00HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 267(RES)                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to management of game."                                                                                
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
03    * Section 1.  AS 16.05.255 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                          
04  (i)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, in an area for which the                                      
05 board has adopted regulations under (e) of this section to provide for intensive                                        
06 management of an identified big game prey population by establishing a wolf control                                     
07 program, a person may take a wolf on the same day the person was airborne; however,                                     
08 a person may not shoot a wolf from the air under this subsection.  For purposes of this                                 
09 subsection, a valid hunting or trapping license is a permit to take a wolf on the same                                  
10 day airborne for purposes of protecting wildlife, and no additional permit may be                                       
11 required by the board or department as a prerequisite to taking a wolf on the same day                                  
12 airborne.                                                                                                               
13    * Sec. 2.  AS 16.05.783(b) is amended to read:                                                                     
14  (b)  This section does not apply to                                                                                   

01   (1)  a person who was airborne the same day if that person was airborne                                              
02 only on a regularly scheduled commercial flight; or                                                                     
03   (2)  an employee  or agent  of the department who, as part of a game                                               
04 management program, is authorized to shoot or to assist in shooting wolf, wolverine,                                    
05 fox, or lynx on the same day that the employee  or agent  has been airborne.