00 SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL NO. 42 am                                                                            
01 "An Act allowing a person to hold more than one entry permit for certain                                                
02 fisheries and amending the definition of `unit of gear' for purposes of the                                             
03 commercial fisheries limited entry program; and providing for an effective date."                                       
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1. AS 16.43.140(c) is amended to read:                                                                     
06  (c)  A person may hold more than one interim-use or entry permit issued or                                            
07 transferred under this chapter only for the following purposes:                                                         
08   (1)  fishing more than one type of gear;                                                                             
09   (2)  fishing in more than one administrative area;                                                                   
10   (3)  harvesting particular species for which separate interim-use or entry                                           
11 permits are issued;                                                                                                    
12   (4)  if authorized by regulations of the commission, fishing an entire                                               
13 unit of gear in a fishery in which the commission has issued entry permits for less                                     
14 than a unit of gear under AS 16.43.270(d); under this paragraph, a person may                                           
01 not hold more than two entry permits for a fishery; however, the person may not                                         
02   (A)  fish more than one unit of gear in the fishery; or                                                             
03   (B)  acquire a second entry permit for the fishery after the                                                        
04 person has acquired an entry permit that authorizes the use of an entire                                                
05 unit of gear in the fishery.                                                                                           
06    * Sec. 2.  AS 16.43.990(9) is amended to read:                                                                       
07   (9)  "unit of gear" means the maximum amount of a specific type of gear                                             
08 that [WHICH] can be fished by a person under [A SINGLE GEAR LICENSE                                                  
09 SUBJECT TO] regulations established by the Board of Fisheries defining the legal                                        
10 requirements for that type of gear.                                                                                     
11    * Sec. 3.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).