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Sec. 36.90.260. Miscellaneous provisions.

(a) In AS 36.90.210 – 36.90.290, (1) a payment is considered to be made when mailed or personally delivered to the party being paid; (2) a payment is considered to be received when it is endorsed for payment, if it is a check; (3) an invoice is considered to be received when it is date-stamped […]

Sec. 36.90.265. Applicability to political subdivisions.

AS 36.90.200 – 36.90.290 apply to a public construction or public works contract of a political subdivision if the political subdivision has entered into a written contract with the state for the state to provide funds for the public construction or public work.

Sec. 36.90.290. Definitions.

In AS 36.90.200 – 36.90.290, (1) “prime contractor” means a person required to be registered as a contractor under AS 08.18 who has a contract with the state or a political subdivision of the state to provide materials or services, other than as an employee, for a public construction or public works project; (2) “subcontractor” […]

Sec. 36.95.010. Definitions.

In this title, unless the context requires otherwise, (1) “contractor” means the contractor including subcontractors performing work necessary to facilitate public construction; (2) “laborer, mechanic, or field surveyor” means a person who engages in work that is basically physical or unskilled in nature; or who engages in work, requiring the use of tools or machines, […]

Sec. 36.90.200. Payment deadline and interest.

(a) The state or a political subdivision of the state shall pay the prime contractor for satisfactory performance on a public construction or public works contract within 30 calendar days of the date the state or political subdivision receives a payment request from the prime contractor that complies with the contract. If a political subdivision […]

Sec. 36.90.210. Required contractual terms.

(a) The prime contractor and a subcontractor on a public construction or public works contract must include in a subcontract between the prime contractor and subcontractor for the public construction or public works a clause that requires the prime contractor to pay (1) the subcontractor for satisfactory performance under the subcontract within eight working days […]

Sec. 36.90.220. Optional contractual terms.

Notwithstanding AS 36.90.210 and 36.90.230, the prime contractor or a subcontractor may negotiate and include in a public construction or public works subcontract a provision that permits (1) the prime contractor or a subcontractor to determine that part or all of a subcontractor’s request for payment may be withheld for unsatisfactory performance under the subcontract; […]

Sec. 36.90.230. Withholding payment for unsatisfactory performance.

(a) If the prime contractor on a public construction or public works contract, after making a request for payment to the state or political subdivision but before paying a subcontractor for the subcontractor’s performance covered by the payment request, discovers that part or all of the payment otherwise due to the subcontractor is subject to […]