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HOUSE BILL NO. 125 by the House Rules Committee by request of                  
the Governor, entitled:                                                        
                                                                               
"An Act making appropriations for capital project matching grant              
programs; and providing for an effective date."                                
                                                                               
was read the first time and referred to the Community & Regional               
Affairs, State Affairs and Finance Committees.                                 
                                                                               
The Governor's transmittal letter, dated February 3, 1993, appears             
below:                                                                         
                                                                               
"Dear Speaker Barnes:                                                          
                                                                               
Under the authority of art. III, sec. 18, of the Alaska Constitution, I am     
transmitting a bill making appropriations totaling $67,000,000 for             

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capital project matching grant programs in the Department of                   
Administration and the Department of Community and Regional                    
Affairs.                                                                       
                                                                               
Today I am also transmitting a companion bill that establishes those           
programs in statute, to provide funding for essential capital projects in      
municipalities and unincorporated communities and to establish local           
share requirements for these projects.                                         
                                                                               
As provided in the companion bill establishing the two capital project         
matching grant programs, the appropriations to the two funds will be           
allocated under two formulas to individual grant accounts for                  
municipalities and unincorporated communities.  My office of                   
management and budget will provide information that shows the                  
allocation amounts that would result from these appropriations under           
those formulas.  Subsequent project-specific appropriations will be            
necessary for municipalities and unincorporated communities to draw            
project grant money from their individual grant accounts.  The                 
appropriations requested in the attached bill assume that municipalities       
and unincorporated communities will contribute a local share toward            
each capital project, which will maximize limited state money for those        
projects.                                                                      
                                                                               
These appropriations will help improve Alaska's health centers, senior         
centers, women's shelters, youth centers, and other structures essential       
to providing quality social and health programs in local areas of our          
state.  Also, these appropriations may improve our energy systems,             
provide weatherization to save energy in funded projects, and make             
other improvements for more efficient program administration in                
funded projects.  Finally, these appropriations will be available to           
provide essential infrastructure to encourage economic development,            
especially in the rural areas of our state.  Alaska must have up-to-date       
capital structure and technology in order to successfully compete in           
today's rapidly changing markets.                                              
                                                                               
I seek and encourage your support for this bill.                               
                                                                               
						Sincerely,                                                               
						/s/                                                                      
						Walter J. Hickel                                                         
						Governor"