00CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 361(TRA)                                                                                        
01 "An Act relating to private maintenance of state highways."                                                             
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
03    * Section 1.  AS 19.10 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                 
04  Sec. 19.10.095. Private maintenance of state highways.  A person who                                                
05 undertakes to maintain a state highway that the department normally maintains but has                                   
06 determined not to maintain during the winter shall, to the extent feasible, provide for                                 
07 two lanes of travel or, if two lanes are not feasible, pull-outs at regular intervals to aid                            
08 the flow of two-way traffic and for parking areas at regular intervals to allow public                                  
09 access to public lands adjacent to the highway.  A person who undertakes to maintain                                    
10 a highway that is not maintained by the department shall obtain written approval from                                   
11 the department and may not recover compensation from the state or the public for the                                    
12 costs that the person incurs in maintaining a highway.  A person may not recover civil                                  
13 damages from the state for personal injury, death, or property damage resulting from                                    
14 the private maintenance of a highway that the department has determined not to                                          

01 maintain during the winter.