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Secs. 47.30.070 — 47.30.170. [Repealed, § 7 ch 84 SLA 1981.] Sec. 47.30.180. [Renumbered as AS 47.30.880.] Secs. 47.30.190 — 47.30.340. [Repealed, § 7 ch 84 SLA 1981.] Sec. 47.30.350. Department powers and duties; ratification of authority's actions. (a) The department shall (1) develop and submit to the Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service a comprehensive program for the constructing and equipping of hospitals and other facilities for the examination, observation, care, and treatment of the mentally ill; (2) develop and submit to the Surgeon General plans and specifications for the constructing and equipping of the hospitals and other facilities; (3) construct and equip the hospitals and other facilities in accordance with the program, plans, and specifications approved by the Surgeon General; construction and equipping under this paragraph is governed by AS 36.30 (State Procurement Code); (4) cooperate, coordinate, and contract, wherever indicated and desirable, with other state boards, departments and agencies, and agencies of the United States in the construction program, and hire necessary personnel and enter into contracts with private individuals and companies, to the end that the hospitals and other facilities are constructed in the most economical and expeditious manner; contracting and construction under this section are governed by AS 36.30 (State Procurement Code). (b) An action, agreement, or transaction taken or entered before April 3, 1957, by the Mental Health Authority consistent with AS 47.30.350 — 47.30.400 is affirmed and ratified. Sec. 47.30.360. Acceptance and expenditure of funds. The department may accept on behalf of the state and deposit separate and apart from other public funds grants from the federal government or gifts or contributions from other sources to assist in carrying out the purposes of AS 47.30.350 — 47.30.400 and may expend the funds for those purposes. Sec. 47.30.370. Review by legislative budget and audit committee. Before implementation, the programs, plans, and actions of the department made under AS 47.30.350, except for the proposed geographic location of the mental health hospital, shall be reviewed by the legislative budget and audit committee. The review and findings of the budget and audit committee shall be made public. Sec. 47.30.380. Appropriation authorized. Funds to carry out AS 47.30.350 — 47.30.400 shall be set out in the appropriation bill authorizing the operating and capital expenditures of the state's integrated comprehensive mental health program under AS 37.14.003(a) and submitted to the legislature under AS 37.07.020(a)(1). Sec. 47.30.390. Acquisition of existing mental health care facilities. The department may acquire existing facilities for mental health care. Sec. 47.30.400. Purpose of AS 47.30.350—47.30.400.