Title 19 — Highways and Ferries
16 chapters · 239 sections in this title.
AS 19.65.070 Revenue accounting.
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(a) The Alaska marine highway system shall account for and remit to the Department of Revenue in accordance with AS 37.10.050 all gross revenue generated from the operation of the Alaska marine highway system during each annual operating cycle. The money shall then be deposited i…
AS 19.65.080 Annual appropriation.
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(a) Commencing with appropriations for the fiscal year that begins July 1, 1991, on an annual basis and under AS 37.07 (Executive Budget Act), the legislature may appropriate amounts from the Alaska marine highway system fund to the Alaska marine highway system. (b) The Departmen…
AS 19.65.100 Definitions.
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Article 3. Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board. In AS 19.65.050 — 19.65.100, (1) “annual operating cycle” means the annual state fiscal year beginning on July 1 and ending at midnight on the following June 30; (2) “gross revenue” means all money, except money refunded to ticke…
AS 19.65.110 Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board.
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There is established in the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities the Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board.
AS 19.65.120 Board composition.
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(a) The board is composed of the deputy commissioner of transportation and public facilities assigned to the Alaska marine highway system and the following eight public members, each of whom must be a resident of the state: (1) one representative, who may be retired, of a recogni…
AS 19.65.130 Officers and quorum.
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The members of the board shall select a chair and a vice-chair from among the members of the board each year. The vice-chair presides over meetings in the absence of the chair. A majority of the members of the board constitutes a quorum. A vacancy in the board does not impair the…
AS 19.65.140 Meetings.
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The board shall meet at least four times each year. Meetings may be called by the chair or by a majority of the members of the board. At least one meeting each year must be attended by the board members in person, but all other meetings may be conducted by teleconference. All mee…
AS 19.65.150 Per diem and expenses.
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Members of the board do not receive a salary, but are entitled to per diem and travel expenses authorized for boards and commissions under AS 39.20.180.
AS 19.65.160 Records.
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Records of the board are subject to inspection and copying under AS 40.25.110.
AS 19.65.170 Legal assistance.
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The Department of Law shall provide all legal services for the board.
AS 19.65.180 Powers, duties, and functions.
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(a) After the commissioner of transportation and public facilities has considered one or more candidates for the position of director or deputy commissioner of the Alaska marine highway system, the commissioner shall confer with the board regarding that candidate or those candida…
AS 19.65.190 Staff.
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The department shall provide staff for the board.
AS 19.65.195 Definition.
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In AS 19.65.110 — 19.65.195, “board” means the Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board.
AS 19.75.011 Purpose.
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The purpose of the authority created by this chapter is to develop, stimulate, and advance the economic welfare of the state and further the development of public transportation systems in the vicinity of the Upper Cook Inlet with operation and management of a bridge to span Knik…
AS 19.75.021 Establishment of authority.
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(a) There is established the Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority. The authority is a public corporation and an instrumentality of the state within the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, but the authority has a separate and independent legal existence from the stat…
AS 19.75.031 Board of directors of authority.
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(a) The authority shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of the following: (1) the commissioner of transportation and public facilities or the commissioner's designee; (2) the commissioner of revenue or the commissioner's designee; (3) one public member, appointed b…
AS 19.75.041 Operation of authority.
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(a) The powers of the authority are vested in the board. (b) Three voting members of the board constitute a quorum. (c) The governor shall designate one member of the board to serve as the chair of the board. The voting members of the board shall elect other officers they determi…
AS 19.75.051 Executive director.
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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.
AS 19.75.061 Employment of personnel.
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The executive director may hire employees of the authority. The board shall prescribe the duties and compensation of authority employees.
AS 19.75.071 Personnel exempt from State Personnel Act.
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The executive director and employees of the authority are in the exempt service under AS 39.25 (State Personnel Act).
AS 19.75.076 Application of the Executive Budget Act.
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The operating budget of the authority is subject to AS 37.07 (Executive Budget Act).
AS 19.75.081 Legal advisor.
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Article 2. Powers and Duties. 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.
AS 19.75.111 Powers and duties of the authority.
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(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…
AS 19.75.113 Assets, funds, and revenue of the authority.
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(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,…
AS 19.75.211 Secs. 19.75.211 — 19.75.251. Bonds of the authority; trust indentures and trust agreements; funds and reserves; validity of pledge; nonliability on bonds; pledge of the state. [Repealed, § 13 ch 51 SLA 2014.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 19.75.261 Exemption from taxation.
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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…
AS 19.75.271 Bonds legal investments for fiduciaries. [Repealed, § 13 ch 51 SLA 2014.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 19.75.281 Audit.
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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.
AS 19.75.291 State appropriations for Knik Arm bridge and appurtenant facilities not affected.
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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.
AS 19.75.301 Insurance.
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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…
AS 19.75.311 Safeguarding of money.
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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.
AS 19.75.321 Fidelity bond.
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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.
AS 19.75.330 Secs. 19.75.330 — 19.75. 340. Bond terms; bond resolution; enforcement by holder; bond negotiability; refunding; bonds as legal investments. [Repealed, § 13 ch 51 SLA 2014.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 19.75.360 Transfer of Knik Arm bridge.
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Article 3. General Provisions. 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. Afte…
AS 19.75.911 Exemption from local regulation.
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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.
AS 19.75.915 Liability for payment of tolls and other charges.
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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…
AS 19.75.920 Statutory construction. [Repealed, § 13 ch 51 SLA 2014.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 19.75.980 Definitions.
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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…
AS 19.75.990 Short title.
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This chapter may be cited as the Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority Act.