Title 19, Highways and Ferries

The requirements imposed by this chapter relative to junk yards are in addition to the requirements of AS 08.60.050 — 08.60.100.

This chapter may be cited as the Junk Yard Control Act.

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…

(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…

(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…

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 …

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.

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.

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…

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…

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…

The commissioner of natural resources may adopt regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of AS 19.30.060 — 19.30.100.

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.

The commissioner may adopt regulations necessary to carry out AS 19.30.111 — 19.30.241.

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…

(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 …

Before October 1 of each fiscal year each local government eligible for allocation of funds under AS 19.30.131 shall submit to the commissioner for approval a five-year plan for the acquisition and construction of local service roads and trails. Before December 1 of each fiscal y…

(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…

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…

(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…

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.

(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…

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…

(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…

(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…

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…

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 maintenance of local service roads under AS 19.3…

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.

(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…

(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…

(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…

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.

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…

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 construction; (2) “municipality” means a municipality that has road c…

(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…

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,…

(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.…

(a) The legislature finds and declares that there is an immediate need for a public highway from the Yukon River to the Arctic Ocean and that this public highway should be constructed by the State of Alaska at this time because (1) it will assist in the fulfillment of art. VIII, …

The highway is named the James Dalton Highway.

(a) Subject to (b) of this section, the department may contract in accordance with AS 36.30 for the construction of a secondary highway from the Yukon River to the Arctic Ocean. The provisions of AS 36.10 govern in employment practices on all work authorized by this chapter. (b) …

The department, in place of the bonds or individual sureties required by AS 36.25.010, may accept corporate undertakings that include the same essential provisions of the bonds or individual sureties required by AS 36.25.010 and that are satisfactory to the department.

The Alaska Net Income Tax Act and the Alaska Business License Act do not apply to any money received by the general contractor from the state under a highway construction contract authorized under this chapter if the money is to be paid to a subcontractor for work performed under…

In accordance with AS 19.10.015, the width of this highway is designated as 200 feet.

Construction authorized under AS 19.40.020 — 19.40.050 may not be undertaken until all of the following conditions are met: (1) certification by the commissioners of natural resources and fish and game that adequate precautions have been taken to protect and preserve the total ec…

All departments and agencies of the state are given the specific authority to adopt under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) emergency, temporary, and permanent regulations necessary to accomplish the purposes of AS 19.40.020 — 19.40.050. The violation of any regulation adop…

In the event of a conflict between this chapter and any other law of this state, the provisions of this chapter govern and supersede any such other law.