CSHB 62(MLV): "An Act providing for partial tuition assistance for spouses of members of the Alaska National Guard; directing the adjutant general to seek additional funding to support tuition assistance; and providing for free hunting and sport fishing licenses for active members of the Alaska National Guard."
00 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 62(MLV) 01 "An Act providing for partial tuition assistance for spouses of members of the Alaska 02 National Guard; directing the adjutant general to seek additional funding to support 03 tuition assistance; and providing for free hunting and sport fishing licenses for active 04 members of the Alaska National Guard." 05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 06 * Section 1. AS 16.05.340(a)(17) is amended to read: 07 (17) Waterfowl conservation tag ....................................................... 5 08 (A) A person may not engage in waterfowl hunting without 09 having the current year's waterfowl tag in the person's actual possession, unless 10 that person 11 (i) qualifies for a $5 license fee under (6) of this 12 subsection; 13 (ii) is a resident under the age of 16; 14 (iii) is 60 years of age or older and is a resident;
01 (iv) is [A DISABLED VETERAN] eligible for a free 02 license under AS 16.05.341. 03 (B) The Board of Game shall by regulation exempt the 04 requirement of a waterfowl conservation tag for waterfowl hunting in areas of 05 the state not likely to benefit from programs described in AS 16.05.130(b)(2) - 06 (4). 07 * Sec. 2. AS 16.05.340(a)(23) is amended to read: 08 (23) Resident anadromous king salmon tag .................................... 10 09 A resident may not engage in sport fishing for anadromous king salmon without 10 having the current year's anadromous king salmon tag in the resident's actual 11 possession, unless that person 12 (A) qualifies for a 25 cent license fee under (1) of this 13 subsection; 14 (B) is under the age of 16; 15 (C) is 60 years of age or older and has been a resident of the 16 state for at least one year; 17 (D) is [A DISABLED VETERAN] eligible for a free license 18 under AS 16.05.341; or 19 (E) qualifies for a $5 license fee under (6) of this subsection. 20 * Sec. 3. AS 16.05.341 is amended to read: 21 Sec. 16.05.341. Free license for disabled veterans and active members of 22 the Alaska National Guard. A person may receive a resident hunting and sport 23 fishing license under AS 16.05.340(a)(5) without charge if the person 24 (1) has been discharged from military service under honorable 25 conditions, is eligible for a loan under AS 18.56.101, and is certified by the United 26 States Department of Veterans Affairs as having incurred a 50 percent or greater 27 disability during military service; [OR] 28 (2) served in the Alaska Territorial Guard, is eligible for a loan under 29 AS 18.56.101, and incurred a 50 percent or greater disability while serving in the 30 Alaska Territorial Guard; or 31 (3) is an active member of the Alaska National Guard.
01 * Sec. 4. AS 26.05.296 is amended by adding new subsections to read: 02 (c) The adjutant general shall establish a program for partial tuition assistance 03 entitling a person enrolled as a student in good standing in a state-supported 04 educational institution in this state to a payment of 50 percent of undergraduate tuition 05 if the person is a spouse of an active member of the Alaska National Guard. 06 (d) If the adjutant general determines that there are insufficient funds to pay 07 for tuition assistance for all eligible applicants under this section, the adjutant general 08 shall request that the legislature make a supplemental appropriation to fund the 09 assistance.