00 Enrolled SCR 12                                                                                                         
01 Extending the governor's October 9, 2025, declaration of a disaster emergency in response to                            
02 the 2025 West Coast Storm; and approving an amended financing plan.                                                     
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04 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                             
05      WHEREAS, on October 9, 2025, the governor declared a disaster emergency,                                           
06 following the 2025 West Coast Storm; and                                                                                
07      WHEREAS the condition of the disaster emergency was extended in November of                                        
08 2025, December of 2025, and January of 2026, with the disaster emergency expiring on                                    
09 February 6, 2026; and                                                                                                   
10      WHEREAS the effects of the storm remain severe, and infrastructure systems from                                    
11 the original storm, as well as ongoing emergency actions, are necessary to respond to those                             
12 effects; and                                                                                                            
13      WHEREAS, under AS 26.23.020(c), "[a] proclamation of disaster emergency may                                        
14 not remain in effect longer than 30 days unless extended by the legislature by a concurrent                             
15 resolution"; and                                                                                                        
16      WHEREAS an additional extension will allow agencies to continue the agencies'                                      
17 emergency response to meet the disaster; and                                                                            
01      WHEREAS, under AS 26.23.020(k)(1), the governor may expend more than                                               
02 $1,000,000 of state funds to cope with a disaster if, when the legislature is in session, the                           
03 legislature approves a financing plan to cope with the incident or disaster; and                                        
04      WHEREAS, on January 28, 2026, the governor submitted a revised financing plan to                                   
05 the legislature, totaling $39,250,000 and detailing the estimated shared costs for the 2025                             
06 West Coast Storm Disaster as $18,750,000 in federal authority and $20,500,000 in state                                  
07 general funds; and                                                                                                      
08      WHEREAS the revised financing plan reflects an increase of $5,500,000 in disaster                                  
09 relief funds from the financing plan previously authorized for the 2025 West Coast Storm                                
10 Disaster; and                                                                                                           
11      WHEREAS the current balance of the disaster relief fund established in AS 26.23.300                                
12 is sufficient to meet the increase in the governor's revised financing plan;                                            
13      BE IT RESOLVED that, under AS 26.23.020(c), the Alaska State Legislature                                           
14 extends the October 9, 2025, disaster emergency declared by the governor for the 2025 West                              
15 Coast Storm until March 8, 2026; and be it                                                                              
16      FURTHER RESOLVED by the Alaska State Legislature that the extension of the                                         
17 October 9, 2025, disaster emergency declared by the governor for the 2025 West Coast Storm                              
18 be made retroactive to February 6, 2026; and be it                                                                      
19      FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature approves the increase of                                        
20 $5,500,000 in disaster relief funds in the amended financing plan submitted by the governor                             
21 for the 2025 West Coast Storm.