00                      CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 114(TRA)                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to availability of state transportation facilities and state-owned or                                  
02 state-operated transportation modes for delivering compassionate aid."                                                  
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 44.19 is amended by adding a new section to article 2 to read:                                     
05            Sec. 44.19.051. Emergency assistance transportation; immunity. (a) If the                                
06       governor determines that public safety or health conditions in an area of the state                               
07       require emergency assistance, the governor may make available state transportation                                
08       facilities, state-owned aircraft, vessels of the marine highway system, or railroad                               
09       rolling stock of the Alaska Railroad for use by nonprofit organizations to deliver                                
10       compassionate aid to the area, including food, water, fuel, clothing, medicine, and                               
11       supplies.                                                                                                         
12            (b)  Notwithstanding another provision of law, the state and its officers, agents,                           
13       and employees and the Alaska Railroad Corporation and its officers, agents, and                                   
14       employees are not liable in tort for damages for the injury to or death of a person or                            

01       property damage resulting from assistance provided under (a) of this section.