Alaska § 44.37.030 - Duties of department with respect to agriculture.
Full text of Alaska Alaska Statutes § 44.37.030 — Duties of department with respect to agriculture., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 44.37.030. Duties of department with respect to agriculture.
(a) The Department of Natural Resources shall (1) obtain and publish information electronically and in print on subjects connected with agriculture, including community seed libraries established under AS 03.20.120 ;
(2) control and regulate the entry and transportation of seeds, plants, and other horticultural products;
(3) control and eradicate the spread of pests injurious to plants, trees, vegetables, livestock, and poultry;
(4) aid in developing used and unused agricultural resources; and
(5) experiment and determine practical methods of growing, processing, soil analysis, eradication of obnoxious weeds, control of insects, and cheaper and more satisfactory methods of land clearing.
(b) The Department of Natural Resources may (1) advise persons who establish or operate a community seed library under AS 03.20.120 ; and
(2) post on the department's Internet website and annually update the following: (A) information about noncommercial giving or exchanging of seed, including information about community seed libraries established under AS 03.20.120 , community seed library locations, community seed library facilitators, and best practices for noncommercial giving or exchanging of seed;
(B) an online registration form for a person involved in noncommercial giving or exchanging of seed to submit to the department for publication, without a fee, information under AS 03.20.140 ;
(C) information provided for publication under (B) of this paragraph.
Source: official Alaska text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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