00                            SENATE BILL NO. 236                                                                         
01 "An Act relating to grants to disaster victims."                                                                        
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 26.23.090(b) is repealed and reenacted to read:                                                    
04 (b)  When the President declares a major disaster, the governor may make a                                              
05 financial grant to an individual or family to meet disaster-related necessary expenses                                  
06 or serious needs of the individual or family adversely affected by the disaster that                                    
07 cannot otherwise adequately be met from other means of assistance. The governor                                         
08 may make a grant under this subsection to an individual or family in an amount whose                                    
09 total of federal and state shares does not exceed the maximum amount authorized by                                      
10       42 U.S.C. 5174(h) for grants payable to individuals and families.                                                 
11    * Sec. 2. AS 26.23.090 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                              
12 (d)  When the President does not declare a major disaster but the governor                                              
13 declares a disaster emergency, the governor may make a financial grant to an                                            
14 individual or family to meet disaster-related necessary expenses or serious needs of                                    
15 the individual or family adversely affected by the disaster that cannot otherwise                                       

01 adequately be met from other means of assistance. The governor may make a grant                                         
02 under this subsection to an individual or family in an amount not to exceed the greater                                 
03 of $50,000 or one-half of the maximum amount authorized by 42 U.S.C. 5174(h) for                                        
04 grants payable to individuals and families. An individual or family that is a unit owner                                
05 may use a grant made to the unit owner under this subsection to meet the unit's                                         
06 common expense liability that is associated with the disaster. In this subsection,                                      
07 "common expense liability," "unit," and "unit owner" have the meanings given in                                         
08       AS 34.08.990.