00                             HOUSE BILL NO. 142                                                                         
01 "An Act relating to the Alaska temporary assistance program; and providing for an                                       
02 effective date."                                                                                                        
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 47.27.025(c) is amended to read:                                                                  
05            (c)  The department shall, for the months of July, August, and September,                                    
06       reduce by 50 percent the maximum assistance for which the family is otherwise                                     
07       eligible if the family's eligibility for assistance is based on AS 47.27.010(4), unless                       
08       the second needy parent is determined, under regulations of the department, to                                
09       be physically or mentally unable to perform gainful activity [THE                                             
10       UNEMPLOYMENT OF THE FAMILY'S PRINCIPAL WAGE EARNER].                                                              
11       However, if the commissioner determines that temporary economic conditions have                                   
12       resulted in decreased employment opportunities during those months and a reduction                                
13       in assistance would impose an undue hardship on a family, the department may waive                                
14       application of this subsection with respect to that family.                                                       

01    * Sec. 2.  AS 47.27.015(f) and 47.27.030(c)(2) are repealed.                                                       
02    * Sec. 3.  The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                         
03 read:                                                                                                                   
04       TRANSITION:  REGULATIONS.  Notwithstanding sec. 5 of this Act, the                                                
05 Department of Health and Social Services may immediately proceed to adopt regulations                                   
06 necessary to implement the changes made by this Act.  The regulations take effect under                                 
07 AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act), but not before the effective date of the statutory                             
08 change.                                                                                                                 
09    * Sec. 4.  Sections 1 and 3 of this Act take effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).                             
10    * Sec. 5.  Except as provided in sec. 4 of this Act, this Act takes effect July 1, 2001.