00                      CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 19(JUD)                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to the creation of a civil legal services fund."                                                       
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 37.05.146(c) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                        
04                 (78)  civil legal services fund under AS 37.05.590.                                                     
05    * Sec. 2.  AS 37.05 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                    
06            Sec. 37.05.590.  Civil legal services fund.  The civil legal services fund is                              
07       established as a special account in the general fund.  The fund consists of                                       
08       appropriations to it.  Annually, the legislature may appropriate to the fund the amount                           
09       deposited into the general fund of the state under AS 09.17.020(j).  The legislature                              
10       may make appropriations from the fund to organizations that provide civil legal                                   
11       services to low-income individuals.  Nothing in this section creates a dedicated fund.                            
12       In this section, "low-income individual" means an individual with an income equal to                              
13       or less than the maximum income levels for Alaska determined by the Legal Services                                
14       Corporation (42 U.S.C. 2996b).