Legislature(1997 - 1998)
04/03/1997 03:35 PM Senate STA
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Number 483 SB 9 CAP PROJ MATCHING GRANT FOR INDIAN RESERV CHAIRMAN GREEN brought SB 9 before the committee as the next order of business. JEANNIE SMITH, staff to Senator Jerry Mackie, read the following sponsor statement into the record: "Senator Mackie introduced this legislation at the request of the Metlakatla Indian Community when their Municipal Assistance Matching Grant Program appropriation was eliminated from the FY 96 budget. Metlakatla qualified for this program under the Department of Administration regulations definition for "municipality". However, legal analysis found that the statute definition was not written specific enough to include the Metlakatla Indian Community in this program. Since the statute definition supersedes the regulatory definition the appropriation was eliminated. SB 9 amends AS 37.06 by adding a new section that includes a municipality organized under federal law as an Indian reserve. This bill has been drafted to specifically include the Metlakatla Indian community within the Municipal Assistance Matching Grant Program. Metlakatla is the only entity in the state that now, or in the future, could qualify under the language included in SB 9, page 1, lines 6 - 8. The community of Metlakatla is definitely more reflective of a municipal government and fits more appropriately into the Municipal Capital Matching Grant Program. The community has a mayor, city council, school board, constitution, law and order codes, police department, court system, etc.. SB 9 specifically removes Metlakatla from the Unincorporated Capital Matching Grant Program and specifically includes Metlakatla in the statute provisions for the Municipal Capital Matching Grant Program." Ms. Smith stated she would respond to questions from the committee. Number 515 SENATOR DUNCAN asked if the Department of Community & Regional Affairs supports the legislation, and MS. SMITH acknowledged that it does. There being no further questions on SB 9, CHAIRMAN GREEN asked the pleasure of the committee. SENATOR MILLER moved SB 9 and the accompanying fiscal notes be passed out of committee with individual recommendations. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered.
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