Alaska AG Opinions, 2002

September 23, 2002 The Honorable Pat Pourchot, Commissioner Department of Natural Resources 550 W. 7 th Ave., Ste. 1400 Anchorage, Alaska 99501-3554 The Honorable Frank Rue, Commissioner Department of Fish and Game PO Box 25526 Juneau, Alaska 99802-5526 Honorable Joseph L. Perkins, Commissioner Department of Transportation and Public Facilities 3132 Channel Dr. Juneau, Alaska 99801-7898 Re: Land Status in the Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge 2002 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 1 Dear Commissioners Pourchot, Rue, and Perkins: You have asked a number of questions regarding land title issues rela

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law To: Guy Bell, Director Division of Retirement & Benefits Department of Administration Date: File No.: September 19, 2002 663-03-0058 Tel. No.: 465-2127 From: Re: John B. Gaguine Status of Benefits Under Assistant Attorney General AS 39.35.410(i) Governmental Affairs Section – Juneau During its 2002 session, the legislature passed, and the governor signed, SCS CSSSHB 254(RLS), which became ch. 59, SLA 2002. Section 38 of this law added a new subsection (i) to AS 39.35.410, the Public Employees’ Retirement System

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law TO: Janet Kowalski, Director DATE: September 13, 2002 Division of Elections Office of the Lieutenant Governor A.G. FILE NO: 663-03-0064 TELEPHONE: ( 907) 465-3600 FROM: SUBJECT: Kathleen Strasbaugh Party Nominee for Assistant Attorney General Governor without Governmental Affairs Section - Juneau Running Mate *REVISED* 1 You have asked whether a candidate for governor nominated in a party primary can run in the general election without a running mate, where no candidate ran in the primary. The short answer is

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law To: Date: The Honorabl Deborah B. Sedwick September 3, 2002 Commissioner (Revised October 3, 2002) Department of Community and Published January 14, 2003 Economic Development File No.: 663-03-0044 Tel. No.: 465-3600 From: Re: James L. Baldwin Alaska Science and Technology Assistant Attorney General Foundation Earnings Governmental Affairs – Juneau You have requested our advice concerning the circumstances under which the Alaska Science and Technology Foundation (ASTF) may expend an operating appropriati

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law To: Date: Neil Slotnick August 23, 2002 Deputy Commissioner File No.: Department of Revenue 663-03-0032 Tel. No.: (907) 465-3600 Fax: (907) 465-2539 From: Subject: Dan N. Branch The legality of pull-tab Assistant Attorney General sales by a charitable gaming operator in a liquor establishment. You have asked whether a person who holds a charitable gaming operator’s license and owns a bar or liquor store may use bar or liquor store employees and space to sell pull-tab games in that establishment without o

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law To: Date: James A. Sampson, Chair July 23, 2002 Board of Trustees Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation Wilson L. Condon, Commissioner File No.: Department of Revenue 663-03-0022 Robert D. Storer, Executive Director Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation Tel. No.: 465-3600 From: Re: Marjorie L. Vandor Timing of Annual Transfer from the Assistant Attorney General Earnings Reserve Account of the Governmental Affairs – Juneau Alaska Permanent Fund under AS 37.13.145 for the PFD Program You have asked our advice regarding the t

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law TO: John F. Bennett, PLS, SR/WA Right of Way Chief DOT/PF, Northern Region DATE: FILE NO: July 17, 2002 665-01-0201 TEL. NO.: 451-2811 FROM: Paul R. Lyle SUBJECT: Scope of Klutina Lake Assistant Attorney General Road Right-of-Way. Question What public uses are authorized within the R.S. 2477 right-of-way for the Klutina Lake Road? 1 Ahtna, Inc., the landowner whose lands are traversed by the Klutina Lake road, claims that travelers may use the road only for continuous travel. According to Ahtna, the traveling public may not m

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law TO: Pat Galvin, Director Division of Governmental Coordination DATE: June 17, 2002 A.G. FILE NO: 661-02-0117 TELEPHONE: 269-5274 FROM: Craig Tillery SUBJECT: Applicability of the ACMP to the aerial application Assistant Attorney General of herbicides for forestry purposes You requested our opinion on the applicability of the Alaska Coastal Management Program to the aerial application of herbicides for forestry purposes. Background In 2001 a corporation proposed to apply the herbicides glyphosate and imazapyr to 1,965 acres

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law TO: John F. Bennett, PLS, SR/WA DATE: May 17, 2002 Chief, Right-of-Way DOT&PF, Northern Region FILE NO: 665-01-0015 TEL. NO.: 451-2811 FROM: Paul R. Lyle Assistant Attorney General SUBJECT: Right-of-Way Width for the McCarthy Road You have requested our opinion as to the width of the right-of-way for the Chitina to McCarthy road (“McCarthy road”) which lies between the Copper and the Kennecott Rivers. The width of the small portion of the McCarthy road to the west of the Copper River and the width of the McCarthy road where

MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Department of Law TO: Dan Bockhorst LBC Staff Supervisor Local Boundary Commission Department of Community & Economic Development DATE: A.G. FILE NO: TELEPHONE: March 8, 2002 663-02-0140 465-3600 FROM: Marjorie L. Vandor Assistant Attorney General Governmental Affairs – Juneau SUBJECT: Haines Consolidation Petition; AS 29.06.090 – 29.06.170; miscellaneous issues On behalf of the Local Boundary Commission (LBC), you have asked our opinion regarding a technical issue relating to a pending consolidation petition in Haines. The petition for consolidation p