(a) There is established in the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development a matching grant program for library construction and major expansion.
Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 14.56.355
Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(b) A person in charge of construction or major expansion of an eligible library may apply to the department for a matching grant under regulations adopted by the department.(c) Subject to appropriation, the department shall award not more than 50 percent of the total proposed grant project costs to an eligible applicant.(d) The department shall establish regulations to implement this section and the eligibility standards under Alaska Stat. § 14.56.356. The regulations must include consideration for and establishment of an eligibility priority for an application that is submitted by a community that does not have a public library described in Alaska Stat. § 14.56.356(a)(2).(e) In this section,
(1) “department” means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development;(2) “major expansion” means an expansion of an existing library to increase the square footage of the structure by not less than 30 percent.
