Alaska Statutes: AS 36.30.085. Lease-Purchase Agreements.

Alaska Statutes. Title 36. Public Contracts Chapter 30. State Procurement Code Section 85. Lease-Purchase Agreements.

previous: Section 83. Lease Extensions Authorized.
next: Section 90. Delivery of Supplies. [Repealed, Sec. 48 Ch 137 SLA 1996].

AS 36.30.085. Lease-Purchase Agreements.

(a) To perform its duties and statutory functions, the department, the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska, the legislative council, or the supreme court may enter into lease-purchase agreements. The department, the Board of Regents, the legislative council, or the supreme court may enter into a lease-purchase agreement only if the department, the Board of Regents, the legislative council, or the supreme court is the lessee under the agreement.
(b) When evaluating proposals to acquire or improve real property under a lease-purchase agreement, the department, the Board of Regents, the legislative council, or the supreme court shall consider

(1) in addition to lease costs, the life cycle costs, function, indoor environment, public convenience, planning, design, appearance, and location of the real property proposed for acquisition or improvement; and

(2) whether acquisition or improvement of the real property by lease-purchase agreement is likely to be the least costly means to provide the space.
(c) A lease-purchase agreement

(1) may not provide for a period of occupancy under the full term of the lease-purchase agreement that is greater than 40 years;

(2) must provide that lease payments made by the department, the Board of Regents, the legislative council, or the supreme court are subject to annual appropriation.
(d) If the department, Board of Regents, legislative council, or supreme court intends to enter into or renew a lease-purchase agreement for real property, the department, Board of Regents, legislative council, or supreme court shall provide notice to the legislature. The notice must include the

(1) anticipated total construction, acquisition, or other costs of the project;

(2) anticipated annual amount of the rental obligation; and

(3) total lease payments for the full term of the lease-purchase agreement.
(e) The department, the Board of Regents, the legislative council, or the supreme court may not enter into a lease-purchase agreement to acquire or improve real property unless the agreement has been approved by the legislature by law.
(f) The provisions of (d) and (e) of this section do not apply to a lease-purchase agreement

(1) related to the refinancing of an outstanding balance owing on an existing lease-purchase agreement; or

(2) by the University of Alaska if the lease-purchase agreement is secured by student fees or university receipts as defined in AS 14.40.491.
(g) In this section,

(1) "full term of the lease-purchase agreement" includes all renewal options that are defined within the lease-purchase agreement;

(2) "lease-purchase agreement" includes a lease-financing agreement.

This version of the Alaska Statutes is current through December, 2007. The Alaska Statutes were automatically converted to HTML from a plain text format. Every effort has been made to ensure their accuracy, but this can not be guaranteed. If it is critical that the precise terms of the Alaska Statutes be known, it is recommended that more formal sources be consulted. For statutes adopted after the effective date of these statutes, see, Alaska State Legislature If any errors are found, please e-mail Touch N' Go systems at E-mail. We hope you find this information useful.