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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 9 - Law › Chapter 23 - Physician Negotiations › 9 AAC 23.050 - Review of proposed contracts

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A contract that
			 is reached as a result of collective negotiations must be submitted to the
			 attorney general for review and approval in accordance with
			 AS
			 23.50.020(e) and (f) before
			 the contract is effective.
(b) The
			 authorized third party shall submit to the attorney general, along with the
			 proposed contract, a report that explains how the contract is consistent with
			 AS 23.50, and how the contract
(1) restores or
			 maintains the competitive balance in the market for health care
			 services;
(2) protects access to
			 health care services;
(3) promotes
			 the health care infrastructure and medical advancement; and
(4) improves communications between health
			 care providers and health benefit plans.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 9 - Law › Chapter 23 - Physician Negotiations › 9 AAC 23.060 - Remedial measures

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Within 90 days after receiving from the
			 attorney general a written disapproval of a negotiation request or proposed
			 contract, an authorized third party may re-submit the request or proposed
			 contract for approval along with a report
(1)
			 documenting the specific remedial measures that have been taken; and
(2) demonstrating how those remedial measures
			 will address the concerns of the attorney general.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 9 - Law › Chapter 23 - Physician Negotiations › 9 AAC 23.070 - Resuming collective negotiations after a failed negotiation

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) After the
			 authorized third party has reported a failed collective negotiation attempt in
			 accordance with
			 AS
			 23.50.020(d)(2) and
			 9 AAC 23.040(c), the authorized third
			 party and participating physicians may not engage in collective negotiations or
			 communications with a health benefit plan except as provided in this
			 section.
(b) The negotiation group,
			 through its authorized third party, may resume negotiations within no more than
			 60 days after reporting a failed collective negotiation attempt if the
			 authorized third party provides the attorney general notice of its intent to
			 resume negotiations at least seven days before the resumption date. Subsequent
			 negotiations may not deviate from the terms of the original request for
			 negotiation as approved by the attorney general or from any requirements
			 prescribed in the attorney general's written approval.
(c) To resume negotiations later than 60 days
			 after reporting a failed collective negotiation attempt, the authorized third
			 party must submit a new request for negotiation and fee in accordance with
			 9 AAC 23.020 and
			 9 AAC 23.030.
(d) The attorney general will presume
			 collective negotiations under AS 23.50 and this chapter to have failed if a
			 proposed contract is not submitted to the attorney general within 12 months
			 after approval of a collective negotiation request.
Authority:
AS
				  23.50.020
AS
				  23.50.040
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 9 - Law › Chapter 23 - Physician Negotiations › 9 AAC 23.080 - Collective negotiations to modify an approved contract

Current through May 31, 2024
During the original term of a contract approved under
				AS
				23.50.020 and
				9 AAC 23.050, an authorized third party may engage in
				collective negotiations or communications with a health benefit plan for the
				purpose of modifying the contract terms. No later than 14 days before starting
				those collective negotiations, the authorized third party shall provide the
				attorney general written notice of its intention to negotiate. The notice must
				be accompanied by a report explaining the purpose of the negotiations and the
				terms to be modified. The negotiations must not deviate from the original
				request for negotiation made by the authorized third party.
Authority:
AS
				  23.50.020
AS
				  23.50.040
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 9 - Law › Chapter 23 - Physician Negotiations › 9 AAC 23.090 - Prohibited conduct

Current through May 31, 2024
Physicians may not engage in a boycott, intimidation, or
				coercive conduct related to proposed collective negotiations, or to the subject
				matter of those negotiations.
Authority:
AS
				  23.50.020
AS
				  23.50.040
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 9 - Law › Chapter 23 - Physician Negotiations › 9 AAC 23.100 - Letter of intent to negotiate

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Before engaging
			 in collective negotiations with a health benefit plan, an authorized third
			 party may send a letter of intent to a health benefit plan notifying it that a
			 negotiation group desires to engage in collective negotiations with the plan,
			 and including a list of the proposed subjects to be negotiated. In the letter
			 of intent, the authorized third party may inquire as to the intent of the
			 health benefit plan to enter collective negotiations with the negotiation
			 group. If the authorized third party has not received a response from the
			 health benefit plan to the letter of intent within 60 days after mailing, the
			 health benefit plan is presumed to have declined to enter
			 negotiations.
(b) A letter of
			 intent under this section may be sent before submitting to the attorney general
			 a request under
			 9 AAC 23.020, if the letter of intent includes a clear
			 statement that
(1) approval to engage in the
			 proposed negotiations has not been obtained from the attorney general;
			 and
(2) any collective negotiations
(A) are contingent on the attorney general's
			 approval; and
(B) must be conducted
			 in accordance with AS 23.50.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 9 - Law › Chapter 23 - Physician Negotiations › 9 AAC 23.900 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise,
(1) "authorized third party" has the meaning
			 given in AS 23.50.099;
(2) "fee-related term" means a term that
			 relates to the fees charged, collected, reimbursed, or billed by a physician or
			 health benefit plan; "fee-related term" includes a term or condition with a
			 direct or indirect impact on a fee-related term;
(3) "geographic service area" has the meaning
			 given in AS
			 23.50.020(o);
(4) "health benefit plan" has the meaning
			 given in AS 23.50.099;
(5) "independent practice association" or
			 "IPA" means a group or association of physicians, including one or more
			 participating physicians, who
(A) are
			 clinically integrated;
(B) share
			 substantial financial risk; or
(C)
			 are formed for the purpose of enhancing the quality and access of health care
			 services;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 9 - Law › Chapter 33 - Actionable Claims Against State Employees › 9 AAC 33.010 - Notice to attorney general of claim

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A state
			 employee who is named as a defendant in a civil action or proceeding for money
			 damages as a result of state employment shall deliver all of the papers served
			 upon the employee, or copies of them, as provided in
			 AS
			 09.50.253 no later than seven calendar days
			 after receipt.
(b) Delivery to the
			 attorney general must be to both the Juneau and Anchorage offices of the
			 attorney general and may be made only by personal delivery or facsimile
			 transmission. Delivery is complete on the date of receipt in the offices of the
			 attorney general.
The locations for submitting the papers required by
				  9 AAC 33.010 are State of Alaska, Department of Law,
				  Office of the Attorney General, 123 Fourth Street, Dimond Courthouse 6th Floor,
				  Juneau, Alaska 99801, facsimile no. (907) 465-6735 and State of Alaska,
				  Department of Law, Office of the Chief Assistant Attorney General, 1031 W. 4th
				  Avenue, Suite 200, Anchorage, Alaska 99501, facsimile no. (907)
				  258-4978.
Authority:
AS
				  09.50.253
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 9 - Law › Chapter 33 - Actionable Claims Against State Employees › 9 AAC 33.020 - Certification

Current through May 31, 2024
After determining whether to certify that the act or omission
				on which the civil action or proceeding is based was in the scope of the state
				employee's office or employment as provided in
				AS
				09.50.253, the attorney general will notify
				the employee.
Authority:
AS
				  09.50.253
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 9 - Law › Chapter 52 - Executive Branch Code of Ethics › 9 AAC 52.030 - When membership is significant

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If a public
			 officer is required by statute to be a member of a class and the public officer
			 takes or withholds official action in a matter that affects all members of that
			 class, the action is not a violation of the Ethics Act or this chapter unless
			 the officer receives significant financial or personal benefit from the action
			 or takes or withholds the action based on an improper motivation.
(b) A public officer's interest in a matter
			 by reason of the officer's membership in a large organization or class is
			 significant if the officer or an immediate family member of the officer has a
			 significant personal or financial interest in the matter.
Authority:
AS
				  39.52.110
AS
				  39.52.950
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 9 - Law › Chapter 52 - Executive Branch Code of Ethics › 9 AAC 52.035 - Personal gain

Current through May 31, 2024
For purposes of
				AS
				39.52.120(a), gain is
				personal gain if it is
(1) a benefit
			 to the public officer's personal interest or financial interest; or
(2) actual or anticipated gain, benefit,
			 profit, or compensation to the public officer or the officer's immediate family
			 member.
Authority:
AS
				  39.52.120
AS
				  39.52.950
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 9 - Law › Chapter 52 - Executive Branch Code of Ethics › 9 AAC 52.040 - Unwarranted benefits or treatment

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) As used in
			 AS
			 39.52.120(a), "unwarranted
			 benefits or treatment" includes
(1) a
			 deviation from normal procedures for the award of a benefit, regardless of
			 whether the procedures were established formally or informally, if the
			 deviation is based on the improper motivation; and
(2) an award of a benefit if the person
			 receiving the benefit was substantially less qualified, in light of the formal
			 or informal standards set out for the award, than another person who was or
			 reasonably should have been considered for the award if the award is based on
			 an improper motivation.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 9 - Law › Chapter 52 - Executive Branch Code of Ethics › 9 AAC 52.045 - Transportation of family members of governor and lieutenant governor

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The
			 use or authorization of use of state money or other state resources for
			 transportation of a family member of the governor or lieutenant governor does
			 not violate
			 AS
			 39.52.120(a) or (b)(3) if
			 transportation is provided to an event at which the family member's presence
			 benefits the state. The presence of a family member of the governor or
			 lieutenant governor benefits the state if the family member's presence
(1) is required for official action of the
			 state; or
(2) has a public purpose
			 related to the governor's or lieutenant governor's official duties, including
(A) attending a state-sponsored event that
			 the family of the governor or lieutenant governor customarily
			 attends;
(B) attending an event at
			 which the family member serves as an officially designated representative of
			 the state; or
(C) accompanying, as
			 an invited guest, the governor or lieutenant governor to an event related to
			 issues important to the state when the family member's attendance is
			 appropriate for the event, such as youth- or family-related events.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 9 - Law › Chapter 52 - Executive Branch Code of Ethics › 9 AAC 52.050 - Use of state time, property, equipment, or other facilities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless the
			 attorney general has issued a general opinion against the use or advised the
			 public officer against the use, a public officer who uses state time, property,
			 equipment, or other facilities to benefit the officer, an immediate family
			 member of the officer, the officer's personal or financial interest, or another
			 person does not violate
			 AS
			 39.52.120(a) or (b)(3) if
			 the officer's designated supervisor determines that the use is
			 insignificant.
(b) For purposes of
			 determining whether a public officer has violated
			 AS
			 39.52.120(a) or (b)(3), the
			 use of a state cellular telephone to benefit the officer, an immediate family
			 member of the officer, the officer's personal or financial interest, or another
			 person is presumed insignificant if
(1) the
			 cellular telephone service plan provides, for a set monthly fee, an allowance
			 of usable minutes or an unlimited number of usable minutes;
(2) the use does not exceed
(A) the greater of 30 minutes or five percent
			 of the allowed minutes under the applicable service plan per month, for a plan
			 that provides an allowance of usable minutes;
(B) the greater of 30 minutes or five percent
			 of the total minutes used in a month under the applicable service plan, for a
			 plan that provides an unlimited number of usable minutes; and
(3) the public officer reimburses
			 the state in full for use that results in a separate charge; charges for
			 minutes exceeding an allowance of usable minutes are presumed to have been
			 incurred to benefit the officer, an immediate family member of the officer, the
			 officer's personal or financial interest, or another person.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 9 - Law › Chapter 52 - Executive Branch Code of Ethics › 9 AAC 52.060 - Gifts

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) As used in the Ethics Act and this
			 chapter, a gift is a transfer or loan of property or provision of services to a
			 public officer for less than full value. Unless rebutted by other evidence, an
			 occasional gift worth $50 or less is presumed not to be given under
			 circumstances in which it could be reasonably inferred that the gift is
			 intended to influence an officer's performance of official duties, actions, or
			 judgment.
(b) For purposes of
			 AS
			 39.52.130, travel or lodging of any value
			 received by a public officer in connection with a trip that the public officer
			 takes as part of the officer's official duties is not an improper gift if the
			 monetary value of the travel or lodging is comparable to the cost that the
			 state would have had to pay for the travel or lodging and
(1) the head of the officer's agency
			 determines that the gift is to the state, not to the officer; or
(2) the travel or lodging is incidental
			 transportation by or hospitality at the residence of an individual.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 9 - Law › Chapter 52 - Executive Branch Code of Ethics › 9 AAC 52.070 - Information disseminated to the public

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) For purposes of
			 AS
			 39.52.140, information has been disseminated
			 to the public if it has been distributed to the public through
(1) a newspaper or other printed
			 publication;
(2) broadcast
			 media;
(3) a press
			 release;
(4) a
			 newsletter;
(5) a legal
			 notice;
(6) a nonconfidential court
			 filing;
(7) a published
			 report;
(8) an agency's
			 website;
(9) posting on the Alaska
			 Online Public Notice System established under
			 AS
			 44.62.175;
(10) a public speech; or
(11) public testimony before the legislature
			 or an agency.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 9 - Law › Chapter 52 - Executive Branch Code of Ethics › 9 AAC 52.080 - State grants, contracts, leases, and loans

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) For purposes of
			 AS
			 39.52.150(b), a state grant,
			 contract, or lease is competitively solicited if the grant, contract, or lease
(1) is awarded by competitive sealed bidding
			 under AS
			 36.30.100-36.30.190 or competitive sealed
			 proposals under
			 AS
			 36.30.200-36.30.270; or
(2) is awarded by procedures substantially
			 similar to competitive sealed bidding or competitive sealed proposals and AS
			 36.30 does not apply to the awarding of the grant, contract, or
			 lease.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 9 - Law › Chapter 52 - Executive Branch Code of Ethics › 9 AAC 52.090 - Outside employment or service

Current through May 31, 2024
For purposes of
				AS
				39.52.170, a public employee's outside
				employment or service, including volunteer service, is incompatible or in
				conflict with the proper discharge of official duties if the employee's
				designated supervisor reasonably determines that the outside employment or
				service
(1) takes time away from the
			 employee's official duties;
(2)
			 limits the scope of the employee's official duties; or
(3) is otherwise incompatible or in conflict
			 with the proper discharge of the employee's official duties.
Authority:
AS
				  39.52.170
AS
				  39.52.950
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 9 - Law › Chapter 52 - Executive Branch Code of Ethics › 9 AAC 52.100 - Restrictions on employment after leaving state service

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) For purposes of
			 AS
			 39.52.180(a), "matter" does
			 not include the general formulation of policy by a public official.
(b) For purposes of
			 AS
			 39.52.180(a), routine
			 processing of documents, general supervision of employees without direct
			 involvement in a matter, or ministerial functions not involving the merits of a
			 matter under consideration by an administrative unit do not constitute personal
			 or substantial participation in a matter by a public officer.
Authority:
AS
				  39.52.180
AS
				  39.52.950
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 9 - Law › Chapter 52 - Executive Branch Code of Ethics › 9 AAC 52.110 - Ethics files

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A designated supervisor shall maintain an
			 ethics file containing Ethics Act reports, advisory opinions, advisory opinion
			 requests, complaints, disclosures, and determinations relevant to that
			 supervisor's agency or administrative unit.
(b) A designated supervisor shall segregate
			 confidential material from other ethics file material that is available for
			 public inspection.
(c) An executive
			 director of a board or commission may maintain the ethics file of the chair of
			 the board or commission. The ethics file of the chair of a board or commission
			 may be combined with the ethics file of the designated supervisor of the staff
			 of the board or commission.
Authority:
AS
				  39.52.210
AS 39.52.220
AS 39.52.230
AS
				  39.52.950
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 9 - Law › Chapter 52 - Executive Branch Code of Ethics › 9 AAC 52.120 - Declaration of potential violation by member of a board or commission

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A
			 declaration by a member of a board or commission of the facts and circumstances
			 about a matter that may result in a violation of
			 AS
			 39.52.110-39.52.190 or this chapter may
			 serve as the disclosure in writing to the designated supervisor required by
			 AS
			 39.52.220 if
(1) the declaration is made at a recorded
			 public meeting of each board and commission on which the member
			 serves;
(2) a tape or transcript of
			 each meeting is preserved in accordance with the records retention schedule of
			 the board or commission; and
(3) a
			 method for identifying each portion of tape or transcript containing the
			 declaration is used and the identifications are preserved.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 9 - Law › Chapter 52 - Executive Branch Code of Ethics › 9 AAC 52.130 - Designated supervisor's report

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A designated
			 supervisor shall submit the quarterly report described in
			 AS
			 39.52.260 during the 30 days following the
			 end of each calendar quarter.
(b)
			 An executive director of a board or commission may file a quarterly report on
			 behalf of the chair of the board or commission. The quarterly report filed on
			 behalf of a chair and the quarterly report of a designated supervisor of the
			 staff of a board or commission may be combined into one report.
(c) If a board or commission does not meet
			 during a calendar quarter, and the designated supervisor of the board or
			 commission notifies the attorney general that no meeting, or activity
			 reportable under the Ethics Act or this chapter, occurred during the calendar
			 quarter, than neither the chair nor the designated supervisor of the staff must
			 file a report for the board or commission for the quarter.
Authority:
AS
				  39.52.260
AS
				  39.52.950
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 9 - Law › Chapter 52 - Executive Branch Code of Ethics › 9 AAC 52.135 - Designated supervisor's determination of violation

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If, upon review
			 of an ethics disclosure, a designated supervisor determines that a violation of
			 AS
			 39.52.110-39.52.190 may have or has
			 occurred, the designated supervisor shall
(1)
			 in the case of a public employee, refer the matter for investigation and
			 appropriate disciplinary action in accordance with
			 AS
			 39.52.420 and, following any disciplinary
			 action, to the attorney general for review under
			 AS
			 39.52.310, unless the significance of the
			 identified violation warrants immediate review by the attorney general;
			 and
(2) in the case of a board or
			 commission member, refer the matter to the attorney general for review under
			 AS
			 39.52.310.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 9 - Law › Chapter 52 - Executive Branch Code of Ethics › 9 AAC 52.140 - Complaints: legal representation

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The attorney
			 general will, in the attorney general's discretion, conduct a preliminary
			 ethics investigation before initiating or accepting a complaint. A preliminary
			 ethics investigation and information discovered in the course of a preliminary
			 ethics investigation is confidential to the same extent as information
			 discovered in an ethics investigation conducted after the acceptance of a
			 complaint.
(b) The attorney general
			 will, in the attorney general's discretion, refer a complaint to the subject's
			 designated supervisor under
			 AS
			 39.52.310(e) and, at the
			 same time, accept the complaint for an ethics investigation under
			 AS
			 39.52.310(f) and
			 (g).
(c) If the attorney general refers a
			 complaint under
			 AS
			 39.52.310(e) and the
			 designated supervisor determines that a violation of the Ethics Act or this
			 chapter has occurred, the designated supervisor shall forward those findings to
			 the attorney general for review under
			 AS
			 39.52.310 -
			 AS
			 39.52.350.
(d) If an ethics complaint does not allege a
			 violation of the Ethics Act or this chapter by the governor, lieutenant
			 governor, or attorney general but, in the course of an ethics investigation,
			 evidence of a potential violation by the governor, lieutenant governor, or
			 attorney general is discovered, then the attorney general will refer the matter
			 to the personnel board. The personnel board shall retain independent counsel in
			 the same manner as if the complaint initially alleged those
			 violations.
(e) If a complaint
			 against a public officer alleges more than one violation of the Ethics Act, the
			 attorney general may take action under
			 AS
			 39.52.310,
			 39.52.320,
			 39.52.330, and
			 39.52.350 regarding each alleged
			 violation separately.
(f) If a
			 person brings a complaint alleging a violation under
			 AS
			 39.52.110 -
			 39.52.190 or this chapter by the
			 governor or the lieutenant governor, the Department of Law may provide legal
			 representation if the attorney general certifies that the representation is in
			 the public interest. For complaints against the attorney general, the governor
			 may certify that representation by the Department of Law is in the public
			 interest. For the purpose of this subsection, "public interest" includes
			 whether the action taken is within the scope of the official's
			 duties.
(g) Notwithstanding the
			 certification under (f) of this section, the governor, lieutenant governor, or
			 attorney general may decline representation by the Department of Law and hire
			 private counsel.
(h) Information
			 received by the Department of Law that is related to the defense of a complaint
			 under this section is confidential and not subject to disclosure, absent a
			 court order or a release of information.
Authority:
AS
				  39.52.310
AS 39.52.320
AS 39.52.330
AS 39.52.350
AS
				  39.52.950
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 9 - Law › Chapter 52 - Executive Branch Code of Ethics › 9 AAC 52.150 - Personnel board notification

Current through May 31, 2024
If independent counsel appointed under
				AS
				39.52.310(c) recommends
				action under
				AS
				39.52.330, the independent counsel shall
				notify the personnel board that action to correct or prevent a violation of the
				Ethics Act or this chapter has been recommended.
Authority:
AS
				  39.52.330
AS
				  39.52.950
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 9 - Law › Chapter 52 - Executive Branch Code of Ethics › 9 AAC 52.160 - Confidentiality

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The attorney general will keep
			 confidential the information obtained in the course of an ethics investigation
			 that is not relevant to an accusation or subsequent ethics
			 proceedings.
(b) The attorney
			 general will, in the attorney general's discretion, forward information
			 obtained in the course of an ethics investigation to the subject's designated
			 supervisor or other appropriate superior for potential disciplinary action
			 under AS
			 39.52.420. Information forwarded under this
			 subsection remains confidential, and the subject's designated supervisor or
			 other appropriate superior may share the information only with a person who
			 needs to know the information to consider potential disciplinary
			 action.
(c) A subject may not
			 partially waive the confidentiality protection of
			 AS
			 39.52.340 or this chapter.
(d) Nothing in
			 AS
			 39.52.340 or this section prevents a person
			 from disclosing to a third person information the person learned independent of
			 the investigation conducted by the attorney general, unless prohibited by other
			 laws.
(e) Nothing in this section
			 prevents either the attorney general from withholding or a person from
			 objecting to the release of information or materials in the possession of the
			 attorney general on a legal ground other than one provided by
			 AS
			 39.52.340.
(f) If, after an ethics investigation, the
			 attorney general does not initiate formal proceedings, then information and
			 material discovered in the course of the ethics investigation, as well as the
			 existence of the ethics investigation, must remain confidential unless
			 disclosure is otherwise permitted under the Ethics Act or this
			 chapter.
(g) If the attorney
			 general determines that a crime may have been committed or may be committed,
			 the attorney general will, in the attorney general's discretion, release
			 information obtained in a confidential ethics matter to an appropriate law
			 enforcement agency.
Authority:
AS
				  39.52.340
AS 39.52.420
AS
				  39.52.950
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 9 - Law › Chapter 52 - Executive Branch Code of Ethics › 9 AAC 52.170 - Civil penalties for multiple violations

Current through May 31, 2024
If one act violates more than one provision of the Ethics Act,
				a civil penalty may be imposed for each provision violated. A civil penalty may
				be imposed each time a provision of the Ethics Act is
				violated.
Authority:
AS
				  39.52.440
AS
				  39.52.950
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 9 - Law › Chapter 52 - Executive Branch Code of Ethics › 9 AAC 52.180 - Attorney general review of agency policies

Current through May 31, 2024
The attorney general will approve a written policy described in
				AS
				39.52.920 if it is consistent with and
				furthers the purposes of the Ethics Act and this chapter. As a condition of
				approval, the attorney general will require that the policy be distributed to
				employees of the agency and to new employees of the agency upon employment, and
				require that the policy be centrally posted in the agency's
				offices.
Authority:
AS
				  39.52.920
AS
				  39.52.950
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 9 - Law › Chapter 52 - Executive Branch Code of Ethics › 9 AAC 52.990 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In
			 AS
			 39.52.410, "blind trust" means a trust
			 established under
			 AS
			 39.50.040.
(b) In the Ethics Act and in this chapter
(1) "board or commission" has the meaning
			 given in AS 39.52.960 and does not include
			 an entity created under only a federal statute or other non-state
			 action;
(2) "Ethics Act" means
			 Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act (AS 39.52);
(3) "executive director" includes an
			 executive secretary to a board or commission under AS 08 or the marine pilot
			 coordinator under
			 AS
			 08.62.050;
(4) "improper motivation" means a motivation
			 not related to the best interests of the state, and includes giving primary
			 consideration to a person's
(A) kinship or
			 relationship with a public officer;
(B) financial association with a public
			 officer;
(C) potential for
			 conferring a future benefit on a public officer; or
(D) political affiliation;
(5) "person" has the meaning given
			 in AS
			 39.52.960 and includes governmental
			 entities;
(6) repealed
			 12/22/2010;
(7) "public employee"
			 has the meaning given in
			 AS
			 39.52.960 and includes a permanent employee
			 of an agency on non-seasonal leave without pay status, but does not include an
			 individual on layoff status, a seasonal employee of an agency during the period
			 of time that the employee is not employed by the agency, or a temporary
			 employee of an agency during the period of time that the employee is not
			 employed by the agency;
(8) "state
			 contract" includes employment with the state, regardless of whether that
			 employment is evidenced by a written agreement, but does not include a license
			 or other authorization from the state to do business or to perform a particular
			 activity in the state; and
(9)
			 "subject" means an individual who either
(A)
			 is being investigated for a potential violation of the Ethics Act or this
			 chapter; or
(B) is the individual
			 against whom a complaint is filed under the Ethics Act or this
			 chapter.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 9 - Law › Chapter 64 - Procedures for Complaints Against Administrative Law Judges or Hearing Officers › 9 AAC 64.010 - Purpose and applicability

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The purpose of
			 this chapter is to implement the requirement in
			 AS
			 44.64.050 to establish procedures for
			 investigating and holding hearings on complaints against administrative law
			 judges and hearing officers.
(b)
			 This chapter applies to complaints filed against administrative law judges and
			 hearing officers under
			 AS
			 44.64.050 and
			 2 AAC 64.070, alleging violations of
			 AS
			 44.64.050 or
			 2 AAC 64.010 -
			 2 AAC 64.050.
Authority:
AS
				  44.64.050
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 9 - Law › Chapter 64 - Procedures for Complaints Against Administrative Law Judges or Hearing Officers › 9 AAC 64.020 - Requirements for complaints against the chief administrative law judge

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A
			 person who believes that the chief administrative law judge has violated
			 AS
			 44.64.050 or
			 2 AAC 64.010 -
			 2 AAC 64.050 may file a complaint. The complaint must
(1) be in writing;
(2) describe the conduct and other facts on
			 which the complaint is based;
(3)
			 explain why the person making the complaint believes the conduct violates
			 AS
			 44.64.050 or
			 2 AAC 64.010 -
			 2 AAC 64.050;
(4) identify the hearings or proceedings, if
			 any, in which the conduct occurred;
(5) provide the name, mailing address, and
			 telephone number of the person making the complaint; and
(6) be signed personally, under penalty of
			 perjury, by the person making the complaint.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 9 - Law › Chapter 64 - Procedures for Complaints Against Administrative Law Judges or Hearing Officers › 9 AAC 64.030 - Review of complaints against the chief administrative law judge

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The attorney
			 general will review any complaint filed against the chief administrative law
			 judge under
			 AS
			 44.64.050.
(b) The attorney general will follow the
			 procedures described in
			 9 AAC 64.040 -
			 9 AAC 64.060 for investigation, hearing, and disposition
			 of a complaint if, after reviewing the complaint, the attorney general
			 determines that the conduct alleged in the complaint, if true, would constitute
			 a violation of
(1)AS
			 44.64.050(a); or
(2)2 AAC 64.010 -
			 2 AAC 64.050 warranting disciplinary action.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 9 - Law › Chapter 64 - Procedures for Complaints Against Administrative Law Judges or Hearing Officers › 9 AAC 64.040 - Investigation of complaints

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The attorney
			 general will designate an investigator to investigate a complaint if the
			 subject of the complaint is
(1) the chief
			 administrative law judge, and the attorney general determines that the
			 complaint alleges conduct that, if true, would constitute a violation of
(A)AS
			 44.64.050(a); or
(B)2 AAC 64.010 -
			 2 AAC 64.050 warranting disciplinary action;
			 or
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 9 - Law › Chapter 64 - Procedures for Complaints Against Administrative Law Judges or Hearing Officers › 9 AAC 64.060 - Disposition of complaints

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If the attorney
			 general determines after investigation that there is not probable cause to
			 believe that a violation of
			 AS
			 44.64.050 or
			 2 AAC 64.010 -
			 2 AAC 64.050 occurred, the attorney general will issue a
			 written notice of dismissal of the complaint.
(b) If the attorney general designates an
			 adjudicator to hold a hearing on a complaint, the attorney general, after
			 receiving the adjudicator's proposed findings and recommendations, will issue
			 written findings and recommendations for corrective or disciplinary
			 action.
(c) If the attorney general
			 issues a notice of dismissal or written findings and recommendations concerning
			 a complaint, the attorney general will submit copies to
(1) the person making the
			 complaint;
(2) the subject of the
			 complaint;
(3) the chief
			 administrative law judge;
(4) the
			 agency that employed or retained the subject of the complaint for the hearings
			 or proceedings described in the complaint, if the subject of the complaint was
			 not employed or retained by the office of administrative hearings for those
			 hearings or proceedings;
(5) the
			 investigator of the complaint;
(6)
			 the adjudicator, if the attorney general designated an adjudicator to hold a
			 hearing on the complaint;
(7) the
			 supervisor of the subject of the complaint, if the subject of the complaint is
			 a state employee and the chief administrative law judge is not the employee's
			 supervisor; and
(8) the governor,
			 if the chief administrative law judge is the subject of the
			 complaint.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 9 - Law › Chapter 64 - Procedures for Complaints Against Administrative Law Judges or Hearing Officers › 9 AAC 64.900 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In this chapter,
(1)
			 "administrative law judge" has the meaning given in
			 AS
			 44.64.200;
(2) "hearing officer" has the meaning given
			 in AS
			 44.64.200.
Authority:
AS
				  44.64.050
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 10 - Military and Veterans Affairs › Chapter 10 - Reimbursement of Veterans Service Organizations for Rehabilitation and Service Work › 10 AAC 10.010 - Purpose

Current through May 31, 2024
The purpose of this chapter is to regulate the award and
				expenditure of money appropriated to reimburse organizations for the costs
				associated with employment of full-time service officers to perform
				rehabilitative and service work.
Authority:
AS
				  26.10.040
AS
				  26.10.050
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 10 - Military and Veterans Affairs › Chapter 10 - Reimbursement of Veterans Service Organizations for Rehabilitation and Service Work › 10 AAC 10.030 - Notice

Current through May 31, 2024
Not later than five days after the governor signs a bill
				appropriating money for reimbursement to organizations for a fiscal year, the
				director will mail to all organizations a notice, advising the organizations of
				the amount of money available for grants, and an invitation to apply for a
				grant.
Authority:
AS
				  26.10.040
AS
				  26.10.050
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 10 - Military and Veterans Affairs › Chapter 10 - Reimbursement of Veterans Service Organizations for Rehabilitation and Service Work › 10 AAC 10.040 - Application

Current through May 31, 2024
A request for a grant must be made by written application in
				the form and with the content prescribed by the director.
Authority:
AS
				  26.10.040
AS
				  26.10.050
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 10 - Military and Veterans Affairs › Chapter 10 - Reimbursement of Veterans Service Organizations for Rehabilitation and Service Work › 10 AAC 10.060 - Award by director

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Awards of grants will be made by the director. The director
				will make the final decision on the award of grants. The director need not
				follow the recommendations of the committee; however, if the director does not
				follow those recommendations, then the director will state, in writing, the
				reasons for not following those recommendations.
(b) Appeals from the decision of the director must be made to
				the commissioner. Appeals must be in writing, be filed with the commissioner
				not later than 10 days after the decision of the director, state with
				particularity the basis for appeal and the relief requested, and be mailed by
				the appellant to all organizations competing for the grants.
Authority:
AS
				  26.10.040
AS
				  26.10.050
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 10 - Military and Veterans Affairs › Chapter 10 - Reimbursement of Veterans Service Organizations for Rehabilitation and Service Work › 10 AAC 10.070 - Reporting requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A recipient of a grant under this chapter shall make
				returns and reports, using forms and the format required by the
				director.
(b) If the State of Alaska supplies computer software, a
				recipient of a grant under this chapter shall use the software, and supply data
				required by the director, to monitor performance of service
				officers.
Authority:
AS
				  26.10.040
AS
				  26.10.050
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 10 - Military and Veterans Affairs › Chapter 10 - Reimbursement of Veterans Service Organizations for Rehabilitation and Service Work › 10 AAC 10.900 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In this chapter,
(1) "benefit" means any payment, service, commodity, function,
				or status, entitlement to which is determined under laws administered by the
				United States Department of Veterans Affairs pertaining to veterans and their
				dependents and survivors (38 C.F.R.
				14.627(d)), and any
				payment, service, commodity, function, or status, entitlement to which is
				determined under laws of the State of Alaska pertaining to veterans and their
				dependents and survivors;
(2) "claim" means an application made under 38 U.S.C., and
				implementing directives, for entitlement to United States Department of
				Veterans Affairs benefits; the reinstatement, continuation, or increase of
				benefits; or the defense of a proposed agency adverse action concerning
				benefits (38 C.F.R.
				14.627(f)); and an
				application made under the laws of the State of Alaska and implementing
				directives, for entitlement to benefits; the reinstatement, continuation, or
				increase of benefits; or the defense of a proposed adverse action concerning
				benefits;
(3) "commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of
				Military and Veterans Affairs;
(4) "committee" means the grant application evaluation
				committee appointed under
				10 AAC 10.050;
(5) "director" means the director of the division of veterans
				affairs of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs;
(6) "division" means the division of veterans affairs in the
				Department of Military and Veterans Affairs;
(7) "full time" means not less than 30 hours per week;
(8) "organization" means an organization that is recognized as
				a national organization under
				 38 C.F.R.
				14.628, and has department or equivalent
				status in the State of Alaska;
(9) "rehabilitation and service work" means the preparation,
				presentation, and prosecution of claims for veterans' benefits; work on
				programs intended to provide state-wide outreach; efforts to maintain contacts
				and working relationships with state, municipal, and federal agencies;
				referrals to appropriate support agencies; and veteran benefits
				counseling;
(10) "service officer" means a person who has been accredited
				by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to prepare, present, and
				prosecute claims for veterans benefits;
(11) "veteran" means a person defined as a veteran in
				 38 U.S.C. 101(2) or 38 C.F.R. 3.1(d).
Authority:
AS
				  26.10.040
AS
				  26.10.050
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 10 - Military and Veterans Affairs › Chapter 20 - State Emergency Response Commission › Article 1 - Municipality of Anchorage Reporting Requirements › 10 AAC 20.100 - Applicability of reporting requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) For a business or government agency with a facility
				  within Anchorage, an individual in charge of handling hazardous materials,
				  hazardous chemicals, hazardous wastes, or compressed gases at that facility
				  within Anchorage on any day during a calendar year in the quantities set out in
				  10 AAC 20.110 shall submit an
				  inventory in compliance with
				  10 AAC 20.110.
(b) A transshipment facility within Anchorage shall submit an
				  inventory in compliance with AS 29.355.500.
(c) If under
				  AS
				  29.35.500(g) Anchorage
				  imposes the requirements of 10 AAC 20.100 -
				  10 AAC 20.110 on a business or
				  government agency that handles hazardous chemicals, hazardous materials, or
				  hazardous wastes outside of the boundaries of Anchorage, the business or
				  government agency shall comply with those sections if Anchorage determines that
				  a fire or other emergency involving the chemicals, materials, or wastes would
				  be
(1) likely to adversely affect persons or property in
				  Anchorage; or
(2) responded to by emergency response personnel whose
				  service area includes all or a part of Anchorage.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 10 - Military and Veterans Affairs › Chapter 20 - State Emergency Response Commission › Article 1 - Municipality of Anchorage Reporting Requirements › 10 AAC 20.110 - Reporting requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
If a business or a government agency is required in
				  10 AAC 20.100 to submit an
				  inventory, the business or the government agency shall report as part of that
				  inventory, the quantities of hazardous chemicals, hazardous materials,
				  hazardous wastes, and compressed gases listed in
				  AS
				  29.35.500(c)(1) - (4).
				  Additionally, the business or the government agency shall report the following
				  hazardous chemicals, hazardous materials, hazardous wastes, and compressed
				  gases in the following quantities:
(1) a hazardous chemical or a hazardous material, other than
				  one described in
				  AS
				  29.35.500(c)(1), if handled
				  in a single day in an amount equal to or greater than 4,500 pounds and less
				  than 10,000 pounds;
(2) a gas with a hazard rating class of 3 or 4, if compressed
				  to more than 200 cubic feet at standard temperature and pressure, and is listed
				  in
(A) National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) section 49,
Hazardous Chemicals Data,
1994 edition; or
(B) NFPA section 325,
Guide to Fire Hazard Properties
				  of Flammable Liquids, Gases and Volatile Solids,
1994 edition;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 10 - Military and Veterans Affairs › Chapter 20 - State Emergency Response Commission › Article 1 - Municipality of Anchorage Reporting Requirements › 10 AAC 20.120 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
Unless the context requires otherwise, in
				  10 AAC 20.100 - 10 AAC 20.120,
(1) "Anchorage" means the Municipality of Anchorage;
(2) "consumer commodity" means a material that is packaged
				  and distributed in a form intended or suitable for sale through retail sales
				  agencies or instrumentalities for consumption by individuals for purpose of
				  personal care or household use; "consumer commodity" includes a drug or
				  medicine;
(3) "facility" means land, buildings, equipment, structures,
				  and stationary items that are located on a single site or on contiguous or
				  adjacent sites owned, leased, operated or otherwise controlled by the same
				  business or government agency; "facility" does not include a transshipment
				  facility or a residential dwelling.
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Authority:
AS
					 26.23.071
AS
					 29.35.500
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 10 - Military and Veterans Affairs › Chapter 30 - Veterans' Memorial and Monument Grants › 10 AAC 30.010 - Purpose of grants

Current through May 31, 2024
(a)
		  The department, in consultation with
		  the Alaska Veterans' Advisory Council
		  established under AS 44.35 or other
		  appropriate veterans' organizations,
		  will award grants for the maintenance,
		  repair, replacement, and enhancement
		  of, or addition to, veterans'
		  memorials and monuments to the
		  military, and for the development and
		  construction of new veterans'
		  memorials and monuments to the
		  military, in accordance with
		  AS
		  37.14.700-37.14.740
		  and this chapter.
(b)
		  The department, in consultation with
		  the Alaska Veterans' Advisory Council
		  or other appropriate veterans'
		  organizations, may periodically
		  establish recommended priorities for
		  the maintenance, repair, replacement,
		  and enhancement of, or addition to,
		  veterans' memorials and monuments to
		  the military, and for the development
		  and construction of new veterans'
		  memorials and monuments to the
		  military.
Authority:
AS
			  37.14.730
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 10 - Military and Veterans Affairs › Chapter 30 - Veterans' Memorial and Monument Grants › 10 AAC 30.020 - Notice of solicitation of grant proposals

Current through May 31, 2024
Subject to the availability of appropriations as determined
				under AS
				37.14.730(a), the department
				will solicit grant proposals periodically to accomplish the purposes of
				AS
				37.14.730(b). The department
				will send the solicitation by mail to interested veterans and veterans' groups
				on a list maintained by the department, and will post the solicitation on the
				department's Internet web site and on the Alaska Online Public Notice System
				maintained under
				AS
				44.62.175. In a solicitation, the department
				will give notice of the purposes for which grant proposals are solicited, the
				availability of grant application forms, the deadline by which applicants must
				return applications to be considered for a grant, and proposal-specific
				conditions and requirements that the department determines are appropriate for
				the proposals.
Authority:
AS
				  37.14.730