00SENATE BILL NO. 139                                                                                                     
01 "An Act relating to state aid to volunteer fire departments; and providing for                                          
02 an effective date."                                                                                                     
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 29.60.130 is amended to read:                                                                       
05  Sec. 29.60.130.  State aid to volunteer fire departments [NOT IN                                                      
06 ORGANIZED MUNICIPALITY].  (a)  The department shall pay to a volunteer fire                                             
07 department registered with the state fire marshal [AND SERVING AN AREA NOT                                              
08 IN AN ORGANIZED MUNICIPALITY] a sum for protection purposes equal to $10                                                
09 per capita for the population served by the fire department, as determined by the state                                 
10 fire marshal.                                                                                                           
11  (b)  A grant shall be made under (a) of this section to facilitate the organization                                   
12 of a volunteer fire department [IN AN AREA NOT IN AN ORGANIZED                                                          
13 MUNICIPALITY,] upon application of the proposed fire protection group to the state                                      
14 fire marshal and upon approval of applications according to standards of organization                                   

01 and service prescribed by regulations adopted by the state fire marshal.                                                
02    * Sec. 2.  This Act takes effect July 1, 1997.