Sec. 41.35.220. Enforcement authority.
The following persons are peace officers of the state and shall enforce AS 41.35.010 – 41.35.240: (1) an employee of the department authorized by the commissioner; (2) a peace officer in the state; (3) any other person authorized by the commissioner.
Sec. 41.23.620. Caribou Creek Recreational Mining Area.
The vacant and unappropriated state-owned land and water and the state land and water acquired in the future that lie within 100 feet of either ordinary high water or mean high tide of the banks of the creeks or rivers described in this section are designated as the Caribou Creek Recreational Mining Area, are reserved […]
Sec. 41.23.630. Petersville Recreational Mining Area.
(a) The purpose of this section is to establish the area described in (f) of this section as the Petersville Recreational Mining Area. The Petersville Recreational Mining Area is established to provide for a public recreational mining area to permit public recreational activities and to allow other multiple-use activities to continue as long as the […]
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 […]