(a)Alaska Stat. § 45.50.562 – 45.50.596 do not forbid the existence or operation of labor, agricultural, horticultural, or marine pilot organizations created for the purpose of mutual help, and not conducted for profit, or forbid or restrain members of those organizations from lawfully carrying out the legitimate objectives of them; nor are these organizations or members illegal combinations or conspiracies in restraint of trade under the provisions of Alaska Stat. § 45.50.562 – 45.50.596.
Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 45.50.572
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.
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
Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
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
(b)Alaska Stat. § 45.50.562 – 45.50.596 do not forbid actions or arrangements authorized or regulated under the laws of the United States that exempt these actions or arrangements from application of the antitrust laws of the United States or under the following statutes of this state:
(1)Alaska Stat. § 06.05.235 and 06.05.570;(2)Alaska Stat. Chapter 10.15; and(3)Alaska Stat. § 31.05.110.(c)Alaska Stat. § 45.50.562 – 45.50.596 do not forbid persons engaged in the fishing industry as fishermen who catch, collect, or cultivate aquatic products from acting together in associations for the purpose of collectively catching, producing, preparing for market, processing, handling, and marketing their product. Associations may have marketing agencies in common and may make contracts and agreements necessary to achieve the purposes of this subsection. In this subsection, “association” means an association, corporate or otherwise, with or without capital stock, that
(1) is operated for the mutual benefit of its members;(2) does not deal in the aquatic products of nonmembers to an amount greater in value than the association handles for its members; and(3) either
(A) does not allow a member of the association more than one vote because of the amount of stock or membership capital the member may own in the association; or(B) does not pay dividends on stock or membership capital in excess of eight percent a year.(d)Alaska Stat. § 45.50.562 – 45.50.596 apply to long distance telecommunications services provided by public utilities. Alaska Stat. § 45.50.562 – 45.50.596 do not apply to other services provided by public utilities that have been issued a certificate of public convenience and necessity under Alaska Stat. Chapter 42.05.(e)[Repealed, Sec. 68 ch 21 SLA 1985].(f)[Repealed, Sec. 10 ch 75 SLA 1982].(g)Alaska Stat. § 45.50.562 – 45.50.596 do not forbid activities expressly required by a regulatory agency of the state. Activities permitted by a regulatory agency of the state are not forbidden by this chapter if the regulatory agency has given due consideration to the possible anticompetitive effects before permitting the activities, and enforcement of the provisions of Alaska Stat. § 45.50.562 – 45.50.596 would be disruptive of the regulatory scheme.(h)Alaska Stat. § 45.50.562 – 45.50.596 do not forbid actions or arrangements necessary to carry out the provisions of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.(i)Alaska Stat. § 45.50.562 – 45.50.596 do not prohibit activities of the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation to stabilize the market price of and demand for residential housing in the state under Alaska Stat. § 18.56.210.(j)Alaska Stat. § 45.50.562 – 45.50.596 do not forbid persons engaged in the fishing industry as fishermen, including fishermen acting through associations allowed under (c) of this section, from collectively agreeing with fish processors, including fish processors acting through associations of processors, on the (1) price paid to the fishermen for aquatic products; and (2) minimum price that fish processors will accept for the sale of processed aquatic products. Nothing in this subsection allows fish processors to agree among themselves on the price paid to fishermen or the minimum price that fish processors will accept for the sale of processed aquatic products if fishermen did not participate in the making of the agreement and are not a party to the agreement.(k)Alaska Stat. § 45.50.562 – 45.50.596 do not apply to action taken by a person to comply with Alaska Stat. Chapter 45.25 or to action refrained from by a person in order to comply with Alaska Stat. Chapter 45.25 (motor vehicle transactions).(l)Alaska Stat. § 45.50.562 – 45.50.596 do not forbid the existence or operation of organizations of physicians acting in accordance with Alaska Stat. Chapter 23.50, or forbid or restrain members of those organizations from lawfully carrying out the legitimate objectives of them; nor are these organizations or members illegal combinations or conspiracies in restraint of trade under the provisions of Alaska Stat. § 45.50.562 – 45.50.596.
