00SENATE CS FOR CS 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 multiple type vehicle access to allow public access to public lands adjacent to the state                               
08 highway.  A person who undertakes to maintain a state highway that is not maintained                                    
09 by the department may not recover compensation from the state or the public for the                                     
10 costs that the person incurs in maintaining a state highway.  A person may not recover                                  
11 civil damages from the state for personal injury, death, or property damage resulting                                   
12 from the private maintenance of a state highway that the department has determined                                      
13 not to maintain during the winter and has posted that persons travel at their own risk.