Sec. 03.20.210. Forgivable loan program for meat processing facilities.
(a) The department shall establish a forgivable loan program in regulation, under which a recipient’s loan may be forgiven by the department if the recipient implements a business plan approved by the department and begins processing meat, or increases the quantity of meat processed, in the recipient’s facility. A loan may be used by a […]
Sec. 03.20.050. More than one association and fair permitted.
Nothing in AS 03.20.010 – 03.20.080 prohibits the formation of more than one agricultural and industrial fair association in each house district or the holding of an agricultural and industrial fair in several places in each district. When more than one association is formed in a house district or when a fair is held in […]
Sec. 03.20.060. Expenditure of aid for nonperishable exhibits.
The commissioner may require an association to expend not more than 10 percent of the state operation and maintenance aid granted, for the purpose of buying nonperishable exhibits. Those exhibits shall be held by the association subject to the order of the commissioner.
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 funds under AS 03.20.010 – 03.20.080 and fails to hold a fair in accordance with its program, or does not disburse all of the state funds paid to it for that purpose, the association shall return those funds, or the unexpended portions, to the department […]
Sec. 03.20.080. Definitions.
For purposes of AS 03.20.010 – 03.20.080, (1) “agricultural and industrial fair” means a fair, the major focus of which is displays, exhibitions, demonstrations, contests, or promotions of agricultural or industrial concern to the region in which the fair is located, or any fair that, before July 1, 1980, has received a grant under AS […]
Sec. 03.20.110. Noncommercial transfer of seed.
An individual may give to or exchange with another individual for noncommercial use in the state seed that is otherwise legal to possess in the state.
Sec. 03.20.120. Community seed libraries.
(a) A person may establish a community seed library for individual giving or exchanging of seed that is intended for home, educational, charitable, or noncommercial use in the state and that is harvested from a plant grown (1) outside the state and imported into the state in compliance with AS 03.05.010(a)(5); or (2) in the […]
Sec. 03.20.130. Limitations.
A person may not give seed to or exchange seed with another person under AS 03.20.110 and 03.20.120 in an amount that, for each person who receives the seed, exceeds 100 pounds.
Sec. 03.20.140. Online publication of noncommercial giving or exchanging of seed.
A person involved in noncommercial giving or exchanging of seed under AS 03.20.110 and 03.20.120 may register online with the department under AS 44.37.030(b) and submit to the department information, including the person’s name, telephone number, and electronic mail address, and the location where the person gives or exchanges seed, for publication on the department’s […]
Sec. 03.20.150. Applicability of other laws.
Nothing in AS 03.20.110 – 03.20.150 authorizes a person to (1) violate 7 U.S.C. 2321 – 2582 (Plant Variety Protection Act of 1970); (2) give, exchange, or receive a seed (A) from a plant that is regulated as (i) a controlled substance under AS 11.71 or a drug under AS 17.20; or (ii) marijuana under […]