Alaska Administrative Code
Title 11 - Natural Resources
Part 4 - Agriculture
Chapter 39 - Agricultural Revolving Loan Fund
Article 1 - Powers and Duties
11 AAC 39.031 - Meetings of the board

(a) The board will hold at least eight meetings a year. Additional meetings may be called by the chair or by any three concurring members. Meetings may be held by teleconference.

(b) A meeting of the board is open to the public, except that a meeting, or portion of a meeting, in which the board considers an application for an installment contract, loan, or a change in terms of a contract or loan, or considers a subject listed in AS 44.62.310(c), will be held in executive session. The public portion of any meeting will be recorded and a summary will be incorporated into the minutes of that meeting. Written minutes of the public portion of a meeting will be made available to the public.

(c) Public notice will be given by the board as provided in (d) and (e) of this section for all public meetings of the board.

(d) Notice of a public meeting of the board, other than an emergency public meeting as provided in (e) of this section, will be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the state at least seven days before the date of the meeting. The notice will provide the date, time, place of meeting, purpose of the meeting, and the location of any teleconferencing facilities that will be used. Notice of meetings will also be posted on the Alaska Online Public Notice System and at the board's principal office.

(e) Notice of an emergency public meeting will be published by the board as provided for under (d) of this section if the board determines that sufficient time is available. Otherwise, notice of an emergency public meeting will be posted by the board on the Alaska Online Public Notice System and at the board's principal office and will include the date, time, and place of the meeting; general topics to be discussed or considered; and location of any teleconferencing facilities that will be used.

(f) Except as provided in 11 AAC 39.032, a loan, permit, installment contract, modification of an existing agreement, or other action that requires board approval will not be granted without the approval of a majority of a quorum of the board at a meeting called under this section. After deliberation in a properly convened executive session under AS 44.62.310, the board will make its decision and record its action in a public meeting. The chair of the board will certify by signature all action taken by the board.

(g) The board will specify the terms and conditions that apply to a decision issued under this chapter and state the reasons that support the decision. Within five working days after the board issues a decision, the director shall provide a copy of the decision to the applicant and any other known party to the action, and include the procedures that are available for requests for reconsideration and appeal under 11 AAC 39.830.

(h) Unless approved by the board, the person who requested the action under this chapter may not attend an executive session of the board to deliberate the matter.