action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
municipality: means a political subdivision incorporated under the laws of the state that is a home rule or general law city, a home rule or general law borough, or a unified municipality. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(1) issue bonds and notes from time to time for any of the purposes of Alaska Stat. § 18.55.480 – 18.55.960, including the payment of principal and interest upon advances for surveys and plans for redevelopment projects;(2) issue refunding bonds for the purpose of the payment or retirement or in exchange for bonds previously issued by it;(3) issue the types of bonds and notes it determines, including bonds and notes on which the principal and interest are payable
(A) exclusively from the income, proceeds, and revenues of the redevelopment project financed with the proceeds of the bonds or notes; or(B) exclusively from the income, proceeds, and revenue of any of its redevelopment projects whether or not they are financed in whole or in part with the proceeds of the bonds or notes; and(4) further secure the bonds or notes authorized by (1) – (3) of this subsection by a pledge of all or any part of a loan, grant, or contribution from the federal government or from another source, or by a mortgage of a redevelopment project of the corporation.(b) The members of the board of directors of the corporation or a person executing the bonds or notes authorized by (a) of this section are not liable personally on the bonds or notes by reason of the issuance of them. The bonds, notes, and other obligations of the corporation are not a debt of the municipality, the state, or the United States, and neither the municipality, the state, nor the United States is liable on them, nor are the bonds, notes, or obligations payable out of money or property other than those of the corporation acquired for the purposes of Alaska Stat. § 18.55.480 – 18.55.960 and each bond and note shall state this on its face. A bond or note does not constitute an indebtedness within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation or restriction. Bonds and notes of the corporation issued under Alaska Stat. § 18.55.480 – 18.55.960 are declared to be issued for an essential public and governmental purpose and, together with interest on them and income from them, are exempt from all taxes.(c) Bonds and notes of the corporation issued under Alaska Stat. § 18.55.480 – 18.55.960 shall be authorized by its resolution and may be issued in one or more series and shall bear the date or dates, be payable upon demand or mature at the time or times, bear interest at the rate or rates provided, be in the denomination or denominations, be in the form either coupon or registered, carry the conversion or registration privileges, have the rank or priority, be executed in the manner, be payable in the medium of payment, at the place or places, and be subject to the terms of redemption, with or without premium, which the resolution, its trust indenture, or mortgage provides.(d) Bonds and notes may be sold in the manner, on the terms, and at the price the corporation determines.(e) If a member of the board of directors or officer of the corporation whose signature appears on a bond, note, or coupon ceases to be a member or officer before the delivery of the bonds or notes, the signature is nevertheless valid and sufficient for all purposes as if the member or officer had remained in office until delivery. Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, bonds and notes issued under Alaska Stat. § 18.55.480 – 18.55.960 are negotiable.(f) In an action or proceeding involving the validity or enforceability of a bond or note or security for a bond or note issued under Alaska Stat. § 18.55.480 – 18.55.960, where the bond or note recites in substance that it has been issued by the corporation to aid in financing a redevelopment project, the bond or note is conclusive proof that it has been issued for that purpose and the project is conclusively considered to have been planned, located, and carried out in accordance with the purposes and provisions of Alaska Stat. § 18.55.480 – 18.55.960.
