Title 19, Highways and Ferries

The authority shall employ an executive director who may not be a member of the board. The executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the board. The board shall establish the duties and compensation of the executive director.

The executive director may hire employees of the authority. The board shall prescribe the duties and compensation of authority employees.

The executive director and employees of the authority are in the exempt service under AS 39.25 (State Personnel Act).

The operating budget of the authority is subject to AS 37.07 (Executive Budget Act).

The attorney general is the legal counsel for the authority. The attorney general shall advise the authority in legal matters and represent it in suits.

(a) In furtherance of its purposes, the authority may (1) operate the Knik Arm bridge and its appurtenant facilities; (2) sue and be sued; (3) adopt a seal; (4) adopt, amend, and repeal regulations under AS 44.62 and establish bylaws; (5) make and execute agreements, contracts, a…

(a) The Department of Revenue shall separately account for all funds, assets, and revenue of the authority. (b) The deposit or investment of money in the authority's funds may be made as the board determines. The interest earned on or profits derived from the deposit, investment,…

The real and personal property of the authority and its assets, income, and receipts are declared to be the property of a political subdivision of the state and are exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the state or a political subdivision of the state. Nothing in this…

The legislative auditor annually shall audit, or cause to have audited, the financial records of the authority. 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 reasonable time.

This chapter does not prevent the state from making appropriations for or in aid of the operation of the Knik Arm bridge and its appurtenant facilities.

The authority shall keep in force public liability insurance in an amount reasonably calculated to cover potential claims for bodily injury, death or disability, and property damage that may arise from or be related to its operation and activities, naming the state as an addition…

The authority shall maximize revenue from and deposit all money in depositories acceptable to the commissioner of revenue and otherwise safeguard the money under instructions as the commissioner of revenue may from time to time issue.

The authority shall obtain a fidelity bond in an amount determined by the board, for the members of the board and any official responsible for authority accounts and finances. A bond must be in effect for the tenure of the bonded person.

If the department constructs the Knik Arm bridge and appurtenant facilities, the department shall transfer control of the bridge and appurtenant facilities to the authority, and the authority shall operate the bridge and appurtenant facilities. After the transfer of control, the …

Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, the activities of the authority are exempt from land use planning, zoning, permitting, or other similar governmental powers of political subdivisions of the state.

The owner of a vehicle using a bridge or facility managed by the authority for which a toll, fee, rate, or other charge is imposed is liable for the payment of the toll, fee, rate, or other charge solely because of the vehicle ownership, unless the vehicle, except a rental vehicl…

In this chapter, except as otherwise provided and unless the context requires otherwise, (1) “authority” means the Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority; (2) “board” means the board of directors of the authority; (3) “department” means the Department of Transportation and Public Fac…

This chapter may be cited as the Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority Act.