HB0114a -1- HB 114
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HOUSE BILL NO. 114
IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION
BY REPRESENTATIVE MCCABE
Introduced: 3/15/23
Referred: Community and Regional Affairs
A BILL
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED
"An Act relating to the definition of 'village' in the Village Safe Water Act." 1
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 2
* Section 1. AS 46.07.080(2) is amended to read: 3
(2) "village" means 4
(A) a second class city; 5
(B) a first class city with a population of less than 1,000; 6
(C) a home rule municipality with a population of less than 7
1,000; 8
(D) the Annette Island Reserve established by 25 U.S.C. 495 9
for the Metlakatla Indian Community; 10
(E) a community or a census-designated place with a
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population between 25 and 1,500 [1,000] that is represented by 12
(i) a council organized under 25 U.S.C. 476 (sec. 16 of 13
the Indian Reorganization Act); 14
(ii) a traditional village council recognized by the 15 33-LS0556\B
HB 114 -2- HB0114a
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United States as eligible for federal aid to Indians; or 1
(iii) an incorporated nonprofit entity or Native village 2
council that the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic 3
Development, with advice from the Department of Law, has 4
determined is eligible to receive and spend a community assistance 5
payment under AS 29.60.865, if the incorporated nonprofit entity or 6
Native village council agrees to act as a village governing body for the 7
purposes of this chapter and provides for the ongoing maintenance of a 8
project funded under this chapter. 9
* Sec. 2. AS 46.07.080 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read: 10
(3) "census-designated place" means a statistical geographic area that 11
represents a closely settled, unincorporated community that is locally recognized and 12
identified by name. 13