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Alaska House Bill HB65 Compare Versions

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16-Authorizing the Alaska Railroad Corporation to issue revenue bonds to finance the
17-replacement of the Alaska Railroad Corporation's passenger dock and related terminal facility
18-in Seward, Alaska; and providing for an effective date.
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13+IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
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15+THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION
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17+BY REPRESENTATIVES STUTES, Tomaszewski, Prax
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27+"An Act authorizing the Alaska Railroad Corporation to issue revenue bonds to finance 1
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30+BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 4
5731 * Section 1. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska enacted in sec. 4(a), ch. 30, SLA 5
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5933 (a) The Alaska Railroad Corporation is authorized to issue revenue bonds 7
6034 under AS 42.40.250 to finance the replacement of the Alaska Railroad Corporation's 8
6135 passenger dock and related terminal facility in Seward, Alaska, and associated costs, 9
6236 including, without limitation, reserves for debt service and capitalized interest, if 10
6337 necessary or appropriate, and costs of issuance. The replacement dock and terminal
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6539 facility must accommodate Alaska marine highway system vessels with side 12
6640 loading doors. The maximum principal amount of bonds that the Alaska Railroad 13
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6945 Railroad Corporation may issue the bonds in a single issuance or in several issuances, 1
7046 without limitation as to number of issuances or timing, and as the Alaska Railroad 2
7147 Corporation determines best furthers the purpose of financing the replacement of the 3
7248 Alaska Railroad Corporation's passenger dock and related terminal facility in Seward, 4
7349 Alaska, and associated costs. The bonds shall be repaid from dock revenue or other 5
7450 funds available to the Alaska Railroad Corporation. The general credit of the Alaska 6
7551 Railroad Corporation and the state may not be pledged for the repayment of the bonds. 7
7652 * Sec. 2. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c). 8