(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary and except as provided in (f) and (g) of this section, a person may obtain judicial relief in an administrative matter from the superior court before the state agency handling the administrative proceeding on the matter issues a final administrative decision if

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 44.62.305

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • 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
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(1) the person is a party to the administrative proceeding;
(2) the person has satisfied the procedural requirements of the administrative proceeding up to the time that the person petitions for judicial relief under (b) of this section;
(3) the state agency has unreasonably delayed the progress of the administrative proceeding; and
(4) further delay in reaching a final administrative decision will cause the person immediate and irreparable damage.
(b) A person may seek judicial relief under (a) of this section by filing a petition in the superior court. A person may not file the petition until 30 days after the person has filed with the state agency handling the administrative proceeding a written notice that the person intends to file the petition.
(c) In a proceeding begun under (b) of this section, if the superior court determines that the person is eligible for judicial relief under (a) of this section, the superior court may

(1) enjoin the administrative proceeding and determine the administrative matter in the superior court;
(2) order that the administrative matter be handled by another form of dispute resolution; or
(3) establish a deadline for the state agency to issue a final administrative decision.
(d) After a person files a petition under (b) of this section, the state agency shall continue with the administrative proceeding unless the superior court

(1) enjoins the administrative proceeding under (c)(1) of this section; or
(2) issues an order under (c)(2) of this section.
(e) If the superior court decides that a person is not eligible for judicial relief under (a) of this section, a party to the administrative proceeding may exercise any right of appeal allowed under law for the final administrative decision as if the person had not filed a petition under (b) of this section.
(f) A person may not obtain judicial relief under this section in a personnel proceeding by a state agency. In this subsection, “personnel proceeding” includes a proceeding under Alaska Stat. Chapter 39.25 (State Personnel Act) and a proceeding in a grievance arbitration procedure under a collective bargaining agreement.
(g) This section does not apply to an administrative proceeding of a state agency if another statute of this state establishes a deadline for the state agency to make a final decision in the administrative proceeding.
(h) In this section,

(1) “administrative matter” means the subject matter of an administrative proceeding;
(2) “administrative proceeding” means

(A) a proceeding subject to Alaska Stat. § 44.62.330 – 44.62.630; and
(B) a proceeding that is not subject to Alaska Stat. § 44.62.330 – 44.62.630, that is authorized by statute for the adjudication of a state agency matter by the state agency handling the matter or by a person appointed by the state agency, and that involves a matter that directly affects the personal, professional, or business interests of a specific person who is named in the adjudication;
(3) “damage” means damage to the personal, professional, or business interests of a person;
(4) “party” means a specific person whose personal, professional, or business interests are the subject of an administrative proceeding and who is named in the administrative proceeding;
(5) “person” does not include a state agency or other governmental agency;
(6) “state agency” means a department, an institution, a board, a commission, a division, an authority, and any other administrative unit of the executive branch of state government, except a public corporation; the term includes the University of Alaska.
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