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AK Stat § 29.60.810 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 60. State Programs|Article 7. Harbor Facility Grant Program.|Sec. 29.60.810. Grant applications.

A municipality or regional housing authority that owns a harbor facility may submit to the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities an application for a harbor facility grant to be used for construction, expansion, major repair, or major maintenance of a harbor facility. The application must include information about the project requested by the department. For a proposed project to be eligible for a grant, the municipality or regional housing authority must provide evidence acceptable to the department that the (1) proposed project is a capital improvement project and not part of a preventive maintenance program or regular custodial care program; (2) municipality or regional housing authority will provide 50 percent of the total project cost as matching funds for the state grant and that money received by the municipality or regional housing authority from the state will not be used for the matching funds except money received under (A) AS 29.60.850 - 29.60.879 (community assistance program); (B) AS 29.60.450, AS 43.75.130, and 43.75.137 (shared fisheries business taxes); (C) AS 43.52.200 - 43.52.295 (excise tax on overnight accommodations on commercial passenger vessels); and (D) a transfer agreement between the state and a municipality for a sale under AS 35.10.120; (3) municipality or regional housing authority has secured and will maintain adequate property loss insurance for the replacement cost of the harbor facility or has an adequate program of insurance; (4) municipality or regional housing authority has a preventive maintenance plan for the harbor facility and will be adequately adhering to the preventive maintenance plan after completion of the proposed project.
AK Stat § 29.60.820 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 60. State Programs|Article 7. Harbor Facility Grant Program.|Sec. 29.60.820. Award of grants.

(a) The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities may award a harbor facility grant during a fiscal year only for a proposed project eligible under AS 29.60.810 based on a grant application filed during the immediately preceding fiscal year before February 1. The total amount of grant money made available to a municipality or regional housing authority during a fiscal year may not exceed $5,000,000. (b) The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities shall award a grant for every proposed project eligible under AS 29.60.810 that is for repair and major maintenance of a harbor facility that was transferred by the state to a municipality or regional housing authority before grants may be made for other proposed harbor facility projects during a fiscal year. However, after the department makes a grant for the repair and major maintenance of a harbor facility under this subsection, no other grants for the repair and major maintenance of that facility may be made during the same or any other fiscal year. (c) The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities shall establish priorities for the award of grants for proposed harbor facility projects under (b) of this section and priorities for the award of grants for other proposed harbor facility projects, with new construction projects having the lowest priority. The department shall award grants in the order of priority established. In establishing priorities, the department shall include at least the following, in the order listed: (1) the extent to which the municipality or regional housing authority can demonstrate that it will have sufficient revenue to operate and maintain the harbor facility in the future without state aid; (2) public safety and emergency factors; (3) the amount spent by the municipality or regional housing authority on maintenance of the harbor facility; (4) other options that would reduce or eliminate the need for the proposed project; and (5) whether alternative harbor projects would better serve the public interest. (d) The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities may suggest modifications to a project request to achieve cost savings or to better serve the public interest and, if the municipality or regional housing authority agrees, award the harbor facility grant for the proposed project as modified.
AK Stat § 29.60.830 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 60. State Programs|Article 7. Harbor Facility Grant Program.|Sec. 29.60.830. Definition.

In AS 29.60.800 - 29.60.830, “regional housing authority” means a regional housing authority established under AS 18.55.996.
AK Stat § 29.60.850 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 60. State Programs|Article 8. Community Assistance Program.|Sec. 29.60.850. Community Assistance Fund.

(a) The community assistance fund is established in the general fund for the purpose of making community assistance payments to municipalities, reserves, and communities for any public purpose. The fund consists of appropriations. Income earned on money in the fund may be appropriated to the fund. Money in the fund does not lapse. (b) Each fiscal year, the legislature may appropriate to the community assistance fund money received by the state during the previous calendar year under AS 43.20.030(c). The amount may not exceed the greater of (1) $30,000,000; or (2) the amount that, when added to the fund balance on June 30 of the previous fiscal year, equals $90,000,000. (c) The balance in the community assistance fund shall be determined on June 30 of each year. If the fund balance is at least $15,000,000, without further appropriation, the department shall distribute one-third of that amount as community assistance payments for the immediately following fiscal year. Otherwise, no payments may be made. (d) Notwithstanding the guidelines in (b) of this section, the legislature may appropriate any amount to the community assistance fund. Nothing in this section creates a dedicated fund.
AK Stat § 29.60.855 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 60. State Programs|Article 8. Community Assistance Program.|Sec. 29.60.855. Basic community assistance payments.

(a) The basic amount used for determining the basic community assistance payment for a fiscal year is $300,000. However, if the amount available for payments for that fiscal year under AS 29.60.850(c) is less than the amount necessary to make the payments under (b) of this section, the department shall reduce the basic amount pro rata. (b) Except as provided in (c) of this section, the basic community assistance payment for a fiscal year equals, for each (1) unified municipality, the sum of the amounts calculated under (2) and (3) of this subsection, rounded to the nearest dollar; (2) borough, the basic amount, rounded to the nearest dollar; (3) city and eligible reserve, one-fourth of the basic amount, rounded to the nearest dollar; (4) eligible community in the unorganized borough, one-twelfth of the basic amount, rounded to the nearest dollar; (5) eligible community in a unified municipality or borough, one- nineteenth of the basic amount, rounded to the nearest dollar. (c) The basic community assistance payment amount for a succeeding municipality formed when two or more municipalities merge, consolidate, or unify after January 1, 2002, equals the sum of the amounts each of the former municipalities would receive under (b) of this section calculated as if the merger, consolidation, or unification had not occurred.
AK Stat § 29.60.860 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 60. State Programs|Article 8. Community Assistance Program.|Sec. 29.60.860. Per capita payment increases.

(a) Subject to (b) of this section, if the amount available for distribution under AS 29.60.850(c) exceeds the amount needed to fully fund all the basic community assistance payments, the balance shall be distributed on a per capita basis to municipalities, to reserves, and to communities in the unorganized borough. (b) The per capita amount distributed to each community in the unorganized borough may not, when added to the basic community assistance payment for that community, exceed the basic amount calculated under AS 29.60.855(b)(3). If the per capita distribution for a community in the unorganized borough, when added to the basic community assistance payment for that community, would exceed the basic amount calculated under AS 29.60.855(b)(3), the excess amount shall be distributed on a per capita basis to other communities in the unorganized borough. (c) For purposes of this section, the population of a municipality, reserve, or community shall be determined by using the numbers of permanent fund dividend recipients or other population data that the department determines is reliable. For purposes of determining the population of a borough, the population of each city in the borough shall be deducted from the total borough population.
AK Stat § 29.60.865 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 60. State Programs|Article 8. Community Assistance Program.|Sec. 29.60.865. Eligibility requirements for reserves and communities.

(a) The department, with advice from the Department of Law, shall determine whether there is in each community or reserve an incorporated nonprofit entity or a Native village council that will agree to receive and spend the community assistance payment. If there is more than one qualified entity in a reserve or community in the unorganized borough, the department shall pay the money to the entity that the department finds most qualified to receive and spend the money on behalf of the reserve or community. The department may not make a community assistance payment to a Native village council unless the council waives immunity from suit for claims arising out of activities of the council related to the payment. A waiver of immunity from suit under this section must be on a form provided by the Department of Law. If there is no qualified incorporated nonprofit entity or Native village council in a reserve or community that is willing to receive the community assistance payment and use the payment on behalf of that reserve or community, the payment for that reserve or community may not be paid. Neither this section nor any action taken under it enlarges or diminishes the governmental authority or jurisdiction of a Native village council. (b) The department may make a community assistance payment on behalf of a community in a borough or unified municipality only to the municipality for payment by the municipality to an incorporated nonprofit entity or Native village council that has been approved by the assembly and meets the requirements of (a) of this section. The department shall have written evidence of the assembly approval. If there is more than one qualified entity in a community in a borough or unified municipality, one of the entities may receive the entire payment, or the payment may be shared between two or more of the qualified entities, as determined by the assembly. (c) A community in a borough or unified municipality is eligible for a community assistance payment only if at least three of the following services are generally available to all residents of the community and each of the three services, in any combination, are provided by one or more qualifying incorporated nonprofit entities or a Native village council or are substantially paid for by the residents of the community through taxes, charges, or assessments levied or authorized by the borough or unified municipality: (1) fire protection; (2) emergency medical; (3) water and sewer; (4) solid waste management; (5) public road or ice road maintenance; (6) public health; (7) search and rescue.
AK Stat § 29.60.879 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 60. State Programs|Article 8. Community Assistance Program.|Sec. 29.60.879. Definitions.

In AS 29.60.850 - 29.60.879, (1) “community” means a place in the unorganized borough, in a borough, or in a unified municipality that is not incorporated as a municipality, that is not a reserve, and in which 25 or more individuals reside as a social unit; (2) “reserve” means a place that is organized under federal law as an Indian reserve that existed before enactment of 43 U.S.C. 1618(a) and is continued in existence under that subsection.
AK Stat § 30.17.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 30. Navigation, Harbors, Shipping, and Transportation Facilities|Chapter 17. Adak Reuse Authority|Article 1. Establishment.|Sec. 30.17.010. Creation of authority.

There is created the Adak Reuse Authority. The authority is a public corporation of the state and a body corporate and is an instrumentality of the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, but with separate and independent legal existence.
AK Stat § 30.17.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 30. Navigation, Harbors, Shipping, and Transportation Facilities|Chapter 17. Adak Reuse Authority|Article 1. Establishment.|Sec. 30.17.020. Membership of authority.

(a) The membership of the authority consists of (1) the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development; (2) two other persons selected by the governor who serve as the heads of principal departments of the executive branch of state government; and (3) four public members appointed by the governor, two of whom must be residents of the area that is within the boundaries of the Aleut Corporation, a Native regional corporation established under 43 U.S.C. 1606 (Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act). (b) If a member described in (a)(1) or (2) of this section is unable to attend a meeting of the authority, the member may, by an instrument in writing filed with the authority, designate a deputy or assistant to act in the member's place as a member at the meeting. For purposes of this chapter, the designee is a member of the authority at the meeting. (c) Members of the authority described in (a)(2) and (3) of this section serve two-year terms but serve at the pleasure of the governor. (d) If a vacancy occurs in the membership of the authority, the governor shall immediately appoint a member for the unexpired portion of the term.
AK Stat § 30.17.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 30. Navigation, Harbors, Shipping, and Transportation Facilities|Chapter 17. Adak Reuse Authority|Article 1. Establishment.|Sec. 30.17.030. Chair and vice-chair.

The members of the authority shall elect a chair from among themselves. A vice-chair may be elected by the authority from among its other members. The vice-chair presides over all meetings in the absence of the chair and has other duties that the authority may prescribe.
AK Stat § 30.17.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 30. Navigation, Harbors, Shipping, and Transportation Facilities|Chapter 17. Adak Reuse Authority|Article 1. Establishment.|Sec. 30.17.040. Meetings, compensation, and employees.

(a) A majority of the members of the authority constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business or the exercise of a power or function at a meeting of the authority. Action may be taken and motions and resolutions may be adopted by the authority only upon an affirmative vote of a majority of the full membership of the authority. The authority may meet and transact business by electronic media if (1) public notice of the time and locations where the meeting will be held by electronic media has been given in the same manner as if the meeting were held in a single location; (2) participants and members of the public in attendance can hear and have the same right to participate in the meeting as if the meeting were conducted in person; and (3) copies of pertinent reference materials, statutes, regulations, and audio-visual materials are reasonably available to participants and to the public. A meeting by electronic media as provided in this subsection has the same legal effect as a meeting in person. (b) The public members of the authority are entitled to $100 compensation for each day spent on official business of the authority and may be reimbursed by the authority for actual and necessary expenses at the same rate paid to members of state boards under AS 39.20.180. (c) The authority may not hire employees but may contract with individuals or entities to serve in capacities it considers advisable, including service as an executive director, executive secretary, professional advisor, legal counsel, technical expert, agent, and in other positions. A contractor hired under this subsection is not a state employee for any purpose. A contract under this subsection may not exceed two years' duration. (d) The authority shall keep minutes of each meeting and send a certified copy to the governor and to the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee.
AK Stat § 30.17.100 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 30. Navigation, Harbors, Shipping, and Transportation Facilities|Chapter 17. Adak Reuse Authority|Article 2. Purpose and General Powers.|Sec. 30.17.100. Purpose of the authority.

The purpose of the authority is to develop and implement a comprehensive reuse and redevelopment plan for the territory encompassed by the Adak Naval Air Facility in a manner that will attract business, create jobs, and advance the general prosperity and economic welfare of the people of the state by (1) administering in a manner consistent with the purpose of the authority the assets transferred to the authority by the federal government, including facilities and other real or personal property, located at the Adak Naval Air Facility; (2) entering into necessary agreements with the federal government for operation of the facilities comprising the Adak Naval Air Facility; (3) operating or contracting with others to operate enterprises and other facilities located at the Adak Naval Air Facility; and (4) cooperating and acting in conjunction with other organizations, public and private, the objects of which are the promotion and advancement of economic use of the facilities located at the Adak Naval Air Facility.
AK Stat § 30.17.110 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 30. Navigation, Harbors, Shipping, and Transportation Facilities|Chapter 17. Adak Reuse Authority|Article 2. Purpose and General Powers.|Sec. 30.17.110. Powers of the authority.

In furtherance of its corporate purposes, the authority may, in addition to other powers that it may have by law, (1) sue and be sued; (2) have a seal and alter the seal at its pleasure; (3) adopt and amend bylaws for its organization and internal management; (4) adopt regulations governing the exercise of its corporate powers; (5) subject to AS 30.17.130(c), accept title to, or other interest in, assets transferred to the authority by the federal government, including facilities and other real or personal property, located at the Adak Naval Air Facility; (6) lease to others a project acquired by it for the rentals and upon the terms and conditions the authority may consider advisable, including, without limitation, provisions for options to purchase or renew; (7) issue and secure the payment of bonds, including revenue bonds; provide for the rights of holders of the bonds; and purchase, hold, and dispose of bonds; (8) sell, by installment sale or otherwise, exchange, donate, convey, or encumber in any manner by mortgage or by creation of any other security interest, real or personal property owned by it, or in which it has an interest, including a project, when, in the judgment of the authority, the action is in furtherance of its corporate purposes; (9) accept gifts, grants, or loans from, and enter into contracts or other transactions regarding them with, a federal agency or an agency or instrumentality of the state, a municipality, a private organization, or other source; (10) deposit or invest its funds, subject to agreements with bondholders; (11) acquire, manage, and operate projects as the authority considers necessary or appropriate to serve a public purpose; (12) enter into contracts or other transactions with a federal agency, with an agency or instrumentality of the state or of a municipality, or with a private organization or other entity consistent with the exercise of any power under this chapter; (13) charge fees or other forms of remuneration for the use or possession of the projects described in (11) of this section in accordance with the agreements described in (12) of this section, other agreements pertaining to the projects, covenants, or representations made in bond documents pertaining to the projects, or regulations of the authority pertaining to the projects.
AK Stat § 30.17.120 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 30. Navigation, Harbors, Shipping, and Transportation Facilities|Chapter 17. Adak Reuse Authority|Article 2. Purpose and General Powers.|Sec. 30.17.120. Administrative procedure.

The provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act regarding the adoption of regulations under AS 44.62.040 - 44.62.319 apply to the authority.
AK Stat § 30.17.130 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 30. Navigation, Harbors, Shipping, and Transportation Facilities|Chapter 17. Adak Reuse Authority|Article 2. Purpose and General Powers.|Sec. 30.17.130. Limitation on powers.

(a) The authority has only the powers expressly granted in this chapter, reasonably implied from this chapter, or reasonably necessary or convenient to carry out its corporate purposes and to exercise the powers expressly granted in or reasonably implied from this chapter. (b) The authority does not have powers of (1) eminent domain; (2) taxation; (3) land use planning; (4) zoning; (5) permitting; or (6) other similar governmental powers. (c) The authority may not accept transfer by the federal government of title to, an interest in, control over, or responsibility for a facility or other real or personal property located at the Adak Naval Air Facility unless sufficient federal or other money is available to the authority to manage the property or operate the facility at a minimal level for two years after the date of the transfer. The director of the office of management and budget shall determine whether sufficient money is available to the authority with respect to each proposed transfer subject to this subsection, and approve or disapprove the proposed transfer. (d) Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, the authority may not enter into a trust indenture or contract that has the effect of precluding the transfer of the assets and liabilities of the authority to a successor.
AK Stat § 30.17.200 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 30. Navigation, Harbors, Shipping, and Transportation Facilities|Chapter 17. Adak Reuse Authority|Article 3. Projects; Bonds.|Sec. 30.17.200. Consideration of projects to be financed.

(a) Before issuing bonds for a project under this chapter, the authority must find, on the basis of all information reasonably available to it, that the (1) project and its development under this chapter will be economically advantageous to the state and the general public welfare and will contribute to the economic growth of the state; (2) project is financially sound and can be expected to produce revenue adequate to repay the bonds with which it is financed; and (3) scope of the project is sufficient to provide a reasonable expectation of a benefit to the region and the economy of the state. (b) The authority shall give fair and reasonable consideration to a project presented to it for financing. When the authority determines whether to finance or assist in the financing of a project, the authority shall state the reasons for its determination in a written resolution upon request by a person who presented the project to the authority or a person who presented opposition to the project. The authority shall base its reasons on the information presented to it concerning the project and on other information considered appropriate by the authority. (c) The authority may not issue bonds to finance or assist in financing a project unless the authority has received legislative approval to do so for a specified project.