00                      CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 395(FIN)                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to the period of the fire season; and providing for an effective date."                                
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 41.15.050 is amended to read:                                                                      
04            Sec. 41.15.050. Fire season. The period from April [MAY] 1 to August 31                            
05       [SEPTEMBER 30], inclusive, of each year is designated the fire season. The                                        
06       commissioner may designate other periods as fire season. The commissioner may                                     
07       proclaim an additional period for all or any portion of the state when weather or other                           
08       conditions require action for the protection of forested land. The commissioner may                               
09       also, during the fire season, prohibit, or allow only by permit, the setting of fires,                            
10       smoking, entry, or other use on the land, when, in the judgment of the commissioner,                              
11       the activities would unduly increase the fire danger.                                                             
12    * Sec. 2. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).