{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-19.65.011","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 19.65.011","heading":"Short-term and comprehensive long-range plans.","body":"The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, in consultation with the Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board, shall prepare a short-term plan and a comprehensive long-range plan for the development and improvement of the Alaska marine highway system and shall, in consultation with the Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board, revise and update the short-term plan annually and the comprehensive long-range plan at least every five years. The short-term plan must describe the means by which effective and efficient progress toward priorities and goals defined in the comprehensive long-range plan will be attained, must include recommendations for the state operating and capital budgets, and must include a description of skill or competency gaps in the membership of the Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board. The comprehensive long-range plan must include priorities and goals for the Alaska marine highway system and a proposed strategic maintenance and vessel replacement plan and may recommend performance measures, including output, efficiency, and effectiveness measures. The department shall submit both the short-term and the comprehensive long-range plans and revisions and updates of the plans to the legislature and the governor and make the plans available to the public.","path":["Title 19. Highways and Ferries.","Chapter 65. Alaska Marine Highway System."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#19.65.011","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:17:21Z","sha256":"39460a934701fad18cbb22718605cb76c6894b34906dc5494aac4a078f2ea068","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-19.65.010","next":"us-ak/as-19.65.020"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}