SCR 12

                    STATE OF ALASKA
                             THE LEGISLATURE
                                         2026
                                                                             Legislative
Source  Resolve No.
SCR 12  23
Extending the governor's October 9, 2025, declaration of a disaster emergency in response to
the 2025 West Coast Storm; and approving an amended financing plan.
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
       WHEREAS, on October 9, 2025, the governor declared a disaster emergency,
following the 2025 West Coast Storm; and
       WHEREAS the condition of the disaster emergency was extended in November of
2025, December of 2025, and January of 2026, with the disaster emergency expiring on
February 6, 2026; and
       WHEREAS the effects of the storm remain severe, and infrastructure systems from
the original storm, as well as ongoing emergency actions, are necessary to respond to those
effects; and
       WHEREAS, under AS 26.23.020(c), "[a] proclamation of disaster emergency may
not remain in effect longer than 30 days unless extended by the legislature by a concurrent
resolution"; and
       WHEREAS an additional extension will allow agencies to continue the agencies'
emergency response to meet the disaster; and
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       WHEREAS, under AS 26.23.020(k)(1), the governor may expend more than
$1,000,000 of state funds to cope with a disaster if, when the legislature is in session, the
legislature approves a financing plan to cope with the incident or disaster; and
       WHEREAS, on January 28, 2026, the governor submitted a revised financing plan to
the legislature, totaling $39,250,000 and detailing the estimated shared costs for the 2025
West Coast Storm Disaster as $18,750,000 in federal authority and $20,500,000 in state
general funds; and
       WHEREAS the revised financing plan reflects an increase of $5,500,000 in disaster
relief funds from the financing plan previously authorized for the 2025 West Coast Storm
Disaster; and
       WHEREAS the current balance of the disaster relief fund established in AS 26.23.300
is sufficient to meet the increase in the governor's revised financing plan;
       BE IT RESOLVED that, under AS 26.23.020(c), the Alaska State Legislature
extends the October 9, 2025, disaster emergency declared by the governor for the 2025 West
Coast Storm until March 8, 2026; and be it
       FURTHER RESOLVED by the Alaska State Legislature that the extension of the
October 9, 2025, disaster emergency declared by the governor for the 2025 West Coast Storm
be made retroactive to February 6, 2026; and be it
       FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature approves the increase of
$5,500,000 in disaster relief funds in the amended financing plan submitted by the governor
for the 2025 West Coast Storm.
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