AS 41.21.122: Management responsibility.

(a) Except as provided by (b) and (c) of this section, control, development, and maintenance of state land and water described in AS 41.21.121 as the Chugach State Park and control of roadside structures within the park are assigned to the department. The Department of Fish and Game shall cooperate with the department to provide for those purposes under AS 41.21.121 relevant to the duties of the Department of Fish and Game. If, in the exercise of management responsibility under this section, conflicts of land ownership, jurisdiction, or authority are unreconcilable or unmanageable other than at an unreasonable cost and expense to the state, the commissioner, after public hearing in accordance with AS 44.62, may modify, subject to the approval of the legislature, the boundaries of the Chugach State Park, not to exceed 20 percent of the total acreage described in AS 41.21.121.

(b) The department may grant an easement or right-of-way within the Chugach State Park for the purposes of repairing, maintaining, and constructing roads and related facilities within the park to a municipality if

(1) the easement or right-of-way is requested by the municipality;

(2) the municipality bears any costs associated with the granted easement or right-of-way and facilities related to the easement or right-of-way;

(3) the municipality assumes the duty of maintaining the easement or right-of-way and any related constructed facilities for the duration of the grant;

(4) the easement or right-of-way sets out the period of its duration, whether temporary or perpetual;

(5) the department provides notice of the proposed grant in the manner provided by AS 44.62.190 and 44.62.200 and conducts at least one hearing in accordance with the provisions of AS 44.62.210; and

(6) the commissioner finds that granting the easement or right-of-way

(A) will improve, facilitate, or maintain public access to the park; and

(B) is in the public interest.

(c) The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities shall repair and maintain existing public roads within the Chugach State Park except for repairs and maintenance performed by a municipality under (b) of this section.