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CSSB 7(RES): "An Act reducing certain resident sport fishing, hunting, and trapping license fees, increasing certain nonresident sport fishing license and tag fees, and relating to nonresident sport fishing and hunting licenses and tags; and providing for an effective date."

00CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 7(RES) 01 "An Act reducing certain resident sport fishing, hunting, and trapping license fees, 02 increasing certain nonresident sport fishing license and tag fees, and relating to 03 nonresident sport fishing and hunting licenses and tags; and providing for an 04 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 department [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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$60 11  (B) For seven-day license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 12  (C) [$30 (B)] For three-day license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 [15] 13  (D) [(C)] For one-day license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 14 * Sec. 5. AS 16.05.340(a)(15) is amended to read: 15  (15) Nonresident big game tags 16 A nonresident may not take a big game animal without previously purchasing a 17 numbered, nontransferable, appropriate tag, issued under this paragraph. The 18 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  (A) Bear, black, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225 23  (B) Bear, brown or grizzly, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .500 24  (C) Bison, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .450 25  (D) Caribou, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325 26  (E) Deer, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150 27  (F) Elk, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300 28  (G) Goat, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300 29  (H) Moose, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .400 30  (I) Sheep, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .425 31  (J) Wolf, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175

01  (K) Wolverine, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175 02  (L) Musk oxen, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,100 03 * Sec. 6. 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 seven-day tag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 09  (D) for a 14-day [OR ANNUAL] tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 [35.] 10 A nonresident may not engage in sport fishing for anadromous king salmon without 11 having a valid anadromous king salmon tag in the person's actual possession, unless 12 that person is under the age of 16. 13 Members [HOWEVER, MEMBERS] of the military service on active duty who are 14 permanently stationed in the state, and their dependents, who do not qualify as 15 residents under AS 16.05.940, may obtain an annual nonresident military anadromous 16 king salmon tag for $20. 17 * Sec. 7. AS 16.05.350(a) is amended to read: 18  (a) Licenses, permits, and tags required under AS 16.05.330 - 16.05.430, 19 except biennial licenses, triennial licenses, the nonresident [SPECIAL] sport fishing 20 licenses [LICENSE], the resident trapping license, the [ONE, THREE, OR 14-DAY] 21 nonresident anadromous king salmon tags [TAG], the waterfowl conservation tag, and 22 permits having a different specified expiration date, expire at the close of December 23 31 following issuance. 24 * Sec. 8. AS 16.05.340(a)(8) and 16.05.340(a)(10) are repealed. 25 * Sec. 9. This Act takes effect January 1, 1998.