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Chapter 05. Powers and Duties of Commissioners of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation
Sec. 03.05.010. Powers and duties of commissioner of natural resources. - (a) The commissioner of natural resources shall (1) direct, administer,...
Sec. 03.05.011. Powers of commissioner of environmental conservation. - (a) To carry out the requirements of this title relating...
Sec. 03.05.013. State veterinarian. - The commissioner of environmental conservation may employ or appoint a...
Sec. 03.05.027. State coordinator for noxious weed, invasive plant, and agricultural pest management and education. - (a) The commissioner of natural resources shall employ or appoint...
Sec. 03.05.030. Rules for grading and classification of agricultural products. - (a) Subject to (b) of this section, the commissioner may...
Sec. 03.05.040. Inspection. - (a) To carry out the requirements of this chapter, on...
Sec. 03.05.050. Products in violation of regulations. - (a) An animal, animal product, or agricultural product found by...
Sec. 03.05.075. Elk farming. - (a) Elk may be raised and bred as domestic stock...
Sec. 03.05.076. Industrial hemp. - (a) Industrial hemp is an agricultural crop in the state....
Sec. 03.05.078. Transportation of industrial hemp. - (a) An individual registered under AS 03.05.076 shall have a...
Sec. 03.05.079. Production in violation of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol limit. - (a) Notwithstanding AS 11.71.040 - 11.71.060, an individual registered under...
Sec. 03.05.084. Confidentiality of certain information; exceptions. - (a) A record that includes information about an animal that...
Sec. 03.05.090. Penalties for violations. - (a) A person who violates a provision of this chapter...
Sec. 03.05.100. Definitions. - In this chapter, (1) “agricultural products” does not include fish,...
Chapter 09. Board of Agriculture and Conservation
Sec. 03.09.010. Board of Agriculture and Conservation established. - (a) There is established in the department the Board of...
Sec. 03.09.020. Director of agriculture and staff. - (a) The director of the division of the department with...
Sec. 03.09.030. Quorum. - Five members of the Board of Agriculture and Conservation constitute...
Sec. 03.09.040. Regulations. - (a) The Board of Agriculture and Conservation may adopt regulations...
Sec. 03.09.050. Agricultural land. - The Board of Agriculture and Conservation may recommend to the...
Chapter 10. Alaska Agricultural Loan Act
Sec. 03.10.010. Declaration of policy. - It is the policy of this chapter to promote the...
Sec. 03.10.020. Powers of the board. - (a) The Board of Agriculture and Conservation (AS 03.09.010) may...
Sec. 03.10.030. Limitations on loans. - (a) The farm development, chattel, or irrigation loan made under...
Sec. 03.10.033. Restructuring of agricultural debt. - (a) To increase the return to the state, the Board...
Sec. 03.10.035. Use or disposal of mortgaged farm land. - (a) A borrower may not use farm land for a...
Sec. 03.10.040. Agricultural revolving loan fund. - (a) There is an agricultural revolving loan fund which may...
Sec. 03.10.050. Administration of fund; Board of Agriculture and Conservation. - (a) The Board of Agriculture and Conservation shall administer the...
Sec. 03.10.058. Farm disaster area. - The governor may declare a farm disaster in an area...
Sec. 03.10.060. Short title. - This chapter may be cited as the Alaska Agricultural Loan...
Chapter 13. Federal Crop Insurance Contributions
Sec. 03.13.010. Agreement with Federal Crop Insurance Corporation. - The department shall enter into an agreement with the Federal...
Sec. 03.13.020. Amount of contributions. - Under the agreement, the department shall pay to the corporation...
Sec. 03.13.030. Limitation. - Thirty percent of each producer's premium, as calculated by the...
Sec. 03.13.040. Appropriations. - (a) The payments to the corporation shall be made from...
Sec. 03.13.050. Definitions. - In this chapter, “corporation” means the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation...
Chapter 20. Agricultural and Industrial Program Support
Article 1. Agricultural and Industrial Fairs.
Sec. 03.20.010. State aid. - The state may grant aid to agricultural and industrial fair...
Sec. 03.20.020. Amount and conditions of aid. - (a) Fairs may be held each year in each of...
Sec. 03.20.030. Application for and granting of operation and maintenance aid. - (a) Each agricultural and industrial fair association desiring to apply...
Sec. 03.20.035. Application for and granting of capital improvement aid. - (a) Each agricultural and industrial fair association desiring to apply...
Sec. 03.20.040. Display of exhibits outside state. - The commissioner may collect and ship, for display outside of...
Sec. 03.20.050. More than one association and fair permitted. - Nothing in AS 03.20.010 - 03.20.080 prohibits the formation of...
Sec. 03.20.060. Expenditure of aid for nonperishable exhibits. - The commissioner may require an association to expend not more...
Sec. 03.20.070. Funds to be returned if unexpended or if no fair held. - (a) If an association has received state operation and maintenance...
Sec. 03.20.080. Definitions. - For purposes of AS 03.20.010 - 03.20.080, (1) “agricultural and...
Article 2. Noncommercial Transfer of Seed and Community Seed Libraries.
Sec. 03.20.110. Noncommercial transfer of seed. - An individual may give to or exchange with another individual...
Sec. 03.20.120. Community seed libraries. - (a) A person may establish a community seed library for...
Sec. 03.20.130. Limitations. - A person may not give seed to or exchange seed...
Sec. 03.20.140. Online publication of noncommercial giving or exchanging of seed. - A person involved in noncommercial giving or exchanging of seed...
Sec. 03.20.150. Applicability of other laws. - Nothing in AS 03.20.110 - 03.20.150 authorizes a person to...
Article 3. Forgivable Loan Programs for Farm Development and Improvement and Meat Processing Facilities.
Sec. 03.20.200. Forgivable loan program for farm development and improvement. - (a) The division of the department with responsibility for agriculture...
Sec. 03.20.210. Forgivable loan program for meat processing facilities. - (a) The department shall establish a forgivable loan program in...
Chapter 22. Plant Materials Center
Sec. 03.22.010. Establishment of plant materials center. - The Department of Natural Resources, in cooperation with the college...
Sec. 03.22.020. Purpose of center. - The objectives of the plant materials center, in cooperation with...
Sec. 03.22.030. Center site, buildings, and equipment. - The department shall obtain a site, either by donation, lease,...
Sec. 03.22.040. Personnel. - The department shall ensure that competent professional, secretarial, and subprofessional...
Sec. 03.22.050. Department to cooperate. - The department shall cooperate with the college or department of...
Sec. 03.22.060. Reports. - The department shall annually prepare a detailed report of the...
Sec. 03.22.070. Acceptance of assistance. - The department may request, accept, and receive from federal, state,...
Sec. 03.22.080. Payments and vouchers. - Appropriations made by the state for the construction, maintenance, and...
Chapter 30. Fences
Sec. 03.30.020. Duty to keep barbed wire fences in repair. - A person having a barbed wire fence shall keep it...
Sec. 03.30.030. Fence as nuisance. - Any wire fence so dilapidated as to be of no...
Sec. 03.30.060. Failure to close roadside gate used for retaining livestock. - A person failing to close a roadside gate after opening...
Chapter 35. Controlled Livestock Districts
Sec. 03.35.010. Establishment of controlled livestock districts; prohibition against animals at large. - (a) A district judge may establish a controlled livestock district...
Sec. 03.35.020. Petition for establishment, addition, elimination, or dissolution. - (a) A controlled livestock district may be established upon petition...
Sec. 03.35.030. Notice, hearing, and order. - Upon receipt of a petition for the establishment, addition, elimination,...
Sec. 03.35.035. Identification of domestic animals within controlled livestock district. - (a) Within 60 days of the establishment of a controlled...
Sec. 03.35.040. Liability for damages; lien. - (a) The owner of land within a controlled livestock district,...
Sec. 03.35.050. Impounding and public sale of animals running at large. - The owner of any land within a controlled livestock district...
Sec. 03.35.055. Public auction. - (a) Before the sale of the animal at public auction,...
Sec. 03.35.070. Definitions. - As used in this chapter, (1) “domestic animal” includes goats,...
Chapter 40. Brands and Marks
Sec. 03.40.010. Brands and marks. - Any person owning cattle, reindeer, bison, musk oxen, elk, sheep,...
Sec. 03.40.020. Record of ownership. - The owner may brand or mark an animal on either...
Sec. 03.40.030. Recording. - (a) To adopt a brand or mark, a person shall...
Sec. 03.40.040. Copy of record; procurement; fee. - Upon the recording of a brand or mark, the commissioner...
Sec. 03.40.050. Use without certificate prohibited. - A person may not brand any horse, cattle, reindeer, bison,...
Sec. 03.40.060. Penalty for use without certificate. - A person who violates AS 03.40.050 is guilty of a...
Sec. 03.40.070. Brand is personal property. - A recorded brand or mark is the property of the...
Sec. 03.40.080. Record is evidence of ownership. - In all actions and proceedings in which the title to...
Sec. 03.40.090. Publication of record. - The commissioner shall publish, in book form, a list of...
Sec. 03.40.110. Animals from other states. - Any person who brings into this state for grazing purposes...
Sec. 03.40.120. Sale of branded livestock. - A person may not sell or otherwise dispose of any...
Sec. 03.40.130. Exhibition of bill of sale by purchaser. - A person who purchases, receives, or possesses any branded livestock,...
Sec. 03.40.140. Sale without power of attorney or bill of sale prohibited. - A person may not sell or offer for sale or...
Sec. 03.40.150. Penalty for sale without power of attorney or bill of sale; proof; defenses. - Every person violating AS 03.40.140 is guilty of a felony,...
Sec. 03.40.180. Preservation of hide required. - A person may not kill, for the person's own use...
Sec. 03.40.190. Inspected slaughterers exempt. - The provisions of this chapter do not apply to packing...
Sec. 03.40.200. Record of branded hides. - A person who purchases hides shall keep a record of...
Sec. 03.40.210. Penalty for violation of AS 03.40.200. - A person who violates the provisions of AS 03.40.200 or...
Sec. 03.40.220. Reserved brand “S” on left jaw. - There is reserved in the office of the commissioner a...
Sec. 03.40.230. Branding of spayed heifers. - A person, when spaying heifers, shall, upon request of the...
Sec. 03.40.240. Penalty regarding spayed heifers. - A person who violates AS 03.40.230 is guilty of a...
Sec. 03.40.250. Inspection of branded livestock. - The commissioner, or an authorized agent, may, at any time,...
Sec. 03.40.260. General penalty. - Any person who violates any of the provisions of this...
Sec. 03.40.270. Definitions. - As used in this chapter, a “brand” means an identification...
Chapter 45. Diseased Livestock
Sec. 03.45.010. Declaration of public policy. - It is against the public policy of this state to...
Sec. 03.45.020. Importation, ownership, possession, transfer, and transportation of diseased animals prohibited. - A person may not import into the state, own, have...
Sec. 03.45.030. Conditions of importation of certain animals. - A person may not bring into the state any horse,...
Chapter 47. Bees and Beekeeping Equipment
Sec. 03.47.010. Importation. - The importation into the state of bees on bee combs...
Sec. 03.47.020. Importation of bees. - All bees imported into the state shall be accompanied by...
Sec. 03.47.030. Duties of the division. - (a) The division shall investigate reported cases of diseased bees...
Sec. 03.47.035. Penalty. - A person who violates this chapter or a regulation adopted...
Sec. 03.47.040. Definitions. - In this chapter, (1) “bees” means honey-producing insects of the...
Chapter 55. Care of Animals; Control of Dogs
Article 1. Dogs.
Sec. 03.55.010. Killing of vicious or mad dog authorized. - Any person may lawfully kill any vicious or mad dog...
Sec. 03.55.020. Vicious dogs. - Any dog which when unprovoked has ever bitten or attacked...
Sec. 03.55.030. Dogs that annoy or bite animals or birds. - Whenever any dog habitually annoys any wild deer, reindeer, sheep,...
Sec. 03.55.070. Power of village council to control dogs. - (a) A village council duly elected by residents of an...
Article 2. Care of Animals.
Sec. 03.55.100. Minimum standards of care for animals. - (a) The minimum standards of care for animals include (1)...
Sec. 03.55.110. Investigation of cruelty to animals complaints. - (a) A person who believes that cruelty to animals has...
Sec. 03.55.120. Seizure of animals. - (a) A peace officer shall place an animal in protective...
Sec. 03.55.130. Destruction and adoption of animals. - (a) If a determination is made by a veterinarian licensed...
Sec. 03.55.190. Definitions. - In AS 03.55.100 - 03.55.190, (1) “animal” has the meaning...
Chapter 58. Organic Food and Agricultural Products
Sec. 03.58.010. Prohibition. - A person may not sell, offer for sale, represent, or...
Sec. 03.58.015. State organic certification program. - (a) The department may establish a state organic certification program...
Sec. 03.58.020. Disclosure. - (a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, a...
Sec. 03.58.030. Sworn statement of compliance. - (a) A producer may not sell to a vendor food...
Sec. 03.58.040. Records. - A person who sells food represented as organic food shall...
Sec. 03.58.050. Regulations. - The department may adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure...
Sec. 03.58.060. Enforcement. - (a) If the department determines that a person is violating...
Sec. 03.58.065. Applicability. - This chapter does not apply to meat, fish, or poultry.
Chapter 90. General Provisions
Sec. 03.90.010. Definitions. - In this title, unless otherwise indicated, (1) “commissioner” means the...