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AK Stat § 44.83.100 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 83. Alaska Energy Authority|Article 3. Financial Provisions.|Sec. 44.83.100. Bonds of the authority.

(a) The authority may borrow money and may issue 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; (3) from its income and receipts or other assets generally, or a designated part or parts of them; or (4) from one or more revenue-producing contracts including a contract providing for the security of the bonds made by the authority with any person. The authority may issue bonds to pay, fund, or refund the principal of, or interest or redemption premiums on, bonds issued by it, whether or not the bonds or interest to be funded or refunded have become due. (b) Bonds shall be authorized by resolution of the authority, and shall be dated and shall mature as the resolution may provide, except that no bond may mature more than 50 years from the date of its issue. Bonds shall bear interest at the 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 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 all the purposes of AS 45.01 - AS 45.08, AS 45.12, AS 45.14, and AS 45.29 (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 which the authority may determine.
AK Stat § 44.83.120 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 83. Alaska Energy Authority|Article 3. Financial Provisions.|Sec. 44.83.120. Validity of pledge.

It is the intention of the legislature that a pledge made in respect of bonds is considered perfected and is valid and binding from the time the pledge is made; that the money or property so pledged and thereafter received by the authority shall immediately be subject to the lien of the pledge without physical delivery or further act; and that the lien of the pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the authority irrespective of whether the parties have notice. Neither the resolution, trust agreement, nor any other instrument by which a pledge is created need be recorded or filed under the provisions of AS 45.01 - AS 45.08, AS 45.12, AS 45.14, and AS 45.29 (Uniform Commercial Code) to be perfected or to be valid, binding, or effective against the parties.
AK Stat § 44.83.130 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 83. Alaska Energy Authority|Article 3. Financial Provisions.|Sec. 44.83.130. Nonliability on bonds.

(a) Neither the members of the authority nor a person executing the bonds is liable personally on the bonds or is subject to personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance of the bonds. (b) The bonds issued by the authority do not constitute an indebtedness or other liability of the state or of a political subdivision of the state, except the authority, but shall be payable solely from the income and receipts or other funds or property of the authority. The authority may not pledge the faith or credit of the state or of a political subdivision of the state, except the authority, to the payment of a bond and the issuance of a bond by the authority does not directly or indirectly or contingently obligate the state or a political subdivision of the state to apply money from, or levy or pledge any form of taxation whatever to the payment of the bond.
AK Stat § 44.83.140 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 83. Alaska Energy Authority|Article 3. Financial Provisions.|Sec. 44.83.140. Pledge of the state.

The state pledges to and agrees with the holders of bonds issued under this chapter and with the federal agency which loans or contributes funds in respect to a project, that the state will not limit or alter the rights and powers vested in the authority by this chapter to fulfill the terms of a contract made by the authority 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 authority is authorized to include this pledge and agreement of the state, insofar as it refers to holders of bonds of the authority, in a contract with the holders, and insofar as it relates to a federal agency, in a contract with the federal agency.
AK Stat § 44.83.150 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 83. Alaska Energy Authority|Article 3. Financial Provisions.|Sec. 44.83.150. Tax exemption.

All property of the authority is public property devoted to an essential public and governmental function and purpose and is exempt from all taxes of the state or a political subdivision of the state; however, the authority may make payments in place of taxes in amounts equal to the real and personal property taxes that would be assessed on its real and personal property by each political subdivision in which its property is located to the same extent as if that property were private property and the authority were a non-public corporation. All bonds issued under this chapter are issued by a body corporate and public of this state and for an essential public and governmental purpose and the bonds and the interest and income on and from the bonds and all income of the authority are exempt from taxation except for transfer, inheritance, and estate taxes.
AK Stat § 44.83.160 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 83. Alaska Energy Authority|Article 3. Financial Provisions.|Sec. 44.83.160. Bonds legal investments for fiduciaries.

The bonds of the authority are securities in which all public officers and bodies of the state and all municipalities and municipal subdivisions, all insurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on any insurance business, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks, savings associations, including savings and loan associations and building and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business, all administrators, guardians, executors, trustees and other fiduciaries, and all other persons whatsoever who are now or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of the state, may properly and legally invest funds including capital in their control or belonging to them. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the bonds of the authority are also securities that may be deposited with and may be received by all public officers and bodies of this state and all municipalities and municipal subdivisions for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of the state is now or may hereafter be authorized.
AK Stat § 44.83.382 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 83. Alaska Energy Authority|Article 4. Power Projects.|Sec. 44.83.382. Power development fund established.

(a) A power development fund is established in the Alaska Energy Authority to carry out the purposes of former AS 44.83.380 - 44.83.425. (b) The fund includes money appropriated to it by the legislature.
AK Stat § 44.83.384 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 83. Alaska Energy Authority|Article 4. Power Projects.|Sec. 44.83.384. Use of fund balance.

(a) The fund may be used by the authority to provide money for (1) the defeasance of bonds, or the payment of debt service on loans for or on an issue of bonds sold in connection with a power project constructed or acquired before August 11, 1993; (2) the cost of operating and maintaining power projects constructed or acquired before August 11, 1993; and (3) debt service on power projects constructed or acquired before August 11, 1993. (b) [Repealed § 28 ch 18 SLA 1993.] (c) [Repealed, § 28 ch 18 SLA 1993.]
AK Stat § 44.83.386 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 83. Alaska Energy Authority|Article 4. Power Projects.|Sec. 44.83.386. Investment of fund.

The authority shall invest the money in the fund in the manner provided in AS 37.10.070, 37.10.071, and 37.10.075. The authority may withdraw money from the fund only after costs have been incurred or amounts in the fund have been otherwise obligated under contracts for the acquisition and construction of a project.
AK Stat § 44.83.388 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 83. Alaska Energy Authority|Article 4. Power Projects.|Sec. 44.83.388. Allotment to projects.

(a) The authority shall maintain records of power project allocations from the fund for each power project (1) approved in accordance with former AS 44.83.185; and (2) for which an allocation is made from an appropriation made by the legislature without specifying an appropriation to a project. (b) Income earned from investment of money appropriated to the fund shall be deposited in the general fund and may be appropriated to the fund by the legislature.
AK Stat § 44.83.396 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 83. Alaska Energy Authority|Article 4. Power Projects.|Sec. 44.83.396. Operation of power project.

(a) A power project that was acquired or constructed under AS 44.83.080(18) or as part of the former energy program for Alaska is owned, and shall be administered, by the authority. (b) When a power project has been acquired or constructed by the authority, the project may be operated for the authority under a contract or lease entered into by a qualified utility and the authority. (c) The authority shall enter into a contract or lease under reasonable terms and conditions to permit the applicant utility to operate the power project when the applicant utility is the only wholesale power customer to be served directly by the power project unless the authority determines a utility making application for a contract or lease to operate a power project is not a qualified utility or is not capable of operating that power project efficiently and in a manner that is consistent with national standards for the industry and with agreements with bondholders. (d) The authority shall adopt regulations to determine the manner of selecting a qualified utility to operate a power project under a contract or lease when there is more than one wholesale power customer to be served directly by the power project. (e) When the authority permits a power project to be operated by a qualified utility under a contract or lease, the authority shall (1) review and approve the annual budget for the operation and maintenance of the power project; and (2) assure that the project is being operated efficiently and in a manner that is consistent with national standards for the industry and agreements with bondholders.
AK Stat § 44.83.425 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 83. Alaska Energy Authority|Article 4. Power Projects.|Sec. 44.83.425. Definitions.

In AS 44.83.382 - 44.83.425, (1) “debt service” means the amounts covenanted with respect to, or pledged to pay, bonds under a trust agreement securing bonds; (2) “fund” means the power development fund established by AS 44.83.382; (3) “qualified utility” means an electric utility or an electric operating entity established as an instrumentality of two or more electric utilities certified under AS 42.05 to serve all or part of a market area that is served or will be served by the power project, that the authority determines is capable of operating and maintaining the power project.
AK Stat § 44.83.510 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 83. Alaska Energy Authority|Article 5. Power Development Revolving Loan Fund.|Sec. 44.83.510. Powers and duties of authority in administering the fund.

(a) Repayment of a loan from the former power development revolving loan fund must be made with the proceeds from the sale of power from projects in the former energy program for Alaska. (b) [Repealed, § 28 ch 18 SLA 1993.]
AK Stat § 44.83.530 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 83. Alaska Energy Authority|Article 5. Power Development Revolving Loan Fund.|Sec. 44.83.530. Definitions.

In AS 44.83.500 - 44.83.530, (1) “fund” means the former power development revolving loan fund; and (2) “power project” means a project acquired or constructed under the former energy program for Alaska, AS 44.83.380 - 44.83.425.
AK Stat § 44.83.900 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 83. Alaska Energy Authority|Article 6. Miscellaneous and General Provisions.|Sec. 44.83.900. Annual audit.

The authority shall have its financial records audited annually by a certified public accountant. The legislative auditor may prescribe the form and content of the financial records of the authority and shall have access to these records at any time.
AK Stat § 44.83.910 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 83. Alaska Energy Authority|Article 6. Miscellaneous and General Provisions.|Sec. 44.83.910. Limitations on issuance of bonds by the authority.

The authority may not issue bonds except after 60 days notification of its intent to issue bonds is given to the governor and to the legislature, if the legislature is in session, or to the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee, if the legislature is not in session.
AK Stat § 44.83.920 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 83. Alaska Energy Authority|Article 6. Miscellaneous and General Provisions.|Sec. 44.83.920. Insurance requirements in construction contracts.

In requesting bids and awarding construction contracts under this chapter the authority may not require a contractor to obtain workers' compensation, general liability, or other required insurance from a particular insurer, agent, or broker and may not agree to provide insurance to a contractor who is awarded a construction contract.
AK Stat § 44.83.930 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 83. Alaska Energy Authority|Article 6. Miscellaneous and General Provisions.|Sec. 44.83.930. Operation of projects.

(a) When a project is operated by the authority, the authority shall enter into one or more contracts for the sale of electrical power, energy, transmission capacity, or service from the project. Unless the contract is entered into under former AS 44.83.380 - 44.83.425, a contract entered into under this section must meet all requirements of AS 44.83.090. (b) [Repealed, § 27 ch 89 SLA 1983.] (c) [Repealed, § 92 ch 36 SLA 1990.]
AK Stat § 44.83.940 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 83. Alaska Energy Authority|Article 6. Miscellaneous and General Provisions.|Sec. 44.83.940. Annual report.

Before March 1 of each year, the authority shall submit to the governor a comprehensive report describing operations, income and expenditures for the preceding 12-month period. The authority shall notify the legislature that the report is available.
AK Stat § 44.83.950 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 83. Alaska Energy Authority|Article 6. Miscellaneous and General Provisions.|Sec. 44.83.950. Appropriations and reports.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, the authority is subject to the provisions of AS 37.07 (Executive Budget Act). (b) The authority shall, by the 15th day of each regular legislative session, prepare a report detailing project status, original costs, and projected costs, particularly highlighting any costs in excess of the original cost estimates submitted for each project when that project was originally approved by the legislature. The authority shall notify the legislature that the report is available.
AK Stat § 44.83.970 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 83. Alaska Energy Authority|Article 6. Miscellaneous and General Provisions.|Sec. 44.83.970. Public records; open meetings.

The provisions of AS 40.25.110 - 40.25.120 and AS 44.62.310 - 44.62.319 (Open Meetings Act) apply to the authority. The authority shall publish a proposed agenda of its meetings and afford the public an opportunity to be heard in accordance with AS 44.62.312.
AK Stat § 44.83.990 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 83. Alaska Energy Authority|Article 6. Miscellaneous and General Provisions.|Sec. 44.83.990. Definitions.

In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, (1) “authority” means the Alaska Energy Authority established by this chapter; (2) “bonds” means bonds, notes, or other obligations of the authority issued under this chapter; (3) “feasibility study” (A) means a study conducted for the purpose of establishing the economic and environmental practicality of completing a proposed power project; (B) includes engineering and design work to meet the requirements for submission of a license application for a proposed new project to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; (4) “person” includes a public agency in addition to the entities set out in AS 01.10.060(a)(8); (5) “power” includes any and all electrical energy generated, distributed, bought, or sold for purposes of lighting, heating, power, and every other useful purpose; (6) “power project” or “project” means a plant, works, system, or facility, together with related or necessary facilities and appurtenances, including a divided or undivided interest in or a right to the capacity of a power project or project, that is used or is useful for the purpose of (A) electrical or thermal energy production; (B) waste energy utilization and energy conservation; or (C) transmission, purchase, sale, exchange, and interchange of electrical or thermal energy, including district heating or interties; (7) “public agency” means any city or other municipal corporation, political subdivision, governmental unit, or public corporation created by or under the laws of this state or of another state of the United States, and any state or the United States, and any person, board, or other body declared by the laws of any state or the United States to be a department, agency, or instrumentality of them.
AK Stat § 44.83.995 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 83. Alaska Energy Authority|Article 6. Miscellaneous and General Provisions.|Sec. 44.83.995. Short title.

This chapter may be cited as the Alaska Energy Authority Act.
AK Stat § 44.88.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 88. Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority|Article 1. Creation and Organization.|Sec. 44.88.020. Creation of authority.

There is created the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority. The authority is a public corporation of the state and a body corporate and politic constituting a political subdivision within the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, but with separate and independent legal existence.
AK Stat § 44.88.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 88. Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority|Article 1. Creation and Organization.|Sec. 44.88.030. Membership of authority.

(a) The membership of the authority consists of (1) the commissioner of revenue and the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development; and (2) five public members appointed by the governor, each of whom has expertise in private sector business or industry, or both, and possesses demonstrated leadership skills. (b) If a commissioner described in (a)(1) of this section is unable to attend a meeting of the authority, the commissioner may, by an instrument in writing filed with the authority, designate a deputy or assistant to act in the commissioner's place as a member at the meeting. For all purposes of this chapter, the designee is a member of the authority at the meeting. (c) Public members of the authority described in (a)(2) of this section serve at the pleasure of the governor for two-year terms. (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 § 44.88.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 88. Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority|Article 1. Creation and Organization.|Sec. 44.88.040. Chairman and vice-chairman.

The members of the authority shall elect a chairman from among themselves. A vice-chairman may be elected by the authority from among its other members. The vice-chairman presides over all meetings in the absence of the chairman and has other duties which the authority may direct.
AK Stat § 44.88.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 44. State Government|Chapter 88. Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority|Article 1. Creation and Organization.|Sec. 44.88.050. Meetings, compensation, officers, 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. In case of a tie vote on a motion or resolution pending before the authority the motion or resolution shall be presented to the governor and if approved, is considered adopted by 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 receive $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 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. The executive director and employees of the authority are in the exempt service under AS 39.25. (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.