Sec. 30.30.165. Enforcement authority.
(a) The following persons are peace officers of the state for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter and regulations adopted under this chapter on the waters of the state: (1) an employee of the department or other person authorized by the commissioner of natural resources; (2) an employee of a municipality authorized […]
Sec. 30.30.170. Definitions.
In this chapter, (1) “abandoned” means a vessel has been left unattended on private, state, or municipal land or waters of the state without the consent of the landowner or lessee for more than 30 days; (2) “department” means the Department of Natural Resources; (3) “municipality” has the meaning given in AS 29.71.800; (4) “owner” […]
Sec. 30.30.180. Short title.
This chapter may be cited as the Derelict Vessels Act.
Sec. 30.30.065. Impoundment of derelict vessels posing imminent clear and present danger.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a state agency or municipality may impound a derelict vessel immediately if the vessel constitutes a clear and present danger to public health, safety, or general welfare. (b) When action is taken to impound a derelict vessel under (a) of this section, the state agency or municipality impounding […]
Sec. 30.30.075. Liability for derelict vessels.
Except as provided in AS 30.30.065(e), the owner of a vessel and a person entitled to possession of a vessel impounded under this chapter are jointly and severally liable for all costs incurred by the state agency or municipality in connection with the impoundment, storage, and removal of the vessel.
Sec. 30.30.090. Derelict vessel.
A vessel is a derelict vessel if (1) the vessel is sunk or in immediate danger of sinking, is obstructing a waterway, or is endangering public health, safety, property , or the environment; (2) the vessel has been anchored, moored , stored, abandoned, or otherwise left in the waters of the state or on state […]
Sec. 30.30.095. Duties and powers of the department.
The department shall, to the extent that funds are available from the derelict vessel prevention program fund ( AS 30.30.096), (1) establish and administer the derelict vessel prevention program to prevent and deter the abandonment and operation of derelict vessels in the waters of the state and on state, municipal, and private property and to […]
Sec. 30.30.096. Derelict vessel prevention program fund.
(a) The derelict vessel prevention program fund is created in the general fund. The purpose of the fund is to provide a source from which the department may (1) reimburse state agencies and municipalities for expenses related to removal of derelict vessels from waters of the state and from state or municipal property; (2) pay […]
Sec. 30.30.110. Disposition of vessels by persons in vessel storage or repair business.
When a person abandons a vessel on the premises of a vessel storage or repair business, the owner of the business or the business owner’s authorized representative may (1) sell or dispose of the vessel under AS 30.30.110 – 30.30.150; or (2) notify a state agency, municipality, or peace officer that the vessel is a […]
Sec. 30.30.120. When vessel abandoned.
A vessel is abandoned on the premises of a vessel storage or repair business when all of the following conditions have been satisfied: (1) the service requested or required by a person whose vessel is towed or brought to a vessel storage or repair business, including towing and rendering estimates of the cost of repairs, […]