In this chapter unless the context otherwise requires,
(1) “board” means the board of directors of the Alaska Railroad Corporation;
(2) “bonds” means bonds, bond anticipation notes, notes, refunding bonds, or other obligations;
(3) “collective bargaining” means the performance of the mutual obligation of the corporation or its designated representatives and the representatives of the employees to meet at reasonable times, including meetings in advance of the budget making process, and negotiating in good faith with respect to wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment, or the negotiation of an agreement, or negotiation of a question arising under an agreement and the execution of a written contract incorporating an agreement reached if requested by either party, but these obligations do not compel either party to agree to a proposal or require the making of a concession;
(4) “corporation” means the Alaska Railroad Corporation;
(5) “date of transfer” means the date on which the United States Secretary of Transportation delivers the transfer documents under 45 U.S.C. 1201 - 1214 (Alaska Railroad Transfer Act of 1982);
(6) “employees” means all persons employed by the corporation including executive officers;
(7) “executive officer” means the corporation's chief executive officer, assistant chief executive officer, assistant to the chief executive officer, chief of administration, superintendent of transportation, manager of marketing and sales, chief engineer, chief mechanical officer, manager of industrial development and real estate, manager of budget and accounting, manager of planning, manager of personnel, manager of supply and procurement, chief of security, manager of operating rules, manager of data processing, manager of strategy, manager of operations planning, manager of supply, manager of procurement, manager of safety, manager of administrative procedure, chief counsel, or, if so designated by the board, any employee who fulfills these management functions under a different title or who exercises a similar or comparable level of responsibility or supervision;
(8) “land” means any interest in real property, including tide and submerged land, and any right appurtenant to the interest;
(9) “rule” means a standard of general application or the amendment, supplement, revision, or repeal of a standard adopted by the corporation to implement, interpret, or make specific the law enforced or administered by it or to govern its procedure;
(10) “terms and conditions of employment” means the hours of employment, the compensation and fringe benefits, and the employer's personnel policies affecting the working conditions of the employees, but does not mean the general policies describing the function and purposes of an employer.