Alaska Statutes
Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs
Chapter 40. Alaska Railroad Corporation

Article 1. Establishment and Organization.

Sec. 42.40.010. Establishment of the corporation. - There is established the Alaska Railroad Corporation. The corporation is...

Sec. 42.40.020. Board of directors. - (a) The powers of the corporation are vested in the...

Sec. 42.40.030. Term of office. - Except for the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development...

Sec. 42.40.040. Vacancies. - (a) Except for the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic...

Sec. 42.40.050. Compensation and expenses. - (a) An appointed member of the board is entitled to...

Sec. 42.40.060. Board officers. - (a) The board shall elect from its membership a chairman...

Article 2. Management.

Sec. 42.40.100. Management by the board. - The board is responsible for the management of the corporation...

Sec. 42.40.110. Executive officers. - (a) The board shall appoint the chief executive officer of...

Sec. 42.40.120. Delegation. - (a) The board shall by rule delegate to the chief...

Article 3. Administrative Provisions.

Sec. 42.40.150. Meetings of the board. - (a) The chairman of the board shall call meetings of...

Sec. 42.40.160. Quorum and voting. - (a) Four voting members of the board constitute a quorum...

Sec. 42.40.170. Executive sessions. - (a) The question of holding an executive session shall be...

Sec. 42.40.180. Rules. - (a) The board shall adopt rules to carry out its...

Sec. 42.40.190. Emergency rules. - (a) The board shall establish in the bylaws of the...

Sec. 42.40.200. Validity of rules. - (a) Failure to mail notice to a person under AS...

Sec. 42.40.205. Application of AS 42.40.180 and 42.40.190. - Adoption of a rule is not subject to AS 42.40.180...

Sec. 42.40.210. Previously adopted rules and orders. - The board may provide by resolution that rules and orders...

Sec. 42.40.220. Public disclosure of information. - (a) Except as provided under (b) of this section, information...

Article 4. Powers and Duties.

Sec. 42.40.250. General powers. - In addition to the exercise of other powers authorized by...

Sec. 42.40.260. Annual report. - (a) Within 90 days following the end of the fiscal...

Sec. 42.40.270. Audits. - (a) The board shall have the financial records of the...

Sec. 42.40.280. State oversight reports. - (a) The board shall provide a state oversight report to...

Sec. 42.40.285. Legislative approval required. - Unless the legislature approves the action by law, the corporation...

Sec. 42.40.290. Long-range capital improvement and program plan. - (a) The corporation shall prepare and the board shall adopt...

Sec. 42.40.300. Use of corporation assets. - The corporation shall apply all money, property, other assets, and...

Sec. 42.40.310. Indemnification. - (a) The corporation may defend and indemnify a current or...

Article 5. Corporation Property.

Sec. 42.40.350. Land. - (a) The corporation shall receive from the United States and,...

Sec. 42.40.352. Sale of land not necessary for railroad purposes. - (a) The corporation may sell land if the board finds...

Sec. 42.40.355. Prohibition. - Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, the state-owned railroad...

Sec. 42.40.360. Request for land. - (a) The board may nominate federal land it determines may...

Sec. 42.40.370. Conveyance of land. - (a) Within 90 days after receiving a request under AS...

Sec. 42.40.380. Use of state land. - When emergency conditions require that track or other right-of-way fixtures...

Sec. 42.40.385. Eminent domain. - (a) The corporation may exercise the power of eminent domain...

Sec. 42.40.390. Land use rules. - The board may adopt exclusive rules governing land use by...

Sec. 42.40.400. Vacation of easements. - The corporation may vacate an easement acquired under this chapter...

Sec. 42.40.410. Federal land. - Except as provided in AS 42.40.285(5), the corporation may submit...

Sec. 42.40.420. Public use of railroad land. - Upon request of a municipality or the state, the corporation...

Sec. 42.40.430. Acquisition of government property. - The corporation, as an instrumentality of the state, may acquire...

Sec. 42.40.435. Exchange of land. - The corporation may exchange land subject to AS 42.40.285. The...

Sec. 42.40.440. Use of pesticides and herbicides. - Vegetation control involving the use of pesticides or herbicides on...

Sec. 42.40.450. Adverse possession. - No prescription or statute of limitations runs against the title...

Sec. 42.40.460. Extension of the Alaska Railroad. - (a) The corporation may delineate a proposed transportation corridor between...

Sec. 42.40.465. Extension of the Alaska Railroad to connect with the North American railroad system. - (a) The corporation may investigate extension of the Alaska Railroad...

Article 6. Financial Provisions.

Sec. 42.40.500. Limitation of liability. - A liability incurred by the corporation shall be satisfied exclusively...

Sec. 42.40.510. Fidelity bond. - The corporation shall obtain a fidelity bond in an amount...

Sec. 42.40.520. Insurance. - Except as provided in AS 42.40.310(b), the corporation shall protect...

Sec. 42.40.530. Revenue. - Revenue generated by or appropriated to the corporation shall be...

Sec. 42.40.540. Appropriations. - The corporation may request, with the concurrence of the governor,...

Article 7. Specific Projects.

Sec. 42.40.550. Extension of railroad to Fort Greely. - The corporation may acquire a transportation corridor between the existing...

Sec. 42.40.570. Kenai gasification project. - (a) The corporation may participate in a project consisting of...

Article 8. Bonds.

Sec. 42.40.600. General provisions. - (a) Upon receiving legislative approval under AS 42.40.285 the corporation...

Sec. 42.40.610. Negotiable instruments. - Bonds issued under this chapter and interest coupons attached to...

Sec. 42.40.620. Bonds eligible for investment. - Bonds issued under this chapter are securities in which all...

Sec. 42.40.630. Payment of bonds. - (a) The principal and interest on bonds of the corporation...

Sec. 42.40.640. Security for bonds. - In the discretion of the board, an issue of bonds...

Sec. 42.40.650. Independent financial advisor. - In negotiating the private or public sale of bonds to...

Sec. 42.40.660. Validity of signatures. - If an officer of the corporation whose signature or a...

Sec. 42.40.670. Validity of pledge. - (a) The pledge of assets or revenue of the corporation...

Sec. 42.40.675. Pledge of the state. - The state pledges to and agrees with the holders of...

Sec. 42.40.680. Remedies. - A holder of bonds issued under this chapter or of...

Sec. 42.40.690. Credit of state not pledged. - (a) The state and its political subdivisions are not liable...

Sec. 42.40.695. Public purpose of bonds. - Bonds of the corporation issued to finance the acquisition, construction,...

Sec. 42.40.700. Limitation on personal liability. - A board member or employee of the corporation is not...

Article 9. Personnel and Labor Relations.

Sec. 42.40.705. Political activities. - (a) Money, assets, or property of the corporation may not...

Sec. 42.40.710. Corporation employees. - (a) Employees of the Alaska Railroad are employees of the...

Sec. 42.40.720. Collective bargaining rights. - The provisions of AS 23.40.070 - 23.40.260 (Public Employment Relations...

Sec. 42.40.730. Railroad labor relations agency. - (a) The Alaska labor relations agency, established in AS 23.05.360,...

Sec. 42.40.740. Collective bargaining unit. - The railroad labor relations agency shall decide in each case,...

Sec. 42.40.750. Representatives and elections. - (a) The railroad labor relations agency shall investigate a petition...

Sec. 42.40.760. Unfair labor practices. - (a) The corporation or its agent may not (1) interfere,...

Sec. 42.40.770. Investigation and conciliation of complaints. - If a verified written complaint by or for a person...

Sec. 42.40.780. Complaint and accusation. - If the railroad labor relations agency fails to eliminate the...

Sec. 42.40.790. Orders and decisions. - If the railroad labor relations agency finds that a person...

Sec. 42.40.800. Enforcement by injunction. - The railroad labor relations agency may apply to the superior...

Sec. 42.40.810. Power to investigate and compel testimony. - (a) For the purpose of the investigations, proceedings, or hearings...

Sec. 42.40.820. Regulations. - The railroad labor relations agency shall adopt regulations under AS...

Sec. 42.40.830. Penalty for violation of order or decision. - A person who violates a provision of an order or...

Sec. 42.40.840. Mediation. - (a) If, after a reasonable period of negotiation over the...

Sec. 42.40.850. Strikes. - (a) Following a decision by the mediator to end the...

Sec. 42.40.860. Agreements. - (a) The Department of Administration may participate in labor negotiations...

Sec. 42.40.870. Organization dues and employee benefits; deduction and authorization. - Upon written authorization of an employee within a bargaining unit,...

Sec. 42.40.880. Exemption. - Notwithstanding the provisions of AS 42.40.870, a collective bargaining settlement...

Sec. 42.40.885. Prohibited acts. - (a) The corporation or an employee may not directly or...

Sec. 42.40.890. Definitions for AS 42.40.710 - 42.40.890. - In AS 42.40.710 - 42.40.890, (1) “election” means a proceeding...

Article 10. General Provisions.

Sec. 42.40.900. Claims. - (a) All claims and lawsuits involving activities of the railroad,...

Sec. 42.40.905. Notice of legal actions. - (a) The corporation shall notify the Department of Law within...

Sec. 42.40.910. Exemption from taxation. - (a) The exercise of the powers granted by this chapter...

Sec. 42.40.915. Transportation of members of the Alaska organized militia. - To the extent that space is available, the corporation shall...

Sec. 42.40.920. Application of existing laws. - (a) [Repealed, § 38 ch 168 SLA 1990.] (b) Unless...

Sec. 42.40.930. Conflicting laws inapplicable. - If provisions of this chapter conflict with the provisions of...

Sec. 42.40.935. Railroad facilities code compliance. - (a) Not later than two years after the date of...

Sec. 42.40.940. Sale or lease of the railroad. - (a) The governor may provide for the sale or lease...

Sec. 42.40.950. Reversion of assets. - Except as provided in AS 42.40.940, if the corporation ceases...

Sec. 42.40.980. Definitions. - In this chapter unless the context otherwise requires, (1) “board”...

Sec. 42.40.990. Short title. - This chapter may be referred to as the Alaska Railroad...

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Alaska Statutes Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs Chapter 40. Alaska Railroad Corporation

Alaska Statutes
Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs
Chapter 40. Alaska Railroad Corporation