SSSB 128: "An Act reducing certain resident sport fishing, hunting, and trapping license fees, increasing certain nonresident sport fishing, hunting, and trapping license fees, and relating to nonresident sport fishing, hunting, and trapping licenses; and providing for an effective date."
00SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL NO. 128 01 "An Act reducing certain resident sport fishing, hunting, and trapping license fees, 02 increasing certain nonresident sport fishing, hunting, and trapping license fees, and 03 relating to nonresident sport fishing, hunting, and trapping licenses; and providing 04 for an effective date." 05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 06 * Section 1. AS 16.05.340(a)(3) is amended to read: 07 (3) Resident hunting and trapping license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 [40] 08 * Sec. 2. AS 16.05.340(a)(5) is amended to read: 09 (5) Resident hunting and sport fishing license. . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 [40] 10 * Sec. 3. AS 16.05.340(a)(6) is amended to read: 11 (6) Resident hunting, trapping, and sport fishing license . . . . . . .50 [55]; 12 (A) however, the fee is $5 for an applicant who 13 (i) is receiving or has received assistance during the 14 preceding six months under any state or federal welfare program to aid
01 the indigent; [,] or 02 (ii) has an annual family gross income of less than 03 $8,200 for the year preceding application; 04 (B) a person paying $5 for a resident hunting, trapping, and 05 sport fishing license must provide proof of eligibility under this paragraph 06 when requested by the departments. 07 * Sec. 4. AS 16.05.340(a)(7) is amended to read: 08 (7) Nonresident [SPECIAL] sport fishing license - valid for the period 09 inscribed on the license 10 (A) For 14-day license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $40 [$ 30] 11 (B) For three-day license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 [15] 12 (C) For one-day license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 13 * Sec. 5. AS 16.05.340(a)(9) is amended to read: 14 (9) Nonresident hunting license - valid for the 30-day period 15 inscribed on the license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 [85] 16 A nonresident may not take a big game animal without previously purchasing a 17 numbered, nontransferable, appropriate tag, issued under (15) of this subsection. 18 The tag must be affixed to the animal immediately upon capture and must remain 19 affixed until the animal is prepared for storage, consumed, or exported. A tag 20 issued but not used for an animal may be used to satisfy the tagging requirement 21 for an animal of any other species for which the tag fee is of equal or less value. 22 * Sec. 6. AS 16.05.340(a)(11) is amended to read: 23 (11) Nonresident [HUNTING AND] trapping license - valid for the 24 30-day period inscribed on the license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500 [$250] 25 * Sec. 7. AS 16.05.340(a)(15) is amended to read: 26 (15) Nonresident big game tags 27 (A) Bear, black, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 [225] 28 (B) Bear, brown or grizzly, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000 [500] 29 (C) Bison, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750 [450] 30 (D) Caribou, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 [325] 31 (E) Deer, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 [150]
01 (F) Elk, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 [300] 02 (G) Goat, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 [300] 03 (H) Moose, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750 [400] 04 (I) Sheep, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000 [425] 05 (J) Wolf, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 [175] 06 (K) Wolverine, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 [175] 07 (L) Musk oxen, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500 [1,100] 08 * Sec. 8. AS 16.05.340(a)(19) is amended to read: 09 (19) Nonresident small game hunting license - valid for the 30-day 10 period inscribed on the license. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 [20] 11 * Sec. 9. AS 16.05.340(a)(20) is amended to read: 12 (20) Nonresident alien hunting license - valid for the 30-day period 13 inscribed on the license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .500 [300] 14 A nonresident alien may not take a big game animal without previously purchasing a 15 numbered, nontransferable, appropriate tag, issued under (21) of this subsection. The 16 tag must be affixed to the animal immediately upon capture and must remain affixed 17 until the animal is prepared for storage, consumed, or exported. A tag issued but not 18 used for an animal may be used to satisfy the tagging requirement for an animal of any 19 other species for which the tag fee is of equal or less value. 20 * Sec. 10. AS 16.05.340(a)(21) is amended to read: 21 (21) Nonresident alien big game tags 22 (A) Bear, black, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500 [$300] 23 (B) Bear, brown or grizzly, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500 [650] 24 (C) Bison, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000 [650] 25 (D) Caribou, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750 [425] 26 (E) Deer, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 [200] 27 (F) Elk, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750 [400] 28 (G) Goat, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750 [400] 29 (H) Moose, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750 [500] 30 (I) Musk oxen, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,000 [1,500] 31 (J) Sheep, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500 [550]
01 (K) Wolf, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 [250] 02 (L) Wolverine, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 [250] 03 * Sec. 11. AS 16.05.340(a)(24) is amended to read: 04 (24) Nonresident anadromous king salmon tag - valid for the period 05 inscribed on the tag 06 (A) for a one-day tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$10 07 (B) for a three-day tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 [15] 08 (C) for a 14-day [OR ANNUAL] tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 [35]. 09 A nonresident may not engage in sport fishing for anadromous king salmon without 10 having a valid anadromous king salmon tag in the person's actual possession, unless 11 that person is under the age of 16. However, members of the military service on 12 active duty who are permanently stationed in the state, and their dependents, who do 13 not qualify as residents under AS 16.05.940, may obtain an annual nonresident military 14 anadromous king salmon tag for $20. 15 * Sec. 12. AS 16.05.350 is amended to read: 16 Sec. 16.05.350. EXPIRATION OF LICENSES AND TAGS. (a) Licenses and 17 tags required under AS 16.05.330 - 16.05.430, except biennial licenses, the nonresident 18 [SPECIAL] sport fishing license, the nonresident hunting license, the nonresident 19 alien hunting license, the nonresident trapping license, the nonresident small game 20 hunting license, the resident trapping license, the one, three, or 14-day nonresident 21 anadromous king salmon tag, and the waterfowl conservation tag, expire at the close 22 of December 31 following issuance. 23 (b) Biennial licenses expire after December 31 of the year following the year 24 of issuance. 25 (c) The resident trapping license expires at the close of September 30 of the 26 year following the year in which the license is issued. 27 (d) The waterfowl conservation tag expires at the close of January 31 of the 28 year following the year of issue of the tag. 29 * Sec. 13. AS 16.05.340(a)(8) and 16.05.340(a)(10) are repealed. 30 * Sec. 14. This Act takes effect January 1, 1996.