00 HOUSE BILL NO. 393                                                                                                      
01 "An Act relating to the unincorporated community capital project matching grant                                         
02 program; and providing for an effective date."                                                                          
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 37.06.010(g) is amended to read:                                                                    
05  (g)  For purposes of this section, in calculating the population of a borough the                                     
06 population of each city in the borough and the population of each unincorporated                                       
07 community in the borough that is eligible to participate in the capital project                                         
08 matching grant program under AS 37.06.020 is excluded.  The determination of                                           
09 population for each city shall be based upon data used by the Department of                                           
10 Community and Regional Affairs under AS 29.60.020.  The determination of                                               
11 population of each unincorporated community  shall be based on the latest figures                                       
12 of the United States Bureau of the Census or other population data that is                                              
13 reliable.                                                                                                              
14    * Sec. 2.  AS 37.06.020(b) is amended to read:                                                                       
01  (b)  The unincorporated community capital project matching grant fund is                                              
02 established in the department and consists of appropriations to the fund. Appropriations                                
03 to the fund do not lapse except as provided in (h) of this section.  The money in the                                   
04 fund is held by the department in custody under this subsection for each                                                
05 unincorporated community eligible for an allocation under this subsection.  The                                         
06 department shall establish an individual grant account within the fund for each                                         
07 unincorporated community that was entitled to receive state aid under AS 29.60.140                                      
08 during the preceding fiscal year; or is located in a borough, other than a unified                                     
09 municipality, is not connected by road to a city, a unified municipality, or another                                    
10 unincorporated community, and in which 25 or more individuals resided as a                                              
11 social unit during the preceding fiscal year.  As provided in this subsection, each                                    
12 fiscal year the department shall allocate, to the individual grant accounts,                                            
13 appropriations to the fund.  An unincorporated community is eligible for an allocation                                  
14 in a fiscal year if the community was eligible to receive state aid under AS 29.60.140                                  
15 during the preceding fiscal year; or is located in a borough, other than a unified                                   
16 municipality, is not connected by road to a city, a unified municipality, or another                                    
17 unincorporated community, and was a place in which 25 or more individuals                                               
18 resided as a social unit during the preceding fiscal year.  The department shall                                       
19 credit interest earned on money in an individual grant account to that account. Except                                  
20 as provided in (c) of this section, the amount allocated under this subsection to an                                    
21 individual grant account in a fiscal year is determined by dividing the total amount                                    
22 appropriated to the fund during that fiscal year by the number of unincorporated                                        
23 communities eligible for an allocation during that fiscal year.                                                         
24    * Sec. 3.  AS 37.06.030(c) is amended to read:                                                                       
25  (c)  For purposes of (a) of this section, in calculating the population of a                                          
26 borough the population of each city in the borough is excluded and the population                                      
27 of each unincorporated community that qualified for an allocation under                                                 
28 AS 37.06.020(b) for the previous fiscal year is excluded.  The determination of                                        
29 population for a city shall be based upon data used by the Department of Community                                    
30 and Regional Affairs under AS 29.20.060.  The determination of population of each                                      
31 unincorporated community  shall be based on the latest figures of the United                                            
01 States Bureau of the Census or other population data that is reliable.                                                 
02    * Sec. 4.  This Act takes effect July 1, 1994.