Alaska 2025 2025-2026 Regular Session

Alaska House Bill HB67 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/24/2025

                     
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 HOUSE BILL NO. 67 
 
IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA 
 
THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION 
 
BY THE HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR 
 
Introduced:  1/24/25 
Referred:   Finance 
 
 
A BILL 
 
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED 
 
"An Act authorizing the Alaska Railroad Corporation to issue revenue bonds to finance 1 
the replacement of the Alaska Railroad Corporation's passenger dock and related 2 
terminal facility in Seward, Alaska; and providing for an effective date." 3 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 4 
   * Section 1.  The uncodified law of the State of Alaska enacted in sec. 4(a), ch. 30, SLA 5 
2022, is amended to read: 6 
(a) The Alaska Railroad Corporation is authorized to issue revenue bonds 7 
under AS 42.40.250 to finance the replacement of the Alaska Railroad Corporation's 8 
passenger dock and related terminal facility in Seward, Alaska, and associated costs, 9 
including, without limitation, reserves for debt service and capitalized interest, if 10 
necessary or appropriate, and costs of issuance. The replacement dock and terminal 
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facility must accommodate Alaska marine highway system vessels with side 12 
loading doors. The maximum principal amount of bonds that the Alaska Railroad 13 
Corporation may issue under this section is $135,000,000 [$60,000,000]. The Alaska 14    34-GH1572\A 
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Railroad Corporation may issue the bonds in a single issuance or in several issuances, 1 
without limitation as to number of issuances or timing, and as the Alaska Railroad 2 
Corporation determines best furthers the purpose of financing the replacement of the 3 
Alaska Railroad Corporation's passenger dock and related terminal facility in Seward, 4 
Alaska, and associated costs. The bonds shall be repaid from dock revenue or other 5 
funds available to the Alaska Railroad Corporation. The general credit of the Alaska 6 
Railroad Corporation and the state may not be pledged for the repayment of the bonds. 7 
   * Sec. 2.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c). 8