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AK Stat § 42.40.610 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 40. Alaska Railroad Corporation|Article 8. Bonds.|Sec. 42.40.610. Negotiable instruments.

Bonds issued under this chapter and interest coupons attached to them are negotiable instruments under the laws of this state, subject only to applicable provisions for registration.
AK Stat § 42.40.620 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 40. Alaska Railroad Corporation|Article 8. Bonds.|Sec. 42.40.620. Bonds eligible for investment.

Bonds issued under this chapter are securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the state and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, trust companies, banking associations, investment companies, executors, administrators, trustees, and other fiduciaries may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them. These bonds may be deposited with a state or municipal officer of an agency or political subdivision of the state for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds of the state is authorized by law.
AK Stat § 42.40.630 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 40. Alaska Railroad Corporation|Article 8. Bonds.|Sec. 42.40.630. Payment of bonds.

(a) The principal and interest on bonds of the corporation is payable from corporation money or assets. Bonds may be additionally secured by a pledge of a grant or contribution from the federal or state government, a municipality, a corporation, an association, an institution, or a person, or a pledge of money, income, or revenue of the corporation from any source. (b) [Repealed, § 13 ch 64 SLA 2018.] (c) Before issuing bonds to provide the financing described in AS 42.40.570 for real or personal property to be owned in whole or in part by an entity other than the corporation, the corporation shall enter into one or more contracts, leases, or other forms of agreement that will, in the judgment of the corporation, provide sufficient consideration to (1) pay the principal of and interest on the bonds as they become due; (2) create and maintain any reserves for the bond payments that the corporation considers necessary or desirable; and (3) pay all costs necessary to issue, service, or additionally secure the bonds, including trustee's fees and bond insurance premiums, unless these costs are to be paid from bond proceeds or by a party other than the corporation.
AK Stat § 42.40.640 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 40. Alaska Railroad Corporation|Article 8. Bonds.|Sec. 42.40.640. Security for bonds.

In the discretion of the board, an issue of bonds may be secured by a trust indenture, which may be a trust company, bank or national banking association, with corporate trust powers, located inside or outside the state, or by a secured loan agreement or other instrument or under resolution giving powers to a corporate trustee by means of which the corporation may (1) make and enter into any and all the covenants and agreements with the trustees or the holders of the bonds that the corporation may determine to be necessary or desirable, including covenants, provisions, limitations, and agreements as to (A) the application, investment, deposit, use, and disposition of the proceeds of bonds of the corporation or of money or other property of the corporation or in which it has an interest; (B) the fixing and collection of rentals, charges, fees, or other consideration for, and the other terms to be incorporated in, contracts with respect to the use of any of the corporation's property; (C) the fixing and collection of tariffs, fees, charges, or other consideration for the use or service of the Alaska Railroad by passengers, and other users and freight; (D) the terms and conditions upon which additional bonds of the corporation may be issued; (E) the vesting in the trustee of rights and remedies exercisable by the trustee for the protection of the holders of bonds of the corporation and not otherwise in violation of law and the restriction of the rights of an individual holder of bonds of the corporation; (2) pledge, mortgage, or assign money, leases, agreements, assets, or property of the corporation either presently in hand or to be received in the future, or both; and (3) provide for any other matters of like or different character that in any way affect the security or protection of the bonds.
AK Stat § 42.40.650 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 40. Alaska Railroad Corporation|Article 8. Bonds.|Sec. 42.40.650. Independent financial advisor.

In negotiating the private or public sale of bonds to an underwriter, the board shall retain a financial advisor who is independent from the underwriter.
AK Stat § 42.40.660 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 40. Alaska Railroad Corporation|Article 8. Bonds.|Sec. 42.40.660. Validity of signatures.

If an officer of the corporation whose signature or a facsimile of whose signature appears on bonds or coupons attached to them ceases to be an officer before the delivery of the bond or coupon, the signature or facsimile is valid the same as if the person had remained in office until delivery.
AK Stat § 42.40.670 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 40. Alaska Railroad Corporation|Article 8. Bonds.|Sec. 42.40.670. Validity of pledge.

(a) The pledge of assets or revenue of the corporation to the payment of the principal or interest on bonds of the corporation is valid and binding from the time the pledge is made and the assets or revenue are immediately subject to the lien of the pledge without physical delivery or further act. The lien of a pledge is valid and binding against all parties having claims of any kind against the corporation, irrespective of whether those parties have notice of the lien of the pledge. (b) Nothing in this section prohibits the corporation from selling assets subject to a pledge, except that a sale may be restricted by the trust agreement or resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds.
AK Stat § 42.40.675 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 40. Alaska Railroad Corporation|Article 8. Bonds.|Sec. 42.40.675. Pledge of the state.

The state pledges to and agrees with the holders of bonds issued under this chapter and with the federal agency that loans or contributes funds in respect to a project, that the state will not limit or alter the rights and powers vested in the corporation by this chapter to fulfill the terms of a contract made by the corporation with the holders or federal agency, or in any way impair the rights and remedies of the holders until the bonds together with the interest on them with interest on unpaid installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with an action or proceeding by or on behalf of the holders, are fully met and discharged. The corporation is authorized to include this pledge and agreement of the state, insofar as it refers to holders of bonds of the corporation, in a contract with the holders and insofar as it relates to a federal agency, in a contract with the federal agency.
AK Stat § 42.40.680 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 40. Alaska Railroad Corporation|Article 8. Bonds.|Sec. 42.40.680. Remedies.

A holder of bonds issued under this chapter or of coupons attached to them, and a trustee under a trust agreement or resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, except as restricted by a trust agreement or resolution, either at law or in equity, may (1) enforce all rights granted under this chapter, the trust agreement or resolution, or any other contract executed by the corporation under this chapter; and (2) compel the performance of all duties of the corporation required by this chapter or by the trust agreement or resolution.
AK Stat § 42.40.690 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 40. Alaska Railroad Corporation|Article 8. Bonds.|Sec. 42.40.690. Credit of state not pledged.

(a) The state and its political subdivisions are not liable for the debts of the corporation. Bonds issued under this chapter are payable solely from the revenue or assets of the corporation and do not constitute a (1) debt, liability, or obligation of the state or of a political subdivision of the state; or (2) pledge of the faith and credit of the state or of a political subdivision of the state. (b) The corporation may not pledge the credit or the taxing power of the state or its political subdivisions. Each bond issued under this chapter shall contain on its face a statement that (1) the corporation is not obligated to pay it or the interest on it except from the revenue or assets pledged for it; and (2) neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the state or of a political subdivision of the state is pledged to the payment of it.
AK Stat § 42.40.695 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 40. Alaska Railroad Corporation|Article 8. Bonds.|Sec. 42.40.695. Public purpose of bonds.

Bonds of the corporation issued to finance the acquisition, construction, improvement, maintenance, equipping, and operation of real and personal property, including facilities and equipment, described in AS 42.40.570 are issued by a public corporation and an instrumentality of the state for an essential public and governmental purpose.
AK Stat § 42.40.700 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 40. Alaska Railroad Corporation|Article 8. Bonds.|Sec. 42.40.700. Limitation on personal liability.

A board member or employee of the corporation is not subject to personal liability or accountability because of the execution or issuance of bonds.
AK Stat § 42.40.705 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 40. Alaska Railroad Corporation|Article 9. Personnel and Labor Relations.|Sec. 42.40.705. Political activities.

(a) Money, assets, or property of the corporation may not be used for political activities. However, board members and employees may communicate with and appear before committees of Congress, the state legislature, and municipal governing bodies in connection with matters directly affecting the corporation. (b) A board member or employee who violates the provisions of this section is personally subject to a civil penalty assessed by a judge of the superior court in an amount not to exceed $5,000. An action to enforce this section may be brought by any person.
AK Stat § 42.40.710 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 40. Alaska Railroad Corporation|Article 9. Personnel and Labor Relations.|Sec. 42.40.710. Corporation employees.

(a) Employees of the Alaska Railroad are employees of the corporation and not of the state. However, employees of the corporation shall be treated as employees of the state for the purposes of AS 39.52. The provisions of AS 39, other than AS 39.52, do not apply to employees of the corporation. (b) Except as provided in this subsection, employees of the corporation are covered by AS 23.10.050 - 23.10.150 (Alaska Wage and Hour Act). If the terms of a collective bargaining agreement that was mutually agreed upon by an organization representing train or engine service employees and the corporation so provide, AS 23.10.050 - 23.10.150 do not apply to train or engine service employees to the extent set out in the collective bargaining agreement.
AK Stat § 42.40.720 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 40. Alaska Railroad Corporation|Article 9. Personnel and Labor Relations.|Sec. 42.40.720. Collective bargaining rights.

The provisions of AS 23.40.070 - 23.40.260 (Public Employment Relations Act) do not apply to the corporation or to its employees. However, employees who are not executive officers may organize and form, join, or assist an organization to engage in collective bargaining through representatives of their own choosing and engage in concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection.
AK Stat § 42.40.730 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 40. Alaska Railroad Corporation|Article 9. Personnel and Labor Relations.|Sec. 42.40.730. Railroad labor relations agency.

(a) The Alaska labor relations agency, established in AS 23.05.360, is the sole railroad labor relations agency. (b) The Alaska labor relations agency shall carry out the provisions of AS 42.40.730 - 42.40.890.
AK Stat § 42.40.740 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 40. Alaska Railroad Corporation|Article 9. Personnel and Labor Relations.|Sec. 42.40.740. Collective bargaining unit.

The railroad labor relations agency shall decide in each case, in order to ensure employees the fullest freedom in exercising the rights guaranteed by AS 42.40.710 - 42.40.890 the unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining, based on such factors as community of interest, wages, hours, and other working conditions of the employees involved, the history of collective bargaining, and the desires of the employees. Bargaining units shall be as large as is reasonable, and unnecessary fragmenting shall be avoided.
AK Stat § 42.40.760 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 40. Alaska Railroad Corporation|Article 9. Personnel and Labor Relations.|Sec. 42.40.760. Unfair labor practices.

(a) The corporation or its agent may not (1) interfere, restrain, or coerce an employee in the exercise of the rights guaranteed in AS 42.40.720; (2) dominate or interfere with the formation, existence, or administration of an organization; (3) discriminate in regard to hire or tenure of employment or a term or condition of employment to encourage or discourage membership in an organization; (4) discharge or discriminate against an employee because the employee has signed or filed an affidavit, petition, or complaint or given testimony under AS 42.40.710 - 42.40.890; (5) refuse to bargain collectively in good faith with an organization that is the exclusive representative of employees in an appropriate unit, including the discussing of grievances with the exclusive representative. (b) Nothing in AS 42.40.710 - 42.40.890 prohibits the corporation from making an agreement with an organization to require as a condition of employment (1) membership in the organization that represents the unit on or after the 30th day following the beginning of employment or on the effective date of the agreement, whichever is later; or (2) payment by the employee to the exclusive bargaining agent of a service fee to reimburse the exclusive bargaining agency for the expense of representing the members of the bargaining unit. (c) An organization or its agents may not (1) restrain or coerce (A) an employee in the exercise of the rights guaranteed in AS 42.40.720; or (B) the corporation in the selection of a representative for the purposes of collective bargaining or the adjustment of grievances; (2) refuse to bargain collectively in good faith with the corporation, if it has been designated in accordance with AS 42.40.710 - 42.40.890 as the exclusive representative of employees in an appropriate unit.
AK Stat § 42.40.770 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 40. Alaska Railroad Corporation|Article 9. Personnel and Labor Relations.|Sec. 42.40.770. Investigation and conciliation of complaints.

If a verified written complaint by or for a person claiming to be aggrieved by a practice prohibited by AS 42.40.760 or a written accusation that a person subject to AS 42.40.710 - 42.40.890 has engaged in a prohibited practice, is filed with the railroad labor relations agency, it shall investigate the complaint or accusation. If it determines after a preliminary investigation that probable cause exists in support of the complaint or accusation, it shall try to eliminate the prohibited practice by informal methods of conference, conciliation, and persuasion. Nothing said or done during this endeavor may be used as evidence in a subsequent proceeding.
AK Stat § 42.40.780 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 40. Alaska Railroad Corporation|Article 9. Personnel and Labor Relations.|Sec. 42.40.780. Complaint and accusation.

If the railroad labor relations agency fails to eliminate the prohibited practice by conciliation and to obtain voluntary compliance with AS 42.40.710 - 42.40.890 or before it attempts conciliation, it may serve a copy of the complaint or accusation upon the respondent. The complaint or accusation and the subsequent procedures shall be handled in accordance with the administrative adjudication portion of AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act).
AK Stat § 42.40.790 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 40. Alaska Railroad Corporation|Article 9. Personnel and Labor Relations.|Sec. 42.40.790. Orders and decisions.

If the railroad labor relations agency finds that a person named in the written complaint or accusation has engaged in a prohibited practice, the railroad labor relations agency shall issue and serve on the person an order or decision requiring the person to cease and desist from the prohibited practice and to take affirmative action that will carry out the provisions of AS 42.40.710 - 42.40.890. If the railroad labor relations agency finds that a person named in the complaint or accusation has not engaged or is not engaging in a prohibited practice, the railroad labor relations agency shall state its findings of fact and issue an order dismissing the complaint or accusation.
AK Stat § 42.40.800 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 40. Alaska Railroad Corporation|Article 9. Personnel and Labor Relations.|Sec. 42.40.800. Enforcement by injunction.

The railroad labor relations agency may apply to the superior court in the judicial district in which the prohibited practice occurred for an order enjoining the prohibited acts specified in the order or decision of the railroad labor relations agency. Upon showing by the railroad labor relations agency that the person has engaged or is about to engage in the practice, an injunction, restraining order, or other order that is appropriate may be granted by the court and shall be without bond.
AK Stat § 42.40.810 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 40. Alaska Railroad Corporation|Article 9. Personnel and Labor Relations.|Sec. 42.40.810. Power to investigate and compel testimony.

(a) For the purpose of the investigations, proceedings, or hearings that the railroad labor relations agency considers necessary to carry out AS 42.40.710 - 42.40.890, the railroad labor relations agency may issue subpoenas requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of relevant evidence. (b) The railroad labor relations agency may administer oaths, examine witnesses, and receive evidence. (c) The attendance of witnesses and the production of evidence may be required from any place in the state at any designated place of hearing. (d) If a person refuses to obey a subpoena issued under AS 42.40.710 - 42.40.890, the superior court in the district in which the person resides or is found may, upon application by the railroad labor relations agency, issue an order requiring the person to comply with the subpoena.
AK Stat § 42.40.820 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 40. Alaska Railroad Corporation|Article 9. Personnel and Labor Relations.|Sec. 42.40.820. Regulations.

The railroad labor relations agency shall adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) to carry out AS 42.40.710 - 42.40.890.
AK Stat § 42.40.830 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 40. Alaska Railroad Corporation|Article 9. Personnel and Labor Relations.|Sec. 42.40.830. Penalty for violation of order or decision.

A person who violates a provision of an order or decision of the railroad labor relations agency is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of not more than $500.
AK Stat § 42.40.840 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 40. Alaska Railroad Corporation|Article 9. Personnel and Labor Relations.|Sec. 42.40.840. Mediation.

(a) If, after a reasonable period of negotiation over the terms of a collective bargaining agreement, an impasse as determined by the railroad labor relations agency exists between the corporation and an organization, the railroad labor relations agency shall appoint a person mutually agreeable to the parties from a list of seven qualified mediators or arbitrators knowledgeable in railway labor agreements to act as mediator in the dispute. (b) Before the determination of an impasse under this section, the parties may also select a mediator by mutual consent. (c) It shall be the function of the mediator to bring the parties together to effectuate a settlement of the dispute, but neither the mediator nor the railroad labor relations agency has any power of compulsion in mediation proceedings.
AK Stat § 42.40.850 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs|Chapter 40. Alaska Railroad Corporation|Article 9. Personnel and Labor Relations.|Sec. 42.40.850. Strikes.

(a) Following a decision by the mediator to end the mediation proceedings, employees of a collective bargaining unit may engage in a strike for a limited time if a majority of the employees in that collective bargaining unit vote by secret ballot to do so. The limit of the strike is determined by the interest of the health, safety, or welfare of the public. (b) The corporation may apply to the superior court in the judicial district in which the strike is occurring for an order enjoining the strike. A strike may not be enjoined unless it can be shown that it has begun to threaten, or is about to threaten, the health, safety, or welfare of the public. A court, in deciding whether to enjoin the strike, shall consider the total equities in the particular case, including the impact of a strike on the public and the extent to which an employee organization and the corporation have met their statutory obligations. (c) If an impasse or deadlock still exists after the issuance of an injunction, the parties shall submit the dispute to binding arbitration. The railroad labor relations agency shall appoint an arbitrator selected by the parties by mutual consent. If the parties are unable to agree on an arbitrator, the railroad labor relations agency shall appoint an arbitrator from a list of arbitrators knowledgeable in railroad labor agreements. The arbitrator shall fashion the award the arbitrator considers equitable. (d) Notwithstanding (a) - (c) of this section, an organization and the corporation may mutually agree to submit a dispute to binding arbitration at any time.