Title 03 — Agriculture, Animals, and Food
23 chapters · 143 sections in this title.
AS 03.20.010 State aid.
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The state may grant aid to agricultural and industrial fair associations, incorporated under the laws of the state, to assist in the payment of (1) costs of operation and maintenance and (2) project costs for capital improvements of annual agricultural and industrial fairs.
AS 03.20.020 Amount and conditions of aid.
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(a) Fairs may be held each year in each of the house districts, and state aid for the operation and maintenance of the fairs may not exceed a basic grant of $10,000; however, fairs in existence five years or longer may receive an increment grant not to exceed $2,500 per year of e…
AS 03.20.030 Application for and granting of operation and maintenance aid.
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(a) Each agricultural and industrial fair association desiring to apply for an operation and maintenance grant shall apply to the commissioner before August 1 of the year preceding the fiscal year for which the grant is sought. It shall submit with the application a planned progr…
AS 03.20.035 Application for and granting of capital improvement aid.
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(a) Each agricultural and industrial fair association desiring to apply for a capital improvement grant shall apply to the commissioner before August 1 of the year preceding the fiscal year for which the grant is sought. It shall submit with the application a proposed long-term c…
AS 03.20.040 Display of exhibits outside state.
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The commissioner may collect and ship, for display outside of the state, exhibits of Alaska produce, mining, and manufacturing, and other exhibits, including the Native arts. The commissioner may expend not more than $2,000 a year for that purpose. The commissioner shall account …
AS 03.20.050 More than one association and fair permitted.
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Nothing in AS 03.20.010 — 03.20.080 prohibits the formation of more than one agricultural and industrial fair association in each house district or the holding of an agricultural and industrial fair in several places in each district. When more than one association is formed in a…
AS 03.20.060 Expenditure of aid for nonperishable exhibits.
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The commissioner may require an association to expend not more than 10 percent of the state operation and maintenance aid granted, for the purpose of buying nonperishable exhibits. Those exhibits shall be held by the association subject to the order of the commissioner.
AS 03.20.070 Funds to be returned if unexpended or if no fair held.
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(a) If an association has received state operation and maintenance funds under AS 03.20.010 — 03.20.080 and fails to hold a fair in accordance with its program, or does not disburse all of the state funds paid to it for that purpose, the association shall return those funds, or t…
AS 03.20.080 Definitions.
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For purposes of AS 03.20.010 — 03.20.080, (1) “agricultural and industrial fair” means a fair, the major focus of which is displays, exhibitions, demonstrations, contests, or promotions of agricultural or industrial concern to the region in which the fair is located, or any fair …
AS 03.20.100 Farm-to-school program established. [Repealed, § 5 ch 11 SLA 2010.]
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Article 2. Noncommercial Transfer of Seed and Community Seed Libraries.
AS 03.20.110 Noncommercial transfer of seed.
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An individual may give to or exchange with another individual for noncommercial use in the state seed that is otherwise legal to possess in the state.
AS 03.20.120 Community seed libraries.
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(a) A person may establish a community seed library for individual giving or exchanging of seed that is intended for home, educational, charitable, or noncommercial use in the state and that is harvested from a plant grown (1) outside the state and imported into the state in comp…
AS 03.20.130 Limitations.
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A person may not give seed to or exchange seed with another person under AS 03.20.110 and 03.20.120 in an amount that, for each person who receives the seed, exceeds 100 pounds.
AS 03.20.140 Online publication of noncommercial giving or exchanging of seed.
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A person involved in noncommercial giving or exchanging of seed under AS 03.20.110 and 03.20.120 may register online with the department under AS 44.37.030(b) and submit to the department information, including the person's name, telephone number, and electronic mail address, and…
AS 03.20.150 Applicability of other laws.
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Article 3. Forgivable Loan Programs for Farm Development and Improvement and Meat Processing Facilities. Nothing in AS 03.20.110 — 03.20.150 authorizes a person to (1) violate 7 U.S.C. 2321 — 2582 (Plant Variety Protection Act of 1970); (2) give, exchange, or receive a seed (A) f…
AS 03.20.200 Forgivable loan program for farm development and improvement.
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(a) The division of the department with responsibility for agriculture shall establish a forgivable loan program in regulation, under which a recipient's loan may be forgiven by the department if the recipient implements a business plan approved by the department to develop or ma…
AS 03.20.210 Forgivable loan program for meat processing facilities.
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(a) The department shall establish a forgivable loan program in regulation, under which a recipient's loan may be forgiven by the department if the recipient implements a business plan approved by the department and begins processing meat, or increases the quantity of meat proces…