Alaska Statutes Title 29, Chapter 29.35, Article 01 - General Powers

• Sec. 29.35.010 General Powers.
  All municipalities have the following general powers, subject to other provisions of law:(1) to establish and prescribe a salary for an elected or appointed...
• Sec. 29.35.015 Investment Pools.
  A municipality may invest money in investment pools for public entities as authorized under AS 37.23 only if that municipality has obtained the consent...
• Sec. 29.35.020 Extraterritorial Jurisdiction.
  (a) To the extent a municipality is otherwise authorized by law to exercise the power necessary to provide the facility or service, the municipality...
• Sec. 29.35.030 Eminent Domain.
  (a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, a municipality may, only within its boundaries, exercise the powers of eminent domain and declaration...
• Sec. 29.35.040 Emergency Disaster Powers.
  (a) A municipality that is wholly or partially in an area that is declared by the President or governor to be a disaster area...
• Sec. 29.35.050 Garbage and Solid Waste Services.
  (a) Notwithstanding AS 29.35.200 - 29.35.220, a municipality may by ordinance(1) provide for the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a system of garbage and...
• Sec. 29.35.055 Local Air Quality Control Program.
  A municipality may establish a local air quality control program as provided in AS 46.14.400 only if the municipality has obtained the consent of...
• Sec. 29.35.060 Franchises and Permits.
  (a) The assembly acting for the area outside all cities in the borough and the council acting for the area in a city may...
• Sec. 29.35.070 Public Utilities.
  (a) The assembly acting for the area outside all cities in the borough and the council acting for the area in a city may...
• Sec. 29.35.080 Alcoholic Beverages.
  (a) A municipality may regulate the possession, barter, sale, importation, and consumption of alcoholic beverages under AS 04.11.480 - 04.11.509 and AS 04.21.010 .(b)...
• Sec. 29.35.085 Curfew.
  (a) A municipality may, by ordinance, provide for a curfew for persons under 18 years of age for whom the disabilities of minority have...
• Sec. 29.35.090 Municipal Property; Rights-Of-way.
  (a) The governing body shall by ordinance establish a formal procedure for acquisition and disposal of land and interests in land by the municipality.(b)...
• Sec. 29.35.100 Budget and Capital Program.
  (a) The governing body shall establish the manner for the preparation and submission of the budget and capital program. After a public hearing, the...
• Sec. 29.35.110 Expenditure of Borough Revenues.
  (a) Borough revenues received through taxes collected on an areawide basis by the borough may be expended on general administrative costs and on areawide...
• Sec. 29.35.120 Annual Audit.
  (a) The governing body shall provide for an annual independent audit of the accounts and financial transactions of the municipality or, in the case...
• Sec. 29.35.125 Fees for Police Protection Services.
  (a) A municipality may by ordinance impose a fee on the owner of residential property, including multi-family housing, if a member of the municipal...
• Sec. 29.35.130 Emergency Services Communications Centers.
  (a) A municipality may establish an emergency services communications center with one or more other municipalities and one or more state, federal, or private...
• Sec. 29.35.131 911 Surcharge.
  (a) A municipality may, by resolution or ordinance, elect to provide an enhanced 911 system at public safety answering points and may purchase or...
• Sec. 29.35.133 Immunity for 911 Systems.
  (a) The establishment, funding, use, operation, or maintenance of enhanced 911 systems and all activities associated with those actions are specifically found to be...
• Sec. 29.35.134 Multi-Line Telephone Systems.
  A municipality may by ordinance elect to require an enhanced 911 system from a multi-line telephone system. A multi-line telephone system operator must arrange...
• Sec. 29.35.135 Waiver of Privacy by Local Exchange Telephone Company Subscribers.
  Local exchange telephone company subscribers waive the privacy afforded by unlisted or unpublished telephone numbers to the extent that the name and address associated...
• Sec. 29.35.137 Definitions.
  In AS 29.35.131 - 29.35.137,(1) "enhanced 911 equipment" means the equipment dedicated to the operation of, or use in, the establishment, operation, or maintenance...
• Sec. 29.35.138 Application.
  AS 29.35.131 - 29.35.137 apply to home rule and general law municipalities.
• Sec. 29.35.140 Regulation of Transportation Carriers.
  A municipality may not regulate an activity regarding transportation of passengers or freight for hire if the regulation conflicts with the regulation of that...
• Sec. 29.35.141 Regulation of Radio Antennas.
  (a) A municipality that regulates the placement, screening, or height of radio antennas must reasonably accommodate amateur radio antennas. A municipality may require reasonable...
• Sec. 29.35.144 Sprinkler Systems in Certain Residential Buildings.
  (a) Except as provided by (b) of this section, a municipality may not require a sprinkler fire protection system to be included in the...
• Sec. 29.35.145 Regulation of Firearms and Knives.
  (a) The authority to regulate firearms and knives is reserved to the state, and, except as specifically provided by statute, a municipality may not...
• Sec. 29.35.146 Regulation of Unmanned Aircraft Systems.
  (a) A municipality may not adopt an ordinance that permits the release of images captured by an unmanned aircraft system in a manner inconsistent...
• Sec. 29.35.147 Licensing of Massage Therapists..
  (a) The authority to license massage therapists is reserved to the state, and, except as specifically provided by statute, a municipality may not enact...

Last modified: November 15, 2016