Alaska Statutes Title 29, Chapter 29.35, Article 10 - Regional Solid Waste Management Authorities

• Sec. 29.35.800 Purpose of Authorities.
  The purpose of a regional solid waste management authority is to provide environmentally sound and cost-effective management of solid waste, including storage, collection, transportation,...
• Sec. 29.35.805 Establishment of Regional Solid Waste Management Authorities.
  (a) A regional solid waste management authority may be created in one of the following ways:(1) the governing body of a municipality may, by...
• Sec. 29.35.810 Dissolution of a Regional Solid Waste Management Authority.
  (a) The enabling ordinance creating a regional solid waste management authority must provide for the manner by which a regional solid waste management authority...
• Sec. 29.35.815 Municipal Property.
  (a) A municipality may transfer and otherwise convey or lease real property and improvements to real property to an authority for use by the...
• Sec. 29.35.820 Powers and Duties.
  (a) If provided in the enabling ordinance, an authority may(1) sue and be sued;(2) have a seal and alter it;(3) acquire an interest in...
• Sec. 29.35.825 Bonds of a Regional Solid Waste Management Authority; Superior Court Jurisdiction.
  (a) If authorized by the enabling ordinance, an authority may borrow money and issue bonds on which the principal and interest are payable(1) exclusively...
• Sec. 29.35.830 Bonds Eligible for Investment.
  Bonds issued under AS 29.35.825 are securities in which public officers and public bodies of the state and its political subdivisions, insurance companies, trust...
• Sec. 29.35.835 Validity of Pledge.
  The pledge of revenue of an authority to the payment of the principal of or interest on bonds or notes of the authority is...
• Sec. 29.35.840 Credit of State or a Municipality Not Pledged.
  (a) The state and municipalities participating in an authority are not liable for the debts of that authority. Bonds issued under AS 29.35.825 are...
• Sec. 29.35.845 Pledges of the State and Municipalities.
  The state and municipalities participating in an authority pledge to and agree with the holders of bonds issued under AS 29.35.825 and with the...
• Sec. 29.35.850 Limitation of Liability.
  A liability incurred by an authority shall be satisfied exclusively from the assets or revenue of the authority. A creditor or other person does...
• Sec. 29.35.855 Limitation on Personal Liability.
  A board member or employee of an authority is not subject to personal liability or accountability because of the execution or issuance of bonds.
• Sec. 29.35.860 Fidelity Bond.
  An authority shall obtain a fidelity bond in an amount determined by the board for board members and each executive officer responsible for accounts...
• Sec. 29.35.865 No Taxing Authority.
  An authority may not levy an income or other tax.
• Sec. 29.35.870 Exemption From Taxation.
  (a) An authority exercising the powers granted by the enabling ordinance under AS 29.35.800 - 29.35.925 is in all respects for the benefit of...
• Sec. 29.35.875 Administration of Regional Solid Waste Management Authorities; Board.
  (a) An authority shall be governed by a board of directors, which shall exercise the powers of the authority. The enabling ordinance establishing the...
• Sec. 29.35.885 Bylaws and Regulations.
  (a) A board shall adopt bylaws and appropriate regulations consistent with the enabling ordinance to carry out its functions and purposes.(b) A board shall...
• Sec. 29.35.890 Authority Subject to Public Records and Open Meetings Laws.
  An authority established under AS 29.35.805 is subject to AS 40.25.110 - 40.25.220 and to AS 44.62.310 - 44.62.319 (Open Meetings Act).
• Sec. 29.35.895 Annual Report.
  Within 90 days following the end of the fiscal year of an authority, the board shall distribute to the mayor and governing body of...
• Sec. 29.35.900 Audits.
  (a) The board shall have the financial records of an authority audited annually by an independent certified public accountant.(b) An authority shall make all...
• Sec. 29.35.905 Remedies.
  A holder of bonds or notes or coupons attached to the bonds issued by an authority under AS 29.35.825 , and a trustee under...
• Sec. 29.35.910 Claims.
  In judicial and regulatory proceedings by and against an authority, an authority and its board members and employees enjoy the same rights, privileges, and...
• Sec. 29.35.915 Conflicting Laws Inapplicable.
  If a provision of AS 29.35.800 - 29.35.925 conflicts with another provision of this title, the provision of AS 29.35.800 - 29.35.925 prevails.
• Sec. 29.35.920 Definitions.
  In AS 29.35.800 - 29.35.925, unless the context otherwise requires,(1) "authority" means a regional solid waste management authority established under AS 29.35.805 ;(2) "board"...
• Sec. 29.35.925 Short Title.
  AS 29.35.800 - 29.35.925 may be cited as the Regional Solid Waste Management Authority Act.

Last modified: November 15, 2016