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AK Stat § 29.35.490 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 7. Service Areas.|Sec. 29.35.490. Service areas in second and third class boroughs.

(a) A second class borough may exercise in a service area any power granted a first class city by law or a nonareawide power that may be exercised by a first class borough if (1) the exercise of the power is approved by a majority of the voters residing in the service area; or (2) all owners of real property in the service area consent in writing to the exercise of the power if no voters reside in the service area. (b) If the exercise of the power is approved by a majority of the voters residing in the service area, a third class borough may exercise in a service area any power not otherwise prohibited by law. (c) A second or third class borough may establish a service area that includes only vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved land owned by the borough. A second or third class borough may establish a service area, with the concurrence of the commissioner of natural resources, that includes only vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved land owned by the state and classified for disposal to individuals. By ordinance a second or third class borough may provide the services in a service area established under this subsection necessary to develop state or municipal land as required by the planning, platting, and land use regulations of the borough. (d) A second class borough may establish a service area for the provision of emergency services within a state highway corridor if no voters reside in the service area. A second class borough may provide emergency services in a service area established under this subsection by ordinance. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a second class borough may not authorize or levy a property tax for the provision of emergency services in a service area established under this subsection. The boundaries of a service area established under this subsection may only include the highway corridor and publicly owned property adjacent to the highway corridor necessary to house emergency response equipment and personnel for the service area.
AK Stat § 29.35.510 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 8. Hazardous Chemicals, Materials, and Wastes.|Sec. 29.35.510. Inspections; penalties.

A municipality may conduct inspections, and establish and impose penalties, necessary to ensure compliance with reporting requirements adopted under AS 29.35.500.
AK Stat § 29.35.520 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 8. Hazardous Chemicals, Materials, and Wastes.|Sec. 29.35.520. Fees.

A municipality may impose appropriate fees to fully or partially compensate for the cost of processing reports and administering inspections under AS 29.35.500 - 29.35.510.
AK Stat § 29.35.530 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 8. Hazardous Chemicals, Materials, and Wastes.|Sec. 29.35.530. Duties of municipalities; powers of other agencies.

(a) The municipality, at the request of a business or government agency required to submit an inventory under AS 29.35.500, shall provide (1) a descriptive summary of the hazardous chemicals, hazardous materials, and hazardous wastes that are required to be included in an inventory; and (2) inventory forms approved by the Alaska State Emergency Response Commission. (b) [Repealed, § 15 ch 71 SLA 1997.]  (c) The division of fire prevention, the Department of Environmental Conservation, the Department of Health and Social Services, or the Department of Labor and Workforce Development may (1) request copies of inventories submitted under AS 29.35.500; and (2) provide educational materials related to hazardous chemicals, hazardous materials, and hazardous wastes.
AK Stat § 29.35.540 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 8. Hazardous Chemicals, Materials, and Wastes.|Sec. 29.35.540. Public access to information.

Information obtained by a municipality under AS 29.35.500, 29.35.510, and 29.35.530 shall be made readily available to the public for inspection and copying.
AK Stat § 29.35.550 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 8. Hazardous Chemicals, Materials, and Wastes.|Sec. 29.35.550. Application.

AS 29.35.500 - 29.35.590 apply to home rule and general law municipalities.
AK Stat § 29.35.560 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 8. Hazardous Chemicals, Materials, and Wastes.|Sec. 29.35.560. Municipal liability.

The establishment by a municipality of a program for the reporting of hazardous chemicals, hazardous materials, and hazardous wastes does not increase the liability that may otherwise be imposed on the municipality for damages resulting from hazardous chemicals, hazardous materials, or hazardous waste.
AK Stat § 29.35.600 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 9. Port Authorities.|Sec. 29.35.600. Purpose of authorities.

The purpose of a port authority is to provide for the development of a port or ports for transportation related commerce within the territory of the authority.
AK Stat § 29.35.605 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 9. Port Authorities.|Sec. 29.35.605. Establishment of port authorities.

(a) A port authority may be created by one of the following means: (1) the governing body of a municipality may create by ordinance a port authority as a public corporation of the municipality; (2) the governing bodies of two or more municipalities may create by parallel ordinances adopted by each of the governing bodies a port authority as a public corporation of the municipalities. (b) One or more municipalities may join an authority established under (a)(1) or (2) of this section upon the adoption of parallel ordinances by the governing bodies of each affected municipality. (c) A port authority created under this section is a body corporate and politic and an instrumentality of the municipality or municipalities creating it but having a separate and independent legal existence. (d) Creation of a port authority under AS 29.35.600 - 29.35.730 is an exercise of a municipality's transportation system powers. (e) The enabling ordinance by which a port authority is established must specify the powers, boundaries, and limitations of the port authority. (f) An ordinance creating a port authority shall require approval by the voters of the municipality or municipalities participating in the authority in order for the authority to be established. (g) Nothing in AS 29.35.600 - 29.35.725 prevents a municipality or municipalities from creating or participating in a public corporation, including a port authority, in any form or manner not prohibited by law. However, the provisions of AS 29.35.600 - 29.35.725 only apply to and may only be utilized by a port authority created under this section.
AK Stat § 29.35.610 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 9. Port Authorities.|Sec. 29.35.610. Dissolution of a port authority.

(a) The enabling ordinance by which a port authority is created must provide for the manner by which a port authority may be dissolved. (b) If an authority ceases to exist, its assets shall be distributed to the municipalities that participated in the authority in proportion to the difference between their contributions to the authority and any outstanding debt or obligation of that municipality to the authority, provided that any obligation to bondholders then outstanding shall first be satisfied in full.
AK Stat § 29.35.615 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 9. Port Authorities.|Sec. 29.35.615. Municipal property.

(a) A municipality may transfer and otherwise convey or lease real property, and any improvements to it, to an authority for use by the authority for the purposes set out in the ordinance adopted under AS 29.35.605. (b) A municipality may transfer and otherwise assign or lease personal property to an authority for use by the authority for the purposes set out in the ordinance adopted under AS 29.35.605.
AK Stat § 29.35.625 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 9. Port Authorities.|Sec. 29.35.625. Bonds of a port authority; superior court jurisdiction.

(a) If authorized by the enabling ordinance, an authority may borrow money and may issue bonds on which the principal and interest are payable (1) exclusively from the income and receipts of, or other money derived from, the project financed with the proceeds of the bonds; (2) exclusively from the income and receipts of, or other money derived from, designated projects or other sources whether or not they are financed, insured, or guaranteed in whole or in part with the proceeds of the bonds; or (3) from its income and receipts generally or a designated part or parts of them. (b) 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. (c) Before issuing bonds, an authority shall provide for consideration at least sufficient, in the judgment of the authority, to pay the principal and interest on the bonds as they become due and to create and maintain the reserves for the payment that the authority considers necessary or desirable and meet all obligations in connection with the lease or agreement and all costs necessary to service the bonds, unless the lease or agreement provides that the obligations are to be met or costs are to be paid by a party other than the authority. (d) Bonds shall be authorized by resolution of the authority, be dated, and shall mature as the resolution may provide, except that a bond may not 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 that the resolution or a subsequent resolution may provide. (e) All bonds issued under this section, regardless of form or character, are negotiable instruments for all of the purposes of AS 45.01 - AS 45.08, AS 45.12, AS 45.14, and AS 45.29 (Uniform Commercial Code). (f) The superior court has jurisdiction to hear and determine suits, actions, or proceedings relating to an authority, including suits, actions, or proceedings brought to foreclose or otherwise enforce a mortgage, pledge, assignment, or security interest brought by or for the benefit or security of a holder of the authority's bonds or by a trustee for or other representative of the holders.
AK Stat § 29.35.630 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 9. Port Authorities.|Sec. 29.35.630. Bonds eligible for investment.

Bonds issued under AS 29.35.625 are securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the state and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, trust companies, banks, investment companies, executors, administrators, trustees, and other fiduciaries may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them. The bonds may be deposited with a state or municipal officer of an agency or political subdivision of the state for any purpose that the deposit of bonds of the state is authorized by law.
AK Stat § 29.35.635 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 9. Port Authorities.|Sec. 29.35.635. Validity of pledge.

The pledge of revenue of an authority to the payment of the principal or interest on bonds or notes of the authority is valid and binding from the time the pledge is made, and the revenue is 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 authority irrespective of whether those parties have notice of the lien of the pledge.
AK Stat § 29.35.640 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 9. Port Authorities.|Sec. 29.35.640. Credit of state or a municipality not pledged.

(a) The state and municipalities participating in an authority are not liable for the debts of that authority. Bonds issued under AS 29.35.625 are payable solely from the revenue of the authority and do not constitute a (1) debt, liability, or obligation of the state or a municipality; or (2) pledge of the faith and credit of the state or a municipality. (b) An authority may not pledge the credit or the taxing power of the state or its municipalities. A bond issued under AS 29.35.625 must contain on its face a statement that (1) the authority is not obligated to pay it or the interest on it except from the revenue pledged for it; and (2) the faith and credit of the taxing power of the state or of a political subdivision of the state is not pledged to the payment of it.
AK Stat § 29.35.645 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 9. Port Authorities.|Sec. 29.35.645. Pledges of the state and municipalities.

The state and municipalities participating in the authority pledge to and agree with the holders of bonds issued under AS 29.35.625 and with the federal agency, if any, that loans or contributes funds in respect to a project of the authority, that the state and the municipalities participating in the authority will not limit or alter the rights and powers vested in the authority by its enabling ordinance or other law so that it is unable to fulfill the terms of a contract made by the authority with those holders or that federal agency, or in any way impair the rights and remedies of those holders or that federal agency until the bonds, together with the interest on them and interest on unpaid installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with an action or proceeding by or on behalf of those holders or that federal agency, are fully met and discharged. An authority is authorized to include this pledge and agreement of the state and the municipalities participating in the authority, insofar as it refers to holders of bonds of the authority, in a contract with those holders, and insofar as it relates to a federal agency, in a contract with that federal agency.
AK Stat § 29.35.650 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 9. Port Authorities.|Sec. 29.35.650. Limitation of liability.

A liability incurred by an authority shall be satisfied exclusively from the assets or revenue of the authority. A creditor or other person does not have a right of action against the state or a municipality participating in an authority because of a debt, obligation, or liability of an authority.
AK Stat § 29.35.655 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 9. Port Authorities.|Sec. 29.35.655. Limitation on personal liability.

A board member or employee of an authority is not subject to personal liability or accountability because of the execution or issuance of bonds.
AK Stat § 29.35.660 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 9. Port Authorities.|Sec. 29.35.660. Fidelity bond.

An authority shall obtain a fidelity bond in an amount determined by the board for board members and each executive officer responsible for accounts and finances of that authority. A fidelity bond must be in effect during the entire tenure in office of the bonded person.
AK Stat § 29.35.665 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 9. Port Authorities.|Sec. 29.35.665. No taxing authority.

An authority may not levy an income or other tax.
AK Stat § 29.35.670 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 9. Port Authorities.|Sec. 29.35.670. Exemption from taxation.

(a) An authority exercising the powers granted by the enabling ordinance under AS 29.35.600 - 29.35.730 is in all respects for the benefit of the people of the municipalities participating in the authority and the people of the state in general, for their well-being and prosperity, and for the improvement of their social and economic condition. The real and personal property of an authority and its assets, income, and receipts are exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the state or a political subdivision of the state. (b) Bonds issued by the authority under AS 29.35.625 are issued for an essential public and governmental purpose; therefore, the bonds, interest and income from them, and all fees, charges, funds, revenue, income, and other money pledged or available to pay or secure the payment of the bonds or interest on them are exempt from taxation except for inheritance, transfer, and estate taxes. (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of (a) of this section, an authority and the municipalities participating in the authority may enter into agreements under which the authority agrees to pay the participating municipalities' payments in lieu of taxes and special assessments on real and personal property of the authority that is within the taxing jurisdiction of the municipality. (d) Nothing in this section creates a tax exemption with respect to the interests of a business enterprise or other person, other than the authority, in property, assets, income, or receipts, whether or not financed under AS 29.35.600 - 29.35.730.
AK Stat § 29.35.675 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 9. Port Authorities.|Sec. 29.35.675. Development plan.

In the enabling ordinance establishing the authority under AS 29.35.605 the authority shall be (1) required to submit a development plan to the governing body of the municipality or municipalities participating in the authority; and (2) prohibited from undertaking the construction or acquisition of a project unless the project appears in a development plan submitted to and approved by the governing body of the municipality or municipalities participating in the authority.
AK Stat § 29.35.680 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 9. Port Authorities.|Sec. 29.35.680. Administration of port authorities; board.

(a) An authority shall be governed by a board of directors, which shall exercise the powers of the authority. The enabling ordinance establishing the authority under AS 29.35.605 must specify the number, qualifications, manner of appointment or election, and terms of members of the board. (b) The board shall appoint a chief executive officer of the authority who serves at the pleasure of the board. The board shall fix the compensation of the chief executive officer.
AK Stat § 29.35.685 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 9. Port Authorities.|Sec. 29.35.685. Continuation of collective bargaining agreements; application of AS 23.40.070 - 23.40.260.

(a) A collective bargaining agreement for employees of the state or its political subdivisions who are transferred to an authority under AS 29.35.600 - 29.35.730 shall remain in effect for the term of the agreement or for a period of one year, whichever is longer, and shall be binding on the authority unless the parties agree to the contrary before the expiration of the agreement. A labor-management negotiation impasse declared after a transfer of employees under this subsection but before the negotiation of a new collective bargaining agreement shall be resolved as provided in the collective bargaining agreement, except that if the collective bargaining agreement does not provide for a resolution, then as provided in AS 23.40.070 - 23.40.260. (b) Employees of the state or a political subdivision of the state transferred to an authority shall retain, for a period of one year following the date of transfer or for the duration of a collective bargaining agreement transferred under (a) of this section, whichever is greater, all rights of participation in fringe benefit programs available to the employees on the day before the transfer, or in programs substantially equivalent. (c) AS 23.40.070 - 23.40.260 apply to employees of an authority established under AS 29.35.600 - 29.35.730 unless all municipalities participating in the authority are exempt under AS 23.40.255(a).
AK Stat § 29.35.690 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 9. Port Authorities.|Sec. 29.35.690. Bylaws and regulations.

(a) A board shall adopt bylaws and appropriate regulations consistent with the enabling ordinance to carry out its functions and purposes. (b) A board shall adopt bylaws as soon after the establishment of the authority as possible and may from time to time amend those bylaws. The bylaws may contain any provision not in conflict with law for the management of the business of the authority and for the conduct of the affairs of the authority, including (1) the time, place, and manner of calling, conducting, and giving notice of meetings of the board and committees of the board, if any; (2) the compensation of directors, if any; (3) the appointment and authority of committees of the board, if any; (4) the appointment, duties, compensation, and tenure of officers, directors, chief executive officer, and other employees, if any; (5) procedures for adopting regulations; (6) procedures for adopting bylaws; (7) procedures for making annual reports and financial statements; and (8) other matters for the conduct of business by the board.
AK Stat § 29.35.695 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 9. Port Authorities.|Sec. 29.35.695. Authority subject to public records and open meetings laws.

An authority established under AS 29.35.605 is subject to AS 40.25.110 - 40.25.220 and to AS 44.62.310 - 44.62.319 (Open Meetings Act).
AK Stat § 29.35.700 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 9. Port Authorities.|Sec. 29.35.700. Annual report.

Within 90 days following the end of the fiscal year of an authority, the board shall distribute to the mayor and governing body of each municipality participating in the authority a report describing the operations and financial condition of the authority during the preceding fiscal year. The report may include suggestions for legislation relating to the structure, powers, or duties of the authority or operation of facilities of the authority. The report must itemize the cost of providing each category of service offered by the authority and the income generated by each category.
AK Stat § 29.35.705 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 29. Municipal Government|Chapter 35. Municipal Powers and Duties|Article 9. Port Authorities.|Sec. 29.35.705. Audits.

(a) The board shall have the financial records of an authority audited annually by an independent certified public accountant. (b) An authority shall make all of its financial records available to an auditor appointed by a municipality participating in the authority for examination.