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AK Stat § 29.47.440 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 47. Municipal Debt|Article 6. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 29.47.440. Borough indebtedness.

(a) A borough may incur indebtedness on (1) an areawide basis for areawide functions; or (2) a nonareawide basis for functions performed only in the borough area outside all cities; or (3) a service area basis for functions performed only in a service area. (b) Payment of debt principal and interest as well as other costs shall be derived from the area incurring the debt under (a)(2) or (a)(3) of this section, except that the full faith and credit of the entire borough may be pledged to guarantee payment of principal and interest. (c) If the bonded debt to be incurred by a borough is an areawide debt, the vote is areawide. If the full faith and credit of the entire borough is pledged for the payment of the debt of the borough area outside all cities or of a service area, an areawide election is held and the proposition must pass both areawide and in the area that will benefit from the improvement. If the bonded indebtedness to be incurred is limited to the borough area outside all cities, the vote is limited to voters outside all cities. If the indebtedness to be incurred is limited to a service area, the vote is limited to voters in the service area. Only the full faith and credit of the area voting on the indebtedness is pledged for the payment of the debt. (d) The indebtedness of a municipality reclassified under AS 29.04.040 - 29.04.060 is not affected by reclassification. All property in a municipality that is reclassified remains subject to taxation to amortize bonded or other indebtedness affecting the municipality and authorized on the effective date of reclassification.
AK Stat § 29.47.450 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 47. Municipal Debt|Article 6. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 29.47.450. Service area debt.

The indebtedness of a service area acquired under AS 29.47.440 remains the indebtedness of the area that incurred the debt, notwithstanding a subsequent court determination that the service area was not validly formed under law or by virtue of a defect in the proceedings creating the service area. All property in the service area remains subject to taxation to pay the bonded indebtedness.
AK Stat § 29.47.460 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 47. Municipal Debt|Article 6. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 29.47.460. Debt for improvement area projects.

(a) A municipality may issue bonds to finance or to make loans to finance the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, or development of public improvements in improvement areas. The municipality may issue the bonds as general obligation bonds or as revenue bonds or as a combination of revenue bonds, general obligation bonds, and other forms of indebtedness. The municipality may pledge revenues described in (b) of this section, payments to be made by users and owners of the improvements, payments to be made by borrowers of the proceeds of the bonds, and any other revenues available to the municipality to the payment of bonds issued under this subsection. To the extent that the municipality issues general obligation bonds under this subsection, the provisions of AS 29.47.180 - 29.47.200 apply to the bonds. To the extent that the municipality issues revenue bonds under this subsection, the provisions of AS 29.47.250 and 29.47.260 apply to the bonds. (b) A municipality may provide by ordinance that the tax increment from the taxes levied each year by or on behalf of the municipality on the property in an improvement area shall be used to pay the principal and interest on bonds issued under (a) of this section for improvements in that improvement area, and may irrevocably pledge the tax increment from the area for that purpose. The area described in the ordinance may be a service area. Nothing in this section obligates a municipality that has issued bonds under (a) of this section and pledged a tax increment to the payment of those bonds under this subsection to levy any tax in the improvement area or any other area or to levy a tax at any particular rate within the improvement area or any other area. (c) The power granted by this section is in addition to other powers granted to municipalities and does not restrict or limit the powers municipalities may have under other provisions of law. (d) In this section, (1) “bonds” means bonds, notes, and other forms of indebtedness; (2) “improvement area” means an area that a municipality determines to be (A) a blighted area on the basis of the substantial presence of factors such as excessive vacant land on which structures were previously located, abandoned or vacant buildings, substandard structures, and delinquencies in payment of real property taxes; or (B) an area that is capable of being substantially improved based on the property value within the area; (3) “tax increment” means the portion of a tax that is attributable to the difference between the value of property within an improvement area shown on the taxing agency's assessment roll for the year when the taxes are levied and the value of the property shown on the taxing agency's last assessment roll that was equalized before the improvements in the improvement area were authorized.
AK Stat § 29.47.480 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 47. Municipal Debt|Article 6. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 29.47.480. Accrued actuarial liabilities of retirement systems.

(a) A municipality, or two or more municipalities jointly, may enter into a lease or other contractual agreement with a trustee, or the Alaska Municipal Bond Bank Authority or a subsidiary of the authority, a subsidiary of the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, the state bond committee, or the Alaska Pension Obligation Bond Corporation in connection with the issuance of obligations by a state entity to prepay all or a portion of each participating municipality's share of the accrued actuarial liabilities of retirement systems. Obligations issued for purposes described in this subsection must be secured and payable as provided in the agreement or under an authorizing ordinance. The agreement or ordinance may provide for reserves and for protective covenants. (b) Amounts paid by a participating municipality in connection with obligations issued by a state entity under this section, together with proceeds of the obligations and interest or earnings, may be pooled into one or more funds or accounts, including one or more debt service funds. The assets in any of the funds or accounts may be pledged to the holders of the obligations. (c) A municipality may enter into a funds diversion agreement with a state agency regarding payment of money on behalf of the municipality that may be applied to payments under a lease, other agreement, or obligation issued under this section. The funds diversion agreement must provide, subject to any conditions set out in the funds diversion agreement, that all or a portion of the funds otherwise payable to the municipality by the state agency shall be paid directly to the trustee, the Alaska Municipal Bond Bank Authority, or its subsidiary, a subsidiary of the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, the state bond committee, or the Alaska Pension Obligation Bond Corporation, to satisfy, in whole or part, the municipality's payments under the lease, other agreement, or obligations. Nothing in this subsection or in a funds diversion agreement entered into under this subsection obligates the state or a state agency to pay any amount to or on behalf of a municipality that the municipality is not otherwise entitled to receive or to make any payments of principal or interest on the obligations. (d) For purposes of this section, “obligations” means bonds, notes, commercial paper, certificates of participation, or other contractual obligations.
AK Stat § 29.55.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 55. Municipal Programs|Article 1. Historical Districts.|Sec. 29.55.010. Creation of local historical district commissions.

The governing body of a municipality may establish a local historical district commission or designate the planning commission or itself to serve as the historical district commission.
AK Stat § 29.55.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 55. Municipal Programs|Article 1. Historical Districts.|Sec. 29.55.020. Establishment of historical districts.

(a) In addition to existing municipal authority providing for the preservation, protection, and maintenance of historic sites, the local historical district commission, in consultation with the Alaska Historical Commission in the Department of Natural Resources, may establish historical districts within the boundaries of the municipality. (b) A historical district shall be a reasonably compact area of historical significance in which two or more structures important in state or national history, and related by physical proximity or historical association, are located. For purposes of this subsection, “structures important in state or national history” means properties recommended by historical district commissions that are listed in the National Register of Historic Places or are characteristic of the Russian-American period before October 18, 1867, the early territorial period before 1930, or early Native heritage, reflecting the indigenous characteristics of Native culture in Alaska. On recommendation of the governing body of a municipality and the Alaska Historical Commission, the Department of Natural Resources may by regulation formulate additional criteria for the establishment of historical districts not inconsistent with this subsection. (c) The establishment of a historical district under this section shall be consistent with any applicable comprehensive plan for the municipality.
AK Stat § 29.55.100 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 55. Municipal Programs|Article 2. Municipal Property Assessed Clean Energy Act.|Sec. 29.55.100. Establishment of program.

(a) A municipality may establish an energy improvement assessment program under AS 29.55.100 - 29.55.165 to finance the installation or modification of permanent improvements that are (1) fixed to existing privately owned commercial or industrial property; and (2) intended to reduce energy consumption or demand, energy costs, or emissions affecting local air quality, including a product, device, or interacting group of products or devices that use energy technology to generate electricity, provide thermal energy, or regulate temperature. (b) To establish a program under AS 29.55.100 - 29.55.165, the governing body of a municipality shall take the following actions in the following order: (1) adopt a resolution of intent that includes (A) a finding that financing energy improvement projects through assessments serves a valid public purpose; (B) a statement that the municipality intends to allow privately owned commercial or industrial property owners to make assessments to repay financing for energy improvement projects; (C) a description of energy improvement projects that may be subject to assessments; (D) a description of the boundaries of a region within the municipality's boundaries in which the program is available; (E) a description of any proposed arrangements to make third-party financing available or any financing the municipality will provide for energy improvement projects; and (F) a description of municipal debt servicing procedures for any third-party financing and assessments; (2) prepare the report required under AS 29.55.110 and provide notice of the report with the (A) location where the report is available for public inspection; (B) time and place for a public hearing on the proposed program; and (C) name of the local official who administers the program and the appropriate assessor or person who collects the proposed assessments with property taxes imposed on the assessed property; (3) hold a public hearing at which the public may comment on the proposed program and the report prepared under AS 29.55.110; and (4) adopt an ordinance establishing the program and the terms of the program, including each item included in the report required under AS 29.55.110, which may be incorporated by reference. (c) A municipality may (1) hire and set the compensation of a program administrator and program staff; or (2) contract for professional services necessary to administer a program. (d) A municipality may impose fees to offset the costs of administering a program. The fees authorized under this subsection may be assessed as a (1) program application fee paid by the property owner applying to the program; (2) component of the interest rate on the assessment in the written contract between the municipality and the property owner; or (3) combination of (1) and (2) of this subsection.
AK Stat § 29.55.115 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 55. Municipal Programs|Article 2. Municipal Property Assessed Clean Energy Act.|Sec. 29.55.115. Notice to mortgage holder required for participation.

Before a municipality may enter into a written contract with a record owner of property to impose an assessment to repay the financing of an energy improvement project under AS 29.55.100, the property owner shall (1) give each holder of a mortgage lien on the property at least 30 days” written notice of the intention of the property owner to participate in a program under AS 29.55.100; and (2) obtain a written consent from each holder of a mortgage lien on the property.
AK Stat § 29.55.120 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 55. Municipal Programs|Article 2. Municipal Property Assessed Clean Energy Act.|Sec. 29.55.120. Review required.

The record owner of property on which an assessment is imposed under AS 29.55.105 shall obtain from an independent, third-party qualified energy auditor the following: (1) for each proposed energy improvement project, (A) a review of the energy or emissions baseline conditions, as appropriate; and (B) the projected reduction in energy costs, energy consumption or demand, or emissions affecting local air quality, as appropriate; and (2) for each completed energy improvement project, verification that the energy improvement project was properly completed and is operating as intended.
AK Stat § 29.55.125 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 55. Municipal Programs|Article 2. Municipal Property Assessed Clean Energy Act.|Sec. 29.55.125. Direct acquisition by owner.

The proposed arrangements for financing an energy improvement project may authorize the property owner to (1) purchase directly the related equipment and materials for the energy improvement project; and (2) contract directly, including through lease, a power purchase agreement, or other service contract, for the energy improvement project.
AK Stat § 29.55.130 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 55. Municipal Programs|Article 2. Municipal Property Assessed Clean Energy Act.|Sec. 29.55.130. Recording of notice of assessment.

(a) A municipality that authorizes financing through assessments under AS 29.55.105 shall file written notice of each assessment in the property records of the recording district in which the property is located. (b) The notice under (a) of this section must contain (1) the amount of the assessment; (2) the legal description of the property; (3) the name of each property owner; and (4) a reference to the statutory assessment lien provided under AS 29.55.135.
AK Stat § 29.55.135 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 55. Municipal Programs|Article 2. Municipal Property Assessed Clean Energy Act.|Sec. 29.55.135. Lien.

(a) Assessments under AS 29.55.105 and any interest or penalties on the assessments are liens on the property assessed and are prior and paramount to all liens except municipal tax liens and special assessments. Assessment liens may be enforced as provided in AS 29.45.320 - 29.45.470 for enforcement of property tax liens. (b) Assessment liens run with the land, and that portion of the assessment under the assessment contract that has not yet become due is not eliminated by foreclosure of a property tax lien. (c) Penalties and interest may be added to delinquent installments of the assessments in the same manner as provided in AS 29.45.250. (d) A municipality may recover costs and expenses, including attorney fees, in a suit to collect a delinquent installment of an assessment in the same manner as in a suit to collect a delinquent property tax.
AK Stat § 29.55.140 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 55. Municipal Programs|Article 2. Municipal Property Assessed Clean Energy Act.|Sec. 29.55.140. Bonds or notes.

(a) A municipality may issue bonds or notes to finance energy improvement projects subject to assessment under AS 29.55.105. (b) Bonds or notes issued under this section may not be general obligations of the municipality. The bonds or notes must be secured by one or more of the following, as provided by the governing body of the municipality in the resolution or ordinance approving the bonds or notes: (1) payments of assessments on benefited property in one or more specified regions designated under AS 29.55.100; (2) reserves established by the municipality from grants, bonds, or net proceeds or other lawfully available funds; (3) municipal bond insurance, lines of credit, public or private guaranties, standby bond purchase agreements, collateral assignments, mortgages, or any other available means of providing credit support or liquidity; and (4) any other funds lawfully available for purposes consistent with AS 29.55.100 - 29.55.165. (c) A municipal pledge of assessments, funds, or contractual rights in connection with the issuance of bonds or notes by the municipality under this section is a first lien on the assessments, funds, or contractual rights pledged in favor of the person to whom the pledge is given, without further action by the municipality. The lien is valid and binding against any other person, with or without notice. (d) Bonds or notes issued under this section must further one or more of the following essential public and governmental purposes: (1) improvement of the reliability of local electrical systems; (2) reduction of energy costs; (3) reduction of energy demand on local utilities; (4) reduction of emissions affecting local air quality; (5) economic stimulation and development; (6) enhancement of property values; (7) enhancement of employment opportunities.
AK Stat § 29.55.145 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 55. Municipal Programs|Article 2. Municipal Property Assessed Clean Energy Act.|Sec. 29.55.145. Joint implementation.

A municipality may enter into an agreement with (1) a third party to administer a program under AS 29.55.100; (2) one or more municipalities to implement or administer jointly a program under AS 29.55.100; if two or more municipalities jointly implement a program, a single public hearing held jointly by the cooperating municipalities is sufficient to satisfy the requirement of AS 29.55.100(b)(3).
AK Stat § 29.55.150 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 55. Municipal Programs|Article 2. Municipal Property Assessed Clean Energy Act.|Sec. 29.55.150. Prohibited acts.

A municipality that establishes a region under AS 29.55.100 may not make the issuance of a permit, license, or other authorization from the municipality to a person who owns property in the region contingent on the person entering into a written contract to repay the financing of an energy improvement project through assessments under AS 29.55.105, or otherwise compel a person who owns property in the region to enter into a written contract to repay the financing of an energy improvement project through assessments under AS 29.55.105.
AK Stat § 29.55.155 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 55. Municipal Programs|Article 2. Municipal Property Assessed Clean Energy Act.|Sec. 29.55.155. Application.

AS 29.55.100 - 29.55.165 apply to home rule and general law municipalities.
AK Stat § 29.55.160 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 55. Municipal Programs|Article 2. Municipal Property Assessed Clean Energy Act.|Sec. 29.55.160. Definitions.

In AS 29.55.100 - 29.55.165, (1) “mortgage” has the meaning given in AS 13.06.050; (2) “program” means a program established under AS 29.55.100.
AK Stat § 29.55.165 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 55. Municipal Programs|Article 2. Municipal Property Assessed Clean Energy Act.|Sec. 29.55.165. Short title.

AS 29.55.100 - 29.55.165 may be cited as the Municipal Property Assessed Clean Energy Act.
AK Stat § 29.60.400 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 60. State Programs|Article 1. Community Facilities Grants.|Sec. 29.60.400. Grants for community facilities.

(a) Within the limits of appropriations for the purpose the department shall make matching grants in accordance with the provisions of AS 29.60.410 - 29.60.440 to municipalities or their nonprofit designees equal to (1) 50 percent of the estimated reasonable costs of construction of municipal civic, convention, and community recreation centers; and (2) 50 percent of the cost of feasibility studies relating to the construction of municipal civic, convention, and community recreation centers. (b) A grant may be made under this section only to a municipality with the power to implement the study or project for which the grant is authorized or to its nonprofit designee. A grant for only one study and one project may be awarded to a municipality or its designee under this section. (c) In this section, “costs of construction” means, in addition to costs directly related to a project, the sum of all costs of financing and carrying out the project, including the costs of all necessary studies, surveys, plans and specifications, architectural, engineering, or other special services, acquisition of real property, site preparation and development, purchase, construction, reconstruction, and improvement of real property and the acquisition of machinery and equipment necessary to the project; an allocable portion of the administrative and operating expenses of the grantee; and the cost of financing the project, including interest on bonds issued to finance the project, the cost of indemnity and surety bonds, premiums on insurance, legal fees, fees and expenses of trustees, depositaries, financial advisors, and the costs associated with the issuance of bonds. It does not include the cost of feasibility studies.