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Enrolled HB 176: Creating the Fort Rousseau Causeway State Historical Park.

00Enrolled HB 176 01 Creating the Fort Rousseau Causeway State Historical Park. 02 _______________ 03 * Section 1. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section 04 to read: 05 LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS. The legislature finds that 06 (1) state parks promote and support public use of natural, scenic, and cultural 07 resources through the protection and management of those resources; and 08 (2) the establishment of the Fort Rousseau Causeway State Historical Park as 09 a state park with consistent protection and regulation is in the best interest of the people of the 10 state. 11 * Sec. 2. AS 41.21 is amended by adding new sections to article 2 to read: 12 Sec. 41.21.190. Purpose of AS 41.21.190 - 41.21.194. The purpose of 13 AS 41.21.190 - 41.21.194 is to establish, subject to valid existing rights, the state- 14 owned or acquired land and water described in AS 41.21.191 as the Fort Rousseau 15 Causeway State Historical Park. The primary purposes of establishing the land and

01 water areas described in AS 41.21.191 as the Fort Rousseau Causeway State Historical 02 Park are to promote, support, and preserve public use by maintaining and protecting 03 the area's fish and wildlife habitat, cultural resources, and scenic values. 04 Sec. 41.21.191. Fort Rousseau Causeway State Historical Park established. 05 The upland, shoreland, tideland, and water overlying the land owned or acquired by 06 the state within the following described parcels are established as the Fort Rousseau 07 Causeway State Historical Park: 08 Township 56 South, Range 63 East, Copper River Meridian, described as: 09 The following lots located within United States Survey 3926: 10 Section 2: That portion of Lot 86 within Section 2 11 That portion of Lot 86A within Section 2 12 That portion of Lot 90 within Section 2 13 Lot 91 14 Lot 92 15 Section 3: E1/2SE1/4NW1/4NE1/4NW1/4 16 E1/2NE1/4SW1/4NE1/4NW1/4 17 NW1/4SE1/4NE1/4NW1/4 18 SW1/4NE1/4NE1/4NW1/4 19 Lot 74 20 Lot 75 21 Lot 75A 22 Lot 76 23 That portion of Lot 77 within Section 3 24 Lot 78 25 Lot 78A 26 Lot 79 27 Lot 80 28 Lot 80A 29 Lot 81 30 Lot 81A 31 Lot 82

01 Lot 82A 02 That portion of Lot 83 within Section 3 03 Lot 84 04 Lot 84A 05 Lot 85 06 Lot 85A 07 That portion of Lot 86 within Section 3 08 That portion of Lot 86A within Section 3 09 Lot 87 10 Lot 88 11 Lot 89 12 That portion of Lot 90 within Section 3 13 Section 4: That portion of Lot 77 within Section 4 14 That portion of Lot 83 within Section 4. 15 Sec. 41.21.192. Designation of management responsibility. The state-owned 16 land and water described in AS 41.21.191 is assigned to the department for control, 17 maintenance, and development consistent with the purposes and provisions of 18 AS 41.21.190 - 41.21.194. 19 Sec. 41.21.193. Incompatible uses. The commissioner may designate by 20 regulation incompatible uses within the land and water of the Fort Rousseau 21 Causeway State Historical Park. 22 Sec. 41.21.194. Additions to park. Land and water outside of the boundaries 23 established under AS 41.21.191 may be added to the Fort Rousseau Causeway State 24 Historical Park only by an act of the legislature.