00SENATE BILL NO. 315                                                                                                     
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 related to                                         
10 construction work that the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities                                           
11 authorizes the Alaska Railroad Corporation to perform instead of the Department                                         
12 of Transportation and Public Facilities, the Alaska Railroad Corporation shall use                                      
13 competitive sealed bidding or competitive sealed proposals under AS 36.30.100 -                                         
14 36.30.270.