00HOUSE BILL NO. 361                                                                                                    
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 has determined not to                                        
06 maintain during the winter shall, to the extent feasible, provide for two lanes of travel                               
07 or, if two lanes are not feasible, pull-outs at regular intervals to aid the flow of two-                               
08 way traffic and for parking areas at regular intervals to allow public access to public lands                           
09 adjacent to the highway.  A person who undertakes to maintain a highway that is not                                     
10 maintained by the department may not recover compensation from the state or the public for                              
11 the costs that the person incurs in maintaining a highway.  A person may not recover civil                              
12 damages from the state for personal injury, death, or property damage resulting from the                                
13 private maintenance of a highway that the department has determined not to maintain during                              
14 the winter.