00                             SENATE BILL NO. 60                                                                          
01 "An Act establishing the sport fishing hatchery facilities account; establishing the sport                              
02 fishing facility surcharge; and providing for an effective date."                                                       
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 16.05.130 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                          
05 (h)  Money accruing to the state from the sport fishing facility surcharge                                              
06 imposed under AS 16.05.340(l) shall be deposited in a separate account known as the                                     
07 sport fishing hatchery facilities account within the fish and game fund. Money in the                                   
08 sport fishing hatchery facilities account shall be allocated to ongoing maintenance and                                 
09 operation of the department's sport fish hatchery facilities and sport fishing stock                                    
10       enhancement intended to directly benefit license purchasers.                                                      
11    * Sec. 2.  AS 16.05.340(i) is amended to read:                                                                     
12 (i)  If the commissioner determines that residents of the state are entitled to                                         
13 obtain licenses for sport fishing, including sport fishing for anadromous king salmon,                                  
14 in Yukon, Canada, for the same fees that are charged to residents of Yukon for                                          
01       comparable sport fishing licenses, the commissioner may adopt regulations                                         
02       authorizing residents of Yukon to receive                                                                         
03                 (1)  nonresident annual sport fishing licenses for the fees charged to                                  
04       residents under (a) and (l) of this section for a resident sport fishing license; and                       
05                 (2)  nonresident anadromous king salmon annual tags for the fee                                         
06       charged to residents under (a) of this section for a resident anadromous king salmon                              
07       tag.                                                                                                              
08    * Sec. 3.  AS 16.05.340 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             
09            (l)  In addition to the fees for a sport fishing license set out in (a) and (d) of this                      
10 section, each person who purchases a sport fishing license shall pay a sport fishing                                    
11 facility surcharge as set out in this subsection for the purpose of providing funding for                               
12 ongoing maintenance and operation of the department's fish hatchery facilities and                                      
13 sport fishing stock enhancement. A person who is eligible for a $5 resident hunting,                                    
14 trapping, and sport fishing license under (a)(6) of this section or a free license under                                
15 AS 16.05.341 is exempt from payment of the surcharge imposed under this subsection.                                     
16 The surcharge authorized by this subsection shall take effect on the date established by                                
17 regulation by the commissioner. The amount of the surcharge attached to each sport                                      
18 fishing license must be clearly disclosed on the sport fishing license. The amount of                                   
19 the sport fishing facility surcharge to be paid for each sport fishing license is as                                    
20       follows:                                                                                                          
21 (1)  resident sport fishing license  ................. $   4                                                            
22 (2)  resident hunting and sport fishing license  ............. 4                                                        
23 (3)  resident hunting, trapping, and sport fishing license  ...... 4                                                    
24 (4)  nonresident 14-day sport fishing license  ............. 25                                                         
25 (5)  nonresident seven-day sport fishing license  ........... 20                                                        
26 (6)  nonresident three-day sport fishing license ...........  10                                                        
27 (7)  nonresident one-day sport fishing license  ............. 5                                                         
28 (8)  nonresident annual sport fishing license  ............. 40                                                         
29                 (9)  special nonresident military small game and sport fishing license .                                
30  ...................................................... 4                                                               
31 (10)  special nonresident military sport fishing license ....... 4.                                                     
01    * Sec. 4.  This Act takes effect July 1, 2021.