Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 31.25.010

  • 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.
  • property: includes real and personal property. 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

The Alaska Gasline Development Corporation is a public corporation and government instrumentality acting in the best interest of the state for the purposes required by AS 31.25.005, located for administrative purposes in the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, but having a legal existence independent of and separate from the state. The corporation may not be terminated as long as it has bonds, notes, or other obligations outstanding. The corporation may dissolve when no bonds, notes, or other obligations of the corporation or a subsidiary of the corporation are outstanding and the corporation or a subsidiary of the corporation is no longer engaged in the development, financing, construction, or operation of an in-state natural gas pipeline or an Alaska liquefied natural gas project. Upon termination of the corporation, its rights and property pass to the state.