Alaska 2023-2024 Regular Session

Alaska House Bill HB161 Compare Versions

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10-CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 161(JUD)
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1213 IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
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14-THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION
15+THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION
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16-BY THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
17+BY REPRESENTATIVE WRIGHT
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18-Offered: 2/15/24
19-Referred: Finance
19+Introduced: 4/14/23
20+Referred: Judiciary, Finance
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21-Sponsor(s): REPRESENTATIVES WRIGHT, Hannan, Armstrong, Gray, Mina
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2223 A BILL
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2425 FOR AN ACT ENTITLED
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26-"An Act relating to the civil legal services fund." 1
27+"An Act relating to appropriations to the civil legal services fund." 1
2728 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 2
2829 * Section 1. AS 37.05.590 is amended to read: 3
2930 Sec. 37.05.590. Civil legal services fund. The civil legal services fund is 4
3031 established as a special account in the general fund. The fund consists of 5
3132 appropriations to it. Annually, the legislature may appropriate to the fund only from 6
3233 amounts deposited into the general fund of the state under AS 09.17.020(j) and an 7
3334 amount from the general fund that is up to 25 [10] percent of the filing fees received
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3536 by the Alaska Court System during the previous closed fiscal year. The legislature 9
3637 may make appropriations from the fund to organizations that provide civil legal 10
37-services to low-income individuals. An organization may not use funds received 11
38-under this section to provide legal assistance for issues arising under AS 34.03 12
39-(Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act). Nothing in this section creates a 13
40-dedicated fund. In this section, "low-income individual" means an individual with an 14
41-income equal to or less than 125 percent of the most recent federal poverty guidelines 15 33-LS0746\B
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45-for Alaska set by the United States Department of Health and Human Services. 1
38+services to low-income individuals. Nothing in this section creates a dedicated fund. In 11
39+this section, "low-income individual" means an individual with an income equal to or 12
40+less than 125 percent of the most recent federal poverty guidelines for Alaska set by 13
41+the United States Department of Health and Human Services. 14