CSHB 137(RES): "An Act amending the requirements for the identification card needed for sport fishing, hunting, and trapping without a license by residents who are 60 years of age or more."
00 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 137(RES) 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 valid identification card to engage in sport fishing, hunting, 08 or trapping without a license, as follows: 09 (1) the [THE] commissioner shall issue a permanent identification 10 card without charge to a person [PERSONS] who, on or before December 31, 2007, 11 qualifies [QUALIFY] by age and residence and who completes [COMPLETE] the 12 forms required by the commissioner for implementation of this paragraph; a 13 [SUBSECTION. A] person who is issued a permanent identification card under this 14 paragraph [SUBSECTION] shall have it in possession while sport fishing, hunting,
01 or trapping; 02 (2) the commissioner shall issue a temporary identification card 03 without charge to a person who, on or after January 1, 2008, qualifies by age and 04 residence and who completes the forms required by the commissioner for 05 implementation of this paragraph; to obtain or renew a valid temporary 06 identification card issued under this paragraph, the person must have lawfully 07 received a permanent fund dividend during the most recent dividend disbursal or 08 must present evidence satisfactory to the department that the person was in the 09 state for at least 185 days during the previous calendar year; a person who is 10 issued a temporary identification card under this paragraph shall have it in 11 possession while sport fishing, hunting, or trapping; the temporary identification 12 card must be renewed every three years. 13 * Sec. 2. AS 16.05.405(b) is amended to read: 14 (b) Notwithstanding AS 16.05.420(c), a resident holding a valid resident 15 hunting license may take game on behalf of a person who is blind, a person with 16 physical disabilities, or a person who is 65 years of age or older if the resident 17 possesses on the resident's person 18 (1) a document signed by the person on whose behalf the game is 19 taken, stating that the resident possesses the person's hunting license or valid 20 [PERMANENT] identification card in order to take game on behalf of that person; and 21 (2) the person's 22 (A) resident hunting license issued under AS 16.05.403 or 23 valid [PERMANENT] identification card issued under AS 16.05.400(b); and 24 (B) harvest ticket, tag, stamp, or other document required by 25 law as a condition of taking the game being hunted. 26 * Sec. 3. AS 16.05.405(c) is amended to read: 27 (c) Notwithstanding AS 16.05.420(c), a resident holding a valid 28 noncommercial fishing license may take fish on behalf of a person who is blind, a 29 person with physical disabilities, or a person who is 65 years of age or older if the 30 resident possesses on the resident's person 31 (1) a document signed by the person on whose behalf the fish is taken,
01 stating that the resident possesses the person's sport fishing license, subsistence fishing 02 permit, personal use fishing permit, or valid [PERMANENT] identification card in 03 order to take fish on behalf of that person; 04 (2) the person's 05 (A) resident sport fishing license issued under AS 16.05.403 or 06 valid [PERMANENT] identification card issued under AS 16.05.400(b); 07 (B) resident subsistence fishing permit issued under 08 AS 16.05.403; or 09 (C) resident personal use fishing permit issued under 10 AS 16.05.403; and 11 (3) all other documents issued to the person that are required by law as 12 a condition of taking the fish being pursued.