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CSHB 91(RES): "An Act relating to hunting in marine park units of the Alaska state park system, amending the area within designated marine park units of the Alaska state park system, and adding marine park units to the Alaska state park system."

00CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 91(RES) 01 "An Act relating to hunting in marine park units of the Alaska state park 02 system, amending the area within designated marine park units of the Alaska 03 state park system, and adding marine park units to the Alaska state park 04 system." 05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 06 * Section 1. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. (a) The 07 legislature finds that 08 (1) marine parks promote and support recreation and tourism in the state by 09 maintaining fish and wildlife resources and lawful existing uses of these resources and by 10 protecting their natural, cultural, and scenic values; and 11 (2) by combining upland with the surrounding water, tideland, and submerged 12 land into a marine park, the state is able to ensure public anchorages and recreational beaches 13 will be managed as one unit with consistent development and regulations. 14 (b) It is the purpose of secs. 3 and 4 of this Act to expand the marine park system in

01 Lynn Canal within the City and Borough of Juneau by the inclusion of the islands selected 02 under the Alaska Statehood Act from the Tongass National Forest for the purpose of 03 community recreation that have been tentatively approved or patented to the state. 04 * Sec. 2. AS 41.21.302(d) is amended to read: 05  (d) The commissioner may not prohibit hunting within a marine park unit 06 of the Alaska state park system. The commission may not restrict the exercise of 07 fishing, hunting, or trapping rights permitted under law or under a regulation of the 08 Board of Fisheries or the Board of Game within a marine park unit of the Alaska state 09 park system. 10 * Sec. 3. AS 41.21.304(11) is amended to read: 11  (11) Shelter Island: the following described parcels excluding 12 submerged land seaward of the 20 fathom bathymetric line: 13  Township 39 South, Range 64 East, Copper River Meridian 14  Section 29: All 15 Section 31: All 16  Section 32: All 17  Section 33: All 18  Township 40 South, Range 64 East, Copper River Meridian 19  Section 5: NW1/4NE1/4, S1/2NE1/4, NW1/4, S1/2 20  Section 6 21  Section 8 22  Section 9: W1/2; 23 * Sec. 4. AS 41.21.304 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read: 24  (34) Juneau Channel Islands: the following described parcels excluding 25 submerged land seaward of the 20 fathom bathymetric line: 26  Township 38 South, Range 63 East, Copper River Meridian 27  Section 13 28  Section 32: E1/2 29  Section 33: SW1/4 30  Township 38 South, Range 64 East, Copper River Meridian 31  Section 18: SW1/4

01  Section 19 02  Section 20: W1/2SW1/4 03  Section 29: NW1/4NW1/4 04  Section 30: N1/2 05  Township 39 South, Range 63 East, Copper River Meridian 06  Section 4 07  Section 9 08  Section 10 09  Section 11 10  Section 13: SW1/4SW1/4 11  Section 14 12  Section 15 13  Section 16: E1/2 14  Section 22: N1/2 15  Section 23 16  Section 24: W1/2 17  Township 39 South, Range 64 East, Copper River Meridian 18  Section 8: SE1/4 19  Section 9: SW1/4 20  Section 16 21  Section 17: NE1/4 22  Section 34: S1/2 23  Township 40 South, Range 64 East, Copper River Meridian 24  Section 1: W1/2NW1/4 25  Section 3: NE1/4 26  Section 36: SE1/4SE1/4 27  Township 40 South, Range 65 East, Copper River Meridian 28  Section 28: SW1/4 29  Section 31: SW1/4SW1/4 30  Section 32: E1/2 31  Section 33: W1/2

01  Section 34: W1/2E1/2, W1/2 02  Township 41 South, Range 65 East, Copper River Meridian 03  Section 1: NE1/4 04  Section 2: W1/2NW1/4, SE1/4 05  Section 3: NE1/4 06  Section 11 07  Township 41 South, Range 66 East, Copper River Meridian 08  Section 5: N1/2NW1/4, NW1/4NW1/4NE1/4 09  Section 6: NW1/4.