{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-47.14.010","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 47.14.010","heading":"General powers of department over juvenile facilities and institutions.","body":"The department may\n(1) purchase, lease, or construct buildings or other facilities for the care, detention, rehabilitation, and education of children in need of aid or delinquent minors;\n(2) adopt plans for construction of juvenile detention facilities, juvenile treatment facilities, and other juvenile institutions;\n(3) adopt standards and regulations for the design, construction, repair, maintenance, and operation of all juvenile detention facilities, juvenile treatment facilities, and institutions;\n(4) inspect periodically each juvenile detention facility, juvenile treatment facility, or other institution to ensure that the standards and regulations adopted are being maintained;\n(5) reimburse municipalities maintaining and operating juvenile detention facilities;\n(6) enter into contracts and arrangements with cities and state and federal agencies to carry out the purposes of AS 47.10, AS 47.12, and this chapter;\n(7) do all acts necessary to carry out the purposes of AS 47.10, AS 47.12, and this chapter;\n(8) adopt the regulations necessary to carry out AS 47.10, AS 47.12, and this chapter;\n(9) accept donations, gifts, or bequests of money or other property for use in construction of juvenile institutions, detention facilities, or juvenile treatment facilities;\n(10) operate juvenile detention facilities when municipalities are unable to do so;\n(11) receive, care for, and place in a juvenile detention facility, the minor's own home, a foster home, a juvenile treatment facility, or treatment institution all minors committed to its custody under AS 47.10, AS 47.12, and this chapter.","path":["Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions.","Chapter 14. Juvenile Programs and Institutions."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#47.14.010","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:19:52Z","sha256":"1fc4dbaa7e658e4490da2bc1f8addd723fb1ca2af977a530b2fbca1c4c38c25b","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-47.12.990","next":"us-ak/as-47.14.020"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}