00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 502                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the designation of and funding for rustic roads and highways; and                                   
02 providing for an effective date."                                                                                       
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 19.10 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                 
05            Sec. 19.10.075.  Designation of rustic roads and highways; funding.  (a)  A                                
06       rustic road or highway is an unpaved road or highway that has been designated as a                                
07       rustic road or highway by the legislature.  The department shall plan, design,                                    
08       construct, and maintain a rustic road or highway according to appropriate planning,                               
09       design, construction, maintenance, and safety standards for unpaved roads and                                     
10       highways.  The department may not pave a rustic road or highway.                                                  
11            (b)  The department may nominate an unpaved road or highway or a portion of                                  
12       an unpaved road or highway for designation as a rustic road or highway by the                                     
13       legislature.  The department may solicit recommendations and comments from the                                    
14       public regarding unpaved roads or highways to be nominated for designation as rustic                              

01       roads and highways.                                                                                               
02            (c)  The following roads and highways are designated as rustic roads and                                     
03       highways:                                                                                                         
04                 (1)  the portions of the Denali Highway that are not paved on the                                       
05       effective date of this Act;                                                                                       
06                 (2)  the portion of the Hatcher Pass Road from milepost 18 to milepost                                  
07       25;                                                                                                               
08                 (3)  the portion of the Copper River Highway from milepost 18 to                                        
09       milepost 49, including the Million Dollar Bridge (bridge number 0206);                                            
10                 (4)  Donlin Creek - Crooked Creek Road.                                                                 
11            (d)  The department shall incorporate projects for the planning, design,                                     
12       construction, and maintenance of rustic roads and highways into the statewide                                     
13       transportation improvement program.  The department shall expend a minimum of 50                                  
14       percent of funding available under the statewide transportation improvement program                               
15       that is allocated to the trails and recreational access for Alaska program for projects                           
16       for rustic roads and highways.                                                                                    
17    * Sec. 2.  AS 19.10.075 is repealed July 1, 2010.                                                                  
18    * Sec. 3.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).