Authority to delegate

(a) Except as otherwise provided by AS 36.30 or this chapter, the chief procurement officer, commissioner of administration, commissioner of transportation and public facilities, or the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development will, in their discretion, delegate their authority under AS 36.30 to an employee in a department or agency. Authority conferred on the head of a purchasing agency by AS 36.30 may be delegated by that officer to an employee in that purchasing agency. A delegation of authority must be in writing. (b) The chief procurement officer, commissioner of administration, commissioner of transportation and public facilities, commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development, or the head of a purchasing agency may revoke authority that the officer has delegated.

(c) An employee delegated authority by the chief procurement officer, commissioner of administration, commissioner of transportation and public facilities, commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development, or the head of a purchasing agency, may exercise that authority only in accordance with the delegation, AS 36.30, and this chapter.