Sec. 14.57.070. Conflict of interest.
(a) A member of the committee may not act on a matter relating to the state museum in which the member’s relationship with another person or with respect to the acquisition or disposition of an item owned by, in custody of, or proposed to be acquired by or for the state museum creates a conflict […]
Sec. 14.57.080. Definition.
In AS 14.57.020 – 14.57.080, “committee” means the state Museum Collections Advisory Committee.
Sec. 14.57.100. Acquisitions.
Subject to appropriation by the legislature under AS 37.14.530, the director may use the balance of the net income account of the Alaska heritage endowment fund to acquire culturally or historically significant artifacts, natural history specimens, art objects, collections, and other items, materials, or properties that represent and document Alaska’s land, natural history, and people […]
Sec. 14.57.110. Ownership of acquired items.
Except when ownership of an item is transferred under AS 14.57.120, an item acquired under AS 14.57.100 becomes the property of the state museum.
Sec. 14.57.120. Criteria applicable to acquisitions from the fund.
Subject to approval given by the Museum Collections Advisory Committee under AS 14.57.050(b), the director may (1) establish by contract the terms and conditions of custody, protection, conservation, and exhibition of an item acquired by the state museum if the item is acquired and custody of it is assigned to another institution; (2) transfer ownership […]
Sec. 14.57.130. Disposition of acquired items.
Subject to approval of the Museum Collections Advisory Committee under AS 14.57.050(b), the director may establish a deaccession policy under which the director may exchange or otherwise convey title to an item acquired from the net income account of the fund in accordance with generally accepted principles governing the disposal of these items.
Sec. 14.57.199. Definitions.
In AS 14.57.100 – 14.57.199, (1) “director” means the director of the division of the department that has responsibility for state libraries, archives, and museums; (2) “fund” means the Alaska heritage endowment fund established in AS 37.14.500; (3) “net income account” means the account established in AS 37.14.510.
Sec. 14.57.200. Acquisition of title to loaned property.
(a) A museum may acquire the title to documented property loaned to the museum if (1) at least seven years have passed after the expiration date of the loan without written or other contact between the lender and the museum; or (2) the loan does not have an expiration date and at least seven years […]
Sec. 14.57.210. Acquisition of title to undocumented property.
(a) A museum may acquire title to undocumented property held by a museum for seven years or longer if (1) the seven-year holding period is verified by the written records of the museum; (2) when this paragraph is applicable, the museum has notified by mail all corporations, except nonprofit corporations, created under 43 U.S.C. 1601 […]
Sec. 14.57.220. Reclamation of property.
In addition to any other right of reclamation the person may have under 25 U.S.C. 3001 – 3013 (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act), after title to documented property or undocumented property is acquired by a museum under AS 14.57.200 – 14.57.290, the lender or owner of the property has two years to bring […]