AS Title 44, Chapter 80: Liability of the State

Chapter 80. Liability of the State. Sec. 44.80.010. State as a party to actions. If a statute or regulation designates a state department, agency, board, commission, or public officer as a necessary or proper party to prosecute or defend an action in a court of the state, (1) the state is also a proper party to the action; (2) it is not necessary to name a department, agency, board, commission, or public officer as an additional party to the action; and (3) the Department of Law may bring, prosecute, or defend the action in any court in the name of the state. Secs. 44.80.020 — 44.80.050. Federal Construction of Flood Control Projects. [Repealed, § 1 ch 77 SLA 1980.] Sec. 44.80.070. Liability of state under special use permits. When the state, or a department or agency of the state that has control over a highway or vehicular way or area, permits a portion of the highway or vehicular way or area, as defined under AS 28.90.990 , to be used for a special purpose, the state is not subject to legal action or recovery of damages for injury arising out of, or in any manner connected with the special purpose use.