Title 19 — Highways and Ferries
16 chapters · 239 sections in this title.
AS 19.10.250 Penalty for failure to erect warning signs.
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A contractor, foreman, or person in charge of work or repairs on a highway who fails or neglects to erect and maintain suitable warning signs as provided in AS 19.10.240 is punishable by a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $50, or by imprisonment in jail for not more than 6…
AS 19.10.260 Replacement of permanent markers and filing of right-of-way map after construction.
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The department shall (1) replace all permanent markers on private or municipal property that were destroyed or lost during highway construction to permit persons to determine accurately new boundary lines resulting from the construction; (2) file and record in the local recording…
AS 19.10.270 Highway construction near airports.
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(a) A person may not construct, reconstruct, relocate, or extend a federal-aid highway within two miles of an airport, airstrip, or private air facility without first obtaining the written approval of the commissioner, as provided by regulation. (b) The commissioner may not appro…
AS 19.10.280 [Renumbered as AS 19.20.015.]
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Article 4. Commercial Motor Vehicle Requirements.
AS 19.10.300 Financial responsibility.
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(a) A person who carries passengers, freight for hire intrastate in a commercial motor vehicle, a person who carries freight in a motor vehicle for commercial purposes, or a person who rents or leases a motor vehicle for the use of another to carry freight shall procure and maint…
AS 19.10.310 Commercial motor vehicle safety inspections.
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A commercial motor vehicle may not be operated without a certificate of inspection. An owner or operator of a commercial motor vehicle shall renew a certificate of inspection at least annually. An owner or operator of a commercial motor vehicle shall provide proof of annual inspe…
AS 19.10.320 Secs. 19.10.320 , 19.10.330. Commercial motor vehicle inspection station permits; certification of commercial motor vehicle inspectors. [Repealed, § 21 ch 48 SLA 1998.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 19.10.340 Issuance of certificate of inspection.
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A person conducting annual commercial motor vehicle inspections shall issue a certificate of inspection to the owner or operator after determining that the motor vehicle is in a safe and mechanically sound condition as required by law. The owner or operator of a commercial motor …
AS 19.10.350 Secs. 19.10.350 , 19.10.360. Falsely representing to be an official station; counterfeit certificates of inspection. [Repealed, § 21 ch 48 SLA 1998.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 19.10.370 Regulations.
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The commissioner shall adopt regulations to implement AS 19.10.310 — 19.10.399.
AS 19.10.375 Impoundment.
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(a) If a peace officer or an employee of the department authorized by the commissioner to issue citations finds a commercial motor vehicle in operation without a current and valid certificate of inspection under this chapter, the commercial motor vehicle may be impounded. The com…
AS 19.10.380 Criminal penalty.
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A person who violates a provision of AS 19.10.310 — 19.10.399 is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
AS 19.10.399 Definitions.
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In AS 19.10.300 — 19.10.399, (1) “commercial motor vehicle” means a self-propelled or towed motor vehicle (A) used to transport passengers or property for commercial purposes; (B) used on a highway or vehicular way or area; (C) that (i) has a gross vehicle weight rating or gross …
AS 19.15.010 Loans to department.
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For the purpose of participating in a federal grant-in-aid program, the department may apply to the Department of Administration for short-term loans from the general fund for periods not to exceed nine months and for amounts estimated not to exceed anticipated revenue for the te…
AS 19.15.020 Assent to federal aid; line of credit.
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(a) The legislature assents to the Act of Congress approved July 11, 1916 (39 Stat. 355) entitled, “An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the states in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes.” The department may make all contracts and do all thi…
AS 19.15.025 Federal-aid highway projects.
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(a) The department may allocate up to two percent of nonrestricted federal-aid highway apportionments to projects classified under the trails and recreational access for Alaska program under a statewide transportation improvement program. (b) The department shall annually allocat…
AS 19.15.030 Participation by municipality in federal highway construction.
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When a federal-aid highway is routed through a municipality, it may participate in the financing, planning, construction, acquisition of right-of-way, and maintenance of the highway in the manner and proportion the department determines is reasonable and proper.
AS 19.15.040 General laws governing assessments by municipalities to pay highway costs.
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The provisions of law relating to the levying of assessments for highway financing, planning, construction, acquisition of right-of-way, and maintenance, referred to in AS 19.15.030 apply to the extent that they are not inconsistent with the general purpose of AS 19.05 — AS 19.25…
AS 19.20.010 Connecting highways.
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(a) The department may enter into cooperative agreements with a municipality for the construction or maintenance of a connecting highway that is part of the state highway system and located within the municipality. (b) The jurisdiction, control, and duty of the department and mun…
AS 19.20.015 Local control of state transportation corridors.
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(a) A municipality, by resolution of its governing body, may request of the department the assumption of the department's responsibilities relating to planning of transportation corridors that are to be located within the boundaries or operating area of the municipality. After re…
AS 19.20.017 Local control of traffic control systems.
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(a) A municipality, by resolution of its governing body, may request the transfer to it of the responsibility of the department for the operation and maintenance of a traffic control system that regulates the flow of traffic at intersections of highways and roads maintained by th…
AS 19.20.020 Authority to establish controlled-access facilities.
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The department and a municipality, acting alone or in cooperation with each other or with a federal agency participating in the construction and maintenance of highways, may plan, designate, establish, regulate, vacate, alter, improve, maintain, and provide controlled-access faci…
AS 19.20.030 Design of controlled-access facility.
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The department and a municipality may design a controlled-access facility and may regulate, restrict, or prohibit access to best serve the traffic for which the facility is intended. The department and the municipality may divide and separate a controlled-access facility into sep…
AS 19.20.040 Acquisition of property and property rights.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 19.20.050 Grade-crossing eliminations.
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The department and a municipality may designate and establish controlled-access highways as new and additional facilities, or may designate and establish an existing highway as included within a controlled-access facility. The department and the municipality may provide for the e…
AS 19.20.060 Participation in financing, planning, and regulation.
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The department and a municipality may enter into an agreement with each other or with the federal government for the financing, planning, establishment, improvement, maintenance, use regulation, or vacation of controlled-access facilities or other public ways in their respective …
AS 19.20.070 Local service highways.
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In the development of a controlled-access facility, the department and the municipality may plan, designate, establish, use, regulate, alter, improve, maintain, and vacate local service highways and exercise jurisdiction over them in the same manner authorized for the exercise of…
AS 19.20.080 Municipal master highway plan.
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A municipality of over 5,000 population, according to the latest available census, together with the department, shall develop and adopt a master highway plan, which shall insure the proper location and integration of the Alaska highway connections in the municipality. In selecti…
AS 19.20.090 [Renumbered as AS 19.10.270.]
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Article 2. Metropolitan Planning Organizations. Renumbered as AS 19.10.270. Renumbered as AS 19.10.270.
AS 19.20.200 Establishment of metropolitan planning organizations.
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In order to coordinate transportation planning in urbanized areas and achieve the transportation planning goals of 23 U.S.C. 134 and 49 U.S.C. 5303 — 5306, a metropolitan planning organization shall be established for each metropolitan area of the state when required for particip…
AS 19.20.210 Membership of the policy boards of metropolitan planning organizations.
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(a) The policy board of a metropolitan planning organization established under AS 19.20.200 for a metropolitan area with a population greater than 200,000 persons shall consist of at least seven voting members. A quorum of the policy board is a majority of the voting members of t…
AS 19.20.220 Approval of local transportation improvement plan.
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The governor may approve a transportation improvement plan or an amendment to a transportation improvement plan prepared by a metropolitan planning organization if the plan is consistent with applicable federal law and regulation and the policy board of the metropolitan planning …
AS 19.22.010 Purpose.
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The purpose of this chapter is to promote the safety, convenience, and enjoyment of travel on and protection of the public investment in highways of the state, and to authorize the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty within and adjacent to highways of the …
AS 19.22.020 Authorization to acquire and improve.
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(a) The department is authorized to acquire by purchase, exchange, gift, or condemnation land or any interest in land necessary for the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty, within or adjacent to the rights-of-way of highways on the state highway system. (b…
AS 19.22.030 Definitions.
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In this chapter, “state highway system” means all highways located in this state which are or hereafter may be officially designated as state highways under the provisions of AS 19.10.020.
AS 19.25.010 Use of rights-of-way for utilities.
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A utility facility may be constructed, placed, or maintained across, along, over, under, or within a state right-of-way only in accordance with regulations adopted by the department and if authorized by a written permit issued by the department. The department may charge a fee fo…
AS 19.25.020 Relocation of utilities incident to highway projects.
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(a) If, incident to the construction of a highway project, the department determines and orders that a utility facility located across, along, over, under, or within a state right-of-way must be changed, relocated, or removed, the utility owning or maintaining the facility shall …
AS 19.25.030 Secs. 19.25.030 — 19.25.040. Damages and obstructions. [Repealed, § 5 ch 52 SLA 1988.]
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Article 2. Outdoor Advertising.
AS 19.25.075 Findings and intent of the people of the State of Alaska.
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(a) The people of the State of Alaska find that the presence of billboards visible from Alaska's highways endangers Alaska's uniqueness and its scenic beauty. (b) It is the intent of the people of the State of Alaska that Alaska shall forever remain free of billboards.
AS 19.25.080 Purpose.
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The purposes of AS 19.25.080 — 19.25.180 are (1) to protect the public safety and the welfare of persons using the highways of the state by having outdoor advertising signs, displays, and devices along the highways controlled; (2) to prevent unreasonable distraction of operators …
AS 19.25.090 Outdoor advertising prohibited.
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Except as provided in AS 19.25.105, all outdoor advertising is prohibited.
AS 19.25.100 Rural signs. [Repealed, § 14 ch 155 SLA 1970.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 19.25.105 Limitations of outdoor advertising signs, displays, and devices.
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(a) Outdoor advertising may not be erected or maintained within 660 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way and visible from the main-traveled way of the interstate, primary, or secondary highways in this state except the following: (1) directional and other official signs a…
AS 19.25.110 Secs. 19.25.110 — 19.25.120. Removal of nonconforming advertising; neglect or refusal to obey removal order. [Repealed, § 43 ch 85 SLA 1988.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 19.25.123 [Renumbered as AS 19.05.123.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 19.25.130 Penalty for violation.
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A person who violates AS 19.25.080 — 19.25.180, or a regulation adopted under AS 19.25.080 — 19.25.180, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $5,000.
AS 19.25.140 Compensation for removal of advertising.
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(a) The department is authorized to acquire by purchase, gift, or condemnation all advertising devices and any property rights pertaining to them when the advertising devices are required to be removed under AS 19.25.150. (b) Damages resulting from a taking in eminent domain shal…
AS 19.25.150 Unlawful advertising.
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An advertising sign, display, or device that violates the provisions of AS 19.25.080 — 19.25.180 is a public nuisance. The department shall give 30 days' notice, by certified mail, to the owner of the land on which the advertising sign, display, or device is located, ordering its…
AS 19.25.160 Definitions.
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In AS 19.25.080 — 19.25.180, (1) “billboards” means any signboards, signs, displays, notices, or forms of outdoor advertising that do not strictly comply with the provisions of AS 19.25.075 — 19.25.180, or with any permit or permits issued pursuant to AS 19.25.075 — 19.25.180; (2…
AS 19.25.170 Agreements with the United States; regulations.
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The department is authorized to enter into agreements in conformity with the provisions of this title with the United States Secretary of Transportation as provided by 23 U.S.C. relating to the control of outdoor advertising signs, displays, and devices in areas adjacent to inter…