Title 44 — State Government
54 chapters · 1,061 sections in this title.
AS 44.33.431 Alaska Minerals Commission established.
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(a) The Alaska Minerals Commission is established in the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development. (b) The commission is composed of 11 members. The commission shall be composed of individuals who have at least five years' experience in the various aspects of t…
AS 44.33.436 Secs. 44.33.436 — 44.33.438. Neighborhood revitalization and development fund; powers and duties; definitions. [Repealed, § 12 ch 42 SLA 1997.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 44.33.450 Secs. 44.33.450 — 44.33.500. Alaska Agricultural Action Council. [Repealed, § 4 ch 75 SLA 1979.]
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Article 8. Native Art Competitions.
AS 44.33.501 Program of competitions.
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(a) The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development shall direct a continuing program of competitions. The competitions shall be held each summer to select outstanding examples of Alaskan Native arts and crafts. (b) The Department of Commerce, Community and Econom…
AS 44.33.502 Regional competitions.
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Four regional competitions shall be held each summer in the first, second, third, and fourth judicial districts established in AS 22.10.010. First place and honorable mention awards shall be made in each category and one grand prize award and one honorable mention award shall be …
AS 44.33.503 Place of competition.
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The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development shall solicit invitations from the larger communities in each of the regions for holding the regional competition. The community in each region which offers the best facilities and the greatest measure of cooperation…
AS 44.33.504 Judges.
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Judges at the regional competitions shall be selected by the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development and composed of a panel of five, two of whom shall be selected from nominees of the Alaska Native Brotherhood and Sisterhood and three of whom shall be selecte…
AS 44.33.505 Sale of entries.
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If authorized by the entrant, an entry not selected for display may be sold for not less than the price set by the entrant on the entry form. The entry shall be transferred to the purchaser by competition officials on receipt of a money order or cashier's check made out to the en…
AS 44.33.506 Other displays.
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The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development may display or authorize the display of entries at places other than the regional competitions.
AS 44.33.507 Grants and assistance.
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The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development may accept grants of money and other assistance from private persons or groups, from political subdivisions of the state, or from others to conduct and promote annual competitions and displays.
AS 44.33.512 Temporary custody.
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In order that the competitions may be held without undue disruption and in order that winning items may be displayed at other places, all entries submitted for judging shall be held in temporary custody by the state until they are no longer needed for display, at which time they …
AS 44.33.520 Alaska Native Language Preservation and Advisory Council.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 44.33.530 Secs. 44.33.530 — 44.33.550. Alaska Foreign Offices. [Repealed, E.O. No. 65, § 3 (1987).]
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AS 44.33.600 Secs. 44.33.600 — 44.33.630. Power Development Revolving Loan Fund. [Repealed, E.O. No. 75, § 5 (1989). For current law, see AS 44.83.500 — 44.83.530.]
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Article 9. Alaska Native Language Preservation and Advisory Council.
AS 44.33.650 650 — 44.33.690. Alaska Capstone Avionics Revolving Loan Fund.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 44.33.700 Secs. 44.33.700 — 44.33.735. Alaska Tourism Marketing Council. [Repealed, § 10 ch 29 SLA 1999.]
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Article 10. Rural Development.
AS 44.33.740 Powers and duties.
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To promote development of rural areas of the state, the department is authorized to (1) investigate social and economic conditions of rural areas to determine the need to expand economic opportunities and improve living conditions; (2) formulate a coordinated program to broaden a…
AS 44.33.745 Limitations.
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A program of the department under AS 44.33.740 in a rural area may not exceed $100,000 in cost a year.
AS 44.33.750 Bulk fuel storage facilities grant fund.
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(a) There is established in the department the bulk fuel storage facilities grant fund. Grants may be made by the department from this fund to a community to acquire and install community bulk storage facilities. (b) Grants made under this section for the acquisition and installa…
AS 44.33.755 Land conveyed in trust.
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(a) The commissioner (1) shall accept, administer, and dispose of land conveyed to the state in trust by village corporations under 43 U.S.C. 1613(c)(3) (Sec. 14(c)(3) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act) for the purposes specified in that section; (2) may, with the concur…
AS 44.33.760 Loan information officers.
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(a) The department may provide itinerant loan information officers to serve persons who reside outside the major population centers of the state. (b) The loan information officers shall be trained, to the extent that the department considers necessary, in a program administered b…
AS 44.33.765 Secs. 44.33.765 — 44.33.775. Rural development initiative fund; rural development loans; disposal of property acquired by default or foreclosure. [Repealed, § 15 ch 117 SLA 2000.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 44.33.780 Definitions.
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Article 11. Planning Assistance In AS 44.33.740 — 44.33.780, (1) “commissioner” means the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development; (2) “department” means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development.
AS 44.33.781 Planning assistance for development and maintenance of district coastal management plans. [Repealed, § 18 ch 31 SLA 2005.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 44.33.782 Planning assistance to platting authorities.
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To facilitate planning in municipalities that exercise planning and zoning authority, the department may provide planning assistance, including but not limited to surveys, land use studies, urban renewal plans, technical services, model acts that include regulations designed to e…
AS 44.33.784 Assistance by cities and platting authorities.
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A city or platting authority may make funds under its control available to the department for the purposes of obtaining planning work or planning assistance, or both, for its area. The department may contract for, accept, and expend the funds for urban planning for the local juri…
AS 44.33.786 Land use planning and state facility procurement plan.
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The department shall make recommendations to the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities and to appropriate program agencies concerning the effect upon the comprehensive plan or other land use plans or proposals of municipalities and unincorporated communities with res…
AS 44.33.788 Other planning powers.
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The department may accept and expend grants from the federal government and other public or private sources, may contract with reference to them, and may enter into contracts and exercise all other powers necessary to carry out AS 44.33.782 — 44.33.788.
AS 44.33.790 Definition.
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In AS 44.33.782 — 44.33.790, “department” means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development.
AS 44.33.800 International trade. [Repealed, E.O. No. 112 § 3 (2004). For current law, see AS 44.19.017.]
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Article 12. Local Boundary Commission.
AS 44.33.810 Local Boundary Commission.
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There is in the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development a Local Boundary Commission. The Local Boundary Commission consists of five members appointed by the governor for overlapping five-year terms. One member shall be appointed from each of the four judicial …
AS 44.33.812 Powers and duties.
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(a) The Local Boundary Commission shall (1) make studies of local government boundary problems; (2) adopt regulations providing standards and procedures for municipal incorporation, annexation, detachment, merger, consolidation, reclassification, and dissolution; the regulations …
AS 44.33.814 Meetings and hearings.
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The chair of the commission or the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development with the consent of the chair may call a meeting or hearing of the Local Boundary Commission. All meetings and hearings shall be public.
AS 44.33.816 Minutes and records.
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The Local Boundary Commission shall keep minutes of all meetings and hearings. If the proceedings are transcribed, minutes shall be made from the transcription. The minutes are a public record. All votes taken by the commission shall be entered in the minutes.
AS 44.33.818 Notice of public hearings.
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Public notice of a hearing of the Local Boundary Commission shall be given in the area in which the hearing is to be held at least 15 days before the date of the hearing. The notice of the hearing must include the time, date, place, and subject of the hearing. The commissioner of…
AS 44.33.820 Quorum.
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Three members of the commission constitute a quorum for the conduct of business at a meeting. Two members constitute a quorum for the conduct of business at a hearing.
AS 44.33.822 Boundary change.
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A majority of the membership of the Local Boundary Commission must vote in favor of a proposed boundary change before it may be presented to the legislature.
AS 44.33.824 Expenses.
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Members of the Local Boundary Commission receive no pay but are entitled to the travel expenses and per diem authorized for members of boards and commissions under AS 39.20.180.
AS 44.33.826 Hearings on boundary changes.
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A local government boundary change may not be proposed to the legislature unless a hearing on the change has been held in or in the near vicinity of the area affected by the change.
AS 44.33.828 When boundary change takes effect.
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Article 13. Borough Feasibility Studies. When a local government boundary change is proposed to the legislature during the first 10 days of any regular session, the change becomes effective 45 days after presentation or at the end of the session, whichever is earlier, unless disa…
AS 44.33.840 Borough feasibility studies.
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The commissioner may contract for studies of the feasibility of establishing boroughs in the unorganized borough. A study may be conducted under this section only if (1) appropriations are available for that purpose; and (2) the study is requested by a person residing in the area…
AS 44.33.842 Requests for studies.
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A request for a study of the feasibility of establishing a borough in the unorganized borough shall be submitted to the commissioner in writing and must include (1) a description of the boundaries of the area of the proposed study; and (2) an indication of local interest in the p…
AS 44.33.844 Boundaries.
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The boundaries of an area studied shall conform to the boundaries indicated in the request for the study under AS 44.33.842 unless the commissioner, after a public hearing held in the area of the proposed study, determines that the boundaries should be altered. In determining the…
AS 44.33.846 Contracts.
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(a) The commissioner shall contract for a study of the feasibility of establishing a borough in the unorganized borough by following the procedures under AS 36.30 (State Procurement Code). The commissioner shall include terms in the contract that provide for (1) public participat…
AS 44.33.849 Definition.
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Article 14. Alaska Regional Economic Assistance Program. In AS 44.33.840 — 44.33.849, “commissioner” means the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development.
AS 44.33.895 Alaska regional economic assistance program. [Repealed, § 2 ch 43 SLA 2000. For current provisions, see AS 44.33.896.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 44.33.896 Alaska regional economic assistance program.
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Article 15. Alaska Forest Products Research and Marketing Program. (a) Subject to appropriation, the department shall (1) encourage the formation of regional development organizations by providing assistance in forming organizations to interested individuals, including informatio…
AS 44.33.900 Alaska forest products research and marketing program.
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(a) The Alaska Forest Products Research and Marketing Program is established in the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development. (b) The program is established to provide a statewide information clearinghouse and coordinator to gather and disseminate information r…
AS 44.33.910 Office of broadband; purpose, powers, and duties.
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(a) The office of broadband is established in the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development. (b) The purpose of the office of broadband is to (1) expand broadband access and digital equity in the state through federal, tribal, and local partnerships; (2) focus o…
AS 44.33.915 Broadband parity adjustment fund.
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(a) The broadband parity adjustment fund is created as a separate fund in the treasury for the purpose of (1) offsetting the costs of broadband services for consumers under (b) of this section; and (2) making grants to eligible beneficiaries under (c) of this section to improve t…