00 SENATE BILL NO. 160                                                                                                     
01 "An Act relating to memorial scholarship loans."                                                                        
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 14.43.300(b) is amended to read:                                                                    
04  (b)  A loan made under AS 14.43.250 - 14.43.325 may be used only as follows:                                          
05   (1)  a Michael Murphy memorial scholarship loan may be used only to                                                  
06 pursue a certificate or degree program in an accredited college or university in law                                  
07 enforcement, law, probation and parole, or penology, or closely related fields;                                         
08   (2)  a Carroll L. "Butch" Swartz memorial scholarship loan may be used                                               
09 only to pursue a degree program in an accredited college or university in criminal law,                                 
10 criminology, corrections, police science and administration, juvenile justice, or other                                 
11 fields closely related to criminal justice;                                                                             
12   (3)  a Harvey Golub memorial scholarship loan may be used only to                                                    
13 pursue a degree program in an accredited college or university in civil, mechanical,                                    
14 electrical, electronic, petroleum, mining, traffic and transportation, sanitary, chemical,                              
01 or other recognized field of engineering;                                                                               
02   (4)  a Robert L. Thomas memorial scholarship loan may be used only                                                   
03 to pursue a degree program in an accredited college or university that will lead to a                                   
04 career in education or public administration, or other closely related field;                                           
05   (5)  an A.W. (Winn) Brindle memorial scholarship loan may be used                                                    
06 only to pursue a certificate or degree program in an accredited school, college, or                                     
07 university in fisheries, fishery science, fishery management, seafood processing, food                                  
08 technology, or other closely related field; and                                                                         
09   (6)  a Nick Begich memorial scholarship loan may be used only to                                                     
10 pursue a degree program in an accredited college or university that will lead to a                                      
11 career in education, public administration, government, or other closely related field.                                 
12    * Sec. 2.  AS 14.43.305(e) is amended to read:                                                                       
13  (e)  A recipient of a memorial scholarship loan under AS 14.43.250(b)(1) - (4)                                        
14 or (6) who graduates from a degree program, or for a loan under AS 14.43.250(b)(1)                                     
15 from a certificate program, shall receive forgiveness of one-fifth of loan indebtedness                                
16 for each one-year period the recipient is employed full time in Alaska in                                               
17   (1)  law-enforcement or related fields, if a recipient of a Michael                                                  
18 Murphy memorial scholarship loan;                                                                                       
19   (2)  criminal law, criminal justice, or other closely related fields, if a                                           
20 recipient of a Carroll L. "Butch" Swartz memorial scholarship loan;                                                     
21   (3)  a recognized branch of the engineering profession or other closely                                              
22 related fields, if a recipient of a Harvey Golub memorial scholarship loan;                                             
23   (4)  education or public administration, or other closely related field, if                                          
24 a recipient of a Robert L. Thomas memorial scholarship loan; or                                                         
25   (5)  education, public administration, government, or other closely                                                  
26 related field, if a recipient of a Nick Begich memorial scholarship loan.