Alaska Statutes 46.03.050 – Authority
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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 46.03.050
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- 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
The department has jurisdiction to prevent and abate the pollution of the waters of the state.