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2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 23. Disasters › Article 4. Alaska Intrastate Mutual Aid System. › Sec. 26.23.515. Qualifications of emergency responders.

An emergency responder holding a license, certificate, or other permit issued by a state agency or a political subdivision of the state evidencing the responder's qualification in a professional, mechanical, or other skill shall be considered to be licensed, certified, or permitted in the requesting political subdivision during the emergency, disaster, drill, or exercise, subject to limitations and conditions prescribed by the principal executive officer of the requesting political subdivision in writing.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 23. Disasters › Article 4. Alaska Intrastate Mutual Aid System. › Sec. 26.23.520. Emergency responder not an employee of a requesting political subdivision.

An emergency responder from a political subdivision that responds to a political subdivision requesting assistance is not an employee of the political subdivision requesting assistance and is not entitled to any right, privilege, or benefit of employment from the requesting political subdivision, including compensation, wages, salary, leave, pension, health, or another benefit.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 23. Disasters › Article 4. Alaska Intrastate Mutual Aid System. › Sec. 26.23.525. Workers' compensation and benefits following injury to or death of emergency responder.

An emergency responder that is responding to and rendering assistance in a political subdivision that has requested assistance under AS 26.23.510 who sustains an injury or dies in the course of providing assistance to the requesting political subdivision under AS 26.23.500 - 26.23.549 is entitled to receive only the benefits otherwise authorized by law for an injury sustained, or a death that occurs, in the course of employment with, or while providing services to, the responding political subdivision. This section does not affect the right of a person to receive benefits to which the person would otherwise be entitled under any law, nor does it affect entitlement to any other benefits or compensation authorized by state or federal law.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 23. Disasters › Article 4. Alaska Intrastate Mutual Aid System. › Sec. 26.23.530. Reimbursement for assistance provided and disputes relating to reimbursement.

(a) A political subdivision that has received assistance from another political subdivision under AS 26.23.510 shall reimburse the political subdivision that provided assistance for the true and full value of the assistance provided. Requests for reimbursement shall be made in accordance with procedures and guidelines developed by the Alaska division of homeland security and emergency management under AS 26.23.040(e). However, if authorized by law, a responding political subdivision may donate its assistance provided under AS 26.23.500 - 26.23.549 to a requesting political subdivision.
(b) If a dispute regarding reimbursement arises between political subdivisions, the political subdivision asserting the dispute shall provide written notice to the other political subdivision identifying the reimbursement issues in dispute. If the dispute is not resolved within 90 days after receipt of the dispute notice by the political subdivision asserting the dispute, either party to the dispute may request arbitration under AS 09.43.300 - 09.43.595 (Revised Uniform Arbitration Act) by giving written notice to the other party. Costs of the arbitration, including compensation for the arbitrator's services, must be borne equally by the political subdivisions participating in the arbitration, and each political subdivision shall bear its own costs and expenses, including legal fees and witness expenses, in connection with the arbitration proceeding.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 23. Disasters › Article 4. Alaska Intrastate Mutual Aid System. › Sec. 26.23.540. Tort liability of participating political subdivisions and emergency responders.

For purposes of liability, all persons responding under the operational control of the requesting political subdivision shall be considered to be agents of the requesting political subdivision. An action for damages for an act or omission may not be brought against a responding political subdivision, or an officer or employee of a responding political subdivision, in providing assistance under AS 26.23.500 - 26.23.549. This section does not preclude liability for civil damages that are the result of gross negligence or reckless or intentional misconduct.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 23. Disasters › Article 4. Alaska Intrastate Mutual Aid System. › Sec. 26.23.549. Definitions.

In AS 26.23.500 - 26.23.549,
(1) “assistance” means emergency responders and resources provided by a responding political subdivision in response to a request from a requesting political subdivision;
(2) “emergency responder” means an employee of a responding political subdivision or of a contractor under contract with a responding political subdivision or a member of a volunteer fire department registered with the state fire marshal that provides services to the responding political subdivision, who is designated in writing by that responding political subdivision as possessing skills, qualifications, training, knowledge, or experience that may be needed, under a request for assistance under AS 26.23.500 - 26.23.549, for
(A) response, mitigation, or recovery activities related to a disaster; or
(B) participation in drills or exercises in preparation for a disaster;
(3) “operational control”
(A) means the limited authority to direct tasks, assignments, and use of assistance provided pursuant to a request for assistance under AS 26.23.500 - 26.23.549 for
(i) response, mitigation, or recovery activities related to a disaster; or
(ii) participation in drills or exercises in preparation for a disaster;
(B) does not include medical protocols or standard operating procedures observed in the responding political subdivision, or any right, privilege, or benefit of ownership or employment, including disposition, compensation, wages, salary, pensions, health benefits, leave, seniority, discipline, promotion, hiring, or firing;
(4) “resources” means supplies, materials, equipment, facilities, energy, services, information systems, and other assets, except for emergency responders, that may be needed, under a request for assistance from a political subdivision, for
(A) response, mitigation, or recovery activities related to a disaster; or
(B) participation in drills or exercises in preparation for a disaster;
(5) “state agency” has the meaning given in AS 37.05.990.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 25. National Guard Mutual Assistance Compact › Sec. 26.25.010. Entry into compact.

The National Guard Mutual Assistance Compact is enacted into law and entered into on behalf of the State of Alaska with all other states and jurisdictions legally joining in it in a form substantially as contained in AS 26.25.020.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 25. National Guard Mutual Assistance Compact › Sec. 26.25.030. Rights and benefits.

In accordance with Article III(h) of the National Guard Mutual Assistance Compact, members of the National Guard forces of this state shall be considered to be in state service at all times when engaged under this Compact, and shall be entitled to all rights and benefits provided under AS 26.05.260.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 27. Alaska Aerospace Corporation › Sec. 26.27.010. Creation and termination of corporation.

(a) The Alaska Aerospace Corporation is created as a public corporation of the state. The corporation is a body corporate and politic located for administrative purposes within the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs and affiliated with the University of Alaska but with a separate and independent legal existence.
(b) The corporation may not be terminated as long as it has bonds, notes, or other obligations outstanding. If the corporation is terminated, it shall be terminated in a manner that permits the University of Alaska and Poker Flat Research Range to continue their research and educational missions uninterrupted.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 27. Alaska Aerospace Corporation › Sec. 26.27.020. Board of directors.

(a) The powers and responsibilities of the corporation are vested in the board of directors. The board of directors of the corporation consists of nine members appointed by the governor as follows:
(1) three state residents who have a significant high level of experience in the private business sector, specializing in financing or economic development or marketing; two of the state residents appointed under this paragraph shall be residents of the borough where the launch activities of the corporation occur if qualified candidates residing in the borough are available;
(2) the president or the designee of the president of the University of Alaska;
(3) the director or designee of the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska;
(4) the adjutant general of the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs or the adjutant general's designee;
(5) two members who have held or currently hold positions in the aerospace or commercial space industry, have special experience regarding federal regulatory procedures and policies involving space, or have operational experience; members with aerospace experience may not exceed one; and
(6) a public school educator or a public member.
(b) The members of the board of directors of the corporation described in (a)(5) of this section may be nonresidents of the state. The term of the members described in (a)(1), (5) and (6) of this section is four years and those terms shall be staggered.
(c) Members of the board of directors of the corporation described in (a)(1), (5) and (6) of this section receive $100 compensation for each day spent on official business of the corporation.
(d) In addition to the members of the board of directors described in (a) of this section, two members of the legislature shall serve as ex officio nonvoting members of the board of directors. The two ex officio nonvoting members shall include one member of the senate appointed by the president of the senate and one member of the house appointed by the speaker of the house.
(e) The voting and nonvoting members of the board of directors of the corporation are entitled to per diem and travel expenses authorized under AS 39.20.180.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 27. Alaska Aerospace Corporation › Sec. 26.27.030. Chair and vice-chair.

The board of directors of the corporation shall select a chair and vice-chair from among the members of the board of directors of the corporation who are state residents. The vice-chair presides over all meetings in the absence of the chair and has other duties the board of directors of the corporation may direct.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 27. Alaska Aerospace Corporation › Sec. 26.27.040. Meetings; staff.

(a) A majority of the members of the corporation constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business or the exercise of a power or function at a meeting of the corporation. The corporation shall meet at least every three months. The corporation 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 the public. A meeting by electronic media as provided in this subsection has the same legal effect as a meeting in person.
(b) The corporation may employ persons as staff it considers advisable, including an executive director, and may employ professional advisors, technical experts, agents, and other employees it considers advisable. The executive director and employees of the corporation are in the exempt service under AS 39.25.
(c) The corporation may hire legal counsel to represent the corporation.
(d) The corporation shall keep minutes of each meeting and send a certified copy of the minutes to the governor and to the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 27. Alaska Aerospace Corporation › Sec. 26.27.050. Alaska Aerospace Corporation fund.

(a) The Alaska Aerospace Corporation fund is established in the corporation. The fund consists of appropriations made to the fund by the legislature, and rents, fees, or other money or assets transferred to the fund by the corporation. Amounts deposited in the fund may be pledged to the payment of bonds of the corporation or expended for the purposes of the corporation under this chapter.
(b) The corporation shall have custody of the fund and shall be responsible for its management. The corporation is the fiduciary of the fund under AS 37.10.071 and may invest amounts in the fund in accordance with an investment policy adopted by the corporation. Notwithstanding AS 37.10.010 - 37.10.050, the corporation may make disbursements from the fund in accordance with AS 37.25.050. Notwithstanding AS 37.05.130 and 37.05.140, the corporation shall report disbursements from the fund annually in accordance with AS 26.27.100(b)(1). An appropriation made to the fund by the legislature shall be transferred from the state treasury to the corporation for deposit in the fund.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 27. Alaska Aerospace Corporation › Sec. 26.27.060. Insurance coverage; safety program.

(a) The corporation may engage actuarial experts and shall develop probability models to indicate the degree of potential harm to the public and private enterprise from the corporation's activities.
(b) The corporation shall, to the extent available and consistent with federal requirements, secure insurance coverage within reasonable limits for liability that may arise as a consequence of its activities and the activities of its officers and employees and to insure its buildings, structures, and other facilities against loss.
(c) The corporation shall establish a safety program that includes
(1) the development and implementation of a loss prevention program consisting of a comprehensive corporation wide safety program, including a statement by the board, of safety policy and responsibility and regulations implementing it;
(2) provision for regular and periodic facility and equipment inspections;
(3) investigation of job-related accidents and other accidents occurring on the premises of the corporation or within areas of its jurisdiction;
(4) the establishment of a program to promote increased safety awareness among employees, agents, and subcontractors of the corporation;
(5) the study of safety operations at other space-related facilities in the United States;
(6) all federal and state safety and emergency facility requirements for commercial space facilities.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 27. Alaska Aerospace Corporation › Sec. 26.27.070. Space activities location.

To the extent that the University of Alaska agrees to lease the Poker Flat Research Range to the corporation, the Poker Flat Research Range constitutes the location and launch site for the corporation. The corporation may not pledge or encumber the Poker Flat Research Range, nor is it an asset of the corporation. Other sites may be developed and utilized if determined by the board to be necessary.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 27. Alaska Aerospace Corporation › Sec. 26.27.090. Purpose of the corporation.

The purpose of the corporation is to allow the state to take a lead role in the exploration and development of space, to enhance human and economic development, and to provide a unified direction
(1) for space-related economic growth thereby ensuring a stable and dynamic research and business climate by attracting space-related businesses to locate within and utilize the opportunities provided in the state;
(2) for space-related educational and research development by encouraging and assisting the University of Alaska in developing space-related programs, research, and courses of instruction and to assist the University of Alaska as a member of the Space Grant State Consortia under 42 U.S.C. 2486 (National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program);
(3) to promote the continued utilization of the Poker Flat Research Range as a launch site for launch vehicles and for scientific research both from ground based and rocket or balloon based instrumentation;
(4) to recognize the importance and benefits of and to promote and encourage the continued utilization of Poker Flat Research Range for the University of Alaska's polar research efforts;
(5) for promotion of space-related tourism activities at Poker Flat Research Range and other space-related facilities or centers that may be utilized or established by the corporation; and
(6) for development of a state strategy for and to implement the acceleration of space-related economic growth and educational and research development in the state by the use of innovative development methods designed to stimulate space-related business and educational and research development and improve the entrepreneurial atmosphere in the state.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 27. Alaska Aerospace Corporation › Sec. 26.27.120. Exercise by corporation of powers within municipalities.

The corporation may exercise any of its powers in all portions of a space-related facility or territory lying within the boundaries of a municipality to the same extent and in the same manner as in areas of the space-related facility or territory not within the boundaries of a municipality.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 27. Alaska Aerospace Corporation › Sec. 26.27.130. Trade secrets confidential.

The corporation shall maintain the confidentiality of a trade secret, or other proprietary technical information, supplied for purposes related to this chapter unless the owner of the trade secret authorizes its release or a court orders its release. Information covered by this section is not a public record for purposes of AS 40.25.110 - 40.25.140. The corporation shall adopt regulations implementing this section.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 27. Alaska Aerospace Corporation › Sec. 26.27.150. Issuance of bonds, notes, and refunding bonds.

(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, the corporation may issue bonds in its discretion for any of its corporate purposes and may issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying or retiring bonds previously issued by it.
(b) The corporation may not, without prior legislative approval, issue bonds, other than refunding bonds,
(1) in a total amount in excess of $1,000,000 each calendar year; or
(2) if the annual debt service on all outstanding bonds issued and proposed to be issued exceeds $1,000,000 in a fiscal year.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 27. Alaska Aerospace Corporation › Sec. 26.27.160. Security for bonds.

The corporation may issue bonds including but not limited to bonds on which the principal and interest are payable (1) exclusively from the income and revenue of the space-related project financed with the proceeds of the bonds, (2) exclusively from the income and revenue of designated space-related projects whether or not they are financed in whole or in part with the proceeds of the bonds, (3) from its revenue or other assets generally, or (4) exclusively from rents, fees, charges, or other revenue collected or received by the corporation. Bonds may be additionally secured by a pledge of a grant or contribution from the federal government or from another source, or by a pledge of income or revenue of the corporation, or by a mortgage of a space-related project or other property of the corporation.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 27. Alaska Aerospace Corporation › Sec. 26.27.170. Limitation of liability on bonds.

The members of the corporation and a person executing the bonds are not liable personally on the bonds by reason of their issuance. The bonds of the corporation are not a debt of the state or a political or municipal corporation or other subdivision of the state, including the University of Alaska, and each bond must so state on its face. Neither the state nor a political or municipal corporation or other subdivision of the state, including the University of Alaska, other than the corporation is liable on the bonds, nor are the bonds payable out of funds or properties other than those of the corporation. The corporation may not pledge the faith of the people of the state for a loan or obligation. Bonds of the corporation are not a debt, indebtedness, or the borrowing of money within the meaning of a limitation or restriction on the issuance of bonds contained in the constitution or laws of the state.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 27. Alaska Aerospace Corporation › Sec. 26.27.180. Issuance and sale of bonds and notes.

Bonds and notes of the corporation are authorized by adoption of a resolution prescribing the date of issuance and maturity, interest rate, denomination, form, conversion privilege, rank or priority, execution, terms of redemption, medium, and place of payment. Bonds and notes may be sold in the manner, on the terms, and at the price the corporation determines. Each bond and note is negotiable. The signature of a member or an officer upon a bond or note or coupon is not invalidated by that person's ceasing to hold office before the delivery of the bond or note. The recitation of a bond or note that it has been issued in the financing of a space-related project or purpose under this chapter is conclusive as to the issuance of the bond or note and the character of the project in a challenge of the validity of the bond or note or the security for it.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 27. Alaska Aerospace Corporation › Sec. 26.27.200. Independent financial advisor.

In negotiating the private sale of bonds or bond anticipation notes to an underwriter, the corporation shall retain a financial advisor who is independent from the underwriter. The financial advisor may not bid on the bonds or notes if offered at public sale or negotiate for their purchase if sold at private sale.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 27. Alaska Aerospace Corporation › Sec. 26.27.220. Right of obligee of corporation to bring injunction.

An obligee of the corporation may, in addition to all other rights that may be conferred and subject only to contractual restriction binding upon the obligee, seek an injunction or an action in nature of an action for mandamus against the members, the corporation, its officers, agents, or employees.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 27. Alaska Aerospace Corporation › Sec. 26.27.230. Power of corporation to confer upon obligee right to bring action or proceeding.

The corporation may by resolution, trust indenture, mortgage, lease, or other contract confer upon an obligee holding or representing a specified amount in bonds, or holding a lease, the right upon a default as defined in the resolution or instrument by suit, action, or proceeding
(1) to have possession of a space-related project or part of one surrendered to the obligee, with possession retained by the obligee as long as the corporation continues in default;
(2) to obtain the appointment of a receiver of a space-related project or part of one and its rents and profits, who may enter, take possession, and for the duration of the default operate and maintain it, collect and receive all fees, rents, revenues, or other charges thereafter arising, and keep the money in a separate account or accounts to be applied in accordance with the obligations of the corporation as the court directs;
(3) to require the corporation and its members to account as if they were the trustees of an express trust.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 27. Alaska Aerospace Corporation › Sec. 26.27.240. Exemption of real property of corporation from execution or other process.

All real property of the corporation is exempt from levy and sale by execution, and an execution or other judicial process may not issue against it. A judgment against the corporation may not be a charge or lien upon its real property. However, this section does not limit the right of an obligee to foreclose or otherwise enforce a mortgage of the corporation or to pursue any remedy for the enforcement of a pledge or lien given by the corporation on its rents, fees, or revenues.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 27. Alaska Aerospace Corporation › Sec. 26.27.250. Power of corporation to obtain federal aid and cooperation.

The corporation may borrow, accept contributions, grants, or other financial assistance from the federal government in aid of a space-related project and for this purpose may comply with conditions and enter into the mortgages, trust indentures, leases, or agreements that are necessary, convenient, or desirable in order to obtain financial aid or cooperation from the federal government in the undertaking, construction, maintenance, or operation of a space-related project.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 27. Alaska Aerospace Corporation › Sec. 26.27.260. Exemption from taxes and assessments.

The property of the corporation is public property used for essential public and governmental purposes and this property and the corporation are exempt from all taxes and special assessments of a municipality, the state, or a political subdivision of the state. However, instead of taxes, the corporation may make payments to the municipality or political subdivision for improvements, services, and facilities furnished by it for the benefit of a space-related project.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 27. Alaska Aerospace Corporation › Sec. 26.27.270. Disposal of surplus property.

(a) The corporation may convey real or personal property that it determines is in excess of its needs. Except as provided in (b) of this section, the sale shall be by public auction or by sealed bids. Public notice shall be given by publishing notice of the sale at least once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation within the area in which the property to be sold is located and by posting notice of sale in at least two public places in the area. In no event may the auction be held less than 30 days after the last day of publication. If an acceptable bid is not received, the corporation may sell the property at negotiated sale within six months after the date of the auction. A negotiated sale may not be made on an appraisal made more than nine months before the date of sale. The price at a negotiated sale may not be less than the appraised value.
(b) Real or personal property of the corporation may be conveyed to a state or federal agency or political subdivision or the University of Alaska for less than the appraised value without competitive bidding, upon a determination by the board that the terms are fair and proper and in the best interests of the state. The board shall consider both the nature of the agency's or political subdivision's public services or functions and the terms under which the property was acquired by the corporation.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 27. Alaska Aerospace Corporation › Sec. 26.27.280. Public loans or donations to or cooperation with corporation.

(a) A public body or agency of the state may
(1) lend or donate money or property to the corporation;
(2) cooperate with it in the planning, construction, or operation of a project;
(3) transfer to it an interest in property, grant an easement, undertake otherwise authorized construction of facilities adjacent to a project;
(4) furnish or improve otherwise authorized roads, streets, alleys, and sidewalks;
(5) purchase bonds of the corporation;
(6) incur the entire expense of improvements made under this chapter;
(7) agree with the corporation that a certain sum or that no sum shall be paid by the corporation to it instead of taxes;
(8) enter into agreements respecting exercise of the powers granted in this chapter that shall be approved and executed by the public body or municipality in or adjacent to the project before the project may be constructed; and
(9) in general do all things necessary or convenient to cooperate in the planning, construction, or operation of a project.
(b) Except as required under AS 44.62.310 - 44.62.319 (Open Meetings Act), a sale, conveyance, lease, or agreement under this section may be made without appraisal, public notice or advertisement, or bidding. A public body may exercise the powers granted in this section by resolution or ordinance by a majority of the members of the governing body present at the meeting at which it is introduced, and the resolution or ordinance takes effect immediately without publishing or posting.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 27. Alaska Aerospace Corporation › Sec. 26.27.300. Cooperation with other authorities.

In issuing a bond, the corporation may request the assistance of and work with the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority and the Alaska Municipal Bond Bank Authority. The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority may invest in and issue bonds for space-related projects of the Alaska Aerospace Corporation. The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority and the Alaska Municipal Bond Bank Authority may purchase and market bonds of the Alaska Aerospace Corporation.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 27. Alaska Aerospace Corporation › Sec. 26.27.900. Definitions.

In this chapter,
(1) “board” means the board of directors of the Alaska Aerospace Corporation;
(2) “corporation” means the Alaska Aerospace Corporation;
(3) “landing site” means a site or facility designed, intended, or used for the landing or recovery of space vehicles, aircraft, or balloons;
(4) “launch site” means a site or facility designed, intended, or used for the launching of space vehicles, sounding rockets, aircraft, or balloons;
(5) “payload” means property or cargo, including people or animals, to be transported aboard a vehicle launched by the corporation;
(6) “recovery” means the retrieval and recovery of space vehicles, payloads, and parts that have been launched from the corporation's facilities;
(7) “space vehicle” means a rocket, missile, booster, or other vehicle designed, intended, or used to reach high altitude.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 30. Military Facility Zones › Sec. 26.30.010. Application for a military facility zone.

(a) The adjutant general may accept applications for designation of a military facility zone or expansion of a military facility zone. The adjutant general shall by regulation specify the content of, and submission requirements for, the application.
(b) The chief executive officer or governing body of a municipality may apply for an area to be designated as a military facility zone or for expansion of an existing military facility zone as follows:
(1) a municipality may apply for an area within its boundaries;
(2) a borough may apply on behalf of a city located in the borough, for an area within the boundaries of the city only with the prior consent of the city;
(3) two or more municipalities may jointly apply for an area within the common boundaries of the municipalities.
(c) The application must contain the information and be submitted in the form and manner required by the adjutant general and must provide
(1) a statement that the applicant has examined the feasibility of creating industry, development, and educational or training opportunities for employers and employees of business entities located or to be located in the proposed military facility zone; and
(2) approval of the application by ordinance of the governing body of the applicant, except that, for an area in the unorganized borough that is not in a municipality, the approval must be by law.
(d) On receiving an application under this section or an application for expansion under AS 26.30.040, the adjutant general shall give notice of the application to the following:
(1) the legislature;
(2) the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development;
(3) the executive director of the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority;
(4) the executive director of the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation;
(5) the public; the notice under this paragraph shall be made by posting on the Alaska Online Public Notice System (AS 44.62.175).
(e) The adjutant general shall solicit comments on the application. Notice of the solicitation shall be placed on the Alaska Online Public Notice System (AS 44.62.175).
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 30. Military Facility Zones › Sec. 26.30.030. Designation of military facility zones.

(a) Within 60 days after receiving an application under AS 26.30.010 submitted in compliance with this chapter, after considering comments under AS 26.30.010(e), the adjutant general may designate a military facility zone. The adjutant general shall specify the location and boundaries of the military facility zone.
(b) The designation of an area as a military facility zone is effective for 20 years, beginning on the date the adjutant general designates the area as a military facility zone.
(c) Unless the area of the municipality exceeds 500 square miles, only two military facility zones may be in effect in a municipality at one time.
(d) The decision of the adjutant general on an application to designate a military facility zone is a final administrative order subject to appeal to the superior court for review in the manner provided under AS 44.62.560.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 30. Military Facility Zones › Sec. 26.30.040. Expansion of a military facility zone.

(a) Within 60 days after receiving an application for expansion of a zone submitted by a municipality in compliance with AS 26.30.010, the adjutant general may expand the zone, if the applicant demonstrates that the expanded area meets the requirements of AS 26.30.020.
(b) The adjutant general may grant up to two applications for expansion of a military facility zone in each calendar year for an area that
(1) meets the requirements of AS 26.30.020; and
(2) has strategic importance to the economic development of the municipality.
(c) The limit in AS 26.30.030(c) does not apply to an expansion of a military facility zone that does not exceed 50 percent of the area of the existing zone or to an expansion of a zone under (b) of this section.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 30. Military Facility Zones › Sec. 26.30.050. Military facility zone authorities.

(a) If a military facility zone is within the boundaries of only one municipality, the municipality may create a military facility zone authority for the zone.
(b) If a military facility zone includes areas within the boundaries of more than one municipality, the municipalities may, by agreement, create a military facility zone authority for the zone.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 30. Military Facility Zones › Sec. 26.30.060. Benefits in military facility zones.

(a) A municipality in which a military facility zone is located or a military facility zone authority for a military facility zone may receive
(1) financing for one or more projects in the military facility zone from the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority or the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation;
(2) funding for one or more projects from any other available source of federal, state, or local public or private funding, credit, or guarantee programs.
(b) A municipality in which a military facility zone is located, a military facility zone authority for a military facility zone, or a business entity located in a zone may receive priority consideration for financial assistance for projects or operations in the zone from the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs and from any other appropriate state program, if available under the law establishing the program.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace › Chapter 30. Military Facility Zones › Sec. 26.30.900. Definitions.

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,
(1) “adjutant general” means the principal executive officer of the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs appointed under AS 26.05.160;
(2) “area” means a geographic area described by a closed perimeter boundary within one or more municipalities in the state;
(3) “facility” means a facility of
(A) an Alaska military or civilian agency serving a subdivision of the Alaska National Guard, the United States Army, the United States Navy, the United States Marine Corps, the United States Air Force, or the United States Coast Guard, including reserve units of those entities;
(B) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; or
(C) a public corporation within the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs;
(4) “military facility zone” means an area that
(A) meets the requirements of AS 26.30.020; and
(B) is designated as a military facility zone by the adjutant general under AS 26.30.030;
(5) “military facility zone authority” means a public corporation established by one or more municipalities to administer a military facility zone located in the municipalities in the state;
(6) “zone” means a military facility zone.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 27. Mining › Chapter 05. Administration and Services › Article 1. Department of Natural Resources. › Sec. 27.05.010. Department responsible for mineral resources.

(a) The department has charge of all matters affecting exploration, development, and mining of the mineral resources of the state, the collection and dissemination of all official information relative to the mineral resources, and mines and mining projects of the state, and the administration of the laws with respect to all kinds of mining.
(b) The department is the lead agency for all matters relating to the exploration, development, and management of mining, and, in its capacity as lead agency, shall coordinate all regulatory matters concerning mineral resource exploration, development, mining, and associated activities. Before a state agency takes action that may directly or indirectly affect the exploration, development, or management of mineral resources, the agency shall consult with and draw upon the mining expertise of the department.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 27. Mining › Chapter 05. Administration and Services › Article 1. Department of Natural Resources. › Sec. 27.05.020. Conflict of interest prohibited.

In conducting the inquiries and investigations authorized by AS 27.05.010 - 27.05.070, no officer or employee of the department may have a personal or private interest in a mine or the products of a mine under investigation or accept employment from a private party for services in the examination of private mineral property. Nothing in this section prevents employment by the department, in a consulting capacity or in the investigation of special subjects, of an engineer or other expert whose principal professional practice is not employment by the department.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 27. Mining › Chapter 05. Administration and Services › Article 1. Department of Natural Resources. › Sec. 27.05.030. Cooperation with federal departments.

The department shall cooperate with the heads of executive departments of the United States in making investigations and in disseminating information to stimulate mining, quarrying, and metallurgical industries in the state, and in providing for the inspection of mines and protection of lives of miners.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 27. Mining › Chapter 05. Administration and Services › Article 1. Department of Natural Resources. › Sec. 27.05.040. Negotiations with federal departments and other agencies.

The department may negotiate with the federal departments and other agencies for arrangements that it considers expedient for cooperation with those departments and agencies in formulating and carrying out policies and projects designed to encourage and assist in the development of the mineral resources of the state.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 27. Mining › Chapter 05. Administration and Services › Article 1. Department of Natural Resources. › Sec. 27.05.050. Survey of resources and mining operations and dissemination of information.

The department shall conduct a continuing survey of the mineral resources and mining operations of the state and shall disseminate information regarding them to assist prospectors and miners, safeguard the lives and health of miners, protect investors in the mining industry, and foster and promote the best interests of the mining, mineral, and related industries of the state.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 27. Mining › Chapter 05. Administration and Services › Article 1. Department of Natural Resources. › Sec. 27.05.070. Assistance to miners and prospectors.

The department shall, so far as practicable, throughout the state assist miners and prospectors by
(1) giving information as to mineral deposits gained from the minerals survey of the state;
(2) securing and examining samples and applying tests upon the ground, or in the office or laboratory, and advising as to the nature of a mineral and as to the best methods of analysis, sampling, assay, and test;
(3) reporting to the governor the location of roads, trails, and bridges as in its opinion are reasonably necessary for the development of mineral resources;
(4) giving advice, information, and directions as may be of assistance to the miners and prospectors of the state.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 27. Mining › Chapter 05. Administration and Services › Article 2. Assays. › Sec. 27.05.080. Public assay offices.

The department shall, for the purpose of aiding bona fide miners and prospectors and stimulating mineral discoveries, establish a public assay office. The department may adopt regulations and establish procedures considered necessary and expedient to carry out this section and AS 27.05.090.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 27. Mining › Chapter 05. Administration and Services › Article 2. Assays. › Sec. 27.05.090. Appointment of assayers; information and procedure.

The department shall appoint for each public assay office a competent person to make assays and analyses of Alaskan ores and minerals. No charge shall be imposed for an assay or analysis. When an assay and analysis are made, the person requesting them shall state upon forms furnished by the department: (1) the person's permanent residence address; (2) a description, as precise as possible, of the location where the sample was taken; and (3) other information that the department by regulation may require that may be beneficial to evaluation of the state's mineral resources. Information received and assay results shall be kept confidential for a period of two years. At the end of that period the information and results shall be open to public inspection and may be published by the department.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 27. Mining › Chapter 09. Mining Loan Fund › Sec. 27.09.010. Mining loan fund.

(a) There is established in the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development the mining loan fund. The department may make loans from the fund to underwrite advanced mineral exploration, development, or mining in the state.
(b) The mining loan fund is a revolving fund consisting of appropriations made to the fund by the legislature, repayments of principal and interest, and any money chargeable to principal or interest that is collected through liquidation by foreclosure or other process on loans made from the fund. On June 30 of each fiscal year the unexpended and unobligated cash balance of the fund that is attributable to loans owned by the fund lapses into the general fund. Money in the fund may be used by the legislature to make appropriations for costs of administering the fund.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 27. Mining › Chapter 09. Mining Loan Fund › Sec. 27.09.015. Special account established.

(a) There is established as a special account within the mining loan fund the foreclosure expense account. This account is established as a reserve from fund equity.
(b) The commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development may expend money credited to the foreclosure expense account when necessary to protect the state's security interest in collateral on loans made under AS 27.09.010 or to defray expenses incurred during foreclosure proceedings after a default by an obligor.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 27. Mining › Chapter 09. Mining Loan Fund › Sec. 27.09.020. Eligibility.

(a) The department may make loans under this chapter to
(1) an individual who has at least five years of mining or prospecting experience in the state and who is a resident of the state;
(2) a partnership if at least half of the partners each have five years mining or prospecting experience in the state and at least half of the partners are residents of the state;
(3) a corporation that has at least five years of mining or prospecting experience in the state if at least 51 percent of its shares are held by residents of the state; and
(4) a corporation that does not meet the requirements of (3) of this section if at least 51 percent of its shares are held by persons having at least five years of mining or prospecting experience in the state and at least 51 percent of its shares are held by persons who are residents of the state.
(b) A person who has a past due child support obligation established by court order or by the child support services agency under AS 25.27.160 - 25.27.220 at the time of application is not eligible for a loan under this chapter.