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AK Stat § 29.65.122 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 65. General Grant Land|Sec. 29.65.122. Prohibited acquisitions.

A municipality may not acquire subsurface rights to land of the federal government by trading land received as a general grant land entitlement. A municipality may not acquire any interest in land within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by trading land with the federal government for land received as a general grant land entitlement.
AK Stat § 29.65.129 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 65. General Grant Land|Sec. 29.65.129. Policy.

Consistent with the best interest of the state, it is the policy of the state to provide a newly formed municipality with a general grant land entitlement that is no less than 10 percent of vacant, unappropriated, unreserved land located within its boundaries. It is the policy of the state to provide for expeditious transfer and patent of land to a municipality in fulfilling its entitlement.
AK Stat § 29.65.130 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 65. General Grant Land|Sec. 29.65.130. Definitions.

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) “approved selection” means a municipal land selection that has been approved in writing by the director for transfer by patent to a municipality; (2) “director” means the director of lands, Department of Natural Resources; (3) “general grant land” (A) means land patented or tentatively approved to the state from the United States under § 6(a) or (b) of the Alaska Statehood Act; (B) does not include university land; (4) “mental health land” means land granted under Title II, § 202 of P.L. 84-830, as amended before or after July 1, 1978; (5) “municipal land selection” means a request by a municipality, filed in writing with the director under authority of former AS 29.18.190 and 29.18.200 or under this chapter for vacant, unappropriated, unreserved general grant land within its municipal boundaries in partial fulfillment of its municipal entitlement; (6) “patent” means a document, issued by the director to a municipality for a previously approved selection, that conveys and quitclaims all the right, title, and interest of the state without reservation or condition except as may be required by law; (7) “remaining entitlement” means the general grant land entitlement determined in accordance with this chapter, reduced by the total acreage of approved selections, including both patented and unpatented parcels; (8) “school land” means those rectangular sections 16 and 36 within each township surveyed on or before January 3, 1959, and confirmed and transferred to the State of Alaska upon its admission under § 6(k), Alaska Statehood Act, 72 Stat. 339, and any other land designated solely for school revenues; (9) “university land” has the meaning given in AS 38.05.965; (10) “vacant, unappropriated, unreserved land” means general grant land as defined in (3) of this section, excluding minerals as required by § 6(i) of the Alaska Statehood Act, that (A) has not been set aside by statute for one or more particular uses or purposes; (B) has not been approved for patent to a municipality under this chapter or former AS 29.18.190 and 29.18.200; (C) is unclassified or, if classified under AS 38.05.300, is classified for agricultural, grazing, material, public recreation, or settlement purposes, or is classified in accordance with an agreement between a municipality and the state providing for state management of land of the municipality; or (D) was classified no earlier than September 1, 1983, as resource management and is still classified as resource management under AS 38.05.300.
AK Stat § 29.65.140 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 65. General Grant Land|Sec. 29.65.140. Application.

This chapter applies to home rule and general law municipalities.
AK Stat § 29.71.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 71. General Provisions|Sec. 29.71.010. No adverse possession.

A municipality may not be divested of title to real property by adverse possession.
AK Stat § 29.71.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 71. General Provisions|Sec. 29.71.020. Dedication of municipal property.

Dedication of streets, rights-of-way, easements, or other areas for public use may not be construed to require the municipality to maintain, improve, or provide for municipal services in the area dedicated, and the dedication does not impose any liability on the municipality for the condition of the area dedicated.
AK Stat § 29.71.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 71. General Provisions|Sec. 29.71.030. Taxation of municipalities.

A state law or regulation may not assess or tax, or be construed to assess or tax, a municipality unless the law or regulation expressly provides that the municipality is to be assessed or taxed by the particular law or regulation.
AK Stat § 29.71.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 71. General Provisions|Sec. 29.71.050. Procurement preferences for recycled Alaska products.

(a) Alaska recycled products shall be used in municipal procurements when the products are of comparable quality, of equivalent price, and appropriate for the intended use. (b) Unless the procurement is governed by AS 29.71.040, in the evaluation of a bid or proposal for a procurement by a municipality, if a bid or proposal designates the use of recycled Alaska products for the products identified in the contract specifications, and if the recycled Alaska products meet the contract specifications, the bid or offer shall be decreased by the percentage of preference given to the recycled Alaska products under AS 36.30.332. (c) The contract specifications for a municipal procurement must include a provision that describes the preference granted under (b) of this section. (d) If a successful bidder or offeror who receives the preference under (b) of this section fails to use the designated recycled Alaska product for a reason within the control of the successful bidder or offeror, each payment under the contract shall be reduced by the percentage reduction scheduled under AS 36.30.330(a) for the classification the product has received under AS 36.30.332. (e) In the evaluation of a bid or proposal for a municipal procurement, a person is not a responsible bidder or offeror if, during two contracts for which the person received a preference under (b) of this section during the preceding three years, the person failed to use the recycled Alaska product designated in the person's bids or proposals for the contracts for reasons within the control of the bidder or offeror. (f) This section applies to home rule and general law municipalities. (g) In this section, “recycled Alaska product” has the meaning given in AS 36.30.338.
AK Stat § 29.71.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 71. General Provisions|Sec. 29.71.060. Copyrights in computer software.

A municipality may hold the copyright for software created by the municipality or developed by a contractor for the municipality, and may enforce its rights to protect the copyright.
AK Stat § 30.05.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 30. Navigation, Harbors, Shipping, and Transportation Facilities|Chapter 05. Shipping Subsidies|Sec. 30.05.010. Subsidies to freight carriers.

The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities may pay a sum of money not to exceed $30,000 a year to the owner or charterer of a vessel of American registry who operates the vessel as a common carrier of freight and mail to and from points the department designates.
AK Stat § 30.05.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 30. Navigation, Harbors, Shipping, and Transportation Facilities|Chapter 05. Shipping Subsidies|Sec. 30.05.020. Payment of subsidies.

The subsidy shall be paid in the installments the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities thinks proper, after proof is submitted that the conditions of the contract or subsidy are fulfilled up to the time of payment. The inability to touch at a point along the route designated by the department due to a lack of proper docking or harbor facilities or to stress of weather does not prevent the owner or charterer from receiving the money otherwise earned, and is not a cause for reducing the amount of the subsidy. If the subsidized vessel is lost, wrecked, or damaged, the department may permit the contractor to carry out the service temporarily with another vessel or ship of American registry that meets with its approval.
AK Stat § 30.05.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 30. Navigation, Harbors, Shipping, and Transportation Facilities|Chapter 05. Shipping Subsidies|Sec. 30.05.030. Tariff of rates.

The owner or charterer of the vessel awarded the subsidy must adopt and publish a tariff of freight rates to be approved by the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities. The tariff must be reasonable, and the operator of the vessel may not charge more than provided for in the tariff. The tariff must be published before services are performed under the subsidy.
AK Stat § 30.05.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 30. Navigation, Harbors, Shipping, and Transportation Facilities|Chapter 05. Shipping Subsidies|Sec. 30.05.040. Report by owner or charterer.

It is a condition in awarding of the subsidy that the contractor agrees to make a report under oath, in form and manner designated by the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities at the end of each year, giving the following information: (1) tariff sheet of freight rates for the route covered; (2) total tonnage carried; (3) gross earning from freight and mail service rendered, segregating the two amounts; (4) a statement in detail of all expenses incurred and on what account, the names and addresses of all persons employed, and the gross earnings and gross expense of the route covered.
AK Stat § 30.07.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 30. Navigation, Harbors, Shipping, and Transportation Facilities|Chapter 07. Marine Radiotelephone Installation|Sec. 30.07.010. Radiotelephone installation requirements for vessels in excess of 200 gross tons.

In addition to applicable federal statutes and regulations, a person may not operate a vessel of any type in excess of 200 gross tons in the territorial waters of the state unless a licensed VHF radiotelephone installation equipped with at least five channels, including standard VHF calling and distress frequencies, or a standard marine radiotelephone equipped with at least five channels, including standard radiotelephone calling and distress frequencies, is installed and capable of being operated from the bridge or wheelhouse of the vessel. While the vessel is underway the radiotelephone shall be monitored at all times on the applicable standard calling and distress frequency by a person qualified to operate radio equipment of the type required by this section.
AK Stat § 30.07.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 30. Navigation, Harbors, Shipping, and Transportation Facilities|Chapter 07. Marine Radiotelephone Installation|Sec. 30.07.020. Regulations.

The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities may adopt regulations, not in conflict with federal law or regulations, that establish standards for marine communications in the state.
AK Stat § 30.07.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 30. Navigation, Harbors, Shipping, and Transportation Facilities|Chapter 07. Marine Radiotelephone Installation|Sec. 30.07.030. Penalties.

A master or owner of a vessel in operation that is in violation of this chapter, or a regulation adopted under it, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000. Each day the violation continues constitutes a separate offense under this section.
AK Stat § 30.13.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 30. Navigation, Harbors, Shipping, and Transportation Facilities|Chapter 13. Regional Resource Development Authorities|Sec. 30.13.020. Board of governors.

(a) The authority shall be governed by a board of governors consisting of eight members, five of whom shall be elected and three of whom shall be appointed by the governor. Elections of members to succeed those initially elected under AS 30.13.010(f) shall be held on the first Tuesday of October of each year in which a term expires. Terms of elected members shall be two years. (b) Nominations for elected members to succeed those initially elected under AS 30.13.010(f) shall be in accordance with the procedures set out in AS 30.13.010(g). (c) The three members appointed by the governor shall be the commissioner of transportation and public facilities and the heads of two other principal departments of the executive branch. (d) The members of the board of governors shall elect a chairperson and a vice-chairperson from among its members. Five members of the board of governors, one of whom shall be a member appointed under (c) of this section, constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Action may be taken and motions or resolutions adopted by the board of governors at a meeting at which a quorum is present by vote of a majority of the members present, unless the bylaws of an authority require a larger number. The board of governors may delegate to one or more of its officers, agents, or employees the powers and duties that it considers proper. The board of governors may appoint persons as officers it considers advisable, including an executive director, and may employ professional advisors, counsel, technical experts, agents, and other employees it considers advisable. (e) A member of the board of governors of an authority may not vote on a resolution of the board relating to any agreement to be entered into by the authority under this chapter if the member is a party to the agreement or has a direct ownership or equity interest, beneficially or of record, exceeding one percent in, or is employed by, a firm, partnership, corporation, or association that is a party to the agreement. A resolution of the board that is approved by a majority of all the members who are not barred from voting under this subsection is a valid action of the authority for all purposes. (f) The board of governors may hold meetings by teleconference.
AK Stat § 30.13.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 30. Navigation, Harbors, Shipping, and Transportation Facilities|Chapter 13. Regional Resource Development Authorities|Sec. 30.13.030. Purpose of an authority.

The purpose of an authority shall be the improvement, establishment, and development of facilities in its district for transportation purposes in connection with natural resource enterprises, either directly or by agreement with any public or private entity or person.
AK Stat § 30.13.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 30. Navigation, Harbors, Shipping, and Transportation Facilities|Chapter 13. Regional Resource Development Authorities|Sec. 30.13.040. Powers of an authority.

Subject to AS 30.13.050 and AS 30.13.130, in furtherance of its corporate purposes under AS 30.13.030, an authority has the power to (1) sue and be sued; (2) have a seal and alter it 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) acquire, rent, hold, use, and dispose of projects and other real and personal property necessary, useful, or convenient for its purposes upon the terms and conditions the authority may consider advisable; (6) provide for and secure the payment of bonds and the rights of the holders of them, and to purchase, hold, and dispose of bonds; (7) accept gifts, loans, or grants, including organizational grants, from, and enter into contracts or other transactions regarding them with, any federal, state, municipal, or other agency or instrumentality, private organization, or other person; (8) deposit or invest its funds, subject to agreements with bondholders; (9) charge and collect only those rents, rates, fees, or other charges that are necessary to pay for capital, maintenance, and operating costs of the services and facilities of the authority and for the establishment of reserves to secure, and for the payment of, bonds or notes or interest on bonds or notes; (10) enter into contracts or other transactions with any federal, state, municipal, or other agency, or instrumentality, private organization, or person consistent with the exercise of any powers under this chapter; and (11) do all things necessary and convenient to carry out its corporate purposes and exercise the powers granted in this chapter.
AK Stat § 30.13.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 30. Navigation, Harbors, Shipping, and Transportation Facilities|Chapter 13. Regional Resource Development Authorities|Sec. 30.13.050. Limitation on powers.

An authority has only those 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. An authority does not have powers of eminent domain, taxation, land use planning, zoning, permitting, or other similar governmental powers. An authority may not use state grants, appropriations, or other transfers from the state to satisfy bond obligations or otherwise establish collateral or security for bonds issued by the authority. An authority may not use rents, rates, fees, or other charges collected through operation of a facility owned by the authority to finance the improvement, establishment, and development of unrelated facilities.
AK Stat § 30.13.055 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 30. Navigation, Harbors, Shipping, and Transportation Facilities|Chapter 13. Regional Resource Development Authorities|Sec. 30.13.055. Consideration of projects to be financed.

(a) Before issuing bonds for any project under this chapter, an authority must find, on the basis of all information reasonably available to it, that (1) the 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 and the region within which the authority may exercise its powers; (2) the project is financially sound and can be expected to produce revenue adequate to repay the bonds with which it is financed; and (3) the scope of the project is sufficient to provide a reasonable expectation of a benefit to the region and the economy of the state. (b) An 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 the 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.
AK Stat § 30.13.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 30. Navigation, Harbors, Shipping, and Transportation Facilities|Chapter 13. Regional Resource Development Authorities|Sec. 30.13.060. Bonds of an authority.

(a) Subject to the provisions of AS 30.13.055(a), an authority may borrow money and may issue revenue bonds, including but not limited to bonds on which the principal and interest are payable (1) exclusively from the income and receipts or other money derived from the project financed with the proceeds of the bonds; (2) exclusively from the income and receipts or other money derived from designated projects whether or not they are financed in whole or in part with the proceeds of the bonds; or (3) from the income and receipts or assets generally, or a designated part or parts of them, of the authority or of any other person. (b) Bonds shall be authorized by resolution of the authority, and be dated and shall mature as the resolution may provide, except that no bond may mature more than 40 years from the date of its issue. Bonds shall bear interest at the rate or rates, be in the denominations, be in the form, either coupon or registered, carry the registration privileges, be executed in the manner, be payable in the medium of payment, at the place or places, and be subject to the terms of redemption which the resolution or a subsequent resolution may provide. (c) All bonds, regardless of form or character, shall be negotiable instruments for the purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code. (d) All bonds may be sold at public or private sale in the manner, for the price or prices, and at the time or times that the authority may determine. (e) The superior court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine suits, actions, or proceedings relating to an authority, including without limitation suits, actions, or proceedings brought to foreclose or otherwise enforce a mortgage, pledge, assignment, or security interest or brought by or for the benefit or security of a holder of its bonds or by a trustee for or other representative of the holders. (f) Before issuing bonds for a project under this chapter an authority shall submit to the state bond committee a description of the bond issue and an independent economic feasibility analysis of the project and expected revenues. This information may be contained in a preliminary prospectus, offering circular, or official statement relating to the bond issue. Bonds may not be issued unless the state bond committee finds, based upon the information submitted by the authority under this subsection and other information that is reasonably available to it, that the project revenues can be reasonably expected to be adequate for payment of the principal and interest on the bonds to be issued if the bonds are to be secured by project revenues alone, and in any event that issuance of the bonds by the authority would not be expected to adversely affect the ability of the state or its political subdivisions to market bonds. (g) The total principal sum of bonds issued under this section for all authorities formed under this chapter is $400,000,000 exclusive of refunding bonds.