(a) The Department of Administration, after consulting with the office of administrative hearings (Alaska Stat. § 44.64.010), shall fix a time for hearing the appeal and shall notify the claimant and the officer who approved the voucher and give them a reasonable opportunity to be heard. The hearing shall be conducted by the office of administrative hearings.
Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 44.77.040
action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
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.
Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
(b) The department, after the hearing, may affirm, reverse, or modify its original decision. Upon acceptance by the claimant of the decision of the department or if the claimant does not obtain judicial review as set out in (c) of this section, the department shall make a disbursement from the proper appropriation for the sum the department finds due the claimant.(c) If the claimant does not accept the decision of the Department of Administration, the claimant may obtain judicial review of the decision in accordance with Alaska Stat. § 44.62.560 – 44.62.570. A claimant may also bring an action under Alaska Stat. § 09.50.250 – 09.50.300 at any time after one year has elapsed since the presentation of the claim under Alaska Stat. § 44.77.010, if no decision has been made by the department.
