00 CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 263 (TRA)                                                                                      
01 "An Act relating to secondary roads; and providing for an effective date."                                              
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
03    * Section 1.  SECONDARY ROADS.  (a)  The Department of Transportation and Public                                   
04 Facilities shall adopt regulations establishing design and construction standards for secondary                         
05 roads that are uniform throughout the state, shall identify unimproved secondary roads, and                             
06 shall rank those unimproved secondary roads in the order in which they should be upgraded                               
07 by the department.  Standards adopted for secondary roads under this subsection need not                                
08 conform to those adopted by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation                                
09 Officials.                                                                                                              
10  (b)  A municipality may request the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities                                 
11 to transfer to the municipality the ownership of a secondary road or that portion of the road                           
12 that is within the boundaries of the municipality.  If the secondary road meets the standards                           
13 established under (a) of this section, the department may transfer the road or a portion of the                         
14 road to the municipality.  The department shall give priority to upgrading an unimproved                                
01 secondary road if the department receives a request for the transfer of that road or a portion                          
02 of the road to a municipality under this subsection.                                                                    
03  (c)  Appropriations may be made from federal or other funds to the Department of                                       
04 Transportation and Public Facilities for upgrading unimproved secondary roads.                                          
05  (d)  For purposes of this section, "unimproved secondary road" means a dirt or gravel                                  
06 road or a road that has received a cold asphaltic application, and that                                                 
07   (1)  is dedicated to public use;                                                                                      
08   (2)  is used by automotive equipment;                                                                                 
09   (3)  is under the control of the Department of Transportation and Public                                              
10 Facilities; and                                                                                                         
11   (4)  does not meet the standards established under (a) of this section.                                               
12    * Sec. 2.  This Act is repealed June 30, 2003.                                                                     
13    * Sec. 3.   This Act takes effect July 1, 1998.