00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 346                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to grants to disaster victims."                                                                        
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 26.23.090(b) is repealed and reenacted to read:                                                    
04 (b)  When the President declares a major disaster, the governor may make a                                              
05 financial grant to an individual or family to meet disaster-related necessary expenses                                  
06 or serious needs of the individual or family adversely affected by the disaster that                                    
07 cannot otherwise adequately be met from other means of assistance. The governor                                         
08 may make a grant under this subsection to an individual or family in an amount whose                                    
09 total of federal and state shares does not exceed the maximum amount authorized by                                      
10       42 U.S.C. 5174(h) for grants payable to individuals and families.                                                 
11    * Sec. 2. AS 26.23.090 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                              
12 (d)  When the President does not declare a major disaster but the governor                                              
13 declares a disaster emergency, the governor may make a financial grant to an                                            
14 individual or family to meet disaster-related necessary expenses or serious needs of                                    
15 the individual or family adversely affected by the disaster that cannot otherwise                                       

01 adequately be met from other means of assistance. An individual or family that is a                                     
02 unit owner may use a grant made to the unit owner under this subsection to meet the                                     
03 unit's common expense liability that is associated with the disaster. The governor may                                  
04 make a grant under this subsection to an individual or family in an amount not to                                       
05 exceed the greater of $50,000 or one-half of the maximum amount authorized by 42                                        
06 U.S.C. 5174(h) for grants payable to individuals and families. In this subsection,                                      
07 "common expense liability," "unit," and "unit owner" have the meanings given in                                         
08       AS 34.08.990.