by reference for use in regulating cable television utilities
					 that are not exempt under
					 AS
					 42.05.711(k) from economic
					 regulation by the commission.
A copy of the Federal Communications Commission rules,  47
						C.F.R. 76.900 - 985, adopted by reference in
						3 AAC 53.900, may be obtained by writing the Federal
						Communications Commission, 1919 M Street N.W., Washington D.C. 20554. A copy is
						also available for inspection at the offices of the Regulatory Commission of
						Alaska at the address set out in
						3 AAC 48.010(a).
Authority:
AS
						42.05.141
AS
						42.05.151
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 8 - Division of Tourism › Chapter 54 - Tourism Grants › 3 AAC 54.010 - Grant application requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An application
				for a grant under
				AS
				44.33.135 must be submitted on a form
				provided by the division. The application must include:
(1) the applicant's United States internal
				revenue employer identification number;
(2) either a statement from the State of
				Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development declaring
				tax exempt nonprofit status, or a declaration of nonprofit status from the
				United States Internal Revenue Service for the applicant; and
(3) a work plan that divides the project into
				discrete time periods during which the applicant can produce items or perform
				services.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 8 - Division of Tourism › Chapter 54 - Tourism Grants › 3 AAC 54.020 - Application review, action, and reconsideration

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A grant
				applicant who has not satisfied the requirements of an earlier grant is not
				eligible for a grant award.
(b) The
				division shall review applications and award grants under the program at least
				two times each fiscal year.
(c) A
				grant application must be received at least 30 days before a grant award
				meeting, to be reviewed at that meeting.
(d) For each grant application, the division
				may award a full or partial grant, may deny the application, or may request
				that the applicant submit additional information. A response to a request for
				additional information must be received by the division not later than 15 days
				after the issuance of the request.
(e) Within 15 days after receiving
				notification of denial of a grant application in whole or in part, the
				applicant may request reconsideration by the division. The request for
				reconsideration must specify grounds that would support reversal of the denial.
				Within 45 days after receipt of a request for reconsideration, the director of
				the division shall issue a written decision; that decision constitutes final
				administrative action by the department.
Authority:
AS
					 44.33.119
AS 44.33.120
AS
					 44.33.135
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 8 - Division of Tourism › Chapter 54 - Tourism Grants › 3 AAC 54.030 - Eligible matching money

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Matching money
				provided by the recipient may include fees, contributions, donations, gifts of
				money, and special user charges. Unless otherwise agreed to by the division,
				grants may only be applied to costs of a recipient that are incurred during the
				grant period.
(b) An in-kind
				contribution may be used for the matching money unless the in-kind contribution
				is used for a convention and incentive travel project. The in-kind contribution
				must be valued at the current sale or rental value of the service or product at
				the locality where it is tendered.
(c) Money received from the state may not be
				counted toward matching money.
Authority:
AS
					 44.33.119
AS 44.33.120
AS
					 44.33.135
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 8 - Division of Tourism › Chapter 54 - Tourism Grants › 3 AAC 54.040 - Eligible costs

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Grant money may be applied to those costs
				that the division, in its discretion, determines are necessary and reasonable.
				Eligible costs include
(1) wages for the
				recipient's employees that do not exceed those paid for similar work in the
				local economy,
(2) printing and
				distributing travel promotion material,
(3) consultant fees,
(4) telecommunications equipment and
				services,
(5) materials and
				supplies used solely for the project, and
(6) other incidental costs incurred by the
				recipient.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 8 - Division of Tourism › Chapter 54 - Tourism Grants › 3 AAC 54.050 - Regional screening agency

Current through May 31, 2024
If a political subdivision of the state sets priorities among
				  matching grant project proposals for a region of the state, the division shall
				  consider those priorities.
Authority:
AS
					 44.33.119
AS 44.33.120
AS
					 44.33.135
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 8 - Division of Tourism › Chapter 54 - Tourism Grants › 3 AAC 54.060 - Grant administration

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) At any time during the grant period, the
				division may require the recipient to file a status report concerning project
				performance and the expenditure of grant money.
(b) The division may, at any time, audit the
				recipient's accounting books and records that relate to the grant
				project.
(c) The division may pay a
				grant award in a lump sum or in increments during the grant period. The
				division may make incremental payments contingent upon satisfactory progress on
				the project through the date of payment.
(d) No later than 90 days after the
				completion of the project paid by a grant, the recipient shall submit a final
				report that gives a detailed accounting of the expenditure of grant and
				matching fund money and includes financial documents that validate these
				expenditures.
Authority:
AS
					 44.33.119
AS 44.33.120
AS
					 44.33.135
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 8 - Division of Tourism › Chapter 54 - Tourism Grants › 3 AAC 54.070 - Acknowledgement of support

Current through May 31, 2024
A printed or audio/visual reference to a project funded under
				  this program must include the following acknowledgement: "This [brochure, film,
				  etc.] was funded, in part, by a grant from the Alaska Division of
				  Tourism."
Authority:
AS
					 44.33.119
AS 44.33.120
AS
					 44.33.135
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 8 - Division of Tourism › Chapter 54 - Tourism Grants › 3 AAC 54.100 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
As used in this chapter
(1) "department" means the Department of
				Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, State of Alaska;
(2) "division" means the division of tourism,
				Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, State of
				Alaska;
(3) "grant period" means
				from the day the grant award project begins to the day the grant award project
				terminates;
(4) "project" means the
				planned undertaking of the grant award recipient;
(5) "state" means the State of
				Alaska.
As of Register 171 (October 2004), the regulations attorney
					 made technical revisions under
					 AS
					 44.62.125(b)(6) to reflect
					 the name change of the Department of Community and Economic Development to the
					 Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development made by ch. 47, SLA
					 2004 and the corresponding title change of the commissioner of community and
					 economic development.
Authority:
AS
					 44.33.119
AS 44.33.120
AS
					 44.33.135
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 9 - Division of Trade and Development › Chapter 56 - Alaska Royalty Oil and Gas Development Advisory Board (Relocated)

Current through May 31, 2024
Effective July 19, 1981, the regulations of the Alaska
				  Royalty Oil and Gas Development Advisory Board were relocated to 3 AAC 56, as a
				  result of the transfer of the board from the Department of Natural Resources to
				  the Department of Commerce and Economic Development. As of May 11, 1986, the
				  regulations have been returned to 11 AAC 26 in light of the return of the board
				  to the Department of Natural Resources, by Executive Order No. 61, effective
				  March 15, 1986.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 9 - Division of Trade and Development › Chapter 57 - Alaska Regional Economic Assistance Program › 3 AAC 57.010 - Purpose

Current through May 31, 2024
This chapter is intended to implement, interpret, and make
				  specific the Alaska regional economic assistance program under
				  AS
				  44.33.026.
Authority:
AS
					 44.33.020
AS
					 44.33.026
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 9 - Division of Trade and Development › Chapter 57 - Alaska Regional Economic Assistance Program › 3 AAC 57.020 - Duties and responsibilities of the department

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department
				will provide assistance to organizations and individuals interested in the
				formation of an Alaska regional development organization by providing the
				following:
(1) information, procedures,
				forms, and other material as required, on how to apply and qualify for an
				Alaska regional development grant;
(2) counseling and technical assistance to
				the regional economic organization in establishing and operating an Alaska
				regional development organization program; and
(3) available data and information on the
				region's economy in support of the regional organizational efforts.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 9 - Division of Trade and Development › Chapter 57 - Alaska Regional Economic Assistance Program › 3 AAC 57.030 - Eligibility

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department will accept applications
				from an applicant seeking designation and funding as an Alaska regional
				development organization, if the applicant is one of the following: a nonprofit
				corporation incorporated under the laws of Alaska, including a regional Native
				nonprofit corporation; an association of municipal governments; a
				public/private association such as an association of municipal governments and
				chambers of commerce; an association of local chambers of commerce; an
				association of local economic development councils or private economic
				development councils; a body formed by an organized municipality; or any other
				entity that meets the criteria of
				AS
				44.33.026(e)(2).
(b) An economic development district, as
				designated by the Economic Development Administration, United States Department
				of Commerce, is, under
				AS
				44.33.026(b), automatically
				designated as an Alaska regional development organization. If a federally
				funded economic development district includes more than one designated Alaska
				regional development organization, the preexisting Alaska regional development
				organizations may not receive more than two grant awards after the date of the
				first federal grant award to that economic development district. Thereafter,
				that economic development district will be the sole designated Alaska regional
				development organization and the sole eligible grant applicant for that
				region.
(c) It is the
				responsibility of the applicant to show that the proposed regional development
				organization complies with the criteria in
				3 AAC 57.040 and
				3 AAC 57.050, and
				AS
				44.33.026(a).
Authority:
AS
					 44.33.020
AS
					 44.33.026
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 9 - Division of Trade and Development › Chapter 57 - Alaska Regional Economic Assistance Program › 3 AAC 57.040 - Regional size requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) To assure that
				an Alaska regional development organization is able to plan and carry out
				development projects of broad geographic significance, the organization must be
				of sufficient size or population, and must contain adequate resources, to
				support an active regional economic development program.
(b) The applicant must submit proof that the
				proposed organization's boundaries include a large enough population to form an
				economically viable unit with shared interests, resources, traditions, and
				goals. At a minimum, the applicant must provide evidence that the proposed
				organization's boundaries (1) contain a regional economic center with a
				population of at least 2,500 people which serves the area, and (2) have either
				a geographic area of at least 12,000 square miles or a total population of
				80,000 or more. The boundaries must also conform to
				AS
				44.33.026(a)(2).
(c) If the proposed boundaries do not include
				a regional economic center with a population of at least 2,500 people, the
				applicant must identify the regional economic center and submit information to
				convince the department that there are sufficient population and resources to
				fulfill the intent of (a) and (b) of this section.
Authority:
AS
					 44.33.020
AS
					 44.33.026
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 9 - Division of Trade and Development › Chapter 57 - Alaska Regional Economic Assistance Program › 3 AAC 57.050 - Board representation

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) It is the intent of the Alaska regional
				economic assistance program that Alaska regional development organization
				boards have private sector economic development and business orientation. To
				conform to
				AS
				44.33.026(e), representation
				on the board should include locally elected public officials; the principal
				economic interests of the region, including business, service industry,
				transportation, utilities, and labor; the professions; and educational
				institutions.
(b) If an Alaska
				regional development organization is composed of a single organized
				municipality or a regional Native corporation, it is the responsibility of the
				applicant to demonstrate how the interests listed in (a) of this section will
				be represented on the board.
(c) An
				Alaska regional development organization board with a large number of members,
				as determined by the department, must appoint an executive committee to be
				responsible for program administration.
Authority:
AS
					 44.33.020
AS
					 44.33.026
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 9 - Division of Trade and Development › Chapter 57 - Alaska Regional Economic Assistance Program › 3 AAC 57.070 - Funding procedures

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department will, in its discretion,
				make a grant to a designated Alaska regional development organization in
				accordance with
				AS
				44.33.026(b). Applications
				for funding will be accepted by the department from designated Alaska regional
				development organizations on a year-around basis. Funding for this program is
				limited and the department makes no guarantee that any application will be
				funded. Applications will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis
				until the regional development fund is depleted. Subject to appropriations for
				that purpose, an organization that receives funding will have a first priority
				for funding in the subsequent fiscal year. Nonfunded applications will have the
				next lower priority for funding in the next state fiscal year. The department
				will, in its discretion, adjust priorities and lower the funding level
				requested by a previously funded Alaska regional development organization, to
				accommodate nonfunded applications.
(b) As provided in
				AS
				44.33.026(c), a grant of up
				to $100,000 will, within the department's discretion, be provided to a
				designated Alaska regional development organization during a single fiscal
				year.
(c) To qualify for a grant, a
				designated Alaska regional development organization must provide funding that
				is not less than 33 and one-third percent of the money to be provided by the
				department. The matching money must
(1) be in
				cash and must be from nonstate sources; and
(2) include a sum equal to 20 percent of the
				matching share, but not to exceed $10,000, from the municipalities, other local
				entities and the private sector in the region, to demonstrate the designated
				Alaska regional development organization's commitment to the program.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 9 - Division of Trade and Development › Chapter 57 - Alaska Regional Economic Assistance Program › 3 AAC 57.080 - Basic requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
A designated and funded Alaska regional development
				  organization is responsible, at a minimum, for the following:
(1) providing services designed to encourage
				economic development to the local villages, communities, and businesses in the
				region;
(2) collecting and
				distributing economic information relevant to the region; and
(3) serving as an effective liaison between
				state government and the region.
Authority:
AS
					 44.33.020
AS
					 44.33.026
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 9 - Division of Trade and Development › Chapter 57 - Alaska Regional Economic Assistance Program › 3 AAC 57.090 - Functions and responsibilities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A designated
				and funded Alaska regional development organization shall develop and implement
				a regional economic development strategy. The organization shall prepare, and
				submit to the department, a completed strategy within 18 months after receipt
				of funding. The organization shall coordinate the development and
				implementation of the strategy with other local, state, federal, and private
				development agencies and organizations. The strategy must contain the following
				elements:
(1) fact-gathering, to assure that
				the area understands the current development situation as a base upon which to
				make decisions;
(2) identification
				of potentials (such as resources or location) that can be the bases of economic
				development;
(3) establishment of
				goals and objectives to point out the direction of economic development
				activities;
(4) production of a
				strategy for local economic development which includes a work plan that
				proposes the methods, resources, responsibilities, and schedules for
				implementing the development strategy; and
(5) development of a set of community and
				village economic profiles for every organized municipality in the region which
				has agreed to participate in the organization.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 9 - Division of Trade and Development › Chapter 57 - Alaska Regional Economic Assistance Program › 3 AAC 57.100 - Termination or suspension of organizations

Current through May 31, 2024
If it becomes necessary to terminate or suspend a designated
				  and funded organization, the commissioner will, at least 30 days before the
				  effective date of the action, provide written notice to the Alaska regional
				  development organization that it is being terminated or suspended due to one or
				  more of the following:
(1) the Alaska
				regional development organization no longer meets the criteria for designation
				set out in 3 AAC 57.030,
				3 AAC 57.040, and
				3 AAC 57.050;
(2) the Alaska regional development
				organization has failed to develop and implement a regional economic
				development strategy, or has failed to carry out its approved work plan as
				required in
				3 AAC 57.090;
(3) the Alaska regional development
				organization board has requested termination; or
(4) the Alaska regional development
				organization has failed to comply with other terms and conditions of the grant
				agreement with the department.
Authority:
AS
					 44.33.020
AS
					 44.33.026
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 9 - Division of Trade and Development › Chapter 57 - Alaska Regional Economic Assistance Program › 3 AAC 57.900 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In this chapter,
(1)
				"commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Commerce, Community,
				and Economic Development;
(2)
				"department" means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic
				Development;
(3) "project year"
				means a 12-month period for grant funding, beginning on the date of execution
				of the grant agreement by the department;
(4) "regional development organization" or
				"organization" means the same as in
				AS
				44.33.026(e);
(5) "regional economic center" means a local
				government unit that is incorporated under either state or federal statutes and
				that is a major supply point, financial center, and transportation hub whose
				sphere of influence encompasses the region in question;
(6) "significant amendment" means an
				amendment that results in a major revision, addition, or deletion to the Alaska
				regional development organization's bylaws or board make-up, or alters the
				boundaries of the region other than by technical adjustment;
(7) "substantive objection" means expression
				of opposition by a community or an organization which provides refutable
				information regarding the integrity or viability of application material,
				including material regarding boundaries, the proposed Alaska regional
				development organization, its board representation, or bylaws.
As of Register 171 (October 2004), the regulations attorney
					 made technical revisions under
					 AS
					 44.62.125(b)(6) to reflect
					 the name change of the Department of Community and Economic Development to the
					 Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development made by ch. 47, SLA
					 2004 and the corresponding title change of the commissioner of community and
					 economic development.
Authority:
AS
					 44.33.020
AS
					 44.33.026
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 9 - Division of Trade and Development › Chapter 58 - Silver Hand and "Made In Alaska" Programs › 3 AAC 58.005 - Purpose

Current through May 31, 2024
This chapter implements the silver hand handicrafts and "Made
				  in Alaska" products programs authorized under
				  AS
				  45.65.010-45.65.070.
Authority:
AS
					 44.33.020
AS
					 45.65.020
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 9 - Division of Trade and Development › Chapter 58 - Silver Hand and "Made In Alaska" Programs › 3 AAC 58.020 - Silver hand program

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The silver hand program is designed to
				identify authentic Alaska Native handicrafts.
(b) The official Native handicraft symbol is
				the silver hand seal. The seal must meet the requirements of
				AS
				45.65.030. The seal consists of a black oval
				containing a hand in silver and the words "Authentic Native Handicraft from
				Alaska." The seal is of the following design:
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				  SEAL
(c) A
				permit to use the silver hand seal on the handicrafts the applicant produces
				will be issued to an Alaska Native who
(1)
				applies to the commissioner or a silver hand agent on a form approved by the
				department, unless the applicant was certified to be eligible by the silver
				hand agent;
(2) documents that the
				applicant is an Alaska Native with a blood quantum of one-fourth or greater;
				documentation proving eligibility includes
(A) a United States Department of the
				Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs Certificate of Indian Blood;
(B) an official letter from a village or
				regional corporation established under
				43 U.S.C.
				1606 -
				1607 (Alaska Native Claims
				Settlement Act of 1971, sections 7 and 8); or
(C) an official letter from a village council
				or tribe in which the applicant is a member;
(3) certifies on the application that the
				applicant will affix the silver hand seal only on a handicraft that was or will
				be made
(A) entirely by the
				applicant;
(B) within this state;
				and
(C) in whole or of significant
				part of natural materials.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 9 - Division of Trade and Development › Chapter 58 - Silver Hand and "Made In Alaska" Programs › 3 AAC 58.025 - Use of the silver hand seal or representation

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A permit
				holder, other than a silver hand agent, may use the representation of a silver
				hand seal on catalogs, letterheads, business cards, in-store and other
				advertising, and for other similar purposes related to the permit holder's
				handicrafts. The permit holder, other than a silver hand agent, may use a
				representation of the silver hand symbol only in advertising of that permit
				holder's handicrafts.
(b) The
				silver hand agent may use a representation of the silver hand symbol only on
				letterheads, business cards, and other advertising solely for the purposes of
				identifying that person as a silver hand agent and fulfilling that agent's
				duties under
				AS
				45.65.010-45.65.070 and this
				chapter.
(c) The silver hand seal
				or a representation of that seal may not be used in a manner that is false or
				misleading. The silver hand seal or a representation of that seal may only be
				used without any modification to the design specified in
				3 AAC 58.020(b).
(d) The silver hand seal or a representation
				of that seal may not be incorporated into a business, company, or product logo
				or label.
(e) The silver hand seal
				or a representation of that seal may not be sold as art or as a dominant
				feature of a handicraft unless approved by the commissioner in
				writing.
(f) A permit holder may
				obtain 150 silver hand seals annually from the department at no cost.
				Additional seals may be purchased from the department at the cost of printing
				and distribution of the seals.
Authority:
AS
					 44.33.020
AS
					 45.65.020
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 9 - Division of Trade and Development › Chapter 58 - Silver Hand and "Made In Alaska" Programs › 3 AAC 58.030 - Silver hand agent permits

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The
				commissioner will issue a permit for an agent for the silver hand program if
				the person pays the application and permit issuance fees and certifies on an
				application form approved by the department that the applicant
(1) is a resident of the state; and if
				regions are established by the commissioner, the region identified in the
				permit;
(2) has sufficient
				knowledge about the handicrafts, customs, and populace of the state, or if
				applicable, the region identified in the permit; and
(3) has a current Alaska business license, if
				required under AS 43.70.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 9 - Division of Trade and Development › Chapter 58 - Silver Hand and "Made In Alaska" Programs › 3 AAC 58.035 - Duties of a silver hand agent

Current through May 31, 2024
The duties of a silver hand agent include
(1) providing information to the public on
				the silver hand program, such as application and eligibility requirements for
				permits, availability of silver hand seals, and similar activities;
(2) distributing application forms and
				instructions for a permit to use silver hand seals;
(3) determining the eligibility of applicants
				for a permit to use the silver hand seal in accordance with
				AS
				45.65.010-45.65.070 and
				3 AAC 58.020(c) by approving or
				disapproving applications, or by certifying the eligibility of a Native
				craftsperson;
(4) submitting on a
				quarterly basis on or before January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1, of each
				year
(A) a copy of each application and the
				action taken on the application during the period; and
(B) information requested by the department
				about each Native craftsperson that the agent certified as eligible to use
				silver hand seal during that period; the agent shall supply the information on
				a form approved by the department;