HB 355: "An Act relating to the duties of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities; and relating to a statewide public and community transit plan."
00 HOUSE BILL NO. 355 01 "An Act relating to the duties of the Department of Transportation and Public 02 Facilities; and relating to a statewide public and community transit plan." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 44.42.020(a) is amended to read: 05 (a) The department shall 06 (1) plan, design, construct, and maintain all state modes of 07 transportation and transportation facilities and all docks, floats, breakwaters, buildings, 08 and similar facilities; 09 (2) study existing transportation modes and facilities in the state to 10 determine how they might be improved or whether they should continue to be 11 maintained; 12 (3) study alternative means of improving transportation in the state 13 with regard to the economic costs of each alternative and its environmental and social 14 effects, including public, tribal, and community transit programs;
01 (4) develop a comprehensive, long-range, intermodal transportation 02 plan for the state, including public, tribal, and community transit programs; 03 (5) study alternatives to existing modes of transportation in urban, 04 rural, and remote areas and develop plans to improve [URBAN] transportation 05 systems through coordination with local governments and tribal entities; 06 (6) cooperate and coordinate with and enter into agreements with 07 federal, state, and local government agencies and private organizations and persons in 08 exercising its powers and duties; 09 (7) manage, operate, and maintain state transportation facilities and all 10 docks, floats, breakwaters, and buildings, including all state highways, vessels, 11 railroads, pipelines, airports, and aviation facilities; 12 (8) study alternative means of transportation in the state, considering 13 the economic, social, and environmental effects of each alternative; 14 (9) coordinate and develop state and regional transportation systems, 15 considering deletions, additions, and the absence of alterations; 16 (10) develop facility program plans for transportation and state 17 buildings, docks, and breakwaters required to implement the duties set out in this 18 section, including but not limited to functional performance criteria and schedules for 19 completion; 20 (11) supervise and maintain all state automotive and mechanical 21 equipment, aircraft, and vessels, except vessels and aircraft used by the Department of 22 Fish and Game or the Department of Public Safety; for state vehicles maintained by 23 the department, the department shall, every five years, evaluate the cost, efficiency, 24 and commercial availability of alternative fuels for automotive purposes, and the 25 purpose for which the vehicles are intended to be used, and convert vehicles to use 26 alternative fuels or purchase energy efficient vehicles whenever practicable; the 27 department may participate in joint ventures with public or private partners that will 28 foster the availability of alternative fuels for all automotive fuel consumers; 29 (12) supervise aeronautics inside the state, under AS 02.10; 30 (13) implement the safety and financial responsibility requirements for 31 air carriers under AS 02.40;
01 (14) inspect weights and measures; 02 (15) at least every four years, study alternatives available to finance 03 transportation systems in order to provide an adequate level of funding to sustain and 04 improve the state's transportation system; 05 (16) allot space to and manage space in state buildings for the various 06 departments according to need and available space; 07 (17) develop a statewide public and community transit plan in 08 cooperation with public and community transit operators, local governments, 09 communities, and tribal entities.