Sec. 41.35.375. Powers of chairman.
Subject to available appropriations, the chair may, with the concurrence of a majority of the commission, employ necessary personnel and may contract for the services of experts and other persons who may be needed.
Sec. 41.35.380. Gifts and income.
(a) There is established in the state general fund a special Alaska Historical Commission receipts account into which shall be paid: (1) all monetary gifts, grants, and bequests received by the commission; (2) all royalties and other income that the commission receives from its projects. (b) The legislature may appropriate funds from this account for […]
Sec. 41.35.010. Declaration of policy.
It is the policy of the state to preserve and protect the historic, prehistoric, and archeological resources of Alaska from loss, desecration, and destruction so that the scientific, historic, and cultural heritage embodied in these resources may pass undiminished to future generations. To this end, the legislature finds and declares that the historic, prehistoric, and […]
Sec. 41.35.020. Title to historic, prehistoric, and archeological resources; local display.
(a) The state reserves to itself title to all historic, prehistoric, and archeological resources situated on land owned or controlled by the state, including tideland and submerged land, and reserves to itself the exclusive right of field archeology on state-owned or controlled land. However, nothing in AS 41.35.010 – 41.35.240 diminishes the cultural rights and […]
Sec. 41.35.030. Designation of monuments and historic sites.
Upon the recommendation of the commission, the governor may declare by public order any particular historic, prehistoric, or archeological structure, deposit, site, or other object of scientific or historic interest that is situated on land owned or controlled by the state to be a state monument or historic site, and the governor may designate as […]
Sec. 41.35.040. Administration and financial support of monuments and historic sites.
State-owned monuments, sites, and other historic, prehistoric, or archeological properties owned or purchased by the state are under the control of the department, and their maintenance shall be covered in the appropriations made to the department. Privately owned state monuments or historic sites are eligible to receive state support for their maintenance, restoration, and rehabilitation […]
Sec. 41.35.050. Regulations.
The commissioner shall adopt regulations to carry out the purposes of AS 41.35.010 – 41.35.240.
Sec. 41.35.060. Power to acquire historic, prehistoric, or archeological properties.
(a) The department, with the recommendation of the commission, may acquire real and personal properties that have statewide historic, prehistoric, or archeological significance by gift, purchase, devise, or bequest. The department shall preserve and administer property so acquired. The department may acquire property adjacent to the property having historic, prehistoric, or archeological significance when it […]
Sec. 41.35.070. Preservation of historic, prehistoric, and archeological resources threatened by public construction.
(a) The department shall locate, identify, and preserve in suitable records information regarding historic, prehistoric, and archeological sites, locations, and remains. The information shall be submitted to the heads of the executive departments of the state. (b) Before public construction or public improvement of any nature is undertaken by the state, or by a governmental […]
Sec. 41.35.080. Permits.
The commissioner may issue a permit for the investigation, excavation, gathering, or removal from the natural state, of any historic, prehistoric, or archeological resources of the state. A permit may be issued only to persons or organizations qualified to make the investigations, excavations, gatherings, or removals and only if the results of these authorized activities […]