There is established the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute. The institute is a public corporation of the state. It is an instrumentality of the state in the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, but has a legal existence independent of and separate from the state. Exercise by the institute of the powers conferred by this […]
(a) The governing body of the institute is a board of directors. The board consists of seven voting members appointed by the governor. In making appointments to the board, the governor shall consider, but need not appoint, nominees presented by persons engaged in fish processing, the financing of fish processing, or commercial fishing. (b) Five […]
The members of the board appointed by the governor under AS 16.51.020 serve three-year terms and may be reappointed. Terms shall be staggered. An appointee to fill a vacancy shall hold office for the balance of the term for which the appointee’s predecessor on the board was appointed.
The members of the board appointed by the governor under AS 16.51.020 serve at the governor’s pleasure. A vacancy on the board occurring other than by expiration of term shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment but for the unexpired term only.
Four members of the board appointed under AS 16.51.020 constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the exercise of the powers and duties of the board.
Board members receive no salary, but are entitled to per diem and travel expenses authorized by law for other state boards and commissions under AS 39.20.180.
The board shall meet at least once a year. A meeting of the board shall occur at the call of the chairman, or upon the written request of two members of the board.
The board may employ and determine the salary of an executive director. The executive director may, with the approval of the board, select and employ additional staff as necessary. The executive director and all employees of the board are in the exempt service under AS 39.25.
In carrying out the powers of the institute, the board may (1) adopt, alter, and use a corporate seal; (2) prescribe, adopt, amend, and repeal bylaws; (3) sue and be sued in the name of the institute; (4) enter into any agreements necessary to the exercise of its powers and functions; (5) cooperate with a […]
The operating budget of the institute shall be prepared and submitted in accordance with AS 37.07 (Executive Budget Act).
The board shall (1) conduct programs of education, research, advertising, or sales promotion designed to accomplish the purposes of this chapter; (2) promote all species of seafood and their by-products that are harvested in the state and processed for sale; (3) develop market-oriented quality specifications for Alaska seafood to be used in developing a high […]
The board may not promote or make a contract that promotes seafood by (1) geographic origin other than from the state generally; (2) geographic region of the state; or (3) specific brand name.
(a) A seafood marketing assessment shall be levied on the value of seafood products produced in Alaska as provided in (b), (c), (d), (e), (h), or (i) of this section if an election is held under AS 16.51.140 at which the assessment is approved by eligible processors who together produce at least 51 percent of […]
(a) A seafood marketing assessment levied under AS 16.51.120(b), (c), (d), (e), (h), or (i) shall be terminated by the commissioner of revenue if an election is held under AS 16.51.140 in which the termination is approved by eligible processors who together produce at least 51 percent of the total value of seafood products produced […]
(a) The institute may conduct an election under this section after the director of elections approves (1) the notice to be published by the institute; (2) the ballot to be used in the election; and (3) the registration and voting procedures for the approval or termination of the seafood marketing assessment. (b) In conducting the […]
(a) Upon request from the director of elections, the commissioner of revenue shall determine (1) the total value of seafood products produced in Alaska during any calendar year; (2) whether the eligible processors approving the levy or termination of a seafood marketing assessment together produced at least 51 percent of the total value of seafood […]
(a) Each processor shall remit to the Department of Revenue before April 1 of each year the total amount of the seafood marketing assessment owed on the value of seafood products produced in Alaska by the processor in the previous calendar year. (b) [Repealed, § 28 ch 90 SLA 1991.]
The provisions of AS 43.05 and AS 43.10 apply for the enforcement and collection of the seafood marketing assessment.
In this chapter, (1) “board” means the board of directors of the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute; (2) “eligible processor” means a processor who would be liable for payment of a seafood marketing assessment levied under AS 16.51.120; (3) “institute” means the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute; (4) “processor” means a person who is liable for (A) […]
