Rep. Andi Story, D-Juneau, said she introduced it at the request of a constituent whose employee died after being unable to climb back onto a dock.
Rep. Andi Story , D-Juneau, speaks Wednesday, May 8, 2024, on the floor of the Alaska House of Representatives.
Rep. Andi Story, D-Juneau, sponsored the original bill. Speaking May 8, when the House voted 38-1 to approve the bill, she said she introduced it at the request of a constituent whose employee died in 2021 after being unable to climb back on a dock after going in the water.concluding that 20% of the state’s 342 drowning deaths from 2016 through 2021 were due to falls from a dock or boat.
She said the requirement will come at no cost to the state because municipalities will pay for the cost of the safety ladders out of the grants they’re already receiving. The section of the bill added by the Senate allows condo owners who receive state disaster aid to use that money for collectively owned property, such as the foundation of a shared condo building.Kiehl’s bill also would have increased the state cap on disaster aid, but that provision was dropped because of cost concerns, he said.
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