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Sec. 19.10.375. Impoundment.

(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 commercial motor vehicle may not be released from impoundment until (1) […]

Sec. 19.10.399. Definitions.

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 combination weight rating, or gross vehicle weight or […]

Sec. 19.10.180. Request for public bids; contracts for materials and supplies.

Requests for public bids are governed by AS 36.30 (State Procurement Code). The request for public bids may require the contractor to furnish equipment, labor, materials, and supplies for the project, or it may state that the department will furnish the materials and supplies. If the department elects to provide materials and supplies for a […]

Sec. 19.10.230. Method of construction of highway ditches.

A highway constructed or reconstructed shall be designed to permit water to drain from it into ditches which shall drain into coulees, rivers, and lakes according to the surface and terrain where the highway is constructed in accordance with scientific highway construction and engineering in order to prevent the water from overflowing onto adjacent and […]

Sec. 19.10.240. Warning signs of road construction.

Whenever the department enters into a contract for the construction of a highway, it shall, as a condition of the contract, provide that the contractor shall place suitable warning signs that can be read from a distance of 100 feet in daytime, and that the contractor shall erect and place at night a red and […]

Sec. 19.10.250. Penalty for failure to erect warning signs.

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 60 days, […]

Sec. 19.10.270. Highway construction near airports.

(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 approve the construction, reconstruction, relocation, or extension of a highway under this section […]