1994 Alaska Statutes
TITLE 11 CRIMINAL LAW
Chapter 11.76. MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES
Sec. 11.76.130. INTERFERENCE WITH RIGHTS OF DISABLED PERSON.
(a) A person commits the crime of interference with the rights of a disabled person if the person intentionally prevents or restricts
(1) a physically or mentally disabled person from having full and free pedestrian use of a street, highway, sidewalk, walkway, or other thoroughfare, to the same extent that any other person has a right to pedestrian use; or
(2) a physically disabled person from being accompanied or assisted by a certified service animal, without an extra charge for the service animal, in a common carrier, place of public accommodation, or other place to which the general public is invited, except as provided in (b) of this section.
(b) A physically disabled person who is accompanied or assisted by a certified service animal in a common carrier, place of public accommodation, or other place to which the general public is invited, is liable for property damage done by the animal.
(c) In this section
(1) "certified service animal" means an animal trained to assist a physically disabled person and certified by a school or training facility for service animals as having completed such training;
(2) "physically or mentally disabled" has the meaning given in AS 18.80.300.
(d) Interference with the rights of a disabled person is a class B misdemeanor.
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