00CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 142(CRA)                                                                                         
01 "An Act relating to the Alaska regional economic assistance program and to                                              
02 regional development organizations; and providing for an effective date."                                               
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 09.17.050(a) is amended to read:                                                                    
05  (a)  Unless the act or omission constituted gross negligence, a person may not                                        
06 recover tort damages for personal injury, death, or damage to property for an act or                                    
07 omission to act in the course and scope of official duties, from one of the following:                                  
08   (1)  a member of the board of directors or an officer of a nonprofit                                                 
09 corporation;                                                                                                            
10   (2)  a member of the board of directors of a public or nonprofit hospital,                                           
11 or a member of a citizen's advisory board of any hospital;                                                              
12   (3)  a member of a school board of a school district;                                                                
13   (4)  a member of the governing body, a commission, or a citizen's                                                    
14 advisory committee of a municipality of the state;                                                                     

01   (5)  a member of the board of directors, an officer, or an employee                                                  
02 of a regional development organization.                                                                                
03    * Sec. 2.  AS 09.17.050(c)                                                                                           
04  (c)  In this section,                                                                                               
05   (1)   "nonprofit corporation" means a corporation that qualifies for                                               
06 exemption from taxation under 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3) or (4) (Internal Revenue Code);                                      
07   (2)  "regional development organization" has the meaning given in                                                    
08 AS 44.33.026.                                                                                                          
09    * Sec. 3.  AS 36.30.850(b) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                             
10   (30)  contracts entered into with a regional development organization;                                               
11 in this paragraph, "regional development organization" has the meaning given in                                         
12 AS 44.33.026.                                                                                                           
13    * Sec. 4.  AS 44.33.026(c) is amended to read:                                                                       
14  (c)  To qualify for a grant, a regional development organization must match the                                       
15 grant by providing an amount of money from nonstate sources for the project.  The                                      
16 department shall establish by regulation a formula that determines the amount                                           
17 of the match required under this subsection based upon the capability of each                                           
18 organization to generate money from nonstate sources.  The amount of match                                              
19 required may not exceed [THAT EQUALS] the amount of grant money to be used                                             
20 for the project.  The total amount of grant money provided to an organization during                                
21 a fiscal year may not exceed $100,000 [$50,000].                                                                      
22    * Sec. 5.  This Act takes effect July 1, 1993.