00Enrolled HB 184                                                                                                         
01 Relating to state participation in a tribal child welfare compact.                                                      
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03    * Section 1. AS 47.05 is amended by adding a new section to article 1 to read:                                       
04 Sec. 47.05.110. Alaska Tribal Child Welfare Compact. The state may                                                      
05 participate in a tribal child welfare compact with Alaska tribes and tribal organizations                               
06 for the administration of child welfare services by the tribes or tribal organizations.                                 
07 The compact is a written agreement between the state and Alaska tribes and tribal                                       
08 organizations that affirms the government-to-government relationship between the                                        
09       state and tribes.