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Alaska Statutes.

Title 29. Municipal Government

Chapter 60. State Programs

Section 599. Definitions.

AS 29.60.599. Definitions.

In AS 29.60.500 - 29.60.599,

(1) "barrel" when used with reference to oil has the meaning given in AS 43.20.072 ;

(2) "containment and cleanup" has the meaning given in AS 46.08.900 ;

(3) "disaster emergency" means a disaster declared by the governor under AS 26.23.020 ;

(4) "fund" means the oil and hazardous substance release prevention and response fund established by AS 46.08.010 ;

(5) "hazardous substance" has the meaning given in AS 46.09.900 ;

(6) "oil" and "release" have the meanings given in AS 46.08.900 ;

(7) "school district" means a borough school district, a city school district, or a regional educational attendance area under AS 14;

(8) "service"

(A) means

(i) a function performed or service provided by a municipality under a duty or power authorized by this title or by another provision of law authorizing a municipality to perform functions or provide services;

(ii) a comparable function performed or service provided by a village; or

(iii) a function performed or service provided by a school district;

(B) includes functions not previously performed and services not previously provided by the municipality or village;

(9) "village" means a place within the unorganized borough or within a borough if the power, function, or service for which a grant application is submitted under AS 29.60.500 - 29.60.599 is not exercised or provided by the borough on an areawide or nonareawide basis at the time the grant application is submitted, that

(A) has irrevocably waived, in a form approved by the Department of Law, any claim of sovereign immunity that might arise in connection with the use of grant money under this chapter; and

(B) has

(i) a council organized under 25 U.S.C. 476 (sec. 16 of the Indian Reorganization Act);

(ii) a traditional village council recognized by the United States as eligible for federal aid to Indians; or

(iii) a council recognized by the commissioner under regulations adopted by the department to determine and give official recognition of village entities under AS 44.33.755 (b).

Article 08. HUMAN SERVICES COMMUNITY MATCH PROGRAM

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