Title 19 — Highways and Ferries
16 chapters · 239 sections in this title.
AS 19.30.010 Findings. [Repealed, § 6 ch 167 SLA 1970.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 19.30.020 Purpose.
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The purpose of AS 19.30.020 — 19.30.051 is to facilitate the commercial development of mineral resources, except oil and gas, by authorizing funds to participate in construction of developmental access roads into areas where mining prospects of valid commercial promise are inacce…
AS 19.30.030 Commissioner of natural resources to approve application.
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(a) The commissioner of natural resources may approve applications for construction of developmental access roads under AS 19.30.020 — 19.30.051. (b) A request for construction assistance shall be submitted to the commissioner of natural resources by the resource developer, setti…
AS 19.30.040 Construction and maintenance.
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(a) Upon approval of an application and agreement as to state participation, the applicant resource developer shall submit to the commissioner of natural resources road plans and specifications for the standard of construction the applicant believes to be necessary to develop the…
AS 19.30.045 Canadian minerals.
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The state may elect, at the joint discretion of the commissioners of transportation and public facilities and natural resources, to authorize participation in a similar manner to that authorized in AS 19.30.020 — 19.30.040, in construction and maintenance of developmental access …
AS 19.30.050 Permanent capital structures prohibited. [Repealed, § 4 ch 129 SLA 1968.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 19.30.051 Regulations.
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Article 2. Roads to State Land Programmed for Surface Disposal. The commissioner of natural resources and the commissioner of transportation and public facilities shall adopt regulations to implement the purposes of AS 19.30.020 — 19.30.051.
AS 19.30.060 Purpose.
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It is the purpose of AS 19.30.060 — 19.30.100 to provide access to state land that is programmed for surface disposal, and to provide access roads at the lowest possible cost.
AS 19.30.070 Contracts for construction of roads.
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The director of the division of lands may contract with private persons for the construction of roads to and on state land programmed for surface disposal that are not more than six miles from existing roads or highways. Contracts under this section are governed by AS 36.30 (Stat…
AS 19.30.080 Construction standards and maintenance.
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An access road constructed under AS 19.30.060 — 19.30.100 shall be of low standard, not necessarily suitable for all weather use. The state is not under obligation to maintain an access road constructed under AS 19.30.060 — 19.30.100. If an access road is constructed outside a mu…
AS 19.30.090 Payment of construction costs in land credit certificates.
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The cost of constructing access roads to state land shall be paid in freely transferable land credit certificates which may be applied toward the purchase or lease of any state land under the jurisdiction of the division of lands, except tide, submerged, and shoreland and land be…
AS 19.30.100 Commissioner of natural resources may adopt regulations.
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Article 3. Local Service Roads and Trails. The commissioner of natural resources may adopt regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of AS 19.30.060 — 19.30.100.
AS 19.30.110 [Repealed, § 1 ch 84 SLA 1971.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 19.30.111 Purpose.
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It is the purpose of AS 19.30.111 — 19.30.251 to provide for the acquisition and construction of local service roads and trails that are not included in the approved federal-aid primary highway systems eligible for federal-state matching funds.
AS 19.30.120 [Repealed, § 1 ch 84 SLA 1971.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 19.30.121 Regulations.
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The commissioner may adopt regulations necessary to carry out AS 19.30.111 — 19.30.241.
AS 19.30.127 Allocation districts.
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The state is divided into five allocation districts as follows: (1) The boundary of allocation district one begins in Kamishak Bay at 59° 15´ N, 154° 00´W; and travels north along longitude line 154° 00´W to latitude 63° 00´N; thence east along latitude line 63° 00´N to a point c…
AS 19.30.130 [Repealed, § 1 ch 84 SLA 1971.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 19.30.131 Allocation of funds.
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(a) During each fiscal year the commissioner shall allocate sums appropriated or otherwise designated for expenditure upon local service roads for that fiscal year among the five allocation districts in the following manner: one-half in the ratio that the area of each allocation …
AS 19.30.140 [Repealed, § 1 ch 84 SLA 1971.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 19.30.141 Acquisition and construction programs.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 19.30.150 [Repealed, § 1 ch 84 SLA 1971.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 19.30.151 Local government participation.
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(a) Upon application by a local government, local service roads and trails constructed under the provisions of AS 19.30.111 — 19.30.241 and located within the jurisdictional boundaries of a local government may be transferred to that local government upon approval by the departme…
AS 19.30.160 [Repealed, § 1 ch 84 SLA 1971.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 19.30.161 Design standards, rights-of-way, and widths.
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Design standards, rights-of-way, and widths for each local service road and trail project must have the prior approval of the commissioner, unless the project is under the supervision of a local government that has assumed local road powers. Where approval is required the commiss…
AS 19.30.170 [Repealed, § 1 ch 84 SLA 1971.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 19.30.171 Acquisition and conveyance of rights-of-way.
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(a) The local government shall acquire all rights-of-way required for local service road and trail construction. However, if the local government is unable to acquire the necessary right-of-way, the commissioner may acquire it in accordance with AS 19.05.080 — 19.05.120. The comm…
AS 19.30.181 Project agreements.
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A local government that has assumed local road powers may enter into a formal project agreement with the commissioner for the acquisition and construction of a specific project.
AS 19.30.191 Letting of contracts.
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(a) [Repealed, § 15 ch 158 SLA 1980.] (b) Contracts entered into by a local government that has assumed local road powers for the construction of each project shall be awarded only on the basis of the lowest responsible bid submitted by a bidder meeting established criteria of re…
AS 19.30.201 Construction.
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Except as provided under AS 19.30.161, the construction of a local service road or trail undertaken by the department or under its direct supervision under the provisions of AS 19.30.111 — 19.30.241 shall be performed according to approved design standards and is subject to the i…
AS 19.30.211 Maintenance.
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(a) The department shall maintain, or cause to be maintained, any project constructed by the department under the provisions of AS 19.30.111 — 19.30.241, except that upon mutual agreement of the commissioner and the local government the responsibility for maintenance may be trans…
AS 19.30.221 Availability of allocated sums.
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(a) On and after the date that the commissioner has certified the sums allocated to each local government, the sums shall be available for expenditure under the provisions of this chapter. (b) These allocated sums shall be available for expenditure for a period of five years afte…
AS 19.30.231 Payment for construction. [Repealed, § 15 ch 158 SLA 1980.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 19.30.233 Reports. [Repealed, § 35 ch 126 SLA 1994.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 19.30.241 Definitions.
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In AS 19.30.111 — 19.30.241, (1) “construction” means the building of a new road, street, or trail or the improvement of existing roads, streets or trails, and includes the necessary preliminary engineering, construction engineering and utility relocation; (2) “home rule city” me…
AS 19.30.251 Local government powers.
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Article 4. Road Maintenance Service Areas. Road construction and maintenance authority is granted to local governments, as defined in AS 19.30.241, which do not otherwise have that authority; however, the authority granted is limited to participation in the construction and maint…
AS 19.30.260 Purpose.
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The purpose of AS 19.30.260 — 19.30.320 is to facilitate funding for the upgrading, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or paving of existing subdivision roads within a road maintenance service area established under AS 29.35.450 or under a home rule charter.
AS 19.30.270 Allocation of money.
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(a) During each fiscal year each municipality shall receive money from the department that has been appropriated or otherwise designated for expenditure for road improvements within the municipality, based on the total road mileage in each road maintenance service area in the mun…
AS 19.30.280 Eligibility.
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(a) After establishing a road maintenance service area under AS 29.35.450, or under a home rule charter, a municipality may apply to the department for a grant as money is available for road improvements, subject to regulations adopted by the department to carry out the provision…
AS 19.30.290 Administration.
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(a) A contract entered into by a municipality for road construction within a road maintenance service area for which funds allocated to the municipality under AS 19.30.260 — 19.30.320 are used shall be awarded only on the basis of the lowest responsible bid by a bidder meeting es…
AS 19.30.300 Maintenance.
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The road maintenance service area shall be responsible for maintaining roads constructed under AS 19.30.260 — 19.30.320. The road maintenance service area may contract with a municipality for maintenance of the roads.
AS 19.30.310 Report.
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No later than August 1 of each year, a municipality that has received money under AS 19.30.270 shall submit a report to the department showing the use of the money by the municipality during the preceding fiscal year. No later than December 1 of each year, the department shall pr…
AS 19.30.320 Definitions.
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Article 5. Rights-of-way Acquired under Former 43 U.S.C. 932. In AS 19.30.260 — 19.30.320, (1) “construction” or “road improvement” has the meaning given in AS 19.59.001 and includes utility and drainage costs but excludes financial costs, right-of-way costs, and new road constru…
AS 19.30.400 Identification and acceptance of rights-of-way.
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(a) The state claims, occupies, and possesses each right-of-way granted under former 43 U.S.C. 932 that was accepted either by the state or the territory of Alaska or by public users. A right-of-way acquired under former 43 U.S.C. 932 is available for use by the public under regu…
AS 19.30.410 Vacation of rights-of-way.
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Notwithstanding another provision of law, the Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, or another agency of the state may not vacate a right-of-way acquired by the state under former 43 U.S.C. 932 unless (1) a reasonably comparable,…
AS 19.30.420 Immunity from liability for damages; risk of use of right-of-way acquired under former 43 U.S.C. 932.
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(a) Notwithstanding AS 09.50.250 and AS 09.65.070, the state and its political subdivisions are not liable for damages, injury, or death arising from AS 19.30.400 — 19.30.420 and the recording of any rights-of-way identified in AS 19.30.400 or acquired under former 43 U.S.C. 932.…