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(5) provides a process for appeal of a verdict or sentence, and defines the basis for appeals; (6) reserves the right to refer to the department, under AS 47.12.060(a), a matter transmitted to the youth court for disposition in which the minor fails, without good cause, to comply with all requirements ordered by the youth court as a part of sentence imposed on the minor; and (7) prepares and delivers a report of the disposition of the matter referred to it for resolution to the commissioner. (d) Subject to the privileges that witnesses have in the courts of this state, the commissioner may compel by subpoena, at a specified time and place, the (1) appearance and sworn testimony of a person who the commissioner reasonably believes may be able to give information relating to a matter before a youth court; and (2) production by a person of a record or object that the commissioner reasonably believes may relate to a matter before a youth court. (e) If a person refuses to comply with a subpoena issued under (d) of this section, the superior court may, upon application of the commissioner, compel obedience by proceedings for contempt in the same manner as in the case of disobedience to the requirements of a subpoena issued by the court or refusal to testify in the court. (f) The commissioner shall make and keep records of all cases referred to a youth court. The records of a youth court proceeding (1) relating to a minor who complies with all requirements ordered by the youth court as a part of sentence imposed on the minor shall be sealed by the commissioner and may not be used for any purpose; and (2) except as to a record described in (1) of this subsection, shall be afforded at least the same protection and are subject to at least the same procedural safeguards in matters relating to access, use, and security as they would be under AS 47.12.310. (g) An individual who is a member or an agent of the board of directors of a nonprofit corporation that has obtained recognition from the commissioner to serve as a youth court under this section is immune from suit in a civil action based upon the exercise or performance of or the failure to exercise or perform a discretionary function or a discretionary duty as a member of the board of directors or that has been properly delegated by the board of directors. An individual who tries, represents, or adjudicates a minor in a youth court is immune from suit in a civil action based upon the exercise or performance of or the failure to exercise or perform a discretionary function or a discretionary duty within the individual's quasi-judicial capacity with the youth court. A nonprofit corporation that has obtained recognition from the commissioner to serve as a youth court is immune from suit in a civil action based upon an act or failure to act for which an individual is granted immunity under this subsection. Sec. 47.12.410. Funding for youth courts. The legislature may appropriate 25 percent of the fines imposed under AS 12.55.035 and collected and separately accounted for by the state under AS 37.05.142 to the department for distribution to youth courts established and operating under AS 47.12.400. Nothing in this section creates a dedicated fund.