{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-42.04.070","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 42.04.070","heading":"Powers and duties of commission chair.","body":"(a) The chair of the commission shall\n(1) employ the commission staff;\n(2) establish and implement a time management system for the commission;\n(3) assign the work of the commission to members and staff of the commission so that matters before the commission are resolved as expeditiously and competently as possible; when assigning a matter, the chair shall also set a date by which time the matter should be completed.\n(b) The chair of the commission may appoint a hearing examiner or an administrative law judge to hear a matter that has come before the commission; a member of the commission may serve as hearing examiner or, if qualified, as an administrative law judge.\n(c) The chair of the commission shall request the attorney general to participate as a party in a matter when the commission believes that it is in the public interest for the attorney general to do so.","path":["Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs.","Chapter 04. Regulatory Commission of Alaska.","Article 1. Commission and Staff."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#42.04.070","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:19:21Z","sha256":"bca0349489f682f9716113b71a1ea2853bb3fa9041f48dab31621a65dd94ff0c","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-42.04.060","next":"us-ak/as-42.04.080"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}