(a) The corporation is not a municipality as the term is defined in AS 01.10.060. Except as provided in AS 14.42.190, the corporation is not subject to AS 37. For all other purposes the corporation is a political subdivision and an instrumentality of the state.
(b) The funds, income, and receipts of the corporation are not money of the state, nor may real property in which the corporation has an interest be considered land owned in fee by the state or to which the state may become entitled or in any way land belonging to the state, or state land referred to in art. VIII of the Alaska Constitution.