Sec. 29.60.855. Basic community assistance payments.
(a) The basic amount used for determining the basic community assistance payment for a fiscal year is $300,000. However, if the amount available for payments for that fiscal year under AS 29.60.850(c) is less than the amount necessary to make the payments under (b) of this section, the department shall reduce the basic amount pro […]
Sec. 29.60.860. Per capita payment increases.
(a) Subject to (b) of this section, if the amount available for distribution under AS 29.60.850(c) exceeds the amount needed to fully fund all the basic community assistance payments, the balance shall be distributed on a per capita basis to municipalities, to reserves, and to communities in the unorganized borough. (b) The per capita amount […]
Sec. 29.60.865. Eligibility requirements for reserves and communities.
(a) The department, with advice from the Department of Law, shall determine whether there is in each community or reserve an incorporated nonprofit entity or a Native village council that will agree to receive and spend the community assistance payment. If there is more than one qualified entity in a reserve or community in the […]
Sec. 29.60.879. Definitions.
In AS 29.60.850 – 29.60.879, (1) “community” means a place in the unorganized borough, in a borough, or in a unified municipality that is not incorporated as a municipality, that is not a reserve, and in which 25 or more individuals reside as a social unit; (2) “reserve” means a place that is organized under […]
Sec. 29.60.600. Human services community matching grants.
(a) Within the limits of appropriations for the purpose, the Department of Health shall, upon application, make a matching grant to a qualified municipality equal to 70 percent of the estimated reasonable costs of providing essential human services through private nonprofit agencies within the municipality, including services to persons who travel to the municipality from […]
Sec. 29.60.610. Grant procedure; contract.
(a) If a qualified municipality wishes to apply for a grant under AS 29.60.600, the municipality shall apply for a grant for a fiscal year by submitting a form prescribed by the commissioner of health before October 1 of the preceding fiscal year. The application must generally describe the services that are proposed to be […]
Sec. 29.60.620. Allocation of money.
(a) If the amount of money appropriated by the legislature for human services community matching grants under AS 29.60.600 is not adequate to satisfy amounts required for the qualified municipalities who have applied for grants, the money shall be allocated proportionately among the qualified municipalities for which a grant has been approved under AS 29.60.600 […]
Sec. 29.60.650. Definitions.
In AS 29.60.600 – 29.60.650, (1) “essential human services” and “services” have the meaning given “social services” in AS 47.75.060 except that they include only services whose unavailability would subject persons needing the services to serious mental or physical hardship; (2) “municipality” means a (A) city whose population is over 20,000; (B) unified municipality whose […]
Sec. 29.60.700. Reimbursement for costs of municipal capital projects.
(a) Subject to appropriations for the purpose, during each fiscal year, the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities shall allocate to each municipality an amount to reimburse the costs paid by the municipality during the immediately preceding fiscal year for the principal and interest on outstanding debt for projects listed in (b) of this section. […]
Sec. 29.60.800. Harbor facility grant fund.
(a) There is established the harbor facility grant fund consisting of money appropriated to the fund. Each fiscal year, the legislature may appropriate money to the fund from the watercraft fuel tax account (AS 43.40.010(f)) and from the fisheries business tax collected under AS 43.75.015 after payments to municipalities are made under AS 43.75.130. The […]