Title 44 — State Government
54 chapters · 1,061 sections in this title.
AS 44.37.011 Additional procedures for administrative appeals and petitions for reconsideration to the commissioner of natural resources.
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(a) This section applies to administrative appeals or petitions for reconsideration of a decision in an administrative appeal to the commissioner of natural resources, except for those administrative appeals or petitions done under AS 38.35 or AS 43.82. If a conflict occurs betwe…
AS 44.37.020 Duties of department with respect to natural resources.
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(a) The Department of Natural Resources shall administer the state program for the conservation and development of natural resources, including forests, parks, and recreational areas, land, water, agriculture, soil conservation, and minerals including petroleum and natural gas, b…
AS 44.37.025 Recording.
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(a) The Department of Natural Resources shall adopt regulations establishing, modifying, or discontinuing recording districts or precincts and prescribing the records to be maintained and the instruments to be recorded, consistent with AS 40.17. A regulation may not impose a rest…
AS 44.37.027 Uniform commercial code filing.
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(a) The Department of Natural Resources shall maintain a central filing office for the filing of documents relating to secured transactions under AS 45.29. (b) The Department of Natural Resources may adopt regulations prescribing the records to be maintained and the documents to …
AS 44.37.030 Duties of department with respect to agriculture.
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(a) The Department of Natural Resources shall (1) obtain and publish information electronically and in print on subjects connected with agriculture, including community seed libraries established under AS 03.20.120; (2) control and regulate the entry and transportation of seeds, …
AS 44.37.040 Duties of department with respect to historic preservation and archeology.
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The Department of Natural Resources shall (1) sponsor, engage in, and direct fundamental research into the archeology of the state and encourage and coordinate archeological research and investigation undertaken in the state; (2) cooperate with the Alaska Historical Commission in…
AS 44.37.050 Duties of department with respect to management of mental health trust land.
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(a) To carry out its duties under AS 38.05.801, the Department of Natural Resources shall establish a separate unit with responsibility for management of the mental health trust land. (b) The employees of the unit established under this section are in the exempt service under AS …
AS 44.37.055 Secs. 44.37.055 , 44.37.060. Deputy commissioner; certain powers and duties of the deputy commissioner. [Repealed § 38, E.O. 114 (2008).]
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Article 2. Alaska Seismic Hazards Safety Commission.
AS 44.37.065 Commission established; membership.
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(a) The Alaska Seismic Hazards Safety Commission is established in the Department of Natural Resources. The Department of Natural Resources shall provide staff support to the commission. (b) The commission is composed of 11 members appointed by the governor for terms of three yea…
AS 44.37.067 Powers and duties.
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(a) The commission shall (1) recommend goals and priorities for seismic hazard mitigation to the public and private sectors; (2) recommend policies to the governor and the legislature, including needed research, mapping, and monitoring programs; (3) offer advice on coordinating d…
AS 44.37.069 Definitions.
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In AS 44.37.065 — 44.37.069, (1) “commission” means the Alaska Seismic Hazards Safety Commission; (2) “disaster preparedness” means establishing plans and programs for responding to and distributing funds to alleviate losses from a disaster as defined in AS 26.23.900; (3) “seismi…
AS 44.37.100 Secs. 44.37.100 — 44.37.180. Northwestern Alaska Development Commission. [Repealed, § 99 ch 59 SLA 1982.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 44.37.190 State archeologist and duties. [Repealed, § 10 ch 112 SLA 1974.]
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Article 3. Carbon Sequestration.
AS 44.37.200 Secs. 44.37.200 — 44.37.220. Carbon sequestration studies and recommendations; assessment by the commissioner; definitions. [Repealed, § 3 ch 152 SLA 2004.]
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Article 4. Tax Credit Certificates and Overriding Royalties.
AS 44.37.230 Duties of the department with respect to purchases of tax credit certificates and overriding royalty interest agreements.
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(a) The department shall provide necessary information to and consult with the Department of Revenue to determine whether a discount rate is applicable under AS 43.55.028(m). (b) The department may enter into an overriding royalty interest agreement in favor of the state with an …
AS 44.39.010 Commissioner of fish and game.
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The principal executive officer of the Department of Fish and Game is the commissioner of fish and game.
AS 44.39.020 Duties of department.
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The Department of Fish and Game shall administer the state program for the conservation and development of the state's commercial fisheries, sport fish, birds, game, and fur-bearing animals. The Department of Fish and Game shall issue fish and game licenses, collect fish and game…
AS 44.39.030 Appointment of commissioner.
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The governor shall appoint the commissioner of fish and game from a list of qualified persons nominated by the Board of Fisheries and the Board of Game meeting in joint session, subject to the right of the governor to request additional nominations. The appointment shall be confi…
AS 44.39.040 Vacancy.
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If a vacancy occurs in the office of the commissioner of fish and game, the governor shall appoint a successor for the unexpired term in the manner provided for the regular appointment.
AS 44.39.050 Removal of commissioner.
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The Board of Fisheries or the Board of Game may submit a resolution to the governor requesting the removal of the commissioner. The resolution shall set out the grounds for the request and the governor shall give the commissioner and both boards an opportunity to be heard. The fi…
AS 44.41.010 Commissioner of public safety.
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The principal executive officer of the Department of Public Safety is the commissioner of public safety.
AS 44.41.020 Powers and duties of department.
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(a) The Department of Public Safety shall administer functions relative to the protection of life and property, including functions relating to transfer of a firearm. The department may enter into agreements with nonprofit organizations and federal and local government agencies t…
AS 44.41.021 Grant authority.
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The Department of Public Safety may award grants necessary or incidental to the performance of the duties and execution of the powers of the division of fire prevention.
AS 44.41.023 Investigators for missing and murdered indigenous persons.
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The Department of Public Safety shall employ at least two persons in the department to investigate cases involving missing and murdered indigenous persons and act as liaisons between law enforcement agencies, communities in the state, and federally recognized tribes.
AS 44.41.025 Fingerprints.
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(a) The Department of Public Safety may maintain an automated fingerprint system. (b) The commissioner of public safety may establish by regulation and the Department of Public Safety may charge a reasonable fee to be paid by a person requesting information from the Alaska automa…
AS 44.41.030 Report to division of personnel. [Repealed, § 35 ch 126 SLA 1994.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 44.41.035 DNA identification system.
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(a) To support criminal justice services in this state, the Department of Public Safety shall establish a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) identification registration system. (b) The Department of Public Safety shall collect for inclusion into the DNA identification registration syste…
AS 44.41.040 Criminal history fee. [Repealed, § 4 ch 118 SLA 1994. For current law, see AS 12.62.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 44.41.045 Reports and records concerning involuntary commitment and adjudication of mental illness or mental incompetence.
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(a) Upon receiving information under AS 47.30.907, the Department of Public Safety shall transmit the information to the United States Department of Justice for inclusion in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System established under P.L. 103-159, 107 Stat. 1536 (Brad…
AS 44.41.050 Uniform homicide reporting.
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(a) A law enforcement agency shall report each homicide or suspected homicide committed within the jurisdiction of the agency to the Department of Public Safety within 25 days of the homicide's discovery. The report shall be on a form approved by the commissioner of public safety…
AS 44.41.060 Missing vulnerable adult prompt response and notification plans.
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(a) The Department of Public Safety, in cooperation with the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs, shall, using statewide and local radio and television broadcasts, newspapers, and other communications media, (1) develop and implement missing vulnerable adult prompt respo…
AS 44.41.065 Sexual assault examination kits.
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(a) When a law enforcement agency collects a sexual assault examination kit under AS 18.68.010, the agency shall (1) within 30 days after the agency collects the sexual assault examination kit, send the sexual assault examination kit to an accredited laboratory in coordination wi…
AS 44.41.070 Report on untested sexual assault examination kits.
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(a) By September 1 of each year, each law enforcement agency and state department charged with the maintenance, storage, and preservation of sexual assault examination kits shall conduct an inventory of untested sexual assault examination kits and report, in writing, to the Depar…
AS 44.41.100 Secs. 44.41.100 — 44.41.130. Alaska state fire commission. [Repealed, § 21 ch 6 SLA 1993.]
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Article 2. Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Review Commission.
AS 44.41.140 Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Review Commission.
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(a) The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Review Commission is established in the Department of Public Safety. (b) The commission consists of nine members, including (1) the commissioner of public safety, or the commissioner's designee; (2) the commissioner of family and co…
AS 44.42.010 Commissioner of transportation and public facilities.
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The principal executive officer of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities is the commissioner of transportation and public facilities.
AS 44.42.020 Powers and duties.
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(a) The department shall (1) plan, design, construct, and maintain all state modes of transportation and transportation facilities and all docks, floats, breakwaters, buildings, and similar facilities; (2) study existing transportation modes and facilities in the state to determi…
AS 44.42.025 Accounting and disposition of receipts. [Repealed, § 92 ch 36 SLA 1990.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 44.42.030 Regulations.
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The department may adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) to implement, interpret, or make more specific its powers and duties.
AS 44.42.040 Departmental organization.
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The commissioner shall establish regions within the state. The functions of the department within each region shall be performed, to the maximum extent feasible, through a regional office. Each regional office shall be directed by a regional transportation and public facilities d…
AS 44.42.050 State transportation plan.
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(a) The commissioner shall develop a comprehensive, intermodal, long-range transportation plan for the state. The commissioner shall incorporate the comprehensive long-range plan prepared under AS 19.65.011 into the plan developed under this section. The plan may be developed in …
AS 44.42.055 State public facilities plan. [Repealed, § 19 ch 6 SLA 1998.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 44.42.060 Gifts, donations, and grants to the department.
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(a) The commissioner may apply for and accept, on behalf of the state, grants from the federal government or an agency of it, or from another state, a foundation, or any person, for any of the functions or purposes of the department. (b) The department may accept gifts, donations…
AS 44.42.065 Conservation of energy in public buildings.
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(a) The department shall, at least once every seven years, perform an energy audit of each public building. (b) The department shall include in each energy audit required by (a) of this section recommendations for corrective measures to improve the energy efficiency and to minimi…
AS 44.42.067 Retrofits and new construction for energy efficiency; energy efficiency report.
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(a) Not later than January 1, 2020, the department shall work with other state agencies to retrofit at least 25 percent of all public facilities, starting with those it determines are the least energy efficient, if the department determines that retrofitting the public facilities…
AS 44.42.070 Limitation on transportation facilities.
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The department shall consult with the appropriate officials of other departments regarding environmental risks and economic and social considerations that may arise by reason of the location, design, construction, or reconstruction of a transportation facility.
AS 44.42.080 Capital projects funds. [Repealed, § 19 ch 61 SLA 2014.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 44.42.085 Comprehensive long-range community and public transportation plan.
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(a) The commissioner shall (1) prepare a comprehensive long-range plan for the development and improvement of coordinated community and public transportation; and (2) revise and update the plan at intervals determined by the commissioner. (b) The department shall submit the compr…
AS 44.42.090 §§ 44.42.090 — 44.42.095. Alaska Community and Public Transportation Advisory Board; powers, duties, and functions of the Alaska Community and Public Transportation Advisory Board.
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Article 2. Aviation Advisory Board.
AS 44.42.200 Aviation Advisory Board.
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The Aviation Advisory Board is established in the department.