00CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 315(TRA)                                                                                         
01 "An Act relating to procurement by the Alaska Railroad Corporation."                                                    
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 36.30.015(e) is amended to read:                                                                    
04  (e)  The board of directors of the Alaska Railroad Corporation and the board                                          
05 of directors of the Alaska Aerospace Development Corporation shall adopt procedures                                     
06 to govern the procurement of supplies, services, professional services, and construction.                               
07 The procedures must be substantially equivalent to the procedures prescribed in this                                    
08 chapter and in regulations adopted under this chapter.  However, when procuring                                        
09 supplies, services, professional services, or construction contracts that are over                                      
10 $25,000 and that are related to construction work that the Department of                                                
11 Transportation and Public Facilities authorizes the Alaska Railroad Corporation                                         
12 to perform instead of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, the                                       
13 Alaska Railroad Corporation shall use competitive sealed bidding or competitive                                         
14 sealed proposals under AS 36.30.100 - 36.30.270.