Title 19 — Highways and Ferries
16 chapters · 239 sections in this title.
AS 19.10.010 Dedication of land for public highways.
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A tract 100 feet wide between each section of land owned by the state, or acquired from the state, and a tract four rods wide between all other sections in the state, is dedicated for use as public highways. The section line is the center of the dedicated right-of-way. If the hig…
AS 19.10.015 Establishment of highway widths.
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(a) It is declared that all officially proposed and existing highways on public land not reserved for public uses are 100 feet wide. This section does not apply to highways that are specifically designated to be wider than 100 feet. (b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, a muni…
AS 19.10.020 Designation of state highway system.
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The department may designate, locate, create, and determine what highways constitute the state highway system. In designating, locating, creating, and determining the several routes of the state highway system, the department shall strive to attain the purposes and objectives set…
AS 19.10.030 Responsibility for system.
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The department is responsible for the construction and maintenance of the state highway system.
AS 19.10.040 Uniform system of marking and posting.
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The department shall classify, designate, and mark highways under its jurisdiction and shall provide a uniform system of marking and posting these highways. The system of marking and posting must correlate with and, as far as possible, conform to the recommendations of the Manual…
AS 19.10.050 Traffic control signals.
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The department shall prescribe types of traffic control signals to regulate traffic on highways. These signals must correlate with and, as far as possible, conform to the recommendations of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices as adopted by the American Association of St…
AS 19.10.052 [Renumbered as AS 19.20.017.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 19.10.060 Size, weight, and load provisions; restriction on use of highways; regulations.
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(a) The department, with respect to highways under its jurisdiction, may (1) establish limitations on weight, size, and load of vehicles, except as otherwise provided in AS 19.10.065; (2) prohibit the operation or impose restrictions on vehicular use of highways during certain se…
AS 19.10.065 Operation of farm equipment on highways.
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(a) Implements of husbandry, as defined by regulation under AS 28.05.011, are not subject to restrictions adopted under AS 19.10.060(a)(1) unless the implement is the load of another vehicle. Implements of husbandry may be operated on highways subject to the department's jurisdic…
AS 19.10.070 Speed limits and zones.
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The department may conduct investigations with the assistance of the Department of Public Safety and shall determine safe speed limits and safe speed zones on highways and other roadways under its jurisdiction.
AS 19.10.072 Procedures for determination of speed limits and zones.
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(a) In determining safe speed limits and safe speed zones, the department shall consider the following factors in the order of priority listed: (1) neighborhood safety, including the presence of children and pedestrian traffic; (2) the presence of schools, houses, parks, and cros…
AS 19.10.075 Designation of traffic safety corridors; fines.
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(a) To promote traffic safety, the department may designate a portion of a highway to be a traffic safety corridor. The commissioner shall establish criteria for the designation and continuation of traffic safety corridors. In establishing the criteria, the commissioner may consi…
AS 19.10.080 Designation of through highways.
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The department may designate through highways by erecting stop signs at the entrances to them.
AS 19.10.085 Naming of a highway.
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(a) A highway constructed by the department under AS 19.05 — AS 19.40 may be given a name only by law. (b) This section does not apply to (1) a road constructed by a municipality under a grant authorized by AS 19.05 — AS 19.40; (2) local service roads and trails.
AS 19.10.090 Erection and maintenance of guard rails.
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The department may erect and maintain guard rails, stretch wires, and other devices on highways.
AS 19.10.095 Signs promoting the use of safety belts and child safety devices.
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The department may erect and maintain signs encouraging the use of safety belts and child safety devices at the site of a motor vehicle accident where a fatality occurred as the result of a person's failing to use a safety belt or child safety device. This section does not limit …
AS 19.10.100 Closing highways.
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Article 2. Planning. When it is necessary to exclude traffic from any portion of a highway, the department may close that portion of the highway by posting in a conspicuous manner, at each end of the portion closed, suitable signs warning the public that the road is closed under …
AS 19.10.110 Traffic surveys, plans, and recommendations.
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The department may collect, analyze, and interpret physical and economic data needed to measure existing and estimated future highway characteristics such as origin and destination, volumes, speeds, accidents, congestion, parking, pedestrian use of highways, and the economic loss…
AS 19.10.120 Research on highway development.
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The department may gather, investigate, and compile information concerning the use, construction, and maintenance of highways, the practices and methods of efficient highway organization, financing, and other information, data and statistics of the state and the extent of the nat…
AS 19.10.130 Inspection and testing of materials and equipment.
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The department may inspect and test materials, supplies, equipment, and machinery used by it or by a contractor constructing or maintaining highways in the state, and develop methods and procedures for this inspection and testing.
AS 19.10.140 Long-range program for highway construction and maintenance. [Repealed, § 7 ch 39 SLA 2005.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 19.10.150 Construction program.
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Before February 2 of each year, the department shall prepare a statement showing what construction work has been requested and proposed and may be undertaken by the department. The statement must set forth a general itemization of the estimated cost for each project and the total…
AS 19.10.160 Standard plans and specifications; planning for future traffic.
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Article 3. Construction. (a) The department shall prepare and adopt uniform standard plans and specifications for the establishment, construction, and maintenance of highways in the state. The department may amend the plans and specifications as it considers advisable. The standa…
AS 19.10.170 Construction by department.
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(a) Except as provided in AS 44.33.300, it is the general policy of the state to require the construction of all highways under bid contract in accordance with AS 36.30 (State Procurement Code). However, subject to the provisions of (b) of this section, when the estimated cost of…
AS 19.10.180 Request for public bids; contracts for materials and supplies.
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Requests for public bids are governed by AS 36.30 (State Procurement Code). The request for public bids may require the contractor to furnish equipment, labor, materials, and supplies for the project, or it may state that the department will furnish the materials and supplies. If…
AS 19.10.190 Advertisement, bids, contracts, and informal bids. [Repealed, § 67 ch 106 SLA 1986. For current law, see AS 36.30.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 19.10.200 Procedures for the award of contracts.
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The award of a contract for highway construction work is governed by AS 36.30 (State Procurement Code), AS 19.05 — AS 19.25, and regulations adopted under those laws.
AS 19.10.210 Award of contracts to lowest responsible bidder. [Repealed, § 67 ch 106 SLA 1986. For current law, see AS 36.30.]
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Sec. 19.10.220. Prior contracts unaffected. [Repealed, § 43 ch 85 SLA 1988.] .
AS 19.10.230 Method of construction of highway ditches.
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A highway constructed or reconstructed shall be designed to permit water to drain from it into ditches which shall drain into coulees, rivers, and lakes according to the surface and terrain where the highway is constructed in accordance with scientific highway construction and en…
AS 19.10.240 Warning signs of road construction.
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Whenever the department enters into a contract for the construction of a highway, it shall, as a condition of the contract, provide that the contractor shall place suitable warning signs that can be read from a distance of 100 feet in daytime, and that the contractor shall erect …
AS 19.10.250 Penalty for failure to erect warning signs.
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A contractor, foreman, or person in charge of work or repairs on a highway who fails or neglects to erect and maintain suitable warning signs as provided in AS 19.10.240 is punishable by a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $50, or by imprisonment in jail for not more than 6…
AS 19.10.260 Replacement of permanent markers and filing of right-of-way map after construction.
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The department shall (1) replace all permanent markers on private or municipal property that were destroyed or lost during highway construction to permit persons to determine accurately new boundary lines resulting from the construction; (2) file and record in the local recording…
AS 19.10.270 Highway construction near airports.
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(a) A person may not construct, reconstruct, relocate, or extend a federal-aid highway within two miles of an airport, airstrip, or private air facility without first obtaining the written approval of the commissioner, as provided by regulation. (b) The commissioner may not appro…
AS 19.10.280 [Renumbered as AS 19.20.015.]
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Article 4. Commercial Motor Vehicle Requirements.
AS 19.10.300 Financial responsibility.
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(a) A person who carries passengers, freight for hire intrastate in a commercial motor vehicle, a person who carries freight in a motor vehicle for commercial purposes, or a person who rents or leases a motor vehicle for the use of another to carry freight shall procure and maint…
AS 19.10.310 Commercial motor vehicle safety inspections.
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A commercial motor vehicle may not be operated without a certificate of inspection. An owner or operator of a commercial motor vehicle shall renew a certificate of inspection at least annually. An owner or operator of a commercial motor vehicle shall provide proof of annual inspe…
AS 19.10.320 Secs. 19.10.320 , 19.10.330. Commercial motor vehicle inspection station permits; certification of commercial motor vehicle inspectors. [Repealed, § 21 ch 48 SLA 1998.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 19.10.340 Issuance of certificate of inspection.
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A person conducting annual commercial motor vehicle inspections shall issue a certificate of inspection to the owner or operator after determining that the motor vehicle is in a safe and mechanically sound condition as required by law. The owner or operator of a commercial motor …
AS 19.10.350 Secs. 19.10.350 , 19.10.360. Falsely representing to be an official station; counterfeit certificates of inspection. [Repealed, § 21 ch 48 SLA 1998.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 19.10.370 Regulations.
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The commissioner shall adopt regulations to implement AS 19.10.310 — 19.10.399.
AS 19.10.375 Impoundment.
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(a) If a peace officer or an employee of the department authorized by the commissioner to issue citations finds a commercial motor vehicle in operation without a current and valid certificate of inspection under this chapter, the commercial motor vehicle may be impounded. The com…
AS 19.10.380 Criminal penalty.
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A person who violates a provision of AS 19.10.310 — 19.10.399 is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
AS 19.10.399 Definitions.
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In AS 19.10.300 — 19.10.399, (1) “commercial motor vehicle” means a self-propelled or towed motor vehicle (A) used to transport passengers or property for commercial purposes; (B) used on a highway or vehicular way or area; (C) that (i) has a gross vehicle weight rating or gross …