{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-29.60.599","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 29.60.599","heading":"Definitions.","body":"In AS 29.60.500 — 29.60.599,\n(1) “barrel” when used with reference to oil has the meaning given in AS 43.20.144;\n(2) “containment and cleanup” has the meaning given in AS 46.08.900;\n(3) “disaster emergency” means a disaster declared by the governor under AS 26.23.020;\n(4) “fund” means the oil and hazardous substance release prevention and response fund established by AS 46.08.010;\n(5) “hazardous substance” has the meaning given in AS 46.09.900;\n(6) “oil” and “release” have the meanings given in AS 46.08.900;\n(7) “school district” means a borough school district, a city school district, or a regional educational attendance area under AS 14;\n(8) “service”\n(A) means\n(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;\n(ii) a comparable function performed or service provided by a village; or\n(iii) a function performed or service provided by a school district;\n(B) includes functions not previously performed and services not previously provided by the municipality or village;\n(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\n(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\n(B) has\n(i) a council organized under 25 U.S.C. 476 (sec. 16 of the Indian Reorganization Act);\n(ii) a traditional village council recognized by the United States as eligible for federal aid to Indians; or\n(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).","path":["Title 29. Municipal Government.","Chapter 60. State Programs.","Article 3. Oil and Hazardous Substance Municipal Impact Assistance."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#29.60.599","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:18:16Z","sha256":"4e0bd6eb5ce4e5787a9bd1361ef561c28aa4739084e5df6d5f90af55806f6512","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-29.60.590","next":"us-ak/as-29.60.600"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}