00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 165                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to providing field accommodations for big game hunters."                                               
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 08.54 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                  
04            Sec. 08.54.785. Chapter not applicable. The provisions of this chapter do not                              
05       apply to a person providing, for compensation or with the intent to receive                                       
06       compensation, only accommodations to a big game hunter in the field at                                            
07                 (1)  a permanent lodge, house, or cabin on private land owned by the                                    
08       person; or                                                                                                        
09                 (2)  a state or federal cabin on state or federal land.                                                 
10    * Sec. 2. AS 08.54.790(9) is amended to read:                                                                      
11                 (9)  "outfit" means to provide, for compensation or with the intent to                                  
12       receive compensation, services, supplies, or facilities, excluding the provision of                           
13       accommodations by a person described in AS 08.54.785, to a big game hunter in                                 
14       the field, by a person who neither accompanies nor is present with the big game hunter                            
15       in the field either personally or by an assistant;