Title 45, Trade and Commerce

(a) A peace officer or an employee of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities who is authorized by the commissioner of transportation and public facilities to enforce this chapter may issue a citation to a person who (1) violates a weight, size, or load limitation …

(a) The supreme court shall specify by rule or order those violations that are appropriate for disposition without court appearance, and shall establish a schedule of bail amounts. The maximum bail forfeiture amount for an offense may not exceed the maximum fine specified by law …

The powers and duties of the director specified in AS 45.75.070 — 45.75.130, 45.75.170, and 45.75.380 shall also be exercised by the deputy director and inspectors, when acting under the instructions and at the direction of the director.

(a) A city may appoint a sealer of weights and measures, and the deputy sealers of weights and measures it needs. If the city appoints a sealer, it shall obtain at its expense the standards of weights and measures and the additional equipment, for use in the enforcement of this c…

The sealer of a city, and a deputy sealer when acting under the instructions and direction of the sealer, have the same powers and shall perform the same duties within the city as those granted to and imposed upon the director by AS 45.75.080 — 45.75.130 and 45.75.380.

In each city having a sealer of weights and measures, the director has concurrent authority to enforce this chapter.

Article 3. Standards and Regulation for Sale of Commodities. Weights and measures rejected by the director or a sealer remain subject to the control of the rejecting authority until suitable repair or disposition of them is made as required by this section. The owner of a rejecte…

(a) Commodities in liquid form may be sold only by liquid measure or by weight. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, commodities not in liquid form may be sold only by weight, by measure of length or area, or by count. However, liquid commodities may be sold by weight an…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a commodity in package form introduced or delivered for introduction into or received in intrastate commerce, kept for the purpose of sale, or offered or exposed for sale in intrastate commerce shall bear on the outside of the pac…

In addition to the declarations required by AS 45.75.200, a commodity in package form, which is one of a lot containing random weights, measures, or counts of the same commodity and bearing the total selling price of the package, shall bear on the outside of the package a plain a…

A commodity in package form may not be so wrapped, or put in a container so made, formed, or filled as to mislead the purchaser as to the quantity of the contents of the package, and the contents of a container may not fall below the reasonable standard of fill which the director…

(a) When a commodity in package form is advertised in any manner and the retail price of the package is stated in the advertisement, there shall be closely and conspicuously associated with the statement of price a declaration of the basic quantity of contents of the package as i…

When a commodity or service is sold, or is offered, exposed, or advertised for sale, by weight, measure, or count, the price may not be misrepresented, and the price may not be represented in a manner calculated or tending to mislead or deceive an actual or prospective purchaser.…

(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, meat, meat products, poultry, and seafood except shellfish, offered or exposed for sale or sold as food, shall be offered or exposed for sale and sold by weight. When meat, poultry, or seafood is combined with or associated with some…

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(a) When a vehicle delivers to an individual purchaser a commodity in bulk, and it is sold in terms of weight units, the delivery shall be accompanied by a duplicate delivery ticket that must clearly state in ink or by means of other indelible marking equipment, and equal in clar…

Furnace and stove oil shall be sold by liquid measure or by net weight. When a delivery of liquid fuel is made in non-package form and in an amount greater than 10 gallons if the sale is by liquid measure, 100 pounds or greater if the sale is by weight, the purchaser shall receiv…

(a) Coal, coke, and charcoal shall be sold by weight. Unless the fuel is delivered to the purchaser in package form, each delivery of coal, coke, or charcoal to an individual purchaser shall be accompanied by duplicate delivery tickets on which, in ink or other indelible substanc…

It is unlawful to keep for the purpose of sale, offer or expose for sale, or sell textile yard goods put up or packaged in advance of sale in a bolt or roll, or any other textile product put up or packaged in advance of sale in any other unit, for wholesale or retail sale, unless…

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Article 4. Enforcement. Fractional parts of a unit of weight or measure mean like fractional parts of the value of the unit as prescribed or defined in AS 45.75.010 and 45.75.390, and all contracts concerning the sale of commodities and services shall be construed in accordance w…

The director may apply to a court for a temporary or permanent injunction restraining a person from violating a provision of this chapter.

For the purposes of this chapter, proof of the existence of a weight or measure or a weighing or measuring device in or about a building, enclosure, stand, or vehicle in which or from which it is shown that buying or selling is commonly carried on is, in the absence of conclusive…

Article 5. General Provisions. Prosecutions for violation of this chapter are valid and proper notwithstanding the existence of another valid general or specific law of this state dealing with matters that may be the same as or similar to those covered by this chapter.

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(a) A person commits a violation subject to the penalty specified in AS 12.55.035(b)(7) if the person does one or more of the following acts: (1) uses or has in possession for the purpose of using for a commercial purpose specified in AS 45.75.080, sells, offers, or exposes for s…

In this chapter, (1) “barrel,” when used in connection with fermented liquor, means a unit of 31 gallons; (2) “commodity in package form” means a commodity put up or packaged in any manner in advance of sale in units suitable for wholesale or retail sale, but does not include an …

This chapter may be cited as the Weights and Measures Act.

(a) A public corporation may apply for the privilege of establishing, operating, and maintaining a foreign trade zone or zones in the state as provided in 19 U.S.C. secs. 81a — 81u (Foreign Trade Zones Act), and if the application is granted, may establish, operate, and maintain …

In this chapter, (1) “foreign trade zone” means a foreign trade zone established under 19 U.S.C. secs. 81a — 81u (Foreign Trade Zones Act), as amended, or any laws of the United States enacted as replacements for those provisions; (2) “private corporation” means a corporation, ot…

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There is established in the department the new business incentive fund. Up to $3,000,000 may be appropriated to the fund each fiscal year. The department may use money in the fund for new business incentive grants. On June 30 of each fiscal year, the unexpended and unobligated ba…

(a) A new business or a business that is opening a new branch in the state is eligible for a new business incentive grant if (1) the business is primarily engaged in manufacturing a product for export outside of the state; (2) the business will not directly compete with an existi…

After awarding a new business incentive grant, the department may pay money from the grant to the recipient business only as reimbursement for one or more of the following costs incurred and paid by the business: (1) cost of relocating key personnel and of moving and installing e…

(a) A business that receives a new business incentive grant must be operating on the date the grant is awarded and must continue to operate in the state for at least five years after the date the grant is awarded or must, within 90 days after ceasing to operate, repay the grant m…

Article 2. Tourism Revolving Loan Fund. For purposes of AS 45.81.010 — 45.81.050, “department” means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development.

(a) There is created in the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development a tourism revolving fund. All principal and interest payments, and money chargeable to principal or interest that is collected through liquidation by foreclosure or other process on loans made…

(a) There is established as a special account within the tourism revolving fund the foreclosure expense account. This account is established as a reserve from fund equity. (b) The commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development may expend money credited to the forec…

(a) The department may (1) make loans to a business directly involved in the tourist industry; (2) designate agents and delegate powers to them as is necessary; (3) adopt regulations necessary to carry out its functions, including regulations to establish reasonable fees for serv…

(a) State participation in a loan to a business may not be more than $3,000,000. (b) The loan shall be secured by acceptable collateral and may not exceed 75 percent of the appraised value of the collateral offered as security. (c) The rate of interest may not exceed nine and one…

(a) The commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development may sell or transfer at par value or at a premium or discount to any bank or other private purchaser for cash or other consideration the mortgages and notes held by the Department of Commerce, Community, and Ec…

Article 3. Small Business Loans. The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development shall dispose of property acquired through default or foreclosure of a loan made under AS 45.81.100 — 45.81.190. Disposal shall be made in a manner that serves the best interests of t…

(a) The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development shall formulate general policies and adopt regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of AS 45.81.200 — 45.81.290, including regulations to establish fees for services provided and charges for collecting t…

(a) The commissioner shall, under regulations and policies adopted by the commissioner, make small business loans to acquire, finance, or refinance or equip businesses, including farming, mining, and fishing, not exceeding $500,000. The loans shall be secured by acceptable collat…

(a) The commissioner may sell or transfer at par value or at a premium or discount to any bank or other private purchaser for cash or other consideration the mortgages and notes held by the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development as security for loans made und…