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Alaska Stat. § 44.17.040 (2026)

Department staffs

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Sec. 44.17.040. Department staffs.
The principal executive officer of each department may establish necessary subordinate positions, make appointments to these positions, and remove persons appointed within the limitations of appropriations and subject to state personnel laws. Each person appointed to a subordinate position established by the principal executive officer is under the supervision, direction, and control of the officer.


Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1990–2025 · leading case: Hertz v. State, 22 P.3d 895 (Alaska Ct. App. 2001).
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Hertz v. State, 22 P.3d 895 (Alaska Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 2× “010 44 and AS 44.17.040, 45 which authorize the executive officer of each Alaska department to assign functions to subordinate officers and employees.”
City of Cordova v. Medicaid Rate Comm'n, 789 P.2d 346 (Alaska 1990). “The State buttresses the superior court’s decision by reference to AS 44.17.040, which includes the word “appointments”: Department staffs.”
State v. Breeze, 873 P.2d 627 (Alaska Ct. App. 1994). “010 and AS 44.17.040, which somehow limits or restricts the attorney general from appointing a special prosecutor.”
Bus. Doe, LLC v. State of Alaska (Alaska 2025). · cites it 2× “010 and AS 44.17.040, Business Doe also argued that the investigation was unauthorized because “[t]here was .”
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