SB 64: "An Act relating to the Shuyak Island State Park."
00SENATE BILL NO. 64 01 "An Act relating to the Shuyak Island State Park." 02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 03 * Section 1. AS 41.21.170(a) is amended to read: 04 (a) The purpose of AS 41.21.170 - 41.21.178 is to establish, subject to valid 05 existing rights, the state-owned or acquired land and water [UPLANDS AND 06 FRESHWATER BODIES] described in AS 41.21.172 as the Shuyak Island State Park. 07 The primary purposes of establishing the Shuyak Island State Park are to protect the 08 area's recreational and scenic resources, to protect the area's fish and wildlife habitat, 09 and to preserve and enhance the continued use of the area for sport and subsistence 10 hunting and fishing, trapping, and recreational activities. 11 * Sec. 2. AS 41.21.172 is repealed and reenacted to read: 12 Sec. 41.21.172. Designated state land and water. The upland, shoreland, 13 tideland, land underlying tidally influenced inland water, and water overlying this land, 14 including both the surface and subsurface estate, owned or acquired by the state within
01 the following described parcels are designated as the Shuyak Island State Park: 02 (1) Township 17 South, Range 19 West, Seward Meridian 03 Section 18 04 Section 19 05 Section 30; 06 (2) Township 17 South, Range 20 West, Seward Meridian 07 Section 24 08 Section 25; 09 (3) Township 18 South, Range 18 West, Seward Meridian 10 Section 6 11 Section 7 12 Section 20 13 Section 28 14 Section 29; 15 (4) Township 18 South, Range 19 West, Seward Meridian 16 Section 1 17 Section 2 18 Section 4 19 Section 5 20 Sections 7 - 36; 21 (5) Township 18 South, Range 20 West, Seward Meridian 22 Section 2 23 Section 3 24 Sections 9 - 11 25 Sections 13 - 17 26 Sections 19 - 36; 27 (6) Township 18 South, Range 21 West, Seward Meridian 28 Section 36; 29 (7) Township 19 South, Range 19 West, Seward Meridian 30 Sections 1 - 24 31 Sections 26 - 34;
01 (8) Township 19 South, Range 20 West, Seward Meridian 02 Sections 1 - 30 03 Section 32: N1/2 04 Sections 33 - 36; 05 (9) Township 19 South, Range 21 West, Seward Meridian 06 Section 1 07 Sections 12 - 14 08 Section 24 09 Section 25; 10 (10) Township 20 South, Range 19 West, Seward Meridian 11 Section 4 12 Section 5 13 Section 6: N1/2, N1/2S1/2; 14 (11) Township 20 South, Range 20 West, Seward Meridian 15 Section 1: N1/2, N1/2S1/2 16 Section 2: N1/2 17 Section 3: N1/2. 18 * Sec. 3. AS 41.21.174(a) is amended to read: 19 (a) The state land and water [UPLANDS AND FRESHWATER BODIES] 20 described in AS 41.21.172 are assigned to the department for control, maintenance, and 21 development consistent with the purposes and provisions of AS 41.21.170 - 41.21.178. 22 * Sec. 4. AS 41.21.176(a) is amended to read: 23 (a) The commissioner may designate by regulation incompatible uses within 24 the land and water of the Shuyak Island State Park [PARK UPLANDS AND 25 FRESHWATER BODIES]. 26 * Sec. 5. AS 41.21.176(b) is amended to read: 27 (b) Lawful use [USE] of a weapon in the Shuyak Island State Park shall be 28 allowed except in unique areas that may be closed for purposes of public safety by 29 regulation by the commissioner. 30 * Sec. 6. AS 41.21.178 is amended to read: 31 Sec. 41.21.178. Additions to park. Land and water outside of the
01 boundaries established in AS 41.21.172 may be added to the Shuyak Island State 02 Park only by an act of the legislature. The commissioner may [NOT] acquire land and 03 water within the boundaries of the Shuyak Island State Park except by eminent 04 domain.