CSHB 322(FIN): "An Act authorizing grants for temporary housing assistance during emergencies and disasters."
00CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 322(FIN) 01 "An Act authorizing grants for temporary housing assistance during emergencies 02 and disasters." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 26.23.100(a) is amended to read: 05 (a) Whenever the governor has proclaimed a disaster emergency, or the 06 President, at the request of the governor, has declared an emergency or a major 07 disaster to exist in this state, the governor may 08 (1) purchase, lease, or make other arrangements with any agency of the 09 United States or state for temporary housing units to be occupied by disaster victims 10 and to make those units available to any political subdivision of the state; 11 (2) make housing assistance grants to eligible disaster victims who 12 have located temporary housing for the costs of the housing that are not covered 13 under temporary housing assistance from the Federal Emergency Management 14 Agency, under private insurance, or from any other source; as a condition of
01 accepting a housing assistance grant from the state under this paragraph, the 02 recipient shall agree to repay the state for the assistance to the extent that the 03 recipient is reimbursed or otherwise compensated from any source for the same 04 costs of temporary housing that were covered by the state grant; 05 (3) assist any political subdivision of this state that is the location of 06 temporary housing for disaster victims to acquire sites necessary for the temporary 07 housing and do all things necessary to prepare the site to receive and use temporary 08 housing units by 09 (A) advancing or lending funds available to the governor from 10 an appropriation made by the legislature or from any other source; 11 (B) passing through funds made available by any agency, public 12 or private; or 13 (C) becoming a copartner with a political subdivision for the 14 execution and performance of any temporary housing for disaster-victim 15 projects and, for those purposes, pledging the credit of the state on terms 16 considered appropriate, having due regard for current debt transactions of the 17 state; 18 (4) [(3)] under whatever relevant regulations the governor may adopt, 19 temporarily suspend, or modify, for not more than 60 days, any public health, safety, 20 zoning, transportation, or other requirement of law or regulation of the state, when by 21 proclamation, the governor declares a suspension or modification essential to provide 22 temporary housing for disaster victims.