Alaska Stat. § 37.14.007

Current through Chapter 61 of the 2024 Legislative Session and 2024 Executive Orders 125, 133 through 135
Section 37.14.007 - Authority as trustee
(a) The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority, established by AS 44.25.200 , is the trustee of the trust established under the Alaska Mental Health Enabling Act of 1956, P.L. 84-830, 70 Stat. 709.
(b) In exercising the powers, duties, and responsibilities as trustee, the authority is under a duty to the public and the trust beneficiaries to
(1) administer the trust consistent with AS 37.14.009 in the interest of the beneficiaries;
(2) keep and render clear and accurate accounts with respect to the administration of the trust;
(3) make public and available complete and accurate information as to the nature and amount of the trust property;
(4) exercise a high degree of care in administering the trust;
(5) take reasonable steps to take and keep control of the trust property;
(6) use care and skill to preserve the trust property;
(7) take reasonable steps to realize on claims that are held in trust;
(8) defend against actions that may result in a loss to the trust estate, unless under all the circumstances, considering the other duties owed to the trust, it is reasonable not to make the defense;
(9) separately account for trust property;
(10) ensure that trust property is designated as property of the trust;
(11) use care and skill to make the trust property productive; however, nothing in this paragraph shall prevent the state from using trust property directly or indirectly, by contractual stipulation or otherwise, as a component of the state's mental health trust program; and
(12) deal impartially with the different trust beneficiaries as provided in AS 44.25.290 .

AS 37.14.007

Amended by AK 2022 Executive Order 121,§§sec.20, sec.21 eff. 7/1/2022.