Whenever, at the request of the governor, the President has declared a major disaster to exist in this state, the governor may
(1) upon the governor's determination that a political subdivision of the state will suffer a substantial loss of tax and other revenue from the disaster and has demonstrated a need for financial assistance to perform its governmental functions, apply to the federal government, on behalf of the political subdivision, for a loan; the governor may receive and disburse the proceeds of any approved loan to any applicant political subdivision;
(2) determine the amount needed by any applicant political subdivision to restore or resume its governmental functions, and to certify the amount to the federal government;
(3) recommend to the federal government, based upon review by the governor, the cancellation of all or any part of repayment when, for the first three full fiscal years following the major disaster, the revenue of the political subdivision is insufficient to meet its operating expenses, including additional disaster-related expenses of a municipal operation character.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace
Article 1. Alaska Disaster Act.
Sec. 26.23.020. The governor and disaster emergencies.
Sec. 26.23.025. The legislature and disaster emergencies.
Sec. 26.23.045. Response corps; depots.
Sec. 26.23.060. Local and interjurisdictional disaster services.
Sec. 26.23.070. Establishment of interjurisdictional disaster planning and service areas.
Sec. 26.23.071. Alaska State Emergency Response Commission.
Sec. 26.23.073. Emergency planning districts and committees.
Sec. 26.23.075. Emergency plans.
Sec. 26.23.077. Plan review; incident command systems.
Sec. 26.23.080. Federal disaster loans to political subdivisions.
Sec. 26.23.090. Grants to disaster victims.
Sec. 26.23.100. Temporary housing.
Sec. 26.23.110. Debris and wreckage removal in disaster emergency or major disaster.
Sec. 26.23.135. Emergency Management Assistance Compact enacted and entered into.
Sec. 26.23.136. Compact terms.
Sec. 26.23.140. Local disaster emergencies.
Sec. 26.23.150. Disaster prevention.
Sec. 26.23.170. Communications.
Sec. 26.23.190. Emergency powers.
Sec. 26.23.205. Confiscation of firearms.
Sec. 26.23.210. Relationship to homeland security and civil defense laws.