Title 44, State Government

(a) Subject to AS 44.85.100(b), the bond bank authority may issue its bonds or notes in principal amounts that it considers necessary to provide funds for any purposes under this chapter, including (1) the purchase of municipal bonds; (2) the making of loans through the purchase …

Bonds or notes of the bond bank authority shall be authorized by resolution of the bond bank authority and may be issued in one or more series and shall bear the date, mature at the time, bear interest at the rate of interest each year or within a maximum rate, be in the denomina…

Bonds or notes of the bond bank authority may be sold at public or private sale at the price the bond bank authority determines.

The bond bank authority may from time to time issue its notes under this chapter and pay and retire or fund or refund the notes from proceeds of bonds or of other notes, or from other funds or money of the bond bank authority available for that purpose in accordance with a contra…

In a resolution of the bond bank authority authorizing or relating to the issuance of bonds or notes, the bond bank authority, in order to secure the payment of the bonds or notes and in addition to its other powers, may covenant and contract with the holders of the bonds or note…

The bond bank authority may purchase bonds or notes of the bond bank authority out of its funds or money available for the purchase of its own bonds and notes. The bond bank authority may hold, cancel, or resell the bonds or notes subject to and in accordance with agreements with…

Notwithstanding any law applicable to a municipality as to the period for temporary financing of a public improvement or purpose by issuance of its notes in anticipation of the issuance of permanent bonds or as to the renewal of bond anticipation notes, the bond bank authority ma…

All municipal bonds purchased, held, or owned by the bond bank authority, upon delivery to the bond bank authority, must be accompanied by all documentation required by the authority.

After issuance, all bonds or notes of the bond bank authority shall be conclusively presumed to be fully authorized and issued under the laws of the state, and a person or a municipality is estopped from questioning their authorization, sale, issuance, execution, or delivery by t…

(a) The bond bank authority shall establish and maintain a special fund called the “Alaska municipal bond bank authority reserve fund” in which there shall be deposited or transferred (1) all money appropriated by the legislature for the purpose of the fund in accordance with the…

The bond bank authority may establish additional reserves or other funds or accounts as may be, in its discretion, necessary, desirable, or convenient to further the accomplishment of its purposes or to comply with the provisions of any of its agreements or resolutions.

Money or investments in a fund or account of the bond bank authority established or held for bonds, notes, indebtedness, or liability to be paid, funded, or refunded by issuance of bonds or notes, unless the resolution authorizing the bonds or notes provides otherwise, shall be a…

In order to carry out its purpose under this chapter of making loans to municipalities by purchase of the municipal bonds of those municipalities and by receipt of its income from service charges and from payments of interest on the maturing principal of municipal bonds purchased…

If the bond bank authority defaults in the payment of principal or interest on an issue of notes or bonds after they become due, whether at maturity or upon call for redemption, and the default continues for 30 days, or if the bond bank authority fails or refuses to comply with t…

(a) A trustee appointed under AS 44.85.310 may, and shall in the trustee's name, upon written request of the holders of 25 percent in principal amount of the outstanding notes or bonds, (1) by civil action enforce all rights of the noteholders or bondholders, including the right …

Neither a member of the bond bank authority nor a person executing bonds or notes issued under this chapter is liable personally on the bonds or notes.

All property of the bond bank authority is exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution and no execution or other judicial process may issue against the property. A judgment against the bond bank authority may not be a charge or lien upon its property; however, nothing in …

A pledge of revenues or other money made by the bond bank authority is binding from the time the pledge is made. Revenues or other money so pledged and thereafter received by the bond bank authority are immediately subject to the lien of the pledge without any further act, and th…

The bond bank authority may obtain from a department or agency of the United States, or a nongovernmental insurer available insurance or guaranty for the payment or repayment of interest or principal, or both, or any part of interest or principal, on bonds or notes issued by the …

All banks, trust companies, savings banks, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business are authorized to give to the bond bank authority a good and sufficient undertaking with such sureties as are approved by the bank to the effect that the bank or bank…

All expenses incurred in carrying out this chapter are payable solely from revenues or funds appropriated under this chapter and nothing in this chapter authorizes the bond bank authority to incur an indebtedness or liability on behalf of or payable by the state.

All officers, departments, boards, agencies, divisions, and commissions of the state shall render services to the bond bank authority that are within the area of their respective governmental functions and that may be requested by the bond bank authority and must comply promptly …

The provisions of AS 40.25.110 — 40.25.120 (public records) and AS 44.62.310 — 44.62.319 (Open Meetings Act) apply to the bond bank authority.

In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, (1) “bond bank authority” means the Alaska Municipal Bond Bank Authority established by AS 44.85.020; (2) “bonds” means bonds of the bond bank authority issued under this chapter; (3) “governmental employer” means the State …

This chapter may be cited as the Alaska Municipal Bond Bank Authority Act or the Alaska Municipal Bond Bank Act. In transactions involving general obligation bonds of municipalities, the Alaska Municipal Bond Bank Authority created by this chapter may be referred to as the Alaska…

(a) The legislature finds, determines, and declares that (1) there exist areas of the state in which seasonal and nonseasonal unemployment exists; (2) this unemployment is a serious menace to the health, safety, and general welfare, not only to the people in those areas, but also…

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 separ…

(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…

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…

(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…

The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority revolving fund is established in the authority. The revolving fund consists of appropriations made to the revolving fund by the legislature, money or other assets transferred to the revolving fund by the authority, and unrest…

The purpose of the authority is to promote, develop, and advance the general prosperity and economic welfare of the people of the state, to relieve problems of unemployment, and to create additional employment by (1) providing various means of financing and means of facilitating …

In furtherance of its corporate purposes, the authority has the following powers in addition to its other powers: (1) to sue and be sued; (2) to have a seal and alter it at pleasure; (3) to make and alter bylaws for its organization and internal management; (4) to adopt regulatio…

(a) Except for AS 44.62.310 — 44.62.319 (Open Meetings Act), the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act regarding the adoption of regulations (AS 44.62.040 — 44.62.319) do not apply to the authority. The authority shall make available to members of the public copies of th…

(a) The authority shall adopt a policy for payment of a dividend from the revolving fund, the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority sustainable energy transmission and supply development fund (AS 44.88.660), and the Arctic infrastructure development fund (AS 44.88.81…

(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 or development project financed with the proceeds of the…

(a) The authority may not issue bonds in a 12-month period in an amount that exceeds $400,000,000, excluding refunding bonds. (b) [Repealed, § 24 ch 123 SLA 1990.] (c) Before entering into a lease or other agreement under AS 44.88.090(e) regarding a project for which the authorit…

In the discretion of the authority, an issue of bonds may be secured by a trust indenture or trust agreement between the authority and a corporate trustee (which may be a trust company, bank, or national banking association, with corporate trust powers, located inside or outside …

(a) For the purpose of securing one or more issues of its bonds, the authority may establish one or more special funds, called “capital reserve funds”, and shall pay into those capital reserve funds the proceeds of the sale of its bonds and other money which may be made available…

It is the intention of the legislature that a pledge made in respect of bonds shall be 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…

(a) Neither the members of the authority nor a person executing the bonds are liable personally on the bonds or are 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 o…

The state pledges to and agrees with the holders of bonds issued under this chapter and with the federal agency that lends or contributes funds in respect to a project or development project financed under AS 44.88.155 — 44.88.159 or 44.88.172 — 44.88.177 that the state will not …

(a) Except as provided in AS 29.45.030(a)(1), 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, together with any project or development project financed under AS 44.88…

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 an insurance business, all banks, bankers, trust companies, sav…

(a) The enterprise development account is established in the revolving fund. The enterprise development account is a trust fund for the uses and purposes of this chapter. The enterprise development account consists of money or assets appropriated or transferred to the authority a…

(a) The interest rate on a loan purchased from the proceeds of tax-exempt bonds secured by the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority sustainable energy transmission and supply development fund (AS 44.88.660) under AS 44.88.650 — 44.88.690 or by the Arctic infrastruct…