When the commissioner formally declares that it is in the best public interest of the state to do so, the department may acquire by purchase or otherwise privately or publicly owned land or an interest in it for the purpose of exchanging it for privately or publicly owned land which the department is authorized by law to acquire.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Title 19. Highways and Ferries
Article 2. Acquisition of Property.
Sec. 19.05.080. Acquisition of land, easements, and materials by purchase or eminent domain.
Sec. 19.05.090. Declaration of taking.
Sec. 19.05.100. Acquisition of excess land.
Sec. 19.05.110. Authority to condemn property for purpose of exchange for public land.
Sec. 19.05.120. Authority to purchase property for the purpose of exchange.
Sec. 19.05.123. Fairbanks - Seward Peninsula transportation and utility corridor.