00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 137                                                                          
01 "An Act amending the requirements for the identification card needed for sport fishing,                                 
02 hunting, and trapping without a license by residents who are 60 years of age or more."                                  
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 16.05.400(b) is amended to read:                                                                   
05            (b)  A sport fishing, hunting, or trapping license is not required of a resident                             
06       who is 60 years of age or more. A resident who is 60 years of age or more is                                  
07       required to possess a temporary identification card to engage in sport fishing,                               
08       hunting, or trapping without a license. The commissioner shall issue a temporary                          
09       [PERMANENT] identification card without charge to persons who qualify by age and                                  
10       residence and who complete the forms required by the commissioner for                                             
11       implementation of this subsection. The temporary identification card must be                                  
12       renewed every three years, and the resident must maintain permanent fund                                      
13       dividend eligibility as described in AS 43.23.005 to retain eligibility for the                               
14       temporary identification card. A person who is issued a temporary                                         

01       [PERMANENT] identification card under this subsection shall have it in possession                                 
02       while sport fishing, hunting, or trapping.                                                                        
03    * Sec. 2. AS 16.05.405(b) is amended to read:                                                                      
04            (b)  Notwithstanding AS 16.05.420(c), a resident holding a valid resident                                    
05       hunting license may take game on behalf of a person who is blind, a person with                                   
06       physical disabilities, or a person who is 65 years of age or older if the resident                                
07       possesses on the resident's person                                                                                
08                 (1)  a document signed by the person on whose behalf the game is                                        
09       taken, stating that the resident possesses the person's hunting license or temporary                          
10       [PERMANENT] identification card in order to take game on behalf of that person; and                               
11                 (2)  the person's                                                                                       
12                      (A)  resident hunting license issued under AS 16.05.403 or                                         
13            temporary [PERMANENT] identification card issued under AS 16.05.400(b);                                  
14            and                                                                                                          
15                      (B)  harvest ticket, tag, stamp, or other document required by                                     
16            law as a condition of taking the game being hunted.                                                          
17    * Sec. 3. AS 16.05.405(c) is amended to read:                                                                      
18            (c)  Notwithstanding AS 16.05.420(c), a resident holding a valid                                             
19       noncommercial fishing license may take fish on behalf of a person who is blind, a                                 
20       person with physical disabilities, or a person who is 65 years of age or older if the                             
21       resident possesses on the resident's person                                                                       
22                 (1)  a document signed by the person on whose behalf the fish is taken,                                 
23       stating that the resident possesses the person's sport fishing license, subsistence fishing                       
24       permit, personal use fishing permit, or temporary [PERMANENT] identification card                             
25       in order to take fish on behalf of that person;                                                                   
26                 (2)  the person's                                                                                       
27                      (A)  resident sport fishing license issued under AS 16.05.403 or                                   
28            temporary [PERMANENT] identification card issued under AS 16.05.400(b);                                  
29                      (B)  resident subsistence fishing permit issued under                                              
30            AS 16.05.403; or                                                                                             
31                      (C)  resident personal use fishing permit issued under                                             

01            AS 16.05.403; and                                                                                            
02                 (3)  all other documents issued to the person that are required by law as                               
03       a condition of taking the fish being pursued.