Mechanical Contractors of Alaska, Inc. v. State, Department of Public Safety

OPINION

CARPENETI, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Mechanical Contractors of Alaska, Inc. appeals the superior court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the Department of Public Safety and the Department of Community and Economic Development that upheld the departments’ adoption of the International Mechanical Code. Mechanical Contractors argues that the departments exceeded their statutory authority and violated the Administrative Procedures Act when they adopted the International Mechanical Code in 2001. Because the two departments have authority to adopt the code, and because they substantially…