00HOUSE BILL NO. 262                                                                                                      
01 "An Act relating to the human services community matching grant program; and                                            
02 providing for an effective date."                                                                                       
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS  29.60.600(a) is amended to read:                                                                   
05  (a)  Within the limits of appropriations for the purpose, the Department of                                           
06 Health and Social Services shall, upon application, make a matching grant to a                                          
07 qualified municipality equal to 70 [50] percent of the estimated reasonable costs of                                  
08 providing essential human services through private nonprofit agencies within the                                        
09 municipality, including services to persons who travel to the municipality from their                                   
10 residences elsewhere in the state.                                                                                      
11    * Sec. 2.  AS 29.60.600(b) is amended to read:                                                                       
12  (b)  To qualify for a grant under this section, a municipality is required to                                         
13   (1)  provide [THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY] from other sources                                                          
14 30 percent of the estimated reasonable costs of providing the services to be funded                                     

01 by the grant [AS IS PROVIDED BY THE STATE GRANT UNDER THIS SECTION                                                     
02 FOR THE SERVICES]; other sources may include federal or municipal money or                                              
03 money from other private or public sources; in this paragraph, "municipal money"                                        
04 includes money derived from appropriations, allocations, entitlements, grants, or other                                 
05 payments from the state other than the state grant under this section but does not                                      
06 include locally contributed staff hours, material, equipment, or other in-kind                                          
07 contributions;                                                                                                          
08   (2)  comply with the grant application procedure and contractual                                                     
09 agreements under AS 29.60.610; and                                                                                      
10   (3)  establish and consult with a citizens' advisory group, the majority                                             
11 of whose membership consists of persons who do not hold elected municipal office,                                       
12 concerning priorities and allocations among services funded under this section.                                         
13    * Sec. 3.  This Act takes effect July 1, 1995.