The department shall

(1) annually pay permanent fund dividends from the dividend fund;
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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 43.23.055

  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(2) subject to Alaska Stat. § 43.23.011 and (8) of this section, adopt regulations under Alaska Stat. Chapter 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) that establish procedures and time limits for claiming a permanent fund dividend; the department shall determine the number of eligible applicants by October 1 of the year for which the dividend is declared and pay the dividends by December 31 of that year;
(3) adopt regulations under Alaska Stat. Chapter 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) that establish procedures and time limits for an individual upon emancipation or upon reaching majority to apply for permanent fund dividends not received during minority because the parent, guardian, or other authorized representative did not apply on behalf of the individual;
(4) assist residents of the state, particularly in rural areas, who, because of language, disability, or inaccessibility to public transportation, need assistance to establish eligibility and to apply for permanent fund dividends;
(5) use a list of individuals ineligible for a dividend under Alaska Stat. § 43.23.005 (d) provided annually by the Department of Corrections and the Department of Public Safety to determine the number and identity of those individuals;
(6) adopt regulations that are necessary to implement Alaska Stat. § 43.23.005 (d) and 43.23.048;
(7) adopt regulations that establish procedures for the parent, guardian, or other authorized representative of a disabled individual to apply for prior year permanent fund dividends not received by the disabled individual because no application was submitted on behalf of the individual;
(8) adopt regulations that establish procedures for an individual to apply to have a dividend disbursement under Alaska Stat. § 37.25.050 (a)(2) reissued if it is not collected within two years after the date of its issuance; however, the department may not establish a time limit within which an application to have a disbursement reissued must be filed;
(9) provide any information, upon request, contained in permanent fund dividend records to the child support services agency created in Alaska Stat. § 25.27.010, or the child support enforcement agency of another state, for child support purposes authorized under law; if the information is contained in an electronic data base, the department shall provide the requesting agency with either

(A) access to the data base; or
(B) a copy of the information in the data base and a statement certifying its contents;
(10) establish a fraud investigation unit for the purpose of assisting the

(A) Department of Law in the prosecution of individuals who apply for or obtain a permanent fund dividend in violation of a provision in Alaska Stat. Title 11, by detecting and investigating those crimes; and
(B) commissioner to detect and investigate the claiming or paying of permanent fund dividends that should not have been claimed by or paid to an individual and to impose the penalties and enforcement provisions under Alaska Stat. § 43.23.270.
(11) adopt regulations under Alaska Stat. Chapter 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) so that contributions under Alaska Stat. § 43.23.130 are given a priority over donations under AS 43.23.230if the total amount of contributions and donations elected by an applicant exceeds the amount of the permanent fund dividend that the applicant is entitled to receive.
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