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AK Stat § 44.77.015 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 77. Claims Against the State|Sec. 44.77.015. Claims for medical services.

(a) For the purposes of filing claims for medical services provided under AS 47.07 or AS 47.25.120 - 47.25.300, “promptly,” in AS 44.77.010(a), means within 12 months after the date of service or as provided in (b) of this section. Except as provided in (c) of this section, a claim may not be paid if it is not filed promptly; an inference to the contrary may not be drawn from AS 09.10.053, AS 09.50.250 - 09.50.300, or AS 37.25.010. (b) In accordance with (a) of this section, a claim may be considered to be filed promptly if (1) the claim was filed more than 12 months after the date of service because the medical provider had reason to believe that the beneficiary was ineligible for service under AS 47.07 or AS 47.25.120 - 47.25.300; (2) a court of competent jurisdiction or an administrative hearing officer finds that the beneficiary was eligible for service under AS 47.07 or AS 47.25.120 - 47.25.300 on the date of service; and (3) the claim is filed within 12 months after the date that the court or administrative finding is rendered. The beneficiary is responsible for notifying the medical provider of the judicial or administrative finding. The department shall make a good faith effort to notify the medical provider of the judicial or administrative finding if the department has reason to believe that services have been provided to the beneficiary. (c) The commissioner of health and social services may authorize payment to a medical provider of a claim not promptly filed, upon good cause shown. (d) In this section, (1) “beneficiary” means a person who is found to be eligible to receive medical services under AS 47.07 or AS 47.25.120 - 47.25.300; (2) “medical provider” means a person, firm, corporation, association, or institution that, on the date of service, was approved to provide medical assistance, in accordance with regulations adopted by the Department of Health and Social Services.
AK Stat § 44.77.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 77. Claims Against the State|Sec. 44.77.020. Disallowance by officer.

(a) If the administrative or executive officer disallows all or part of the claim, the claimant may obtain a review of the officer's action by applying within 60 days to the Department of Administration, at Juneau, orally or in writing. (b) When the application is made, the officer who disallowed the claim shall transmit the claim and all papers and memoranda relating to the claim to the Department of Administration. (c) When it receives the claim, papers, and memoranda, the department shall reexamine the merits of the claim. (d) The department may adopt procedure consistent with law, and shall make its decision affirming, modifying, or reversing the action of the officer. The decision may be oral or written if made in the presence of the claimant; otherwise it must be written.
AK Stat § 44.77.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 77. Claims Against the State|Sec. 44.77.030. Disallowance by department.

(a) If the Department of Administration disallows a claim or demand against the state, the Department of Administration shall give the claimant and the officer who approved the voucher a written notice setting out its reasons for the disallowance. (b) If the claim or demand is disallowed because the claimant or officer did not submit vouchers in proper form or did not comply with regulations of the Department of Administration for the presentation of claims or demands against the state, the claim or demand may be resubmitted in the proper form. (c) If the claim or demand is disallowed on its merits, the claimant or the officer who approved the voucher may give written notice of appeal to the Department of Administration from its original decision to disallow. This notice of appeal must be given to the department within 60 days after the claimant or officer receives a written notice of disallowance. Notice of the claimant or the officer to have the decision of the disbursing officer reviewed by the department is sufficient if it shows a desire to have the Department of Administration review its original decision to disallow and may be signed by the claimant, an agent of the claimant, or the officer who approved the voucher.
AK Stat § 44.77.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 77. Claims Against the State|Sec. 44.77.040. Hearing and judgment on appeal to department.

(a) The Department of Administration, after consulting with the office of administrative hearings (AS 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. (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 AS 44.62.560 - 44.62.570. A claimant may also bring an action under AS 09.50.250 - 09.50.300 at any time after one year has elapsed since the presentation of the claim under AS 44.77.010, if no decision has been made by the department.
AK Stat § 44.77.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 77. Claims Against the State|Sec. 44.77.050. Witnesses and procedures.

The Department of Administration may hear witnesses on a question of fact involved in an appeal and may authorize the deposition of an absent witness to be taken. The department may adopt regulations governing proceedings on appeal, and may administer oaths to witnesses appearing before it. False testimony before the department is perjury.
AK Stat § 44.77.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 77. Claims Against the State|Sec. 44.77.060. Request for attorney general's opinion.

If a question of law is involved in a case before the Department of Administration, it may request a written opinion from the attorney general.
AK Stat § 44.77.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 77. Claims Against the State|Sec. 44.77.070. Applicability of AS 44.77.010 - 44.77.060.

AS 44.77.010 - 44.77.060 do not apply to a department in the executive branch or to the legislative or judicial branches if that department or branch has adopted a mandatory claims and appeal procedure.
AK Stat § 44.80.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 80. Liability of the State|Sec. 44.80.010. State as a party to actions.

If a statute or regulation designates a state department, agency, board, commission, or public officer as a necessary or proper party to prosecute or defend an action in a court of the state, (1) the state is also a proper party to the action; (2) it is not necessary to name a department, agency, board, commission, or public officer as an additional party to the action; and (3) the Department of Law may bring, prosecute, or defend the action in any court in the name of the state.
AK Stat § 44.80.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 80. Liability of the State|Sec. 44.80.070. Liability of state under special use permits.

When the state, or a department or agency of the state that has control over a highway or vehicular way or area, permits a portion of the highway or vehicular way or area, as defined under AS 28.90.990, to be used for a special purpose, the state is not subject to legal action or recovery of damages for injury arising out of, or in any manner connected with the special purpose use.
AK Stat § 44.81.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 81. Commercial Fishing and Agriculture Bank|Sec. 44.81.010. Alaska Commercial Fishing and Agriculture Bank.

(a) There is established the Alaska Commercial Fishing and Agriculture Bank. The exercise by the bank of the powers conferred by this chapter is considered to be for a public purpose. In the exercise of its powers under AS 44.81.215(11), the bank is acting as an agent under the express authority and reservations of the state as the issuer of limited entry permits under AS 16.43. The bank is exempt from the provisions of AS 06.05 (Alaska Banking Code) and AS 10.15 (Alaska Cooperative Corporation Act) in its structure and operations and in the exercise of powers granted by this chapter, and the bank is exempt from AS 45.45.010 - 45.45.090 when lending money under this chapter. (b) For the purpose of acquiring and accumulating capital of the bank, the board may issue nonvoting, preferred shares of stock in the bank and determine the value of each share. The state, through the Department of Revenue, may purchase the nonvoting, preferred shares issued by the bank. Shares purchased by the state shall be repurchased by the bank within 20 years after their purchase. If the bank fails to repurchase the shares within 20 years after their purchase by the state, the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development may appoint a receiver to direct, manage, and operate the bank until the shares have been repurchased. Upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation of the bank, and upon repayment of all legal debts and obligations of the bank, all shares of nonvoting, preferred stock owned by the state have priority for redemption over all other forms and amounts of ownership of the bank. (c) [Repealed, § 43 ch 85 SLA 1988.]
AK Stat § 44.81.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 81. Commercial Fishing and Agriculture Bank|Sec. 44.81.020. Board of directors.

(a) The bank shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of seven to nine natural persons. The number is determined by the bank's bylaws. Two board members shall be appointed by the governor of the state. The other board members shall be elected by the members of the bank as provided in the bank's bylaws, except that at least one of the elected board members must be a resident farmer. The board members appointed under this section must be residents of the state and meet the requirements of AS 39.05.100. (b) The members of the board shall serve for terms of three years and may serve successive terms. Terms must be staggered. A member of the board who releases confidential information in violation of AS 44.81.260, commits serious ethical misconduct that relates to the member's fitness to serve as a member of the board, or maintains a chronic substandard borrowing relationship with the bank shall be removed from the board. (c) A majority of the members of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business and the exercise of the powers and duties of the board. (d) A member of the board may not vote on a transaction of the bank under this chapter if the member is a party to the transaction. (e) The members of the board shall annually elect from among themselves a chair and vice-chair and other board officers as may be provided in the bank's bylaws. (f) [Repealed, § 10 ch 112 SLA 2014.]
AK Stat § 44.81.031 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 81. Commercial Fishing and Agriculture Bank|Sec. 44.81.031. Officers and employees.

(a) The board shall employ a president. The president may not be a member of the board and serves at the pleasure of the board. The president is the chief executive officer of the bank. (b) The board shall appoint those officers of the bank that are provided for in the bank's bylaws and as the board determines to be necessary for the effective operations of the bank. An executive, operating, administrative, or other salaried officer of the bank may not be a member of the board. (c) The president may hire employees of the bank as may be determined necessary for the efficient performance of the functions of the bank. The board shall approve the compensation of the employees. Employees of the bank are not employees of the state and are not considered to be employees of a public organization for the purposes of AS 39.35.
AK Stat § 44.81.041 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 81. Commercial Fishing and Agriculture Bank|Sec. 44.81.041. Structure and membership of the bank.

(a) The bank shall be structured and operated as a cooperative corporation. (b) The board shall issue shares of membership stock in the bank in the amounts and with the value determined by the board and stated in the articles of incorporation. The membership stock may be issued under this chapter and under the bylaws of the bank to persons determined to be eligible to transact business with the bank. (c) The board may establish one or more mechanisms by which persons or entities, or classes of persons or entities, who transact business with the bank are required to provide or establish capital ownership in the bank. The mechanisms may include the issuance of capital stock or other equity instruments or the allocation or retention of net proceeds from the operations of the bank. The mechanisms shall be established and imposed in a manner that the board determines equitably reflects the nature and amount of business transacted with the bank.
AK Stat § 44.81.051 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 81. Commercial Fishing and Agriculture Bank|Sec. 44.81.051. Bylaws.

The board may adopt bylaws for the bank for the regulation and management of the affairs of the bank, and may alter, amend, or repeal them. The bylaws shall be consistent with this chapter and other laws that apply to the bank.
AK Stat § 44.81.061 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 81. Commercial Fishing and Agriculture Bank|Sec. 44.81.061. Indemnification of directors, officers, and employees.

The bank may indemnify directors, officers, and employees, or may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of directors, officers, and employees. The indemnification and the insurance purchase and maintenance shall comply with AS 10.06.490.
AK Stat § 44.81.101 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 81. Commercial Fishing and Agriculture Bank|Sec. 44.81.101. Pledge of the state.

(a) The state pledges to and agrees with any lender to the bank that the state will not limit or alter the rights and powers given to the bank by this chapter to fulfill the terms of a contract made by the bank with the lender to the bank, or in any way impair the rights and remedies of the lender to the bank. The bank is authorized to include this pledge and agreement of the state in a contract with any lender to the bank. (b) The pledge of the state is limited to the express provisions of (a) of this section and is not a guarantee, surety, promise, undertaking, or assurance of repayment or performance of any obligation of the bank.
AK Stat § 44.81.200 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 81. Commercial Fishing and Agriculture Bank|Sec. 44.81.200. Reports and publications.

The board shall publish an annual report to the bank's members. The report shall be made available to the governor, the legislature, and the public. The report must include financial statements audited by independent outside auditors, a discussion of the bank's circumstances and operations during the period covered by the report, and any other information that the board believes would be of interest to the governor, the legislature, and the public, or that the legislature requests the board to include. The board may publish other reports considered appropriate to its purposes.
AK Stat § 44.81.210 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 81. Commercial Fishing and Agriculture Bank|Sec. 44.81.210. General powers of the bank.

The bank may (1) adopt, alter, and use a corporate seal; (2) sue and be sued in the name of the bank; (3) appoint officers, employees, trustees for certificate holders, and agents, and establish their powers and duties; (4) provide technical services to members of the bank; in this paragraph, “technical services” includes services that will enhance the ability of a member to obtain financial assistance from the bank; (5) participate with state departments and agencies in formulating policy and in planning for the development of commercial fishing and agriculture in the state; (6) engage in programs to support the efforts of resident fishers or farmers in order to enhance the further development, efficiency, stability, or profitability of commercial fishing or agriculture in the state; (7) make contracts and execute instruments necessary to or convenient for the exercise of its corporate powers; (8) issue bonds to carry out its corporate purposes and powers; (9) borrow money and issue secured and unsecured evidence of indebtedness for a corporate purpose or to fund, refund, pay, or discharge outstanding obligations, and enter into agreements and contracts relating to these obligations; (10) secure the payment of its obligations by pledge, mortgage, or other lien on its contracts, revenue, income, or property; (11) incur secondary liability by guaranty or endorsement of the obligations of a person, except for natural persons, when, in the judgment of the board, the action furthers the bank's corporate purposes; (12) acquire real or personal property by purchase, lease, bequest, devise, gift, the satisfaction of debts, or the foreclosure of mortgages, and hold, maintain, use, operate, and convey real or personal property; (13) sell, lease as lessor or lessee, exchange, donate, convey, or encumber in any manner by mortgage or by creation of another security interest, real or personal property owned by it, or in which it has an interest, when, in the judgment of the board, the action furthers its corporate purposes; (14) establish wholly-owned or majority-owned subsidiary corporations or limited liability companies to acquire, hold, operate, maintain, or liquidate property received by the bank in a foreclosure action or other loan collection process or to provide services to resident fishers or farmers, or other persons, if the services are consistent with the corporate purposes and powers expressed in this chapter; (15) acquire equity or other ownership interest in a domestic corporation or limited liability company if the purpose of the acquisition is to enhance the further development, efficiency, stability, or profitability of commercial fishing or agriculture in the state; (16) enter into agreements with public or private lenders or other entities, or with state agencies or agencies of the federal government, to carry out the purposes of this chapter; (17) do what is necessary or desirable to carry out the corporate purposes and powers expressed or implied in this chapter.
AK Stat § 44.81.225 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 81. Commercial Fishing and Agriculture Bank|Sec. 44.81.225. Small loans to nonmembers.

(a) To facilitate the development of commercial fisheries and commercial agriculture in geographic areas in which factors such as geographic considerations, uncertainties of communication, or limited demands do not encourage normal lending activities, the bank may make small loans to qualified borrowers who are not members of the bank. (b) The provisions of this chapter apply to loans authorized by this section except that (1) the borrower is not required to be a member of the bank at the time the loan is approved; and (2) the principal amount of the portion of the loan made by the bank may not exceed $50,000. (c) The total amount of money that may be loaned under this section may not exceed 25 percent of the total capital of the bank. (d) To service loans made under this section, the bank may contract or make other arrangements with a public agency or with a legal entity that the bank determines to be responsible and competent to administer the loan.
AK Stat § 44.81.231 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 81. Commercial Fishing and Agriculture Bank|Sec. 44.81.231. Pledge of permits.

(a) A limited entry permit issued under AS 16.43 may be pledged by the holder as security for a loan authorized under AS 44.81.236 if the certificate for the pledged permit lists the bank as the legal owner of the permit and the pledger as the equitable owner of the permit. (b) Annual permit cards issued under the pledged permit must be in the name of the equitable owner who shall be responsible for compliance with the laws that govern the permit as if the equitable owner were the holder of the permit. (c) Co-borrowers or guarantors on a loan secured by one or more pledged permits do not have a right in the pledged permit of the equitable owner, whether by subrogation or other manner. (d) Upon payment of the loan, the bank shall certify to the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission that the loan has been repaid, and the commission shall amend the permit certificate to list the equitable owner as the holder, and the legal interest of the bank shall terminate. (e) In anticipation of a possible foreclosure under AS 44.81.241 - 44.81.250, the equitable owner of a permit that is pledged as security for the loan may nominate a person to whom the permit may be transferred if the pledge is foreclosed under AS 44.81.245.
AK Stat § 44.81.236 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 81. Commercial Fishing and Agriculture Bank|Sec. 44.81.236. Limitations on the pledge of permits.

A loan may not be secured by the pledge of a limited entry permit unless the proceeds of the loan are used for (1) the purchase of a permit; (2) the purchase or lease of quota shares, individual fishing quotas, or another license, permit, or other grant of commercial fisheries harvesting entitlements that is issued and regulated under state or federal law; (3) the purchase, construction, maintenance, repair, or improvement of commercial fishing boats, sites, gear, or equipment; (4) working capital, including insurance premiums, supplies, food, fuel, bait, boat storage, and boat launching; (5) the payment of obligations whose status places the permit of a borrower in jeopardy of sale as a result of United States Internal Revenue Service enforcement action; (6) the purchase of the bank's stock or other equity instruments and loan costs; or (7) refinancing of debts incurred for a purpose listed in (1) - (4) or (6) of this section.